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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2011
Craigslist founder to speak at coolTECH

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, will be the keynote speaker at the Tampa Bay Tech Forum's annual coolTECH event slated for June 10 at Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2018
Immokalee Foundation names new top officer

Immokalee native Neomi Perez named executive director of Immokalee Foundation

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2015
BMX world champ will earn crown in Sarasota

Sarasota is one of five places worldwide selected to host events in 2016.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2015
Execs sought to pitch ideas for $25K prize

Time is running out for what is probably best described as a local version of the TV reality competition show “Shark Tank.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2007
A Blossoming Business

The thought of getting bigger once scared Charlie Lenger to death. Guts combined with investments - $1.2 million on in-house, innovative pricing software, for instance - changed all that.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 3, 2024
Boar's Head faces more lawsuits over listeria-recalled meat

The deli meat company headquartered in Sarasota is being sued for personal injury, wrongful death and other causes after selling meat contaminated with listeria.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 30, 2021
As retail struggles to find the new normal, one mall remains strong despite the headwinds

Two decades in, Tampa's International Plaza has found a niche for itself and is thriving, as other malls consider a perilous future.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2012
Corporate Report: Jan. 27

The latest news from HMA, NeoGenomics, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2022
No end in sight: Health care providers keep building and building in region

Health care groups are busy building across the state to reach more patients — and more people on their way to the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 16, 2004
Florida's Largest Private Landholder

St. Joe Co. sees record earnings and profits as it develops North Florida. But environmentalists want to slow it down.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2020
Roofing exec faces more charges in PPP loan scam

New charges against Casey David Crowther include mortgage fraud.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2019
Even with slight dent, industrial leader continues rolling

Lakeland has added 10 million square feet of industrial space since 2016.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 24, 2016
Connecticut investor buys Corporate Oaks

A Connecticut investment firm has acquired the three-building Corporate Oaks complex in Tampa's Westshore district for $32 million, a further sign that buyers are locking into the city's office market amid a dearth of new construction and shrinking vacancies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 25, 2015
Bark for more

Entrepreneurs Paula Savarese and Dawn Ward recently signed a deal to distribute their healthy dog treats nationally.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 21, 2025
Tervis, Publix and Tropicana make list of Florida’s most beloved homegrown brands

Ron Jon Surf Shop and Gatorade also make the Sunshine State top 5.

  • Florida
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 18, 2025
Sarasota city leaders approve tiny property sale — for less than $20K

The Sarasota City Commission approved the sale of a 650-square-foot pieced of unused city property that presented an obstacle to Plymouth Harbor's expansion plans on Coon Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Ideas to Money

Are the pieces falling into place for the Tampa Bay area's technology sector? One former Silicon Valley player thinks so.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2007
The Hotel Man

Lou Plasencia left brokerage Grubb & Ellis to start his own hotel advisory firm in Tampa in 1993. It now has several offices nationwide.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 10, 2016
Next up

Tervis has a new president. It's the third generation of leadership — usually littered with pitfalls. The company is well prepared to overcome the obstacles.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 22, 2016
No barriers

A young entrepreneur's bold recession-era decision saved a company. Now she grapples with a new set of challenges.

  • Strategies
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