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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 12, 2022
2022 Top Entrepreneur: Cammie Chatterton, Bay Food Brokerage founder, president and CEO, Tampa

Cammie Chatterton blazed a trail for female entrepreneurs when she founded Bay Food Brokerage in 1993.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2013
Business owners crave immigration reform

A solid majority of small business owners, at least the ones who run companies with 10 or fewer employees, are all for immigration reform, according to a new poll.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2021
Mobile food delivery service plans to hire 200 drivers

Bite Squad is now in more than 700 small- and medium-sized markets in the United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 20, 2021
LSI taps Brewer to lead land services

Former WCI Communities executive Rhonda Brewer will direct all zoning, permitting and feasibility analysis at Fort Myers commercial real estate brokerage LSI Cos.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2020
Passenger traffic breaks airport's all-time record

Traffic for January 2020 was up 53% over January 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2022
Golf course completes upgrades as it celebrates 100 years

Bartow Golf Course recently installed an irrigation system that covers its entire footprint.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 23, 2016
Lee Memorial deal dominates Southwest Florida

Speaking of superlatives, Lee Memorial Health System's commitment to lease 40,000 square feet of space being constructed adjacent to its hospital in Fort Myers marks the largest office deal of the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2017
Nonprofit moves ahead with new campus

The All Star Children's Foundation in Sarasota will have a 5-acre Center for Hope & Healing campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2018
Plans unveiled for new $130M aquarium

Sarasota's Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium will build a new aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2014
Hertz, Icahn ink deal

Activist investor Carl Icahn won three seats on the Hertz board of directors and will have a hand in deciding the company's next CEO.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Don't ask about football

Wilson Bradshaw wants to talk about the 15,000 students at Florida Gulf Coast University and all the exciting programs at the fast-growing university in Fort Myers.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2014
St. Pete sports association signs $525M deal

The Women's Tennis Association agrees to one of the largest media partnerships in women's sports.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • April 19, 2012
Capitol Chatter: April 20

Tax Watch Turkeys, vetoed budget items, PIP returns, and the vote for gambling.

  • Florida
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 10, 2020
Area bath, body and beauty goods company grows to offer several products

Lolablue sells to customers around the country. An opportunity with Whole Foods could increase its sales and exposure in a big way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 22, 2014
Organic Growth

With a circulation of 1.5 million copies in 95 markets, Natural Awakenings magazines dominate the holistic health market with news and advertising.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 9, 2023
IMG Academy president, in rare comments, provides insight on $1.25B sale, future

At an event on Oct. 5, Brent Richard revealed how the headline-grabbing deal earlier this year wasn't necessarily planned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Prepare for Soft Landing

Florida's single-family housing sector is nearing the bottom of a slowdown, but commercial construction opportunities abound in Tampa Bay.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2007
Corporate Report

WCI delays earnings, assets worse than expectedDowning-Frye Realty ranked 81st by Realtor MagazineInvestor loans Tampa energy company $750,000Brown & Brown bets on horse insuranceStockholders back GeoPharma and Dynamic Health mergerWalter Industries' United Landbuying Tuscaloosa ResourceSeminole Electric buying landfill gas energyXCPT reaches rep dealwith Lifecore Biomedicale-Path Communications offering WiFi to Long IslandHSN partners with Ellefor week of showsTervis Tumbler lands license with Rally for the CureWabasto Marine hiresDesign Marketing GroupCAE USA developing chopper trainer for NavyTampa company introduces Hispanic Web siteChico's June sales up, comparables continues fall

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2006
Coffee Talk

Conservancy sides with Babcock: The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a Naples-based conservation group that has tangled with developers, says the sale of Babcock Ranch to West Palm Beach developer Syd Kitson and Morgan Stanley should proceed.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 20, 2007
Risk Eliminators

Surgeon and pilot Richard C. Karl expects his startup to play an important role in the national trend to reduce operating room mistakes. The company is working with hospitals to make surgery safer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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