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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2019
Entrepreneur showered with another award

MY Shower Door has been a leader in the Southwest Florida glass sector since 2003.

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  • August 8, 2014
Chains that make it easy eye Gulf Coast

Pennsylvania convenience store chain Wawa isn't the only company in its sector to capitalize on the rebound in population growth in Florida and the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2016
Banker seeks new title

The businessperson-runs-for-elected-office trend continues to proliferate.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2020
Gimme Shelter: Global rock star’s girlfriend buys $2M home in area

Melanie Hamrick, girlfriend of Mick Jagger, has bought a home in The Lake Club.

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  • October 14, 2016
Tiffany Esposito, 29

President and CEO, Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce

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  • October 16, 2015
Rich LeComte, 34

Senior vice president – specialty lending manager, USAmeriBank

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 4, 2024
Prominent Naples attorney, FL Senate president’s husband dies at 72 from fall

John Passidomo is survived by his wife, three daughters and two grandchildren.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2011
Corporate Report: Feb. 18

The latest news from BistroMD, HealthPlan Services, Interop and more.

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  • January 18, 2019
Moving company finds Florida in good shape

U-haul in its annual migration survey, calculated net gain of one-way truck renters in states and cities versus who left that state or city during 2018. The migration trends data, according to a statement, is compiled from more than 2 million one-way U-Ha

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  • October 30, 2008
Family Focus

Growing an organic clothing business organically takes the rightcombination of industry buzz and business savvy, two sisters are learning.

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  • September 7, 2007
Island Fever

A group of influential Naples investors is buying a small bank in Marco Island that it will use to expand into the rest of Southwest Florida. Recent bad loans won't scuttle the deal.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 23, 2023
Tennessee health organization expands into Florida with 10 locations

The first Archwell Health center opened in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2018
Business advice over a cup of joe

1 Million Cups will bring new businesses, advisers together to stir up some ideas.

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  • April 8, 2022
Motorcoach company adds stop in Sarasota

Travelers in the Sarasota and Bradenton areas now have an additional option for getting around within the state.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2014
Former Sarasota Jackson Hewitt exec counts new gig

Danamichele Brennen oversaw a Jackson Hewitt call center from 2007 to 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
Signs of Hope

Lee County is widely considered ground zero for the state's housing bust. But there are finally some tentative signs of the market's recovery.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 8, 2016
The X Factor

Co-work office space is in high demand as the ranks of freelance workers swell. Entrepreneurs David and Brett Diamond plan to franchise their concept, Venture X.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 10, 2025
St. Petersburg mayor has spoken with investors interested in buying Rays

The mayor says that the city will work with whoever owns the team to move forward with the agreed upon ballpark and that Gas Plant redevelopment remains a priority.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • February 27, 2024
Florida CBD retailers worry statewide hemp legislation will crush them

A pair of legislators from the region remain steadfast in their beliefs: Current regulations on certain hemp products need to be tighter.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Finalist: Vern Buchanan

Founder, CEO of Buchanan Enterprises

  • Entrepreneurs
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