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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2013
Island home sale fetches $3.4 million

The sale, on Anna Maria Island, is the highest price for a home since 2008.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 22, 2011
Another Sarasota official resigns

Susan Scott, one-time deputy administrator, leaves Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 31, 2012
Humana Cares to hire 149 more

After three years in Tampa Bay, the firm will soon employ 1,450 locals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2015
More airline execs fly over to Hertz

Hertz expanded its executive ranks by hiring more executives with experience at United Airlines.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2015
Consumer spending revs up

An important gauge of an area's economic health is the amount of total taxable sales its businesses generate.

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  • September 1, 2015
Law firm expands on Gulf Coast

The Orlando-based law firm of GrayRobinson opened an office in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2015
Rising wages

The economic recovery is starting to show up in wages, as employers grapple with recruiting and retaining talent.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 21, 2024
Fort Myers airport posts second-best May ever

Passenger traffic is up more than 20% for the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 20, 2024
Tourism on upswing in Sarasota County after winter, 2023 slowdowns

The number of room nights sold increased by 5,400 in March compared with 2023, according to Visit Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Economy drowns online pool guy

Chris Smith, founder of a once high-flying, Internet-based Gulf Coast pool supply business, is drowning in debt caused by an admitted massive miscalculation in the economy.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 9, 2025
Naples luxury homebuilder behind two waterfront houses on $26M lot

A home just a half mile from where the two specs houses are being built sold for $113 million earlier this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 1, 2022
Behind the scenes of the region's robust cryptocurrency scene

The newness, not to mention volatility, of many things in the crypto-verse can be a magnet for doubters and cynics.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2018
Governor visits area manufacturer

Gov. Rick Scott spoke at Venice-based door and window manufacturer PGT Innovations as part of his campaign for U.S. Senate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • April 7, 2017
Open Door

A niche manufacturer expects a 40% increase in sales this year. It's even paying overtime again.

  • Industries
  • By Jennifer M. Fowler |
  • January 10, 2025
Budgeting Employee Pay for 2025

As budgets for 2025 are finalized and/or implemented, businesses should keep in mind recent and upcoming minimum wage increases and more.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 25, 2025
Naples nonprofit formed to help small citrus growers

Save Florida Citrus Groves Foundation is aiming to help small growers "bring abandoned citrus groves back to life."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 16, 2020
New bright, open Barnes & Noble store offers different look along with items popular during pandemic

The new store is 14,000 square feet with rooms showcasing different genres and themes.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 25, 2019
Veggie Tales: Behind the scenes of the new Publix store prototype

Changes at Publix go beyond the produce.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 15, 2024
Tampa attorney gives youth in foster care hand with new app

Taylor Sartor takes an innovative approach to helping young people in the foster care system know their rights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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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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