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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Scary Stories

What's it like to be on the inside of a bank in crisis? It's amix of gray hairs, tears, fist pumps and lots of heartache.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2004
Dunkin' Deals

Dealmaker Marvin Kaplan brought the first Dunkin' Donuts to Sarasota in 1992. Now he and his partners plan to return the franchise to the market with 16 new locations.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 19, 2021
Personal care products firm delivers refreshing approach

Raw Sugar's careful growth strategy, including a heavy emphasis on brick-and-mortar in a world ruled by e-commerce, has proven to be fruitful.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2004
Bruised, Pruned But Budding Again

A lesson for not-for-profit and corporate boards. What happens when directors are out of sync.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 17, 2023
$26.8 million awarded for road project to address Lee County growth

With the population in Lee expected to top 1 million in less than 30 years, the county is looking to ease congestion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2022
University of South Florida business school concludes search for new dean

Gary Patterson will lead the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance at USF’s St. Petersburg campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2022
Manatee development fills leased spaces a year after construction concludes

The Shoppes of Moccasin Wallow are stretched across 19,000 square feet of space.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2022
Pinellas schools, education foundation partner with Tom Brady’s company

Tom Brady’s fitness company, TB12 Inc., and nonprofit TB12 Foundation have agreed to partner with Pinellas County Schools and the Pinellas Education Foundation on a curriculum redesign that will emphasize increased health and wellness for students.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 24, 2022
Study reveals best, worst US cities for remote workers

Unsurprisingly, two of the top 10 are located in Florida.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Creating a Banking Brand

The Florida Bank Group in Tampa spent 2007 blending corporate cultures and creating a vision for what the company wants to be: a statewide network of banks that retain local management and local boards.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2009
People must eat, grocers doing better

Department stores maybe be closing stores and pulling back, but another large retail anchor sector, grocery stores, looks to be holding its ground on real estate and still growing.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
St. Petersburg Leader Receives Liberty Bell

Clarence Welch, pastor of Prayer Tower Church of God in Christ, honored as the 40th recipient of the St. Petersburg Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2013
Chicago's Beidler family buys three North Port commercial buildings

The price equated to $25 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2011
Scorecard rally cry? Thank heaven for Jax

The Tampa Bay area improved one notch in its regional economic scorecard, but if not for Jacksonville it would be at the bottom of the bracket.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2013
Florida's No. 1 in oranges, wood and cement

Florida ranked fifth nationwide in goods exported in 2012 with $65.5 billion worth of products.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2013
To Friend or not to friend

Attention all social media savvy executives: The people who work for you might not want to accept your call for online friendship.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2013
Biotech entrepreneurs to pitch investors

The Sunshine State's biotechnology industry has grown 60% in five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
NFL star buys into Tampa firm

Baltimore Ravens All-Pro Ray Rice is now a part owner of Tampa-based VertiMax.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2012
National Real Estate Solution buys Franklin Arms buildings

The price equated to $97 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2012
DeSoto Square Mall sold

A New York firm buys Bradenton's only enclosed mall for more than $20 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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