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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 19, 2015
Room to grow

Not yet 40, Jeff Reynolds has had a diverse business career.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 7, 2023
$1 billion SWFL cancer services network begins trading on Nasdaq

The company aims to provide more services and treat more people in a fragmented market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 12, 2014
Rare bird

The seaplane business is a tough one in Southwest Florida. Still, one entrepreneur plans to fly passengers from Naples to Key West.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2011
Protect your business from triple-X lookalikes

Your business may be threatened by adult industry doppelgangers starting next year — but there are options to thwart their amorously themed existence.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 22, 2013
Empathy engineers

The ability to get inside customers' minds to discover their needs can separate great companies from good ones. That might sound like science fiction, but some executives have made it reality.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2019
Securities fraud complaint alleges $7M scam

The Florida Office of Financial Regulation has filed an administrative complaint against seven firms and individuals, including Tampa, Florida, financial consultant Wally Mackey and his company, Sycamore Group Inc., for allegedly selling unregistered secu

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 28, 2020
Survey highlights business damage, anxieties about ending shutdown

The topic of when to reopen is a hot one among business owners and executives.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2010
Florida offers tax amnesty

A new law allows tax delinquencies to be resolved without penalty until Sept. 30.

  • News
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 11, 2023
Parrish, Lakewood Ranch home communities near sellout

According to Neal Communities' website, there are five homes still for sale between the Silverleaf and Indigo neighborhoods.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2013
Look twice at port numbers

They say all is often not as it appears, and when it comes to cruise passenger counts, you might want to look twice.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2012
New law firm comes to Tampa

Miami law firm Farrell & Patel opens Ybor City location.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2011
Herald-Tribune could be sold

Halifax Media Group may soon purchase the publication from the New York Times.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 10, 2018
New York firm buys a pair of Bonita Springs hotels

GDC Properties buys a pair of Hilton Hotel-flagged properties in Lee County, adding roughly 200 rooms to its portfolio .

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Foreclosure?

Gulfcoast Legal Services lost $1 million in federal grant money last year. Now a federal agency wants its St. Petersburg property.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 19, 2013
Family crowd

The Wynn family of Naples is preparing to pass on the grocery and hardware businesses to the third generation, which now consists of 17 people. They plan to do it in an orderly way.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 23, 2014
Turn the Page

Ron Turner isn't jaded on politics, even after a few decades in public service.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
Realtor Webspeak

Southwest Florida's real estate boom and the growth of the Internet created the perfect conditions for Web-design firm CyberSunshine. Now, the company does business all over the world.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 9, 2025
Chad Romans, 22

40 Under 40 winner Chad Romans is owner of Pest Patrol of Southwest Florida.

  • Class of 2025
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2023
71 employees to lose their job as Walmart closes Pinellas County store

The layoffs will happen in March, about nine days after the company closes neighborhood market store

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2014
Two local execs named to CRN 'should know' list

Tech Data's Filippelli and McClure were listed on CRN's 100 People You Don't Know But Should ranking.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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