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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2012
Lighting firm notches big sale

Evolucia, which has struggled under several strategies, continues its rebound.

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  • April 2, 2012
CompCare doubles revenues

The Tampa-based health care provider cites anticipated demand for growth.

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  • January 28, 2021
Luxury homebuilder reaches $80 million in sales

Stock Custom Homes has high hopes for 2021, too.

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  • October 20, 2019
Noted winery, private residence, offered for sale

Fiorelli Winery, in northeast Manatee County, was founded in 1998.

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  • July 21, 2017
Love shows the love

Famed chocolatier steps up to help boy battling life-threatening infection.

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  • August 25, 2014
MacDill's CEO joins GTE Financial

Retired Col. Scott DeThomas has become the credit union's senior vice president for products and member sales.

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  • August 27, 2014
Sarasota-based realty firm expands on east coast

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate buys assets of a Fort Lauderdale firm.

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  • April 30, 2014
Radio ad sales fall

Beasley Broadcast Group says bad weather in the Northeast was partly to blame for radio-advertising sales declines in the first quarter.

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  • April 22, 2015
Investors buy charter school for $6M

The Imagine School in Lakewood Ranch has about 500 students.

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  • March 31, 2025
Tampa shopping center sells for $36 million

The 106,000-square-foot shopping center on Dale Mabry Highway was 99% occupied at the time of sale.

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  • June 23, 2025
Clearwater office building marketed as among least expensive in Pinellas

The property is near the city's downtown selling for "under $175 per square foot."

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  • May 19, 2026
The ‘Queen of pitch’ dishes on the secrets to her $2.5B success

Forbes Riley’s success in pitching billions of dollars of stuff, from ab rockers to Zoobooks, has led to a lifetime of hard-earned lessons.

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  • November 12, 2009
Now Hear This

When hearing aid entrepreneur Mark Krywko couldn't find the kind of outside sound reduction headphones he wanted, he and his engineers created their own. Now that discovery is the basis of a bulging business.

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  • January 1, 2012
Investors housing dollars in apartments

Multifamily is leading the first wave of commercial real estate recovery with investors diving for income production.

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  • May 19, 2017
How to value your business for a sale

Plan early — and often — to maximize the value of your business.

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  • December 25, 2020
Longtime hospitality exec-turned-entrepreneur adds another project to schedule

Keith Overton is at work on both Pioneering Resorts and OCC Road House & Museum.

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  • November 27, 2024
Pinellas County to Rays: Make a decision by Sunday on $1.3B stadium project

In a sometimes scolding letter, Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters flatly asks officials with the Tampa Bay Rays if they are in or out on a $1.3 billion stadium deal the team agreed to four months ago.

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  • December 3, 2004
Chamber's No. 2 to Retire

Say goodbye to Bill Couch, the Sarasota Chamberis senior vice president. Heis leaving after two decades.

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  • May 17, 2022
Film shoot underway in Tampa with local director at helm

"The Throwback" stars Will Sasso and Justina Machado and is directed by Mario Garcia, a University of South Florida alumnus.

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  • May 9, 2005
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