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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2004
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana edition)

The latest news on area movers and shakers is available free of charge.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2018
Prominent law firm sells downtown site to developer

Sarasota-based law firm Williams Parker sold its long-time headquarters in downtown Sarasota to New Hampshire-based investment firm Capstone Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Law firms come throughAll in the familyCritic says job picture betterSecond time is a charmBlue sky for bankersJudicial nominees

  • News
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • December 17, 2025
The peril and promise of siblings in a family business

Navigating sibling relationships can be treacherous when the family-run company is at stake. Setting up a clear governance structure is key.

  • Advice
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
King of the City

An engineering and planning firm overcomes expansion anxiety. Its antidote is success, such as a 126% revenue jump since 2003, to more than $32 million in 2005.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2012
Best Western Plus hotel bought back by former owner

The price equated to $55,000 per unit.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2019
Company to build oncology lab, global headquarters

NeoGenomics' new facility is expected to open in 2021.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 10, 2025
Manufacturing CEO turns flying hobby into a way of life

Flying, for manufacturing CEO Scott Ashton, isn’t merely a way to get from here to there.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Stephen W. Hall, CEBS CPBS, CSFS, CHRP Market President of Alltrust Insurance |
  • September 10, 2021
Why It’s Important to Regularly Review Your Employee Benefits Program

For the health of your business.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 16, 2007
Customers at the Pinnacle

A four-office doctor's practice is bluntly going about improving customer service, normally a black eye in the medical field. Its model is a certain five-star hotel chain.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • January 22, 2010
Kitchen Connections

Audra and Dan Nasser's ability to initiate and develop relationships with their regular customers in the “fix-and-freeze” business has helped them thrive in a competitive space.

  • Strategies
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • July 1, 2010
Stepping Up

40 UNDER 40 WINNER: Andrew Wright, 29, Tampa

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • May 29, 2013
Found the rum - and it's on Siesta Key

It sounds like a dream job, but making rum isn't all lying on the beach and sampling the product.

  • News
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 25, 2014
Come back home

Sanjay Kuttemperoor is building a real estate forum utilizing the 'wiki' concept of widespread content contribution. It's a big undertaking that requires top talent.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 30, 2015
Farming opportunity

A prominent land-brokerage firm in Fort Myers is launching an agriculture land division as interior areas of the state get renewed interest from developers, investors and industry consolidators.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2007
The Three Cs: Communicate Communicate Communicate

One way to boost profit is to communicate more effectively with your employees, says Mark Wiskup, a Tampa-based entrepreneur, consultant and former broadcaster.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 1, 2019
College plans center to further link school with area business community

SCF's Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation will be built inside the school’s former library building on its Bradenton campus.

  • Education
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 13, 2020
Insurance firm enhances HR department by wooing Publix exec

A 25-year veteran of Publix’s HR leadership team takes her lessons, in building teams, compensation programs and more, to a hungry, fast-growing insurance firm.

  • Leadership
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 8, 2013
Still Going

The thrust for growth is energized at one of the region's biggest business insurance underwriters. The challenge: Fend off competition.

  • Strategies
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • September 7, 2018
New school can accommodate more students in master-planned community

Babcock Neighborhood School

  • Construction-Development
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