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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Corporate Report

Florida Bank Group buys Cygnet FinancialGeoPharma's acquisition of Dynamic Health delayedBradenton cigar distributor lands Royal AgioTech Data division inksBreece Hill, Double-Take dealsArtisTree Landscape listed in Inc.'s Top 5,000TIB Financialissues six-cent dividendProgressive Employer Services listed in Inc. 5,000Beasley Broadcast Groupissuing dividendSun Hydraulics offers new dividendEnglewood Bank VP becomes NorthStar Bank CFOi9 Sports franchise adds 100th companyPropertyMaps.com adds businessesPort Manatee agrees to deal with Logistec for mobile craneChicos comparables down, August sales up

  • Industries
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 18, 2023
Our presidential contenders

Three Floridians want to be president. Timing and circumstances appear to be working against one. Another is up to his usual insults. The third has the courage, but does he have the will to bear it all?

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Prepare for Soft Landing

Florida's single-family housing sector is nearing the bottom of a slowdown, but commercial construction opportunities abound in Tampa Bay.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Terrorism Hits the Banks

Jerry Williams wants to double the size of Orion Bancorp.'s deposits in Southwest Florida in the next two years. He also plans to carry a big agenda to Washington as the president-elect of the state bankers' association.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 27, 2023
Plan advances for long-neglected Wimauma, despite housing conflict

Thanks to action from community organizations, Hillsborough County officials have put Wimauma at the top of a priority list, though conflict remains in how to address affordable housing issues.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2007
Corporate Report

WCI delays earnings, assets worse than expectedDowning-Frye Realty ranked 81st by Realtor MagazineInvestor loans Tampa energy company $750,000Brown & Brown bets on horse insuranceStockholders back GeoPharma and Dynamic Health mergerWalter Industries' United Landbuying Tuscaloosa ResourceSeminole Electric buying landfill gas energyXCPT reaches rep dealwith Lifecore Biomedicale-Path Communications offering WiFi to Long IslandHSN partners with Ellefor week of showsTervis Tumbler lands license with Rally for the CureWabasto Marine hiresDesign Marketing GroupCAE USA developing chopper trainer for NavyTampa company introduces Hispanic Web siteChico's June sales up, comparables continues fall

  • Industries
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 1, 2019
Disruptive model takes on residential real estate

To some in real estate, the burgeoning iBuyer trend is a market disruption gold rush, the best thing in the industry since the internet allowed people to search for properties in their pajamas.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 3, 2013
Internet tax far more than a fairness issue

Steve Knopik, CEO of $1 billion retailer Beall's Inc., looked across the lunch table straight at his target with steely eyed seriousness and said, “How is that fair?”

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2022
Resort hires executive, now seeks to fill three more leadership posts

Nickolas Tanner has been with the Marriott International firm for seven years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
Trolley Social

Trolley Social

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 24, 2010
Bank raises profile with new hire

The Sarasota-Manatee unit of Whitney National Bank has hired Chris Pennewill, Jr., a well-known local executive, to run its commercial banking division.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2010
Tampa home prices up

Tampa' S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index was up 0.3% in January, Bloomberg reports.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2010
Transitions Optical names COO

Dave Cole takes over as chief operating officer for the Pinellas Park company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2010
Merger yields Encore National

Encore Bank and National Bank of Southwest Florida have combined.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2010
PGT moves 300 jobs to Venice

It will cease manufacturing in North Carolina to consolidate in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
Osprey investors buy on U.S. 41, plan dealership

Michael and Evelyn Lombardo of Sarasota purchased the 6,250-square-foot retail building for $425,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 10, 2011
Home prices keep falling

Gulf Coast home values fell further over the year that ended in January 2011.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2011
Property manager sees improvement

Homeowners associations that were wracked by delinquencies during the real estate bust are seeing some improvements at last.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2011
New bill could block debit fees

A bill filed by Rep. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, would block the practice.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2011
Consumer confidence stays low

Buyers remain pessimistic about their short-term economic prospects.

  • News
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