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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 5, 2019
Students get an early taste of business success

A student-operated benefit corporation that doubles as a business training program is giving teens a rare education opportunity. Some big business growth challenges are the next obstacle.

  • Leadership
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Q&A: Lee Arnold

Continuing a trend toward corporate consolidation in the region's commercial real estate industry, Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida — a firm whose roots trace back to 1974, when CEO Lee Arnold founded his first brokerage operation — announced earlier this month that it has been acquired by Colliers International Group Inc., a publicly held company with more than 500 offices worldwide.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 21, 2025
Anticipation high for $15M Naples mixed-use project, even amid permitting delays

Not even a slight delay has dented the enthusiasm for Wynn’s Downtown.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2010
Dynamic Innovations to hire 100

The manufacturer received a $41,000 incentive grant from Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2010
TIB Financial stays on NASDAQ

The Naples-based financial firm's stock will continue to be available for trading.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2010
Crist bounce over, Rubio retakes lead

Results of a recent Rasmussen poll give the former Florida House Speaker a 39% to 31% advantage over Crist.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
First Street Village land for sale...maybe

One of the most high-profile development sites in downtown Fort Myers is for sale.Maybe.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2013
Crab shack chain pinches new location

Pinchers Crab Shack will open a restaurant in Cape Coral, its ninth location.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2011
Numara names Hansen CEO

Hansen comes over from CA Technologies, a multibillion-dollar firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2012
Builders continue to worry about labor

If the housing industry continues on the current recovery track, it might become more difficult to find labor, and that could drive up costs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2012
Delinquency pace slows

The rate of foreclosures in Cape Coral-Fort Myers dipped under 10%.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2015
Sarasota-Bradenton home prices up 10%

The rate of foreclosures in the region, meanwhile, is dropping.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
BusTracker

Sarasota serial tech-entrepreneur Brad Baker is back again with a new company that monitors the whereabouts of school buses.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
Llewellyn Rockwell Jr.: The Fallacy of Minimum Wage

Minimum wage laws are a violent imposition on freedom of association. In the long run, they harm all of society.Rockwell, is president of the Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 5, 2009
Bear Trap

Legendary Naples investor Bruce Sherman built a spectacular track record at Private Capital Management, managing billions of dollars for wealthy individuals and institutions. Then, Bear Stearns collapsed and with it went Sherman's envious record and more than $1 billion of his investors' money. Now, Sherman wants justice.

  • Strategies
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 21, 2018
Teaching by example

Florida Gulf Coast University Institute of Entrepreneurship rockets to success under leadership of Sandra Kauanui

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • May 23, 2025
Tampa Bay 3D printing entrepreneur beats the odds with moxie, fortitude

Roy Kirchner has made a career out of comebacks. His next big foe: dealing with tariffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 26, 2019
Water Street Tampa catching a wave

Water Street Tampa, the $3 billion development poised to transform downtown Tampa, is experiencing a flurry of activity across office, retail and hospitality lines. The project also has made moves regarding key construction personnel and with its future o

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 6, 2022
Condo safety measures approved by state lawmakers

New condo regulations approved by Florida lawmakers during a special session aim to prevent a repeat of the Surfside collapse.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 8, 2022
USF, major Tampa hospital have big plans for helping to craft better leaders

Two of the biggest institutions in the region — a hospital and a university — near the successful end of the first year of a unique leadership program. Big expansion plans are on the horizon.

  • Leadership
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