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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 11, 2011
Bolt Up

An entrepreneurial electronics business seeks long-term growth through a major expansion. Despite high unemployment, staffing is its biggest challenge.

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  • March 23, 2020
Firm creates #SWFLStrong campaign

Movement designed to bring balance to slew of negative news.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 28, 2014
Ready for takeoff

Drones delivering packages for Amazon is just one of myriad business applications for unmanned aerial vehicles.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 3, 2025
Sarasota County OKs plan for new court records storage facility

The Sarasota County Commission approves a lease-to-purchase plan for a new, legal documents storage building closer to the downtown court complex.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Crowther control

The construction downturn has given financially strong companies an opportunity to take market share and acquire competitors. Crowther Roofing is one of those planning to take advantage of the situation.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 15, 2011
Everywhere Fast

With social networking sites mushrooming on the Internet, tech entrepreneur Aaron Shepherd helps small businesses manage it all from one place.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 6, 2007
Coffee Talk

Alexandra Miller has already survived a tricky internal power struggle within her Sarasota-based family-run medical supplies distribution company. Now she will try to survive a political campaign. The middle of March was good for US Home's Tampa division, which reported its best week this year. The builder sold 39 new homes in 23 Tampa Bay area communities during March 12-18.The gist of the survey, subtitled "what many boards and executives still don't know about the health of their businesses," is that many board members and senior executives are "in the dark about the overall health of their organizations" because they don't know enough about the non-financial matters, which tend to be tougher to monitor and judge.AnazaoHealth Corp. just made its third multimillion-dollar acquisition in 12 months. The Tampa-based custom mail-order pharmaceutical company acquired the assets of Kronos Compounding Pharmacy in Las Vegas.The latest taxable-sales data confirms anecdotes from many commercial builders: Charlotte County is experiencing a commercial construction boom.

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  • February 3, 2012
Gulf Coast Week: Feb. 3

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 2, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays appear to backtrack on stadium project threats

In a letter to the Pinellas County Commission chair, the team says the agreements to build a new ballpark remain "in effect” for the time being.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Latt Maxcy acquires Palmer CrossingsSarasota Restaurant Equipment buys warehouseRingling College of Art plans for growthNew York company buys Jamaica Bay PlazaCharlotte Countybuys 212 acres of preserveFP&L invests in future substationsExeter Property Group buys Verizon warehousePegasus Imaging renovating M.L.K. officePrologis buys building, develops Prologis Park Madison

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 13, 2005
Nature Lover, Land Owner, Developer

Maurice Wilder, who started out as a mobile home salesman, has built a diverse $500 million portfolio over three decades.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 23, 2018
Cold war technology rockets fintech firm to global dominance

ACI Worldwide’s technology began as a solution to prevent an accidental nuclear missile launch. Now the firm aims to prevent competitors from creeping into its space.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2018
Developer breaks ground on $14M clubhouse at new community

Del Webb, a brand affiliated with Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup Inc., has begun construction of a 19,000-square-foot clubhouse at its 55-plus Bexley community in Land O’Lakes, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2018
Area manufacturer plans 110 jobs, $10M investment

Welbilt plans to add 42,000 square feet of space to its facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2016
Gov. Scott touts sticky hires at area firm

Intertape Polymer Group has hired 30 people in Sarasota the last three years.

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  • December 26, 2014
Financial pros join together

Chief financial officers who seek camaraderie among peers in different businesses and industries now have an outlet: The CFO Forum.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 29, 2025
Atlanta med weight loss firm to operate in Tampa, add 100 jobs

OrderlyMeds, an Atlanta-based medical weight loss company, moves into its manufacturing hub in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 27, 2024
Community Foundation Tampa Bay adds new duo to board

The additions are in response to momentum following the hurricane season.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2013
Local wellness products firm targets France

It Works Global now does business in 12 countries worldwide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • September 17, 2024
Clearwater restaurant group lands licensing deal with Naples taco restaurant

The deal will expand restaurants into Tampa Bay and central Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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