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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2008
Cancer detection breakthrough

GeoPharma is hoping a new ovarian cancer detection device will propel its growth.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Industrial Juggernaut

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic — or perhaps even because of it — distribution space in along the Interstate 4 corridor is flourishing

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2003
Golf Under Siege

Gulf Coast counties are implementing golf course design standards, ostensibly to maximize environmental protection. Opponents say it's a thinly veiled attempt to prevent growth.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Shoot Straight plans Fort Myers gun shopLee County Port Authority buys 285 acres for airport connector Shaw-owned company buys two Winkler office buildingsWood Street owners explore third building CC Properties buys Prudential, Watch Connection buildingPort Manatee park owners sell land to development districtJackson Transformer buys warehouseBrandon Eye Associates move to Medical Oaks DriveTurbine Diagnostic Services buys Odessa warehouseBlackhawk Realty Advisors buy Sun Lake Apartments

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2020
Busch Gardens parent company reports $79M loss in third quarter

SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., the Orlando, Florida-based parent company of Busch Gardens Tampa, reported a net loss of $79.2 million in the third quarter of 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2016
Pin interest

Virginia Haley's politics these days revolve around encouraging people to visit Sarasota. Her office tells a bigger story.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 16, 2024
$14.6M sets monthly bed tax record for St. Pete-Clearwater

Tourism development taxes soared in March in Pinellas County, according to Visit St. Pete-Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 11, 2024
Lifetime TV movie 'Roommate Regret' filmed in St. Pete makes its debut

A made-for-TV movie filmed almost entirely in downtown St. Petersburg is scheduled to make its debut Thursday night on the Lifetime Movie Network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Dust off the robes,and start foreclosingThe rise in foreclosures in Lee County has been so large that retired judges are getting called up for duty, says Lee County Clerk of Courts Charlie Green. + Entrepreneurial superstarssearch continuesTwo successful entrepreneurs in Sarasota - one being one of the most successful businessmen on the Gulf Coast - are trying to spread the build-a-business love. Local bank surprise:Free moneyMost bankers aren't fond of handing out cash on the street to total strangers.+ Golfing for charity,building a businessIf you hear a little music, a little laughter, a blue tent and beer when you pull your golf cart up to the next hole, you may have discovered a new Gulf Coast business started by Clearwater entrepreneurs Pam Delaney and Justina Hopkins.+ Tampa Bay becomesa championship hostSomewhere, maybe everywhere, there are hoteliers cheering.+ Christmas shoppingfor a cancer cureWith the holidays approaching, Tampa's Moffitt Cancer Center and Mall Networks, a provider of merchant-funded loyalty shopping concepts, have come up with a way to marry shopping and fundraising for cancer research.AUGUST AUTO SALESWhat the data shows: August taxable sales of autos and accessories include the sale of new and used cars, repair shops, auto-supply stores and taxable sales at gasoline stations.Waiting in the wingsThe softer economy has touched just about every Gulf Coa

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  • January 23, 2015
Corporate report

BayCare reaches agreement to use Clarifire technology; Clarke Advertising, Public Relations renames itself C•Suite Communications; BluePearl Veterinary Partners plans $1 million headquarters expansion; First Watch Restaurants opens new Largo location; Florida Agency Network hires new CFO; Neal Communities' 2014 breaks sales records

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  • By Sen. Jeff Brandes, Florida District 24 | Guest Contributor |
  • May 18, 2022
State senator on insurance debacle: We need political courage

When Florida lawmakers convene on property insurance, they will confront the biggest economic challenge in state history. They need to change the incentives to a market of free enterprise and competition that benefits consumers.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2016
Sembler expands its portfolio

Sembler expanding its portfolio; Tampa's GE bid short-circuited; Validus Senior Living adding projects; Power brokers change firms to start 2016

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2007
Corporate Report

Raymond Building Supply buys Contractor's Choice SupplyAve Maria board plans law school move to Collier CountyHealth Management Associates Inc. reports objectivesStinger fires back at Taser over lawsuitPEO Gevity buys HRAmerica for software, personnel expertisePersystent Tech, IBM sign deal to share, market softwareXCPT planned for University of Pennsylvania

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2004
Half a Day with Dick Bove

Live from Pinellas County, one of America's most-quoted bank analysts wants to see if independent stock research, free of ethical entanglements with stock underwriting, is still feasible.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2007
'Place to Be'

A condo glut doesn't deter EcoGroup's principal from building New Port Tampa Bay - a luxury waterfront community where the land alone cost $74 million.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 24, 2024
Naples golf club for sale, 'best and final offers' encouraged

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Port Charlotte apartments sell for $66.5 million, and an experimental Tampa redevelopment gets a new leasing agent.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2006
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk: Business tax climate: We're one of the best: Florida might be one of the best states in the nation when it comes to business tax climates, but there's always room for improvement.Help us find the top tech companiesBigger fish to Swallow: A pair of infant technology companies based in Sarasota were recently sold to bigger players in their respective fields - but their fathers will still have a say in each firm's continued growth.Fort Myers airport seeks hotel developer: More than 7.5 million people passed through Southwest Florida International Airport last year and chances are many of them stayed at nearby hotels.Global Signal deal is a nice pay day: Wall Street gurus, investment bankers and investors weren't the only ones happy to see Sarasota-based Global Signal bought by rival cell phone tower company Crown Castle International in a $4 billion cash and stock deal Oct. 6. Bad-news press spins it negative again: A gloomy report, titled "Housing at the Tipping Point" by Moody's Economy.com, recently got a lot of press when it forecast double-digit percentage price declines for residential real estate in Southwest Florida.A chain of coffee stores that got its initial idea in Seattle is getting ready to take on the Sunshine state. Obviously, it isn't omnipresent Starbucks.

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  • August 4, 2009
The key language: No geek speak

Yvonne Graber, 56, was a successful garment district executive who went back to school and made a late career change to computer tech support.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2010
Star firms to be recognized

GrowFL, UCF, and others are organizing a “Companies to Watch” awards program.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2010
Sheriff's surtax opposed

Manatee County's tentative budget eliminates a surtax for its Sheriff's Office.

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