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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2015
Consumer spending revs up

An important gauge of an area's economic health is the amount of total taxable sales its businesses generate.

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  • September 10, 2015
Insurance business readies itself for $36M sale

Tampa-based Prepared Insurance was founded in 2009.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 25, 2015
Large florist makes rosy growth move

Beneva Flowers & Gifts seeks efficiency in deliveries to barrier islands.

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  • January 16, 2015
Real estate market looks bright

The national commercial real estate market is fairly healthy going into 2015, according to an analysis from global property firm CBRE Group.

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  • January 19, 2015
Lazydays grows, upgrades RV Resort

The new RV park features a number of new and upgraded amenities.

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  • March 30, 2015
April holds big potential for Wawa in Lee County

Chain plans to open three Southwest Florida locations in one day in April.

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  • November 8, 2025
Tampa company buys office building

The five-story, 60,000-square-foot building is the city's Westshore commercial district.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 23, 2019
Top Entrepreneurs: Hardware store chain president adopts a Wynn-ing formula

How life affirming is the positive work culture fostered by president Michael Wynn at Sunshine Ace Hardware? One employee took it all the way to her grave.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 5, 2021
Sought-after attorney takes on bigger leadership role at firm

Recently promoted to a firmwide management role, Jennie Compton doesn’t plan to give up what got her to the top: relentless preparation and a never-back-down attitude.

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  • February 4, 2005
Tragic End

Soon after the principals in a contentious law firm dissolution settle their dispute, one dies in a house fire.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
Organizational Clarity

Harley Davidson dealer Scott Fischer is fanatical about improving employee morale and his customers' experience. He calls it a sickness. But his company is healthier than ever.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 18, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Check swing: First State Bank and First Community Bank of America have reserved a St. Petersburg softball diamond, and it's rumored the two are going to go at each other with bats and gloves.Tell all?: That's a question Bob Mitcham, the retired Hillsborough County circuit judge, didn't answer when Coffee Talk asked him about his soon-to-be released book that he was hawking at the recent Hillsborough County Bar Association luncheon.Hat Trick: The Florida Bar doesn't want you to know it just yet, but the Clearwater Bar Association and two of its members earned the lion's share of the state's pro bono awards this year.Getting your money's worth: For all the $164 million that Synovus has spent around these parts during the last two years, it's not exactly a household name.Keeping judges safe: A state court organization, with funding from the U.S. Justice Department, will hold a summit on security on April 6 in hopes of preventing violent acts such as the recent shooting deaths in an Atlanta courthouse.

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  • December 4, 2008
Walsh: Review and Comment

Foreclosure moratorium great PR, but that's all

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  • April 9, 2004
'Pox' On Both Houses

The battle over medical malpractice reform gets thick as proponents and opponents file briefs over a proposed state constitutional amendment that would limit lawyer contingency fees.

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  • October 17, 2003
Ethics Rules

The new director of the Program for Social Responsibility in Corporate Reporting at USF St. Petersburg says companies and students welcome the business school's emphasis on propriety.

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  • January 7, 2010
Family Fueled Hotel

How do you survive a recession in the hotel business? Spend millions to renovate your property and grab market share. That's what the Watkins family has done with The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, and it has worked for more than 60 years.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 7, 2013
Raise your glass

Say goodbye to the paper menu. Restaurants are adopting computer tablets to help them grow sales and set them apart from the competition.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 16, 2021
Hey Joe: Take your mandate and shove it

The president’s mandate to require businesses with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated is a farce, hypocritical and destructive — just another day of Joe Biden incompetence and tyranny.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • February 26, 2021
Homebuilder's flexible model pays big dividends

Daniel Wayne Homes, with a model to bring the past into the present, has seen a surge in interest and sales. It pays, too, to remain flexible to market shifts.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 8, 2019
q&a | Stan Stouder

Stan Stouder, a founding partner of commercial real estate brokerage firm CRE Consultants in Fort Myers, unpacks what's driving Southwest Florida's commercial real estate market and what might be ahead in the coming year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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