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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2007
Market Trappings

A risk-taking, adventure-starved Realtor finds out a slumping market isn't all bad: It has given him time to chase, and catch, alligators.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 9, 2009
Mission: Difficult

The job market might be in tatters, but a pair of military veterans sees promise in running a business devoted to finding work for other veterans.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 2, 2012
Freeze Frame

Three friends and hospital colleagues sought an entrepreneurial challenge. They found it in ice cream.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2011
Transatlantic Triumph

The recession is all about perspective, say a pair of British siblings who recently moved to the Gulf Coast. Now they aim to make a go of American entrepreneurialism.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
The ADDY Awards

No commercials were skipped as the local advertising industry celebrated the best in its field. Winners hope to compete regionally, and possibly nationally.

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Lee-Collier Runner-Up 3

Daniel Dosoretz, CEO, Radiation Therapy Services: When Daniel Dosoretz arrived in Fort Myers in 1980, cancer patients who needed radiation therapy didn't have many choices in town. That was about to change.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2009
Hard times for hoteliers

Tampa hotel broker Lou Plasencia says he hopes he never again experiences days in his industry like he is now. About 40% to 50% of some of his clients — hotel owners — cannot pay their debt service. By this summer, that figure might climb to 60%.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2013
Manufacturing, financial firms relocating to Pasco

Officials say county job creation incentives help attract new companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2012
Bank's troubles exposed, possibly prematurely

There's an unusual postscript to the recent news that federal regulators shut down Lutz-based Heritage Bank of Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2011
Alico, NeoGenomics post losses

Alico's quarterly net loss was $92,000; NeoGenomics lost $3 million in 2010.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2022
Naples-based brokerage sales volume breaks $10.7 billion

The company reported gains in markets across Florida and North Carolina.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2020
Bank's expansion creates new space for symphony

An offer for a new office comes at the right time for the Southwest Florida Symphony.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 8, 2020
Large area software firm recruits new top HR executive

Tony Dinkins has more than 30 years of human resources leadership experience.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2020
Chip away: Uncertainty, new organizers delay program's awards ceremony

One of the premier business events in Southwest Florida, the Blue Chip Community Business Awards, is going through a pair of pandemic-led changes.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 18, 2019
St. Pete Pier names tenants

The City of St. Petersburg has selected 17 mercahnts to be tenants in the St. Pete Pier Marketplace retail concept at the $76 million attraction, slated to open in March.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 27, 2020
FGCAR names 2019 Pinnacle Award winners

Tampa-area commercial real estate group Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors recognizes brokers and firms in annual honors

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2018
Bloom or bust? Restaurant firm faces investor discontent

Bloomin’ Brands, the Tampa, Florida, company that owns popular restaurant chains Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, has come under fire from one of its investors, New York-based hedge fu

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
Jobs galore

The Florida jobs market, by several different angles, has built up some serious momentum.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 2, 2016
Hotel projects fill voids

The past few months have brought good news for Manatee County hotel developers and hospitality officials.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
IN MEMORIAM | David Stone 1942-2016

NorthStar Bank Chairman Jim Cantonis recently had a fleeting and rare told-you-so moment with his friend of 40 years, David Stone. The victory: Cantonis rightly said the Fed would hold interest rates, while Stone predicted an increase.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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