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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 18, 2022
Feld brings back 'The Greatest Show' — with a twist

Looking for more immersive ways to connect with the audience, “The Greatest Show on Earth” will return in 2023.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 21, 2005
Stayin' Alive

A cutting-edge biotechnology company learns there is more to building a successful company than science. Now, it's looking to grow by buying other companies.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2011
Do Things Different

Retailers big and small have been on adjust-and-adapt mode for the past year. For some, finally, the new year could translate to growth mode.

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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • September 3, 2010
Open Invitation

TPepin's Hospitality Centre in Tampa is making itself available to a broader audience. Its goal is to outperform all other hotels and similar facilities in the market.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 16, 2020
Area trucking company grows through focus on service

Black Hawk Logistics plans to start a brokerage that could help bring more clients to the firm.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 2, 2016
Q&A | RICK HARCROW

Rick Harcrow joined Jacksonville-based GreenPointe Communities last year to oversee the development of a potential $1 billion waterfront development in downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 26, 2021
Built on People

Skanska USA Florida head Michael Brown says that despite his company’s size and stature, construction is local and about the people who work in it.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 30, 2010
Banking on a Business Plan

Florida CFO Alex Sink's campaign for governor includes a new business plan to revitalize the modern Florida economy. But she has not forgotten her tobacco farming upbringing.

  • Florida
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 12, 2014
There's much more to the beer brawl than you read

Learn the real story behind Tallahassee's fight about beer.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2023
Area airport reports record year with 3.87M passengers

The Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is on track to hit 7 million passengers around 2025 when the expansion project is slated to be complete.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 18, 2022
Bakery forced to adjust pricing recipe as inflation woes mount

The rising cost of essential ingredients cut into The Cake Girl's profit margins.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Horizon hangs on, chief sees better

Charlie Conoley, a veteran Gulf Coast community banker at the helm of Bradenton-based Horizon Bank, has had better weeks than the one that began Nov. 17.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 11, 2010
Holland & Knight handle convention

Tampa-based Holland & Knight has been chosen to represent the host committee for the 2012 Republican National Convention.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2010
Calendar of Events

A summary of business-related events taking place around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2013
W.P. Carey affiliate buys three self-storage facilities

The price equated to $111 per square foot or $11,111 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • January 27, 2012
Fishing for Buyers

The housing crisis has forced Realtors to think of innovative uses for traditional properties. Selling a bait shop presents more challenges.

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  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • June 4, 2021
Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

Hurricane Season is Here: Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2021
Noted charter school advocate to host next Business Observer Open Book event

Chat will be about "Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great."

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2020
Revamped ballpark, with bank as naming rights sponsor, opens for spring training

Following extensive renovations that began last year, the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training home in Dunedin, Florida, has been renamed TD Ballpark.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Fawcett Memorial buys land for Estero hospital

Fawcett Memorial Hospital has purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million for a new hospital in Lee County, after the state granted parent company HCA Healthcare permission to build one last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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