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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2014
Global consulting firm expands to Bradenton

Bosi Global seeks to help second-stage companies boost revenues.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Ventas buys land near The Carlisle Naples

BUYER: Ventas Naples LLC (principals: T. Richard Riney, Richard Schweinhart and Brian Wood), Louisville, Ky.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2013
Lee and Collier get cozy

Creating a regional economic development effort isn't easy.

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  • October 17, 2014
The pleasure of being prepared

Publix executives see what's happened to other big-box chains in regards to data breach blowouts, from Target to Home Depot, and they want to play a game of what-if.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2015
Loan brokers sentenced to prison

A judge sentenced two Collier County loan brokers to prison after they pleaded guilty to violating loan broker laws.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2016
Massachusetts investor buys apartment complex for $70.5M

The Yacht Club at Heritage Harbour is a 392-unit apartment complex in east Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2015
Zynga founder joins food purveyor

Tom Bollich, one of the founders of game maker Zynga, has been named chief information officer at The Fresh Diet.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 20, 2026
Port Charlotte industrial portfolio gets nearly $4 million refinancing

The Charlotte County properties were about 95% leased at the time the financing package closed.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Everyman CEO

Marty Miller leads Melitta USA into an increasingly competitive future, but he has a good brand name on his side.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 24, 2009
Pools of Profit

The pool supply business would seemingly be crushed by the recession. But one Gulf Coast entrepreneur has risen above the rubble.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 17, 2020
Coworking venture looks to grow with startup lab, venture capital arm

What started as a coworking venture has shifted to more than space provisions.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • February 15, 2013
Small Budget, Big Impact

Using non-traditional methods to promote her hand-blended skincare products, Jennifer Devlin has gained customers from San Francisco to Boston.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • June 3, 2011
Freedom Driver

Ryan Houck headed Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy to kill Amendment 4, the 'vote on everything' amendment. He now defends new attacks on economic freedom with Free Market Florida.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 27, 2012
Background Check

Global HR Research is emerging as one of the nation's largest providers of job-applicant screening companies.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 13, 2016
Fighting failure

Event Live was born out of a failed venture. Now, with the rollout of a new ticketing service, the company is poised to tackle some big competitors.

  • Strategies
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  • October 16, 2015
David Connolly, 31

President, Mister Sparky Florida

  • Class of 2015
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  • June 4, 2004
Failure to Learn

If we don't continue to consume, our economy will crash. We are dependent upon the over consumption of goods and the consequent continued growth of debt.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 21, 2017
Thrust Forward

One of the largest community banks in the region, seeking more market share, is fearless. 'We will compete with Regions, BB&T and SunTrust and Wells Fargo,' one executive says.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Corporate Report

Survey: Investors confident in S&P 500Fox electronics expands XpressO line in EuropeTigris reaches development deal with Cancer InstituteClearwater's Sunsail adds yachts to MartiniqueWellCare cuts 208 jobs, mostly in Florida, New YorkTech Data buying Scribona AB assets7-Eleven expands franchising of local storesPPi opens marketing office, technical training showroomDayJet Corp. adds Sarasota, Jacksonville hubs

  • Industries
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • December 29, 2017
We're Main Street; not 'mainstream'

The national news media have smeared all of journalism, while the media tech giants admit they 'are destroying how society works.' Whom can you trust? Some of us still place a high value on credibility, reliability and trustworthiness.

  • Opinion
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