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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2012
Corporate Report: August 24

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • February 10, 2012
Capitol Chatter: Feb. 10

Small business tax breaks, prison privatization, and other Tallahassee topics.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2004
Members Golf for Association

More than 75 lawyers and guests showed up for the Clearwater Bar Associationis annual golf tournament, held Nov. 19 at the Clearwater Country Club.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2011
Speakers set for UT Fellows Forum

The University of Tampa will host this year's Fellows Forum on March 2 at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 27, 2017
Publix replacing store in St. Pete

It's not the years, it's the mileage, as Indiana Jones once famously opined. Well, sometimes it's the years, too.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2016
Publix ranks as America's second favorite grocery store

The survey by Market Force studied more than 10,000 consumers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2016
Florida feels peachy

The Sunshine State won't mess with Texas, and New York remains a big apple, but when it comes to visitors, Georgia is the state on Florida's mind.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 23, 2025
Manatee building leased by cannabis retailer sells for $4 million

The property just off University Parkway, with a long-term lease in place, was bought by a New York investor.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 9, 2018
Use Instagram effectively for your business

How to leverage social media into a powerful business tool.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 18, 2014
Get Creative

Stickboy Creative has been there, done that. So now it can help clients with complex technology challenges.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Business that Sizzles

Chris Miller, CEO of Ruthis Chris and the next chairman of the restaurant association, explains the growth in higher end steakhouse market and why itis not the industryis fault consumers get fat.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 27, 2019
Brew and improved: With land deal, beer maker takes next big step

Fort Myers Brewing won awards for its beers in 2019, but the biggest news was the acquisition of a 23-acre parcel that will be the site of its much-needed new headquarters.

  • Strategies
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 7, 2014
Why stop at $10/hour? Go all the way: $200!

Barack Obama's campaigns for income equality and higher minimum wages explicitly illustrate what the Jesuit priests called “invincible ignorance.”

  • Opinion
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 9, 2022
Local investment firm buys 92-unit Pinellas County apartment complex for $13M

The price tag for Cottage Court might seem surprising, but it's not, says the brokerage behind the deal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 1, 2022
Hillsborough selling nearly 62 acres already zoned for housing

In an unusual move, the county issued a press release announcing the large parcel of land was for sale in one of the fastest growing parts of the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2021
Marketing firm promotes president to CEO

Albert Arguelles joined Vectra Digital after an acquisition last year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2019
District dreams: Design community looking to stand out from the rest

Neighborhood seeing growth in new businesses and new executive board seeks to steer pedestrians toward them.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 8, 2019
Advent Health buys two Polk County centers for $100 million

Health care provider Advent Health makes inroads into Polk County with purchase of hospitals in Davenport and Lake Wales

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 9, 2024
USF architecture professor’s firm opens first US office in Tampa

German architecture firm JSWD is expanding into the United States with an office in a former retail space previously occupied by Sorrento Sweets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 18, 2025
Fiber-optic internet provider already in SWFL expands into St. Petersburg

The Missouri-based company has begun construction of a network in the city that may reach as many 23,000 homes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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