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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2011
Progress Florida earnings down

Progress Energy's Florida operations were less profitable in 2010.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 28, 2016
Tampa office comes to market

RMC Property Group is hoping to sell a significant office building in the Floriland Office Center in Tampa on behalf of a California owner.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 19, 2018
Gulf Coast MPCs sales soared last year

Two Gulf Coast master-planned communities were tops in the nation in sales last year, and a third Florida community posted the best numbers in the U.S.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By James R. |
  • September 27, 2013
Quality trumps quantity in social media

Social media may not provide huge returns, but they can help build an engaged, loyal customer base.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 20, 2022
Accountant pleads guilty to murder-for-hire plot involving dark web and Bitcoin

Tampa accountant was charged with trying to hire someone to kill the wife of an ex-boyfriend

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2015
Corporate report

Mortgage Bankers Association installs board of governors; Coastal Orthopedics conducting new spinal-cord research; Jabil reaches agreement to grow in Vietnam; Innovative Food Holdings subsidiary growing Chicago area presence; Action Automatic Door & Gate expands to Manatee County

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 18, 2022
Boston hospitality company shuttering Tampa hotel and laying off all employees

The company will close the Westshore district hotel near Tampa International Airport on Dec. 19, six days before Christmas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2021
Nashville firm buys Swan Lake apartments

Covenant Capital Group focuses on acquisitions with upside potential from renovations.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 4, 2020
Pinellas apartments sell for $120 million

St. Petersburg, Largo apartment complex sales demonstrate that demand for multifamily rentals in the county remains strong, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 9, 2019
Rainier buys Woodlands Square for $64 million

A Dallas-based investment firm has spent $64 million to acquire the Woodlands Square Shopping Center in Oldsmar in the wake of a multimillion renovation.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2015
Scientists face 20 years in prison

Mahmoud Aldissi and Anastassia Bogomolova were found guilty of wire fraud, identity theft and falsifying records.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 6, 2024
Pinellas medical manufacturer will close facility, lay off employees

BioDerm has notified the state that is cutting about 50 employees at its facility in Largo but says it will eventually relocate in the county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
No Edicts

Brown & Brown's decentralized and entrepreneurial approach helps the broker to navigate stormy weather - from hurricanes and within the industry.

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  • October 26, 2018
Opinions wanted

The Business Observer is conducting a reader survey.

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  • April 8, 2011
Merger Momentum

Top performing Gulf Coast community banks from 2010 held tight going into 2011. Banks not doing as well, however, could face more threats.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • January 10, 2023
Bank executive brings lobster tails to the table

Gerri Moll discovered lobstering 30 years ago. Since then, she hasn't missed a mini-season.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 22, 2013
New Behavior

Behavioral-health organizations are merging operations as government reshapes the way it pays for health care.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 22, 2023
Survey: Small business owners remain worried about economy

While fears of inflation and difficulty finding employees are still a major concern, a new survey finds that owners do see signs of improvement.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • July 29, 2023
Lazydays buys Tennessee RV company

Lazydays, the Tampa-based RV retailer, has bought a Knoxville, Tennessee-based RV that will bring in $40 million a year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2020
Report: 13% of out-of-state moves are relocations to Florida, Sarasota is a top destination

HireAHelper’s 2020 Migration Report reveals just how popular Florida is.

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