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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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 |
  • July 22, 2015
Mortgage rates look sweet in Manatee, Sarasota

Lee County also has one of the best mortgage approval rates in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 20, 2021
Clearwater entrepreneur learned the hard way not to cut marketing budget — ever

Joy Gendusa of PostcardMania says ability to adapt as customers’ needs change pushed company to the top

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 21, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Multifamily deals — $76 million in Tampa, $56.7 million in Fort Myers — pace transactions for the week.

  • Transactions
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2010
Foreclosure frenzy fizzles - finally

While the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area continues to earn its moniker as the Land of Foreclosures, some signs of easing are starting to appear.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2014
Builder raises $50 million

WCI Communities is raising another $50 million in debt to make land acquisitions and build homes.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2014
Fast cars pull into festival

The auctions at the Naples Winter Wine Festival always feature over-the-top lots, and this year will be no exception.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
Corporate Report: October 19

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2022
Publix, Walmart, others closing stores, cutting hours as storm nears

The area’s two largest grocers are closing nearly 330 locations between them as Hurricane Ian gets close to landfall. More closings are likely to follow.

  • News
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 21, 2022
Sarasota man behind $80M Ponzi scheme gets decades in prison

57-year-old convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and money laundering sentenced to federal prison for “insidious scheme.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Kyle Taylor, 29

CEO, The Penny Hoarder, Taylor Media

  • Class of 2016
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 8, 2017
Glass Ceiling

Disrupting an industry, particularly one many try to avoid, is rife with obstacles. A novelist-turned-entrepreneur tackles it with heartfelt passion.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 26, 2015
Make it sync

Even 35-year branding experts make mistakes. This one learned a lot, too.

  • Strategies
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 2, 2025
Tampa nonprofit for children with disabilities closes doors

The board of directors for the Tampa-based nonprofit 21 & Change voted to formally dissolve, effective Aug. 31.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • January 12, 2023
Workplace change: It's a process, not a plan

Change (management) is hard. Here’s how to make it work.

  • Advice
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2011
NeoGenomics raises $3 million

The firm's own executives, plus two investors, bought additional equity.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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