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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2013
Anti-regulatory crusaders score victory

A lawsuit that challenges the controversial $50 minimum fare rule for every limo and luxury sedan ride in Hillsborough County will move forward.

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  • July 22, 2016
Tampa flexes its muscle

The Tampa business community is on a summertime roll, with three major relocation and jobs announcements over eight days earlier this month.

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  • July 25, 2016
Former bank CEO in line for $35M payday after sale

Trevor Burgess was part of an investment group behind C1 Bank in 2009.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 26, 2016
Firm that received subsidies announces layoffs

Air Products opened a $57 million facility in northeast Manatee County in early 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2016
Lending firm looks for leg up

Shares of Tampa-based mortgage origination and servicing firm Walter Investment Management Corp., hovering around its 52-week low in early August, scored a bump in the middle of the month.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 30, 2016
Exeter buys Polk County industrial property

A Pennsylvania-based commercial real estate investment firm has acquired a Polk County warehouse occupied by Amazon.com for $24.6 million, the latest in a series of industrial purchases and developments in the county aimed at taking advantage of the strategic Interstate 4 corridor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2016
Enticing challenge for executive

After nearly 40 years in real estate, including two decades in regional executive roles with Coldwell Banker, Sue Wolverton is finally ready to do something different.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2015
Letter to the editor

New code costs deserved in-depth look

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 3, 2015
Industry disruptor finds a mate

Sarasota insurance executive Jeff Harris often talks about how his industry is turtle-like slow to adapt to technological advances.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2016
Beach renourishment

Developer Tom Torgerson has an ambitious plan to redevelop downtown Fort Myers Beach, which includes building a complex of four beachfront hotels, shopping and dining.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2015
Conference center back in play

When Sarasota developers Charles Githler and Andy Dorr attempted to build a $100 million conference center downtown six years ago, the project stumbled.

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  • January 16, 2015
Yea for Entrepreneurs

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy, with eight locations in Florida and more than 100 nationwide in 37 states, will make its debut on the Gulf Coast later this year.

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  • January 23, 2015
First Watch serves up substantial move

East Manatee County-based breakfast-brunch-lunch chain First Watch was in business more than 20 years before it opened its first franchise location.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 17, 2024
Lakewood Ranch fertility company posts 2023 results, stock trading soars

Although it lost millions of dollars, Lakewood Ranch company INVO Bioscience grew 267% in 2023 compared with the previous year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 19, 2024
Naples health care tech CEO invests $1M in firm — despite $20M in losses

HealthLynked Corp. CEO has an "unwavering belief in the company's mission."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • September 6, 2023
Bloomin' Brands shakes up board

Outback Steakhouse owner puts new board focus on technology.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 15, 2025
Fort Myers flood insurance costs to drop by 20%

The city’s FEMA rating has improved to a Class 6, which means residents will see big discounts starting in October.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 10, 2025
Yoder’s to open coffee, mini pie shop in Sarasota

The Bahia Vista restaurant is planning on opening its new coffee and dessert business in phases.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2025
FCCI Insurance expands excess and surplus coverage

A Sarasota-headquartered insurance company with $3.3 billion in assets is offering excess and surplus coverage to all of its regions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 14, 2025
Tampa health tech firm to lay off nearly 100 employees, blames Trump administration

GroundGame.Health, which made the Inc. 5000 list the past two years, says changes in Washington forced its clients to cut spending.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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