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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • August 14, 2024
Tampa man gets three years in prison for Covid-era wire fraud

He received his sentence after being convicted in May.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 5, 2025
Tampa insurance agency e-Telequote cuts 218 jobs

The online insurance agency announced it was laying off the employees about four months after it was bought by a Chicago digital health company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 25, 2025
580 jobs cut as Amalie Arena contract ends

A concessionaire will lay off employees before the expiration of its contract with the Tampa arena.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 13, 2025
Pasco County man gets prison time for nearly $800K mortgage scam

The Wesley Chapel man had pleaded guilty last year to a quit claim deed fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 23, 2025
Health firm cuts 70 jobs in Sarasota, Pinellas, Polk counties

A health care company announced layoffs in Dunedin, Davenport and Sarasota after losing a contract.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 11, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays launch streaming service to broadcast 2026 games

Every game, except those scheduled for national broadcasts, will air on the new Rays.TV service, a partnership with Major League Baseball, launching Feb. 21.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 20, 2006
Coffee Talk

Better terms: Young companies starting to make money are having an easier time finding additional capital than they have in five years, says Tampa attorney David S. Felman.Florida Gulf Coast University simulates Wall Street: Business-school students at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers will learn what it feels like to work on the trading floor of a major brokerage firm.Grande unveiling: Does West Palm Beach-based Kolter Communities have the staying power to make a profit in the tough Sarasota $1 million-plus condo market? We're about to find out.Construction's contribution: If we thought construction was leading economic growth in the Gulf Coast, our area isn't alone.Poop Power: The solution to the United State's oil dependency may be coming from the University of Florida - via your neighborhood farm.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 20, 2024
SRQ Airport CEO: We have more than enough land to expand

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport CEO Rick Piccolo says available land can support passenger terminal growth without the 31 acres it leases to New College of Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
Finding their Way

A company that has been selling computerized mapping services overseas looks for new business closer to home. The challenge: Selling the cool factor.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
His Private Sky

Entrepreneur Vincent Wolanin has turned a $250,000 repair tab on his Gulfstream into a $10 million and growing jet-repair business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 22, 2016
Hidden jewel

North Fort Myers may be an undiscovered development opportunity. Busy traffic and riverfront land in private hands are two pluses.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 4, 2022
7-day voyage finds unfamiliar ocean with red bloom threat looming

A team of scientists and researchers set out to discover the impact that Hurricane Ian had on coastal life.

  • Education
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2006
Coffee Talk

Bankers nervous about '06: Bankers are downcast about the American economy. A disappointing quarterly report from Bank of America renewed fears that 2006 is not going to be a great year for banks.Bank of America says sell Radiation Therapy Services: Is Radiation Therapy Services' stock price too rich? Bank of America analyst Gary Taylor thinks so.New Bradenton design rules?: After decades of markets and building codes determining development, Bradenton is taking steps to more aggressively shape future growth.Farmlands growing greenbacks: A new survey by the University of Florida shows that demand for land has pushed the value of agricultural land to new record levels statewide.A real estate tip from Hizzoner: If you own property along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Fort Myers, you might want to shelve any immediate plans to sell.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 17, 2017
Fort Myers emerging

The Lee County city's downtown has struggled to gain traction, but a slate of new projects would change that in a big way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 14, 2024
Sarasota office building sells for $5.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Nordstrom Rack is expanding into Fort Myers, a St. Petersburg property locks down half a dozen tenants, and an investor keeps getting bigger in Manatee.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 4, 2024
Downtown Sarasota mixed-use project to get cafe in 2025, several restaurants

"This side of Main Street was not the most energetic side," says Eric Fenton, vice president of development for Belpointe.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 18, 2026
Hillsborough College president says Rays' stadium plan is a big win for all

Kenneth Atwater spoke with the Business Observer about a how proposed deal to build a stadium and mixed-use development on the school's Dale Mabry campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 25, 2010
Build the Relationship

Billions of dollars of reconstruction funds will be raining down on Haiti in the next few years. Where are Florida's construction firms?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • March 18, 2011
An Optimistic Turn

Gulf Coast hoteliers hope for a better tourist season than last year, when the BP oil spill dominated headlines. Slow recovery and soaring gas prices have shifted the emphasis to intrastate travelers.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2007
The Serial Entrepreneur

St. Petersburg executive Mark Swanson has started a number of technology companies over the years, including Telovations, a telecommunications firm in Tampa.

  • Entrepreneurs
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