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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2021
University president steps down after just two years

Steven C. Currall leaving as president of the University of South Florida just two years after taking over

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2021
Survey dispels some Gen Z stereotypes

The future of the workforce shows some positive signs.

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  • February 26, 2021
Bayfront Health names top medical, nursing officers

Dr. Trina Espinola and Lorraine Parker had worked in interim capacities prior to their promotions at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2019
Show time: Curtain rises on ritzy new entertainment venture

Ann Marie Hayek, the founder of booking agency Pure Talent Celebrities, is bringing a series of Las Vegas-style shows to Tampa's Avalon Event Center.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 27, 2017
Polk County Industrial Market

Distributors, logistics firms and e-commerce purveyors alike have flocked to Polk County because of its central Florida location, sophisticated highway network that connects Interstate 4 with Interstate 75 and Interstate 95 and its ability to reach roughly 18 million customers within a 24-hour drive.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Plan the perfect company party

Jessica Wells, vice president of corporate communications and public relations for Fort Myers-based retailer Chico's FAS Inc., says company parties are embedded in the company's culture and “provide camaraderie and a greater sense of community within the workplace.”

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 4, 2016
Three multitasking myths that can derail a career

Baylor University professor researches promotes “excellence in outcomes” over doing a lot at once.

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  • November 28, 2014
Food truck entrepreneurs seek justice

One of the nation's top libertarian business-rights groups, the Institute for Justice, has targeted tacos in Sarasota.

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  • February 20, 2015
New flights

Bringing new airlines to Tampa International Airport means plenty of homework, and regular face-to-face.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 20, 2024
Report: Insurance, inflation dominate Florida voter concerns

A pro-business lobbying group finds that economic issues matter more than specific candidates to voters.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2020
Area manufacturer, after ousting CEO, names new top leader

Josef Matosevic brings global industry experience to Helios Technologies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 18, 2024
Hoffmann increases its ownership of top national newspaper chain

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. has upped its ownership in Iowa-based Lee Enterprises as it looks to become the chain’s largest shareholder.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 13, 2025
Report: Tampa's wealthy turning to rentals at higher numbers

Redfin finds that as housing costs rise the affluent are renting their residences more often because it "frees up cash for other investments that may be more lucrative than real estate."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 20, 2023
Leading Manatee County restaurant chain opens new Tampa Bay location

First Watch, the Manatee County-based daytime dining restaurant serving breakfast, brunch and lunch, has opened its first location in Apollo Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 20, 2006
Roth-ing Past a Retirement Time Bomb

Ed Slott visits Sarasota on his crusade to keep the taxman from looting your IRA.

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  • August 29, 2008
Corporate Report

Study: SinoFresh spray kills MRSA in nosesIntertape Polymer Groupreleases new roof productCryo-Cell, EndGenitor planjoint research programMIVA rearranging itsEuropean operationstate approves site forSeminole clean coal unitHSN Inc. leaves IAC,listed on NASDAQWellCare Health Plansmakes payment agreementGevity plans 5-cent dividend,31st quarterly paymentBrown & Brown buys assetsof Pennsylvania-based firm

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 12, 2014
A large interest

Businesses in any industry constantly seek new revenue sources. The concept has a thundering immediacy in banking.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2022
Well-known realty firm promotes Sarasota executive

Shelley Whiteside received the promotion after being with the firm for six years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2009
Slowdown impacts trendy club

The recession has hit the Sarasota University Club, one of downtown Sarasota's prime lunch spots of the boom times.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2010
OSI loss sets back 2010 profits

A $7.7 million third-quarter loss cuts year-to-date net income in half.

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