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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2018
DataSnapshot: What's in a name?

Apparently, more than we could imagine.

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  • September 19, 2014
Excellent times for exports

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater region has some muscle in Florida, and nationwide, in exporting goods and merchandise.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2014
Sarasota County juggles departments

Economic development office now reports directly to the county administrator.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2014
Hampton Inn, Suites Fort Myers Beach sells for $9.43 million

New York City-based The Lightstone Group purchased the 120-room Hampton Inn & Suites Fort Myers Beach/Sanibel Gateway for $9.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2014
Beall's CEO to chair Chamber

Steve Knopik, the new chairman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce's board of directors, knows all about the challenges businesses face in Florida. Knopik has navigated them firsthand as CEO of Beall's, which has locations across the state and beyond.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 5, 2015
THE CREATIVITY ISSUE: Spiro & Associates

You won't find many photos of people in the advertising materials for a Fort Myers human resources and benefits company.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2015
Former housing official gets one year in prison

Wenston DeSue previously pleaded guilty to the charges.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
Agency injects uncertainty into clinic

A dark cloud hovers above the opening of NuMale Medical Center's first Florida-based testosterone replacement therapy center in Tampa — courtesy of the FDA.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2015
Florida: Weak link in the middle market

The job-creating power of middle market companies is a beautiful thing, according to a new large study, with on major hiccup: Florida is the worst performer in this sector in the country.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 27, 2024
Alamo Drafthouse looks to hire 45 people for new Naples location

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is scheduled to open in the spring, in the high-end Mercato shopping center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 11, 2024
Tampa law firm names first female managing partner in 45 years

Denise Anderson has been with Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig for 28 years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 25, 2023
Tampa digital firm announces record Q3 earnings

Homee, a digital platform for insurance companies, is growing fast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 17, 2026
Prolific Lakewood Ranch homebuilder posts sales boost in four counties

Sales data from Neal Communities indicates an uptick in home buying activity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 9, 2012
Corporate Report: November 9

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 12, 2022
2022 Top Entrepreneur: Jim Miller, JMX Brands CEO, Sarasota

On the other side of a crisis, Jim Miller is learning how important pacing is when it comes to growth. “I like to drive fast. But if you don’t have the resources to support the growth, then all of a sudden you’re speeding along the cliff.'

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 15, 2022
New Frontiers: Cryptocurrency and the metaverse are here to stay

Success in the commercial real estate industry of the future — and maybe even the now —requires an embrace of technologies that take the real world digital.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 1, 2006
No More Development?

Land use experts say the business community should vote against Florida Hometown Democracy - one of the biggest threats to development in the state. Property insurance and taxes also pose problems.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Matt Walsh: Why they won't cut spending

Aren't you sick of the whining?That's what it is.Whenever anyone attempts to cut a government's revenues, the spenders and socialist media types come out howling."You can't do that!""Who's going to pay for these tax cuts!?""Do you realize this means we're going to have to starve widows and children, end all health care for pregnant women, shut down day-care centers, eliminate high school football, close fire departments, release prisoners and go weeks at a time without drinking water?"It's all so sickeningly predictable and tired.And then, the legislators cave.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
'True American Spirit'

As revenue at The Hiller Group hits $130million this year, a third-generation Hiller joins the global company that specializes in carbon trading and wholesale aviation fuel distribution.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 3, 2013
The A Team

A security firm with fast-growth ambitions has refined a detailed system to help solve one of a business owner's biggest dilemmas: How to recruit and retain top employees.

  • Entrepreneurs
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