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  • May 24, 2019
Group starts intensive outpatient program for addiction, opioid recovery

Sarasota Addiction Specialists has started group sessions to help treat people with addictions of all kinds.

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  • September 27, 2019
An idea takes flight at local business incubator

WanderSeat, a Tampa, Florida-based travel company, is launching an airline ticketing platform designed for day-of-departure travel, similar to the app Hotel Tonight.

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  • March 29, 2019
Major retailer rolls out new tools for customers, employees in Florida

Walmart's retail innovations include grocery pickup and pickup towers.

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  • June 15, 2018
Maximum celebration for top boat dealer

MarineMax CEO Bill McGill rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on June 7 to celebrate the Clearwater-based boat retailer's 20th year in business.

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  • September 7, 2018
Former Bob Evans restaurant transformed for new use

Specialized Veterinary Services remained open during the construction process.

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  • April 21, 2017
Data Snapshot: Silver lining

Survey results speak to plans of senior population in Florida.

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  • May 29, 2015
Excerpts of the ad:

Here's who you have to be — crazy passionate about cheese and you have to love food, and want to know where it comes from.

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  • By Douglas E. Walker | Williams Parker |
  • October 31, 2023
Ensuring a Lien-Free Project: "The Proper Payment Defense"

Owners are often shocked to learn they must pay a second time for improvements to remove a construction lien.

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  • December 8, 2025
St. Pete-Clearwater airport breaks passenger records amid expansion

With one month left to go in 2025, PIE has already broken its all-time annual passenger record and is planning several expansion projects to accommodate growth.

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  • June 8, 2007
The Club approach

The going is good at a Gulf Coast planning firm - but it would be a lot better if the government would speed things up. Or at least get out of the way.

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  • January 26, 2007
Walsh: What will the geniuses do next?

Florida's business leaders need to visit the governor and wake him out of his populist stupor.

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  • January 26, 2007
'Place to Be'

A condo glut doesn't deter EcoGroup's principal from building New Port Tampa Bay - a luxury waterfront community where the land alone cost $74 million.

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  • November 2, 2007
Focus on Fuel

A national power company chief executive - whose livelihood depends on more energy usage - publicly supports power conservation.

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  • February 29, 2008
Brokered Loyalty

CLW Real Estate Services Group in Tampa pledges to spend most of its time helping existing clients to grow rather than mining for new ones.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

Best and worst: It was the best of the times and it was the worst of times for Tampa lawyer David Russell Stahl in 2004.Consumers liking little banks: Banks have had happier depositors and borrowers during the past two years, according to the University of Michigan's latest quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index.Invader raises profile: While some local bankers predict a new competitor from Cincinnati won't make much more than a ripple along the Gulf Coast, Fifth Third Bancorp has continued an aggressive promotional campaign.One more term: Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge David Demers, called "DAD" by some of the judges, won a third, two-year term as chief judge at a Feb. 22 secret ballot. Stetson gets $500,000 endowment: The Joy Culverhouse McCann Foundation has found a genuine way to honor Carlton Fields lawyer William Reece Smith Jr.

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  • April 7, 2006
Startup Grows Up

After a few years in an incubator, two of Startup Florida's baby companies are nearing the break-even point. The next phase: profit or bust.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Blown Away

Sales at a Florida roofing supply company were robust before 2004. They've gone wild after two active hurricane seasons.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Entrepreneur Runner-Up: Jim Abrams

The founder and CEO of VenVest Inc. was one of this year's runner-ups for Entrepreneur of the Year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2004
Fast Start

Building the asset base of a new community bank while sustaining profitability is easier said than done.

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  • By Lou Lasday |
  • March 4, 2010
Promise Them Anything!

In professional services marketing, you must deliver on every promise, exceed on every expectation and excite with reliability and real value.

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