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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 7, 2010
10 for 10

Ten government leaders who will play crucial roles in shaping the next decade.

  • Florida
  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 25, 2022
Fort Myers cancer services company aims to go public in $500M deal

American Oncology Network has big-money opportunities in its sights.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Network control

TruWave Networks is building a fiber-optic network in Southwest Florida that could improve telecommunication services for business. It's an expensive proposition, but CEO Frank Mambuca has been through it before on a massive scale.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Advertising That Pays

In a local kickback case, an ex-Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy walks. Prosecutors cite legal technicalities and technical difficulties.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2004
Judicial Blitz

Chief judges and court administrators make an eleventh-hour appeal over concerns about a shift in how taxpayers pay for the state's trial courts.

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
Face off

The softer economy has put pressure on banks and credit unions to grow their business, which is similar and embattled.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Tapping Technology

Scott Riley has successfully focused Fintech.com on one activity: Helping clients pay liquor vendors electronically.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Waterford Cos. builds Island Park Condominiums Stratlin Homes buys 460 acresNeal partners with SMR on residential developmentSarasota businesspeople plan upscale storage on 301

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
Market Shift

The office-space pendulum has shifted in favor of tenants as weak demand and oversupply hit Gulf Coast landlords. Tenants can now receive concessions such as free rent and more money for interior build-outs.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2008
Growing the Wealth

Ray Ifert brings his knowledge of west central Florida to Bank of New York Mellon, which established a Tampa office in January to seek and serve the affluent.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 15, 2013
Businesses don't pay taxes; consumers do

Business tax cuts and corporate-recruiting incentives will be prominent policy issues for the Legislature this year.

  • Opinion
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 13, 2018
Growing region prepares for two new competing hospitals

Two planned hospitals in south Sarasota County — Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Laurel Road hospital and Venice Regional Bayfront Health's replacement hospital — will mean construction and competition in the years ahead. The leaders involved talk specifics.

  • Health Care
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 30, 2015
Skin in the game

Andrew Jaffe grew his solo dermatology practice to 16 offices by seizing opportunities created by changes in the health care industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • March 26, 2025
High-end Champagne bar, a $4M project, preps for downtown Sarasota debut

The Sugar Champagne Bar concept comes from a Florida transplant from California, Ronnie Shugar.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2007
Foreign Born

After surviving the paperwork gauntlet, a hip overseas firm is officially open in the U.S. It chose Sarasota for its U.S. headquarters.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 9, 2025
Emily Budd, 34

40 Under 40 winner Emily Budd is president of EK Consulting.

  • Class of 2025
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
Corporate Report

Fox Electronics grows Asia-Pacific presence Two stun-gun companies settle false-advertising lawsuit Mercantile Bancorp purchases Naples' Royal Palm BancorpTampa's SunView Software releases add-on communicatorThinking Systems releases new imaging system for PET/CTCobalt Laboratories reaches deal with GlaxoSmithKlineRadiation Therapy buys seven-center Michigan chainBeasley Broadcast Group revenue falls by $1 millionIA Global loses less revenue, grows by $3 million in quarterWellCare net income grows 166% on membership growthGlobal Signal revenue grows slights, losses smaller, merger pendingNeoGenomics revenue grows 186% for quarterRadiation Therapy Services net income grows by 20%

  • Industries
  • By Carl Cronan |
  • April 15, 2011
Beyond the (e)Bay

Triad Retail Media struck its biggest online advertising deal yet with the popular merchandising site eBay. The company's founder views it as a gateway to a $50 billion marketplace.

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Industrial Juggernaut

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic — or perhaps even because of it — distribution space in along the Interstate 4 corridor is flourishing

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 17, 2015
Unfriendly fraud

Online retailers lose nearly $12 billion annually in credit card chargebacks. A Clearwater firm found a solution, and turned it into a fast-growth business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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