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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2010
Understanding economic growth

Economic development is a favorite topic of Coffee Talk but it still may not be all that exciting to the masses, even in a struggling economy.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2010
RLJ Development buys hotel for $77 million

RLJ Lodging Fund III purchased the 360-suite Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa for $77 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2010
Trustee selected in Colony case

Management for the famed Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on Longboat Key will remain in place while a trustee oversees its day-to-day operations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2013
Retailers lament what could have been

Former Apple executive Ron Johnson was pounded for his failed effort to replace price markdowns and giant discounts with set prices at J.C. Penney.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 8, 2013
Decisions, Decisions

With an upcoming health insurance renewal comes a deadline for sorting through the uncertainty of Obamacare. The choice remains overwhelming.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2011
Hospice's four-year turf war ends

Clearwater-based Suncoast Hospice won't open a facility in Manatee County after all, ending its territorial tiff with Lakewood Ranch-based TideWell Hospice.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2012
$1B Fla. railroad motors along

Passenger service will initially connect Miami to Orlando. Tampa could be next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2012
Franchise firm stars on TV show

Sarasota-based Clockwork Home Services was featured in an episode of the new AMC TV show “The Pitch.”

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  • July 28, 2021
Miami-area bank expands into Gulf Coast

Professional Bank eyeing downtown St. Petersburg for new loan office

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2021
Health care facility in region hires new COO

Keisha Bickham brings more than 20 years of experience to the role.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2019
Luxury resort promotes official to top marketing role

Tracy Tirrell began her career at Marriott at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort in January 1997.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 29, 2020
Hotel completes $6 million renovation

The 225-room Crowne Plaza Fort Myers at Bell Tower Shops has completed a $6 million renovation project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2019
Medical device firm scores major win from FDA

Orthopedic surgical device firm Arthrex won a major victory from the FDA Aug. 1, with agency announcing clearance of the company’s Eclipse Total Shoulder Replacement System.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2018
Company, nearing its 100th birthday, changes name

Superior Uniform Group, based in Seminole, Fla., has rebranded as Superior Group of Companies following a string of recent acquisitions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2019
Area firm with global holdings buys Belgium-based business

S-One Holdings Corp. adds another firm to its portfolio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2019
Health insurer acquired by larger rival in $17.3B deal

Centene Corp. has agreed to acquire Tampa, Florida-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $17.3 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2017
Sarasota tries to outdo Manatee, others in quest to woo firm

Under the codename Project Panther, Sarasota County commissioners will consider $60,000 in incentives for an IT company to relocate from New Jersey.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 22, 2017
Billions in CMBS exposure in Irma's wake along Gulf Coast

Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC says that when Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida earlier this month, it brought in its wake billions of dollars worth of commercial mortgage-backed securities exposure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2017
Leadership lessons

It's about making a difference.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2017
Rate war heats up

Airbnb touts its holiday weekend rates over hotel chains in Naples, and no one is surprised.

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