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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 3, 2020
Baseball franchise's cloudy future in region grows darker

With Montreal vying to be the team's part-time home, 2020 could be a make-or-break year for the Tampa Bay Rays' future in the Tampa region.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 5, 2019
After 15 years on his own, a banker gets back into the game

Charles Idelson has big expansion plans for Investors’ Security Trust under its new owners, Illinois-based Busey Bank,

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2023
Fast-growth truck driving school plows forward with six more locations

The programs could add up to 3,000 new truck drivers annually.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 10, 2024
Christopher Souza, 33

40 Under 40 winner Christopher Souza is managing partner at Oasis Amenities.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2022
Hospitality firm promotes from within for CEO role

Tommy Del Zoppo has succeeded Alex Hodges at St. Petersburg-based New Hotel Collection.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2021
Florida defeats all others states in adding taxable income

Sunshine State attracted a net gain of 126,789 new people and $17.7 billion in new taxable income in 2019.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2019
Theater hires three new executives to help build new center

The new hires come after the Naples theater recently reached its $20 million fundraising goal.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • May 4, 2018
Startup insurance agency doubles in size

After a decade handling a major hospital’s risk assessments, an insurance pro finds success in his own venture.

  • Insurance
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 5, 2017
Dollars to Doughnuts

A former policeman — yes, really — leads the rapid growth at a doughnut franchise business. The recipe is one part simplicity, one part consistency.

  • Strategies
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 4, 2026
Dalí Museum plans $65M expansion

Construction on the planned 35,000-square-foot expansion could begin as soon as this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 14, 2023
After 20-plus years, thrill of the hunt continues to fuel investment firm

Ballast Point Ventures has a knack for launching new investment funds at counterintuitive times, but opening the checkbook when others are pulling back has proven to be effective.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 18, 2023
Airport balances urgency with demand in massive expansion project

Passenger growth keeps on coming at airports across Florida. One of the biggest, in Fort Myers, relies on a strategy of prudence and patience.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 7, 2021
Thomas O'Riordan, 34

Collier Capital Club, founder and president

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 2, 2016
Industrial revolution

McCraney Property Co.'s latest speculative distribution offering is part of a new paradigm for logistics firms.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • May 21, 2023
7 steps to making the hard changes in a family business a bit easier

Avoiding change, particularly in a family business, is a risky proposition.

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  • November 3, 2010
Republican Ascendance

Republicans now have complete power in Florida, and complete responsibility.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 20, 2011
Government Digest: May 20

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2021
USF announces new partnership to give students access to 93 teaching hotels

USF and McKibbon Hospitality have teamed up to attack an industry-wide issue: an acute talent shortage.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 23, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Still not coasting: There isn't a community bank in the Tampa Bay area that is moving faster than Coast Bank of Florida.Bust or boom: Will Sarasota County's upward trek in real estate prices continue or is the bubble about to pop?New bank makes it: The first local bank to open in booming south Hillsborough County since the 1980s has become reality. CEO: Chico's will grow faster: The president and chief executive officer of Fort Myers-based Chico FAS Inc. says his company will double sales in the next three years.It could have been worse: Brenda P. Murray, chief administrative law judge at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, hit a Raymond James Financial Inc. subsidiary with a stiff fine earlier this month.

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