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  • April 11, 2021
Museum, science center, woos new CEO from South Carolina

Hillary Spencer has more than 20 years of leadership experience in museums.

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  • May 10, 2011
Economic downturn weighs on local Ys

Two Gulf Coast YMCAs will merge together in a deal that highlights the precarious future of nonprofit fitness and community centers.

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  • August 27, 2012
Orange entrepreneur calls out regulations, and regulators

Dean Mixon, in an effort to squeeze more sales out of his prominent family-run orange grove in north Manatee County, is taking his cause to TV.

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  • February 5, 2016
Super Bowl ad: Get on up

Super Bowl ads, the game within the big game, are primed for another big year during Super Bowl 50.

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  • December 11, 2015
Real estate industry tackles obstacles

Drones, Twitter and hackers.

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  • August 14, 2015
Hendry back in focus

As Florida's economy continues to recover, there's renewed focus on inland counties where land is cheaper and it's less congested.

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  • May 19, 2022
Tampa ad agency welcomes new creative director

David Smail joins PPK and will handle its Bridgestone account.

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  • December 24, 2010
Rise of the engineer in fibromyalgia battle

Fibromyalgia is a painful subject to anyone afflicted by it. Now a Clearwater company believes it may have a new solution to the chronic disorder

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  • September 16, 2010
To recover or not to recover

A new survey of building materials industry executives reveals a tug-of-war between a comeback economy and a still faltering one.

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  • November 29, 2012
IT firm plans big growth byte

Firm plans for market rebound with aggressive sales force expansion.

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  • January 30, 2012
Company changes leaders, hopes to survive

The turnaround plan at Sunovia Energy Technologies, which is also its survival strategy, is in flux with news that the architect of the approach was let go.

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  • October 28, 2016
Leadership, accelerated

A new program in Naples promises to put its high quotient of retired business titans to good use.

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  • April 11, 2014
Geeks are getting fashionable

In a speech to more than 160 technology executives in Fort Myers recently gathered for the Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership awards, technology consultant Sandra Donatelli says fashion is the key to new consumer technology.

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  • December 18, 2013
Broker tries out new gig

Commercial real estate broker Clint Conway has added a new job title: developer.

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  • August 26, 2016
Significant project moves forward

The city of Fort Myers, amid an already robust recovery in downtown projects, took a big step forward Aug. 22: The city council approved lease terms with a Tampa development firm behind a new proposed hotel next to the Harborside Event Center.

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  • November 7, 2014
Residential land prices cooling

Homebuilders scrambling to buy land for new residential communities drove land prices higher in Southwest Florida as the recovery took hold.

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  • March 7, 2025
New Jersey investors pay $3.9 million for Tampa industrial building

The real estate investment firms bought the nearly 20,000-square-foot building near Tampa International Airport and has put it up for lease.

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  • May 28, 2025
South Tampa taco spot to open second location

Taco Dirty debuted seven years ago.

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  • July 22, 2025
Pinellas Park industrial facility sold to New Jersey investors

The 52,000-square-foot logistics facility is near U.S. Highway 19 in Pinellas County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 24, 2023
High-tech insurance firm enters Florida with aggressive growth plans

FloodFlash says technology and policy structure vastly improves how fast claims are paid, allowing for quicker returns to business.

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