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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 20, 2014
Community Focus

Cathy Swanson has helped St. Petersburg's Freedom Bank of America turn a profit for the first time in eight years. Now, as CEO, she has her eyes on the future.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • November 19, 2025
How and when to fire a family member from the family business

A tough but necessary decision is littered with minefields.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 5, 2016
Fast pitch

Four early-stage companies pitched their ideas to investors at a Shark Tank-style event in Naples recently. Technology binds them together.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 2, 2010
Nfinanse sings the greens

Nfinanse, the reloadable prepaid card provider just rolled out a music Web site, nFinanSeMusic.com, devoted to free downloads of up-and-coming artists.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2010
Water everywhere; now, drops to drink

When natural disasters strike, basics like potable water always become scarce.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Petal it forward

The pay-it-forward concept — buying someone's coffee on the drive-thru or bridge toll — has hit the florist industry.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Fawcett Memorial buys land for Estero hospital

Fawcett Memorial Hospital has purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million for a new hospital in Lee County, after the state granted parent company HCA Healthcare permission to build one last year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass.

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  • September 15, 2006
Corporate Report

Corporate Report: Naples-based Health Management Associates Inc. completed the sale of two psychiatric hospitals and a closed inpatient psychiatric facility in Lakeland Progress Energy, Tampa Electric seek price hikesLee Memorial plans purchase of health systemsSuperior Bancorp completes merger with 1st Kensington Bank parentNuevo Advertising Group attracts two new clientsBancshares of Florida to merge with Old Florida BancsharesExecutive shake-up at Morgan Beaumont Clockwork Home Services buys Nashville franchiseeOutback restaurant chainscomparable-store sales fall moreIndustrial Biotechnology Corp. buys bug-repellant companyMorgan Beaumont takes in more, but loses even moreRadiation Therapy Services acquires Beverly Hills centerCarbiz nears listing on over-the-counter boardNobility Homes riding above lower-demand home market

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 20, 2022
Billion-dollar industry blooms as acceptance for marijuana becomes widespread

As the marijuana industry and its connected sectors gains acceptance, it creates real estate and other challenges.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 21, 2014
Knock down

The core of Mary Forristall's unique story of success in a male-dominated field is gender-proof: Outwork everyone.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2012
Are you emotionally intelligent?

Improving your emotional capabilities can greatly boost your effectiveness and job performance.

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  • March 20, 2020
Insurance group starts charitable foundation for more efficient giving

In April 2019, FCCI Insurance Group established the FCCI Charitable Foundation.

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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • January 3, 2026
Naples marketing director cloaks himself in history

Jacob Winge's passion goes back — way back — in time to get his mind off work.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 31, 2024
Clearwater company pays $7M for Venice, Bradenton senior living centers

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Tampa and Sarasota lay out affordable housing programs, and a Sanibel resort is being rebuilt.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2011
Sarasota's Evie's owners buy ASAP Enterprise building

Sarasota businessmen and father and son Steve and Michael Evanoff purchased the 11,700-square-foot ASAP building for $595,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2022
Homebuilder doubles total closings over 2019

Christopher Alan Homes is now among the largest production homebuilders in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2018
Hospital embarks on historic $256M expansion

Florida Hospital Tampa, part of Adventist Health System, has broken ground on a six-story, 300,000-square-foot patient and surgical tower at the corner of Fletcher Ave. and Bruce B. Downs Blvd., in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2019
Digital marketing firm emerges from bankruptcy, names new executive

Catalina, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based digital marketing and advertising firm, has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2014
Southeast top for startups

Head to Cape Coral for the cheapest office space to start a new business.

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