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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2018
Tourism organization names new executive

Jeffrey John comes to Naples from Arizona to become sports development manager for convention and visitors bureau.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 25, 2015
Juicy strategy

Automation, by way of survival, is the big mission for Wish Farms in 2016. The project is off to a sweet start.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2015
'Fantastic' real estate data for March

Sarasota County closed more than 1,200 property transactions in the month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 26, 2022
Iconic hotel owner on $156M sale: Time to slow down

Prominent Southwest Florida hotelier Phil McCabe cites both his age, and the hot market, as reasons to sell now.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2013
Parker named GM at WTTA-TV

The veteran Tampa Bay television executive formerly was with Bright House.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2019
Health insurance giant targets area for hiring surge

In anticipation of Medicare’s open enrollment period that begins in mid-October, health insurance provider Humana plans to add 100 employees at its call center in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2014
Exotic car business opens showroom

AutoXotic offers sales and rentals of multiple ultra-luxury brands.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2012
Monthly home sales rebound

Sarasota Realtors report 36% increase in August sales compared with last year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2018
Homebuilder hires sales and marketing VP

Most recently, Anthony Crimi was area sales manager for Taylor Morrison Homes in Tampa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2014
Sarasota scorches monthly real estate sales

County closed 11,184 sales in 2013, for its second-best year ever.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2015
Get linked

Social media site LinkedIn is a great way to find the right people, but then you have to be persistent with follow-up phone calls and personal visits.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Coffee Talk

Florida foreclosure numbers show big gainDon Ackerman will step down as chairman of WCI Communities at the company's next annual meeting, a sure sign that significant changes are in store for the struggling Bonita Springs-based homebuilder. Going into December, shares of PGT, the Venice-based impact-resistant window and door manufacturer, had been hovering in the $11-per-share range, and what's more, overall, the stock had decreased 15% since its June IPO and 33% since its all-time high of $18.84 Aug. 3.That was until SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Keith Hughes upgraded his rating on the stock to buy from neutral.Coffee Talk is always a little weary when it hears about new products that come with a "change the entire dynamic" tag, be it small business banking or the latest stock craze. A little dose of skepticism can go a long way.But we perked up after talking to a few bankers about remote deposit capture, a federally approved system that equates digital check images with paper checks. It allows banks to provide a way for clients to scan paper checks and deposit them electronically. Coffee Talk usually takes the color-blind approach to judging businesses - or more to the point, if there's any color to be judged, the one with the most cache would be green. Hence, lists breaking down entrepreneurs by racial or gender categories are usually little more than window dressing.

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  • January 5, 2009
Changeup

Scout Advisor Corp. has improved its software products forprofessional scouts and looks forward to branching into other sports.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 7, 2025
Sarasota firm closes Venice, Lakewood Ranch sales totaling $35 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Clearwater boat retailer expands into Fort Myers, a Miami company takes over management of three communities, and a Dallas investor buys a Tampa property.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 12, 2012
WCI raises $175M

Homebuilder, in third year of comeback, will use some of the money for growth.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 12, 2024
Broker: $2.3M Sarasota complex sale shows 'market stabilization'

The Class B and C multifamily sector should "continue to stabilize," says Sean Dreznin, agent and partner in Dreznin Pappas Commercial Real Estate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2022
Tourism agency expands leadership team with two executive hires

Eric Davis and Aislinn Stone have joined Visit Tampa Bay, the destination marketing organization for Tampa and Hillsborough County, as vice president of finance and director of partner development, respectively.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 2, 2011
Daniel Peek leads new HFF office

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP, a Miami-based capital markets services firm for commercial real estate, has a new office in Tampa, but the man heading it has been around a while.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2018
Unique estate sold for $4.1 million

Originally selling for $5.3 million in 2013, new owner plans to remodel 18,000-square-foot home on Cape Coral.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2010
Oct. 28: HMA, TE

HMA Inc. earnings per share up 40%; TECO Energy net income decreases.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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