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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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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 4, 2024
Pasco homebuilder sold to suburban DC developer

Biscayne Homes was bought by a 33-year-old Maryland company that is expanding into the Southeast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 25, 2025
St. Petersburg rehabilitation hospital names new CEO

Molly Arau, 55, has been appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg, which is expected to open to patients in October.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2017
Urned income

Spiritual, pet urns take market by storm.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 16, 2025
Top Southeast official for SBA reflects on growing up in Sarasota

Tyler Teresa, who grew up in Sarasota and whose family owns a business there, is the Southeast regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Twixters and Kippers By Lou Lasday

First we had the empty-nesters, then the Boomers and X-gen. Now there's a new market segment - the betwixed and between.

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  • By Sharon Hillstrom |
  • August 28, 2024
Long-term planning in Manatee County pays even longer-term dividends

Tourism is big business all over Manatee County — and getting bigger.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Brick by Brick

Florida's masons gathered on Lido Beach last weekend to compete for the title of the state's best and fastest brick layers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 21, 2022
Frank Mann, Lee County commissioner and environmental leader, dies at 80

Mann is remembered as a fierce defender of the county he loved and a politician who inspired others.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2022
Wanted: Bright young stars for 40 Under 40 issue

The Business Observer has published a 40 Under 40 issue every year since 2003.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2022
Pinellas schools, education foundation partner with Tom Brady’s company

Tom Brady’s fitness company, TB12 Inc., and nonprofit TB12 Foundation have agreed to partner with Pinellas County Schools and the Pinellas Education Foundation on a curriculum redesign that will emphasize increased health and wellness for students.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2019
New York-based company acquires area manufacturer

Hydrogel Vision products are sold in 25 countries under the Extreme H2O brand or under a private label arrangement.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 1, 2012
Farming for New Business

Economic turmoil forces people to become entrepreneurial. Economic growth will be powered by new entrepreneurs born in incubators.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2021
Prominent child-focused foundation gets new headquarters

The  Naples Children & Education Foundation has been in operation for more than 20 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • April 27, 2018
Regional homebuilder looks for talented people in everyday places

Neal Communities started a recruiting card campaign to recruit employees.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • August 27, 2009
Ballistic ballots

Amendment 4, the Hometown Democracy 'vote on everything' amendment to the state constitution, goes to voters in November 2010. If it passes, voters may may regret the weighty future ballots.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 7, 2021
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Beneficial Communities, director of asset management

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  • October 29, 2004
North Port's Transformation

Residential growth has finally reached the critical mass to attract large-scale commercial development.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2008
Patient Place

Billy Springer thought his latest project would be a fitting end to a distinguished career. But it's the delays that have been endless so far.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 8, 2017
Executive Profile

LARRY RICHEY Managing Principal, Florida, Cushman & WakefieldTampa

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