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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 25, 2012
Money Bugs

How hard could it be to sell insect-repellent in Florida? It's not as easy as you think, but one entrepreneur is undeterred.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 1, 2021
Six steps to find an attitude of gratitude

Personal signs of appreciation go a long way.

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  • November 16, 2015
Daytime cafe continues rapid expansion

First Watch Restaurants is opening a new restaurant in Virginia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2010
Final auction tally: $45.9M

A record number of dollars was spent at an auction of foreclosed properties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2022
Naples soap business opens another store — its biggest yet

Naples Soap Co. taps into Orlando market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Jennifer Fowler-Hermes |
  • December 1, 2017
Florida's Minimum Wage Is Set To Increase: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

There has not been much ado about the impending increase in Florida's minimum wage.

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  • December 22, 2017
DataSnapshot: Another chance

Millennials aren't really as stingy as everyone thinks.

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  • May 2, 2014
Firm models good exposure

A Sarasota company that connects the fashion and movie industry with area locations to do work hit its latest jackpot this week: It helped set up a photo shoot that starred Victoria's Secret model Toni Garrn — known in tabloid magazine circles as actor Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2023
St. Pete-based tech giant to lay off more than 200 in California

Jabil Inc. is laying off employees at two manufacturing facilities in Northern California.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2023
East Manatee County apartment complex sells for $102 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, more storage coming to Cape Coral, money for a housing study in Tampa and 412 apartments coming to Lee County.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 13, 2010
GULF COAST 500: Pinching Pennies

The secret sauce to operating a successful restaurant is to control expenses. The Phelans are masters at this business.

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  • June 4, 2010
Corporate Report: June 4 - June 10

New information from Algenol Biofuels, Odyssey Marine, and more.

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  • June 27, 2020
Sarasota-Bradenton area insurance agents charged in $6.3M Ponzi scheme

Authorities accuse defendants of targeting elderly victims.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Scott Allan, 38

President, Allan Development Group

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 28, 2012
Bolt Jolt

A national insurance company that shunned Florida now wants in on the sunshine. The company — which targets small business customers — has an aggressive attack plan that starts with the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Randi Donahue |
  • March 3, 2017
Twin tank

Brothers with a knack for product development hope to score big with their latest invention — an affordable desktop jellyfish tank.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 3, 2021
Health care double down

Sila Realty Trust’s plan to shed its portfolio of data centers will further focus the Tampa company and better position it for its future goal.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2011
Source Interlink grows again

The Bonita Springs-based media group bought Mud Life magazine.

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  • March 18, 2010
Tampa fund gets $4 million from state

Florida's economic development officials would love to attract a bunch of high profile, high wage, “high-tech jobs” to the state. But oftentimes, their effort to do so ends up more laughable than laudable.

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  • January 25, 2019
Finding kitchens for ugly food

Krazykrops gleans and delivers produce rejected by grocery stores because of their appearance

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