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  • By Stephen M. |
  • January 17, 2014
Big law

Law firms across the nation are merging to build 1,000-lawyer 'megafirms' and jolt anemic revenues. But Tampa's venerable Carlton Fields says its recent merger will bring measured growth.

  • Strategies
  • By The Florida Bar |
  • September 16, 2016
After the Disaster: We All Are Poorer

A common belief after a hurricane or flood is the affected areas experience an economic boon. Yes, but here's the rest of the story ...

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 22, 2016
Being David

Mid-sized brokerage firms are finding unique ways to battle the Gulf Coast area industry giants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2014
Corporate report

RPS Diagnostics test approved for sale in Europe, other countries; Alltrust senior benefits specialist receives certification; HT Family of Cos., Title Management create statewide title network; Tampa company approved for tour travel to Cuba; Centerstone, Manatee Glens sign letter of intent to affiliate; Omega Brands Corp. buying Omega Infusion drinks, shots

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 22, 2015
Corporate Report

Commercial owner, others creating arts incubator; Pittsburgh Pirates name Bradenton Marauders GM; PGT Industries backed for SEED incentives; Dunkin' Donuts' ad agency promoting Chico's brands

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 21, 2015
Corporate report

WCI Communities hires Kolter V.P. as regional sales director; PDR Certified Public Accountants names Zuñiga principal; ANM Maritime Solutions Group hires new maritime director; InformedDNA executive named to Newsweek's list of top cancer doctors; Hayward Baker expanding in Tampa, South Florida; Summit Broadband hires Cable One exec to head network; New Path Academy takes over four school locations

  • Strategies
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 31, 2024
Lakewood Ranch office sold for nearly $32M in off-market deal

Center Point Medical Center is 100% occupied, according to the buyer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 29, 2025
Sarasota Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant opens second location

University Town Center is the second location for Florence & the Spice Boys, which started as a food truck.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 30, 2014
Bright Shiny Objects

A high school dropout with an appetite for learning is the master builder behind a rocket ship-like success. His firm has gone from $2 million to a projected $30 million in annual sales in four years.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 8, 2013
Stimulate success

Josh Evans, president of J.R. Evans Engineering, and Elizabeth Fountain, vice president, help property owners appeal for exclusion from high-risk flood zones.

  • Strategies
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2021
Keeping customers (and their pets) happy drives dogged entrepreneur

Tricia Bolds builds business on passion, guts.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 12, 2021
A leap of faith (and some long days) were all one entrepreneur needed to find success

With a coaching and marketing company named Be Your Best You, businesswoman follows her own advice — with some early success.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Busy litigator: Tampa lawyer John Fitzgibbons has more prominent cases pending than most local attorneys.Sweets fight: A Mexico City candy manufacturer has accused a former business partner of trademark infringement and unfair competition for making copycat jellybeans and Gummee Bears with real fruit juice.Gallagher to banks: Drop fees: How's this for political timing: Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has asked more than 500 financial institutions in Florida to stop charging Holocaust survivors for wire transfer fees.Lawyers filing W-suits: Could using a "W" land you in hot legal water? Top 10 finish: Kearney Development Co. Inc. has earned the 10th spot on this year's Southeast Construction magazine list of top specialty contractors.

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 2, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Hudgins resigns from Fifth Third: Jody Hudgins has resigned from his position with Fifth Third Bank.Lawyers filing W-suits: Could using a "W" land you in hot legal water?Yahoo and Miva make up: Miva Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Craig Pisaris-Henderson has nothing but nice things to say about former archrival Yahoo.Two seminars just for non-profit board members: The Sarasota Bar Association and the Nonprofit Resource Center are holding two presentations Sept. 15 by nationally recognized management consultant Bob Harris at The Community Foundation of Sarasota County, 2635 Fruitville Road, Sarasota.

  • News
  • By A.G. Lafley |
  • January 21, 2021
Advice: Combat crisis with bigger circle of control

Things in the world — and with your business — might look like they are in peak volatility. But there are ways to rise above the instability.

  • Advice
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 12, 2020
Digital marketing firm primed for growth — even in pandemic

Vectra Digital CEO Matt Bernhardt says now is the not time to slow down.

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 28, 2018
Benderson Development makes push west with acquisitions

Benderson Development moves further into West Coast markets to diversify its portfolio and enhance relationships in Seattle, Chicago and California

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 4, 2019
Secret sauce: Legal expert dishes tips for safeguarding business knowledge

Scott Doyle, a partner in Greenberg Traurig's Tampa, Florida, office, sees Florida becoming a hotbed for intellectual property law battles as more and more tech companies call the state home.

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Tammy Briant Spratling, 35

Director for student affairs, deputy Title IX coordinator and adjunct professor, Stetson University College of Law

  • Class of 2016
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Ashley McChesney, 33

Director of events, Armature Works

  • Class of 2016
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