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  • June 16, 2011
Brandon Honda to be sold

The jobs of all 94 employees could be impacted by the ownership change.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 30, 2011
Jeweler closes after 30 years

Continental Jewelry shutters its 7,500-square-foot store in Westshore.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 25, 2016
Real estate firm earns total volume award

The award recognizes brokerages for total 2015 volume.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 24, 2016
Real estate brokerage adds partner

Becky Culp has been with RoseBay International for 10 years.

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  • February 3, 2016
Yacht retailer acquires marina

MarineMax is a Clearwater-based boat and yacht retailer.

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  • March 2, 2016
Sarasota area home prices climb 13.5%

The Sarasota region saw a rise that nearly doubled the national average.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 4, 2016
Sarasota Realtor named to national 30 Under 30 list

Kelly Baldwin works for Michael Saunders & Co. in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 9, 2007
Royal Delight

Roy Yamaguchi built a successful chain of high-end restaurants called Roy's. Entrepreneurs can learn from his success.

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  • July 11, 2022
Longtime investment industry official named board chair of New College Foundation

Alison Gardner has served the board since 2018.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 11, 2019
More mountains to conquer for orphans

Haven of Hope International founder and executive Alice Skaff climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

  • Executive Diversions
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  • July 16, 2010
Property Tax Pressure

Real estate values continue to trend down, but at a slower rate, as some county governments look to increase property tax rates in economic uncertainty.

  • Florida
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  • February 2, 2008
Network control

TruWave Networks is building a fiber-optic network in Southwest Florida that could improve telecommunication services for business. It's an expensive proposition, but CEO Frank Mambuca has been through it before on a massive scale.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • July 1, 2011
Opportunity Knocks

The state's new Department of Economic Opportunity presents new ways of doing business for developers and local governments. The challenge is finding out how it all will work.

  • Florida
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  • August 7, 2009
Niche Change

Hire Velocity, a Tampa search firm, hopes its switch from Fortune 500 clients to medium and small businesses will generate more revenue.

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  • May 24, 2013
You be the publisher

Publisher Tony Spano lets Realtors sell ads in their own custom magazines. Circulation is growing.

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  • October 10, 2003
Entrepreneur Finds Law (Tampa edition)

Retired engineer Howard Iken is swapping professions. He plans to specialize in divorce for business owners, a niche he discovered as a judge's clerk.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 25, 2011
Rocky Bottom

The office market on the Gulf Coast started to recover last year, but the first half of 2011 was disappointing as companies hesitated to fill up new space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 3, 2017
Play ball

Baseball teams have been swapping spring training cites with greater frequency across Florida in recent years. But not in Lakeland.

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  • June 30, 2023
Private aviation club denies allegations that firm’s fleet has been grounded

The company faces allegations on several fronts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 13, 2018
Commercial mortgage company expands business avenues, plans for succession

Kelly Olivieri Gilliland joined her father at Horizon Mortgage Corp. 18 years ago. Now, with the leader mulling retirement, she's about to face a new set of challenges.

  • Leadership
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