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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 19, 2017
Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer

Florida ranks No. 9 nationwide on total breweries.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2014
Florida: A mediocre tax state?

Florida, for all its no state income tax acclaim, is only a little better than average in overall state-local tax burden, according to the Tax Foundation.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 26, 2017
Radio days

Construction execs are set to debut a business radio show.

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  • July 24, 2015
Florida business climate: sigh

The business climate in Florida for entrepreneurs is a tad better than mediocre, according to new report.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 17, 2023
Naples museum rehires CEO in new role

The children's museum kept calling her back to a role, Dena Rae Hancock says.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 14, 2023
Tampa RV firm, in first-of-its-kind-deal, partners with luxury brand

Bowlus, a maker of luxury recreational vehicles, has signed an exclusive national partnership with Lazydays.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 27, 2025
Bealls makes move to accept all crypto wallets, leading retail industry

The retail chain is using technology that accepts more than 99 digital currencies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 12, 2023
Kendal Potesta, 37

A new chicken salad franchisee quickly earns companywide national recognition.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 24, 2016
CEO CORNER | Yes, I have a real job

To create a memorable experience for customers, start in the parking lot.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 17, 2022
St. Louis native takes the long road from the broadcast booth to managing millions of square feet in Florida

Lifelong property manager helping a Chicago-based firm break open the Sun Belt — and grow its Florida portfolio.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 17, 2024
South Florida developer buys three-parcel lot in Fort Myers for $3.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a great month for a SWFL firm, warehouse sales in Tampa Bay and a nonprofit gets corporate office update in Sarasota.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • June 20, 2023
St. Pete firm adds office 700 miles away — rather than lose employee

An accounting firm in St. Pete found a creative solution to keep an employee, who, for family reasons, needed to move 700 miles away.

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  • December 2, 2010
Morton's Market founder dies

Ted Morton, iconic businessman for more than a half-century in Sarasota, died.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Colton F. Castro & Alyssa L. Acquaviva |
  • February 27, 2019
IRA Breakfast Briefing March 27 Practical Planning For Your Legacy: Understanding Your IRA

IRA Breakfast Briefing March 27 Practical Planning For Your Legacy: Understanding Your IRA

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  • December 17, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Group buys Tidemark Resort, saves from bankruptcyConstruction starts on new phase of University Health ParkMGA Insurance Services constructing new buildingFirst Priority Bank plans new branch

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 28, 2013
Leader of the pack

A specialty veterinary business started by brothers has grown to 31 clinics in 12 states. Revenues surpassed $100 million last year.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 7, 2011
The Cleaning Dude

Anthony DeNardis is always looking for creative ways to market his cleaning services. He started with the name of his company.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Thomas Sowell: True Believers Won't Compromise

A reader recently sent me an e-mail about a woman he had met and fallen for. Apparently the attraction was mutual - until one fateful day the subject of the environment came up.She was absolutely opposed to any drilling for oil in Alaska, on grounds of what harm she said it would do to the environment.

  • Opinion
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • November 6, 2020
Column: How Much Can You Really Trust Your Colleagues?

Trust is key to success in the workplace — but it takes a strong leader to build it.

  • Advice
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 9, 2020
Hospital grapples with 'astronomical' PPE costs

Keeping employees motivated and focused is a key task for Sarasota Memorial Hospital CEO David Verinder.

  • Healthcare
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