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  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • December 16, 2025
Longboat Key to get first-ever Goodwill store

The used bookstore and donation drop-off location will hold a grand opening with a local author signing and giving away books. The store will hire seven people.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 19, 2025
The Breakfast Company to open in Sarasota's Rosemary District

A breakfast and lunch restaurant is coming soon to Orange Avenue.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 8, 2024
Roofing company owner faces prison for $2.5M IRS fraud

The owner and manager of Nastar Roofing in Cape Coral pleaded guilty to not paying taxes on employee wages.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 5, 2025
Tampa insurance agency e-Telequote cuts 218 jobs

The online insurance agency announced it was laying off the employees about four months after it was bought by a Chicago digital health company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 13, 2025
Pasco County man gets prison time for nearly $800K mortgage scam

The Wesley Chapel man had pleaded guilty last year to a quit claim deed fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 11, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays launch streaming service to broadcast 2026 games

Every game, except those scheduled for national broadcasts, will air on the new Rays.TV service, a partnership with Major League Baseball, launching Feb. 21.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 25, 2026
Naples chamber creates micro businesses council

The group will work with solopreneurs, startups, home-based businesses and more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 5, 2010
The Real Rick Scott

Talk to the people who worked by his side, sat on Columbia's board of directors or sat across him at the negotiating table. The Rick Scott they knew was honest 'as a Boy Scout' and revolutionized health care.

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  • January 13, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 28, 2006
Affordable Solution

At least for now, Sarasota County has backed away from adopting mandatory rules to force builders to add affordable housing to projects.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
Restaurant Risk

A retired hospitality industry executive knows he should know better than to open a restaurant during a severe industry slump. But the chanceto do it with his sons was too good to pass up.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2008
Still Fighting

Two surveys show that small business owners,both in the Gulf Coast and nationwide, are bulking up on one intangible asset for 2009: Hope.

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  • December 12, 2003
Lou Lasday: Build Relationships with those You Know

Getting up close and personal means top-of-mind and profitable.Lou Lasday writes about marketing.

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  • July 25, 2008
Cat Keeps Climbing

Caterpillar Inc.'s net profit climbs 34% on the strength of Asian sales.

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  • October 9, 2009
Re-centralizing Harvard

Harvard's Faust plots a course for a 'unified' school to deal with the financial crisis.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 18, 2010
Government Digest 3/19/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • March 25, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: March 26 - April 1

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • October 29, 2010
Government Digest: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • May 21, 2010
Corporate Report: May 21 - May 26

New information from Connectyx Tech, Progress Energy Florida, Boar's Head, and more.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2013
Corporate Report: April 26

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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