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

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 12, 2016
Corporate report

Harley dealer heads west for new store; Barbecue chain connects with baseball; Daytime cafe signs franchisee for 18 locations; Roofing company lands Tampa airport gig; Bank reports larger results; Waste collection firm names top executive

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 28, 2024
As it shuts stores globally, Foot Locker plans HQ move to St. Pete

The retail chain is planning to relocate its headquarters from New York as part of an effort to streamline costs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 7, 2023
Plumbing pro takes high-tech, professional approach to essential service

After going through two prior incarnations of his plumbing company, entrepreneur John Verhof has hit on a concept built for the long haul.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • March 12, 2010
Personal guarantors seeking relief

None of us needs more economic doom and gloom. It's spring. There's a recovery under way (supposedly). Let's move on. Don't tell you what you know (it's still blah out there). Tell you something you don't know. And hopefully, it's good news.

  • Opinion
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 16, 2011
Water Cleaner

A couple of entrepreneurs say an exotic plant called the water hyacinth could alleviate pollution in Florida's rivers and canals. And, they can make money doing it.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 22, 2024
Sarasota officials OK plan to buy two parcels for $7.4M for affordable housing

The city seeks to build a pair of 10-story buildings with 192 units on the site. It plans to outsource management of the constriction and then, when complete, the units themselves.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Investors buy Ranch Lake Plaza buildingDeveloper plans center for Suncoast RoofersVictoria Bay buys land for 10-home projectPacer Marine buys land for new manufacturing facilityStephens, Bennett plan multibuilding project

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
The War on Trade

Americans are sending $40 billion a month of their wealth to foreign nations. A retired GE executive argues against free trade. He says our standard of living is at stake.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 30, 2010
Banking on a Business Plan

Florida CFO Alex Sink's campaign for governor includes a new business plan to revitalize the modern Florida economy. But she has not forgotten her tobacco farming upbringing.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
A National Trust

Tampa's Members Trust Co. is expanding across the country, helping credit unions to offer trust services. Florida's bankers are not amused.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Reduced Risk

Utilizing a niche in the market, a pair of Sarasota money managers has discovered a way to invest without obsessing over the daily Wall Street news barrage.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2010
Contrary Moves

Rob Smithson redefined his personal fight against the recession through a serious of calculated, expensive, risks. Some of the gambles have started to pay off.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 28, 2016
Resilient market

Since the recession, Naples' residential real estate market has been a bellwether for the Gulf Coast. Is a real estate slowdown on the horizon?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 27, 2025
Once-powerful Sarasota developer Henry Rodriguez reshapes, refocuses life

A go-star in development and politics, Henry Rodriguez now laments the direction his life took. "I was young, influential and making a ton of money," he says, "but I was miserable."

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Saudi Sheik, Boca investor buy 44 acresPreshers Tool & Fastener grows, adds warehouseMartinez family buys Del Prado centerThree doctors buy units in Vanderbilt Beach buildingOrion buys land, plans Venice galleria branchAirport Hampton Inn to start in MayHome health care firmbuys South Trail buildingMetro, D.E. Shaw buy part of Epperson RanchTA Associates fundbuys Reo BuildingNorthgate Lincoln-Mercury buys Tampa dealership siteRoyal Yacht Club sold, named Beso Del Sol Resort

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2025
'Reluctant Tampa celebrity' Blake Casper is all-in on the way to $100M

Turns out there's life — and a smorgasbord of opportunities — after selling a supersized portfolio of McDonald's restaurants. Blake Casper proves that through some shrewd and stylish choices.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • April 14, 2023
Hospitals look to campuses — even middle school — to combat nursing shortage

As the number of open nursing positions grows rapidly, health care systems grapple with potential solutions. Many are targeting students — even as young as middle schoolers.

  • Health Care
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Walsh: REVIEW & COMMENT

It's the morning after. The more you dig into the tax-reform legislation adopted in the special session, the sleazier it looks. It's as predicted - a legislative, leadership failure, in spite of the tax rollback and tax cuts.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2007
Hands-off Buchanan becomes hands-on

Freshman Congressman Vern Buchanan has earned kudos for reaching out to constituents and is winning respect in Washington.

  • Entrepreneurs
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