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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2019
Rebrand aims to better express medical firm's reach

Sarasota Orthopedic Associates has a new name, logo and website.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 29, 2014
Don't Get Hooked

Even with a simple and great design, it takes time and resources to bring a new product to market.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 9, 2019
Troubled Sears offering to sell Gulf Coast stores

Sears intends to sell or auction eight Gulf Coast Sears and Kmart stores in the first quarter of next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 3, 2017
Brewery Tastes victory

St. Petersburg-based Cycle Brewing owners Doug and Tara Dozark were pretty excited when Ratebeer.com, a user-generated beer review website, invited the couple out to California for a free trip — sans kids.

  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 27, 2026
Finalized deal shifts USF Sarasota-Manatee to New College

The vote to send the state's budget to the governor is expected on Friday.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 27, 2012
Motor On

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur followed his passion, motorcycles, in his latest business venture. Now his prediction of pent-up demand has started to roar true.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 6, 2023
Fort Myers Beach's future questioned as another hotel property sells

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a St. Pete luxury high rise nears $150 million in sales, a Naples storage facility sells, and the owner of a former Sarasota mall looks to rezone.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2020
Food blogger starts product line for area retailer

Alexis Beall Taylor has been busy creating a new line of cookware for Bealls as well as a cooking video series for kids to watch while at home during COVID-19.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 13, 2019
New flights, cities, boost airport passenger traffic

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport remains on a hot streak in increased passenger counts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2016
Sarasota-Bradenton airport lands new flights

Portland Maine, through Elite Airways, is the latest destination.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 17, 2022
Tampa biotech firm to give away $250K worth of products to schools

SynDaver Labs’ educational arm, SynDaver Education, will provide synthetic human, frog and dog bodies for teaching and research.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 21, 2012
Break bread with big-time leaders

Executives in the Sarasota-Bradenton area who crave a lunch-based networking opportunity that doesn't revolve around providing referrals have a new option.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2021
Manufacturer moving corporate headquarters to area, bringing 200 jobs

Illinois-based Signode Industrial Group will move into the Hidden River Corporate Park in Tampa

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2018
County shatters bed-tax revenue record

Visit Tampa Bay says hotel profitability jumped by 10% in May.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2011
Florida adds 8,500 jobs in Nov.

The unemployment rate is down to 10% this month, according to the DEO.

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  • June 6, 2008
The Swedish Maestro

Starting a hurricane-shutter business during a housing downturn is not for the faint of heart. But one Swedish entrepreneur is betting on a new business model for the industry.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 19, 2025
Planning board rejects Sarasota synagogue's plan to sell site

The century-old synagogue Temple Beth Sholom wants to sell 6 acres of property for a multifamily development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • January 30, 2015
Travel trends

St. Petersburg-based Squaremouth provides a website to compare travel insurance options online. The company's CEO says he's learning as it grows.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 7, 2010
Claw from boredom

An Italian hairdresser in Fort Myers got tired of cutting hair the old-fashioned way and invented a new tool that has been well-received by the pros.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 27, 2018
Tampa City Center tower coming to market

Alliance Capital HSP selling skyscraper after more than three years of ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
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