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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
The cost of going Green

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist told the lodging industry he wouldn't send them state business unless they go green. Florida hotels have little choice now but to comply with this voluntary program.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 9, 2005
Speculative Growth

Decreased vacancies in the I-75 corridor submarket accounts for why Duke Realty decided to build a new Class A spec building at Highland Oaks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 11, 2013
Radical Change

A Ponzi scheme wiped out a once prominent wealth manager's career. The comeback is going slow. 'This is still us digging our way out,' says Chuck Vollmer.

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  • April 20, 2018
Gambling with taxpayer money and losing: Florida's business incentives program

Incentive programs fail because they do not account for the fact that the firms are highly volatile and prone to failure.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 3, 2017
Study hall

Teaching leaders leadership can be a difficult, and crammed, undertaking. Two coaches believe they discovered a way through the clutter.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 31, 2014
Open it up

Some recession-era lessons have started to pay off for a Gulf Coast business owner. A big one: Avoid the office on Mondays.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2015
Change up

The workers' comp insurance sector hasn't always embraced technology. One entrepreneur aims to alter that dynamic.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • July 30, 2022
Senior living community embraces server robots to fill a need

It's been more than a year since the first robot at Cypress Cove appeared. The experience has been nothing but positive.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 25, 2013
Opportunity seeker

Minnesota-based Central Bank has established a beachhead in Fort Myers and Naples.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 18, 2023
High-end community to rebuild clubhouse post-Ian

The Naples project is a "massive rebuild," according to a statement.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2009
New banks to face stricter, longer rules

New banks to face stricter, longer rules

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 12, 2010
Technology firm finds the going is actually OK

The recession has actually been good — relatively speaking — to Joe Brachle, founder of CSI Networks, an IT and Web development firm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2010
Clinic founder gets name on center

Dr. Stephen Dickey, founder of Doctors Walk-In Clinic, doesn't work as much as he used to since selling the Tampa-based chain of eight urgent-care centers a year ago.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 1, 2013
Young business owners take their shot, men's style

Samantha Beebe and Liz Murray, sisters and co-business owners, might be young, but they are old enough to seize an important entrepreneurial lesson.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 11, 2013
Wells Fargo upgrades slated

After its $44.8 million sale, the Tampa high-rise will get new flourishes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2012
Ritzy restaurant to get tasty makeover

The Vernona restaurant inside the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, a popular spot for well-heeled travelers, local executives and the occasional out-of-town celebrity, has served its last meal.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 23, 2021
Tech giant creates optics system to help robots maneuver

Jabil developing technology for the “seamless detection and tracking of objects in a robot’s path."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2021
Health group to build emergency room to improve access to care

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg to build an emergency room and medical pavilion on a 4-acre property in the city

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2020
Prominent attorney elevated to shareholder at area law firm

Jonathan “Tre” Dixon III has been promoted to shareholder at the Tampa, Florida, office of Carlton Fields, a national law firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2020
Land firm changes name, undergoes rebranding

David Dagostino and business partner Mark Wood co-founded the firm in 1998.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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