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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2019
Finding kitchens for ugly food

Krazykrops gleans and delivers produce rejected by grocery stores because of their appearance

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  • April 24, 2019
Aided by $60M investment, data security firm plans hiring spree

Nearly one year after it closed one of the largest private equity investments in the Tampa Bay area, a $60 million capital injection from Mainsail Partners, Clearwater, Florida-based data security company FairWarning is poised to add more than 50 employee

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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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 Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2010
Bank regulators change old habits

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is being lauded nationally by some in the banking industry for its newfound ability to play shrewd with banks that seek to acquire failed institutions.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2021
Firm president to host Business Observer book club on 'Atomic Habits'

Allegiant Private Advisors Principal, President and Chief Investment Officer Benjamin Jones will lead the discussion.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2017
Bring back the joy

The end game has to be a better-together model, QVC exec says.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Source runs dry at firm

It appears time has run out on an effort at magazine distribution firm Source Interlink to save itself from industry forces and the steep decline in publishing.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 5, 2024
Bonita Springs firm to study cannabis financing

Green Check, a fintech company connecting hemp and cannabis commerce, partnered with two entities to produce a research report examining cannabis debt and equity financing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 16, 2026
Two Lakeland Harveys to become Winn-Dixie stores

The Jacksonville grocer says the local changes are part of a larger companywide transformation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • January 21, 2026
Longboat office building, on site of new restaurant concept, to be demolished

The demolition of Harbour Square is planned as a first step in the plans for 1905 Family of Restaurant's Buccaneer Restaurant concept.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 2, 2025
Chipotle with drive-thru planned in Manatee County

The more than 2,000-square-foot restaurant would be built on the site where a gas station used to operate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: Commercial buildings are hot. Should the Collier County Commission fund a economic development diversification pilot plan? Expo at Branley set to open in Fort Myers. Creative Tampa Bay debutes.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 4, 2019
Company, behind an empathetic model, aims to conquer senior living surge

The senior living sector in 2019 will be anything but static, from fancy food options to new home styles. How will the industry handle a sticky labor shortage?

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 10, 2016
Gone girl

Traci Bild stepped down as CEO of Bild & Co. in 2013 to write a book. She wanted to chase her passion. She instead learned a major life lesson.

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  • By Lou Lasday |
  • January 8, 2009
Lasday: Street Smart Marketing

Capitalize on your natural advantage for fast, low-cost, significant sales.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2021
Prominent area eye surgeon dies at 53

Dr. Bill Lahners helped grow Center for Sight into one of the largest eye care practices in the region.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2008
Meet the New Man

Relative unknown Neel Kashkari leaps from obscurity to lead role in rescue.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 7, 2021
Max Stewart, 39

Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp., director of global business development

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 17, 2013
Ghost buster

The son of Cuban immigrants, Carlos Beruff overcame a poor childhood to find long-term success in homebuilding. Annual sales, near $60 million, are at an all-time high.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Amanda Postma, Brian Hartz and Louis Llovio |
  • February 3, 2022
Affordable housing crisis continues as many search for answers

The affordable housing predicament has reached crisis level for many in the region. Some creative leaders, in business and government, are on the front lines of delivering sustainable solutions.

  • Construction-Development
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