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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 14, 2012
Hear this: Local company fends off accusations

A Manatee County-based high-end headphones company is a defendant in two lawsuits.

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  • September 1, 2021
Country club GM retires after 20 years — replacement announced

John Fetsick assumed the position last month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 12, 2021
Real estate firm names vice president to oversee Southwest Florida region

Victoria Rivadeneira will oversee 19 offices and 1,350 affiliated agents.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2019
Resort names new general manager

Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club is a boutique hotel with 37 two-bedroom suites on Anna Maria Island.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2018
Country club embarks on $18.5 million renovation and expansion

Quail Creek begins work to replace sports buildings, refurbish clubhouse, rebuild tennis facility and expand dining offerings.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
The box opens up

Inside the Box Cafe and Catering is expanding in Tampa International Airport, part of the push by the transportation hub to add local restaurants and other offerings to its mix for travelers.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2014
The dude who turned down $3 billion

The story of the social media entrepreneur who turned down $3 billion from Facebook, Evan Spiegel, is no longer a hot of the press news item.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2014
Employee leasing firm promotes exec to CEO

Clint Burgess has been with Progressive Employer Management Co. since January.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 16, 2024
Benderson spends $70M on acquisitions in Sarasota, Sumter counties

Manatee-based Benderson Development bought a 95,000-square-foot Sarasota shopping center and 3,400 acres in Sumter County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 1, 2024
Boca Raton investors pay $6.75 million for Pinellas portfolio

A Boca Raton real estate investment firm has bought a nearly 45,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in Pinellas County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 22, 2025
National wealth management company invests in Sarasota financial firm

Summit Financial of New Jersey has made a strategic investment in LPF Advisors of Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 23, 2024
Milton causes only brief delay in Sarasota luxury condo project

The hurricane left infrastructure intact at a pair of condos under construction on Golden Gate Point, the developer says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 23, 2026
SWFL botanical garden CEO to retire

Neil Anderson, CEO and president of Wonder Gardens, a nonprofit zoological park and botanical garden in Bonita Springs founded 90 years ago, has announced his retirement.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 13, 2025
Sarasota church sells property to charter school developer for $3.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news a New York scent company's building is completed in Lakeland, a restaurant chain is expanding into Naples and developers, commissioners agree in Sarasota.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 4, 2023
2023 Top Entrepreneur: Brad Oleshansky, founder, CEO and developer of The Motor Enclave in Tampa

Brad Oleshansky left the corporate world to pursue a business in his lifelong passion: cars.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 17, 2020
Harrison Ambs, 37

Vectra Digital, chief strategy officer

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 8, 2022
Grand jury indicts group for embezzling hundreds of thousands in aid for students

The co-conspirators are facing prison time for stealing student identities to gain access to accounts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 11, 2010
Flat Fee

One law firm in Fort Myers started charging some clients a flat fee instead of billing by the hour. Despite its initial success, the economic downturn has made it a tougher sell.

  • Law
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  • By Denise Federer |
  • March 11, 2016
Business after divorce: Tips for copreneur exes to coexist

Working with your spouse in a business can be challenging even when you're happily married. So how do you work together after going through a divorce?

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Brains, Not Brawn

Cheap labor overseas won't stay cheap forever. USF professors say by using their heads, American businesses can stay ahead of the rest of the world.

  • Entrepreneurs
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