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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Chiquita chooses Port Manatee for seasonal melon program Lee Wetherington Cos. wins top corporate philanthropist for 2003 and more...

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 27, 2012
Walk This Way

A 35-year law enforcement veteran finds a comfortable fit in entrepreneurship. His next challenge: Stay ahead of big-muscled competitors.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 20, 2012
Value Investor

Stuart Schweitzer, a top Wall Street investment strategist, believes Florida's real estate market is finally reaching a bottom — enough to invest his own money on it.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2021
Storied law firm names new president

Ric Gregoria will remain with Williams Parker after serving two terms as president.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 8, 2021
Hertz aims to overcome lawsuit, Elon Musk tweet

After announcing several new initiatives meant to relaunch post bankruptcy, The Hertz Corp. gets hit with blowback on dual fronts.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2021
Bow wow: region named top place for dogs to live

Dogs are living their best life in Tampa.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 14, 2022
Transactions: March 7-14

Multifamily complex deals in Fort Myers totaling nearly $250 million pace this week's top deals.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 21, 2017
Good Strategy

Stonegate Bank grew aggressively the past few years, particularly by buying community banks from Tampa to Naples. It was a winning move.

  • Finance
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 4, 2013
Bold and bright

Tracy Negoshian, 31, dreamed of affording the beautiful clothing created by Lilly Pulitzer, Trina Turk and Tory Burch. So she decided to make her own.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 15, 2013
The delegator

Employees at one of the largest master-planned communities in Florida get a healthy dose of freedom at work. That freedom, though, doesn't always come easy.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 13, 2013
Positive returns

Banks headquartered on the Gulf Coast now have better returns to share with investors.

  • Finance
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 22, 2024
Report: 4 Gulf Coast cities rank in top 50 places to live in US

U.S. News & World Report put Naples at No. 1 on its Best Places to Live list for 2024. Sarasota, also on the list, is drawing not just residents but employers too, according to an economic development official.

  • Florida
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 17, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Collier deals — $45.1 million for rural land and $29.5 million for a mixed-use project — pace the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 20, 2025
Visit Sarasota launches campaign marketing keys

The “Keys are Calling” marketing campaign will be seen around the region and United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 10, 2024
Miami real estate agency acquires pair of Sarasota-Manatee firms

A firm headquartered in Miami has entered the Sarasota market with the acquisition of two local agencies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
How Growth Brought Chaos

Craig Pisaris-Henderson, CEO of Miva, learned the consequences of making four acquisitions and doubling his company's size in a year.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 22, 2020
A new beginning in Florida

Nancy Erickson, a top retail broker with Colliers International in the New Jersey and New York areas, has relocated to Tampa to join the firm there.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 26, 2025
Architects focus on resiliency for new island fire station in Lee County

A Cape Coral firm designing a new fire house on Pine Island is looking to make sure it can withstand the worst of hurricanes and keep firefighters on site during storms.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2004
In the Clear?

Ex-Hillsborough County Attorney Emeline C. Acton avoids criminal prosecution. But her husband says the ailing lawyer has other things to worry about.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 22, 2019
Always be closing: sales guru shares secrets of success

Top sales trainer turns his company’s attention toward teaching sales and customer service to college students. Are they ready to give it a try?

  • Education
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