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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 11, 2024
North Port poised to put borrowing, debt to referendum

The city seeks to be able to borrow up to $15 million in some cases without voter approval.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Flint Stephens |
  • April 30, 2015
HR's biggest burden is complying with the law

As the burden of compliance grows more complicated, Alltrust has added a veteran from the HR trenches and courtroom to provide expertise.

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  • October 3, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

Deal of the week: Econo Lodge converting to condominiums Rossiter's cruising forward with Bradenton dealershipThree investors buy Lime Tree ApartmentsFour partners building Palma Sola BayCasto Southeast, Zenith break ground on One Hundred

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 16, 2011
Waste Not

Ruggero Santilli spent 20 years securing a patent for his technology. But learning how to make money with it has been the biggest challenge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2006
Young Gun

Andrew Greenwell started brokering commercial real estate deals while a full-time college student. Only 23, Greenwell now runs a firm projecting $200 million in deals by 2010.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 10, 2019
As Florida continues to reel from citrus greening, growers, processors and researchers explore another option — lemons

Members of Florida's citrus industry are planting more lemon trees to capitalize on the fruit's many uses.

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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • July 12, 2013
Mixing Frozen Mojitos and Skincare

A life sciences company took on a research project far removed from its mission. The firm expects the discovery to boost its revenue and revolutionize the alcoholic dessert industry.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
On the hunt for name-brand recognition

BUILT, a Tampa, Florida-based maker of high-end, custom furniture, plans to introduce its own branded line of tables, chairs, desks and other home and office furnishings later in the year. But because it doesn’t yet have a showroom, it came up with a nove

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 15, 2019
Economic forecast 2020: Tourism & Hospitality

Joe Collier, president of Mainsail Lodging & Development

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 7, 2024
Holiday Inn on Lido undergoing major facelift

Cirque St. Armands Beachside is expected to open in Sarasota this fall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 22, 2024
Sarasota County tourism falls in August

The head of tourism for Sarasota County attributes the drop in visitors in part to Floridians.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 27, 2024
Broker reflects on the conservation conversation that changed Florida

Dean Saunders' work on conservation easements has preserved hundreds of thousands of acres across Florida by bringing businesses and environmentalists together.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 9, 2014
Disney's Roast

When turnaround guy Ted Abrams took over Joffrey's Coffee and Tea Co., he wasn't even a coffee drinker. So he followed what he did know: Focus on what you do best.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge stands behind Rapkin's decisionSignature Bank provides the Science Center of Pinellas County with a new automated external defibrillatorFlorida business leaders hope to salvage a market-based solution to our he

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 4, 2016
Hungarian connection

When Hungarian entrepreneur Arpad Solti wanted to establish a U.S. office of HyperTeam, a successful European software company he founded, he picked Naples over other locations.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2016
Hot and cold

A company with $1.5 billion in sales tackles what the new top executive considers a pressing problem: The business, he says, has become 'fat and overcomplicated.'

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 10, 2024
Investors pay $3 million for seven downtown Bradenton properties

In the week's top commercial real estate news, newcomers commit to longer leases in Tampa, and $400 million in sales triggers new tower along Estero Bay.

  • Florida
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 20, 2022
Physician looks to turn region into hotbed for clinical trials

Dr. Raymond Wynne Phillips shines a light on an essential, yet often unknown and underappreciated, side of health care: clinical trials. The move has high stakes for the Southwest Florida's medical community.  

  • Healthcare
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 4, 2011
In Good Time

Scott Boose brings a host of leadership lessons to his new role at the helm of a $200-million company on the cusp of a transformation. His refined attention to detail will surely be tested.

  • Strategies
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