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  • By Keith Richard, Ashley Dietz |
  • December 2, 2025
2030 census gives Floridians opportunity to fix costly 2020 miscount

In the 2020 census, officials say the organization undercounted Florida by 750,000 people. That cost the Sunshine State more than $11.4 billion.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 2, 2012
Taking Flight

A Longboat Key couple with decades of airline experience believes an SRQ-based airline would be feasible and profitable.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
The Persystent Fixer

Persystent Technology's Ray Weadock believes he has software that will transform the computer world. It fixes your PC every time you boot up. Techies beware.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Fixer

Persystent Technology's Ray Weadock believes he has software that will transform the computer world. It fixes your PC every time you boot up. Techies beware.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 7, 2019
Zoo roars into new era with name, logo change

ChappellRoberts, one of the most prominent advertising and public relations agencies in the Tampa Bay, Florida, region, has created a new name and logo for Tampa's zoo: ZooTampa at Lowry Park.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 5, 2013
Let's get physical

An entrepreneur with a stellar track record in franchising targets a new industry for creative destruction. His plan is to move fast, and be bold.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 12, 2023
Buddy Hornbeck Jr., 35

An insurance executive uses the "bust your butt" mantra to build a successful career.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2008
School's In

Competing against the $33.5 billion Florida public schools system is a Herculean task. One national charter school company is doing some heavy lifting on the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 1, 2022
Firm opens new HQ on day it announces quarterly revenue of nearly $450M

Kforce opens Tampa HQ focused on hybrid work “empowered by trust and technology.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • July 22, 2016
Rock it

A well-timed, and well-told, story could make the difference between a sale and rejection. That concept drives the reboot of two restaurant brands.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
Naples' Treffert family trust buys Audubon land

A company led by the William and Selma Treffert Revocable Living Trust of Wisconsin purchased eight 1-acre lakeside home lots and a 6.4-acre parcel of raw land on Warwick Way for $5.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 21, 2011
Employers' New Edge

CareerEdge, a new job-training program in Manatee and Sarasota counties, shifts the model from employee to employer and from public to partnership.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 23, 2016
Venice on the verge

This southern Sarasota County city has gone from afterthought to a developer's darling. What's fueling the mini-boom?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 17, 2016
Survivor's story

Bank of Commerce has a unique tale — so far — in recession survival. Will it have a happy ending?

  • Finance
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 11, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

Star power Almost ready Walk of FameSmall businesses upbeat

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2023
Prominent homebuilder hits 279 sales in first quarter

One of those homes was No. 20,000 to have been sold by Neal Communities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2009
Homeowners, 21st Century talks perplexing

The target called the offer “wholly inadequate.” The potential buyer said the behavior was “absolutely stunning.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2010
Reading foreclosure tea leaves

Last year's foreclosure activity on the Gulf Coast suggests that any real estate recovery this year will be uneven.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Economic Snapshot: Business Investment

Business investment continues to decline on an annual percentage basis in every area of the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2009
Construction firm faces more difficulty

The troubles at Kesselring Holding Corp., one of the only Sarasota-based publicly traded construction firms, roll on.

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