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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2010
Contrary Moves

Rob Smithson redefined his personal fight against the recession through a serious of calculated, expensive, risks. Some of the gambles have started to pay off.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 28, 2016
Resilient market

Since the recession, Naples' residential real estate market has been a bellwether for the Gulf Coast. Is a real estate slowdown on the horizon?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2010
Progress Bank shut down

Federal regulators shut down the Tampa-based bank on Friday.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2011
Search is on for Pegnetter successor

Richard Pegnetter, the founding dean of the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, is retiring.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 20, 2010
Journal vet joins Triad

Triad Digital Media's new chief revenue officer comes via The Wall Street Journal.

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  • August 2, 2010
Custom Cable files Chapter 11

The Tampa firm has voluntarily filed to restructure its balance sheet.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2010
InterContinental names director

James Horsman is the new managing director at the Tampa hotel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2013
UPDATE: Senate reverses support for Enterprise Florida's 'tie'

After more discussion, the Florida Senate decides not to fund the organization's new marketing campaign.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2013
Perfect your pitch

When entrepreneurs talk about perfecting their pitch, they're not talking baseball.

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  • September 21, 2011
Selmon Expressway widened

A California builder won the $64 million roadway improvement contract.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2011
North Port homes selling cheap

Roughly 92% of all area homes sold in June went for less than $200,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 15, 2011
McGraw is newest CFO at Shaw

Shaw Development employs 150 workers in Bonita Springs and Naples.

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  • September 3, 2013
Synovus names new executive

John Fillingim will head up commercial banking for Synovus Bank of Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2016
Tampa REIT sells for $1.9 billion

Landmark Apartment Trust Inc. is a Tampa-based real estate investment trust.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 5, 2016
Sarasota cash sales down nearly 10%

Cash sales in North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton fell 9.6% in October compared to October 2014.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2016
Airport posts best February in history

The St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport posted an 18% year-over-year increase for the month.

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  • By Louis Llovio and Mark Gordon |
  • March 3, 2022
Businesses adapt to supply-chain slowdowns, the new reality

The supply chain crisis has businesses down but not out. Some entrepreneurs and executives have dug into creative, nimble solutions.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 27, 2023
An entrepreneur and a developer are rebuilding an Ybor City corner

In the shadows of a massive, transformational project in Tampa lies a separate and smaller — albeit important — second development. This one goes heavy on urban ethos.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma, Louis Llovio and Mark Gordon |
  • May 6, 2021
Help wanted crisis has restaurants scrambling

The timing is like burnt toast: just as the economy opens up, restaurants are facing a critical shortage of employees. But solutions are percolating.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 9, 2007
Florida 'edupreneurs'

Donald Jones and his family have created and managed schools and career colleges all over Florida. Their formula for success has been based on this basic business tenet: Pay attention to the customer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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