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  • March 8, 2012
Laffer: Taxes should be No. 1

To fix the economy, the tax code must change, the economist says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 18, 2021
While most Florida ports struggle, two in the region shine

Port Manatee and Port Tampa Bay posted big gains in cargo volume.

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  • October 7, 2021
Steakhouse primed for reopening after $1M renovation

Owner says it ‘was time for a redo.’

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2021
Region to host U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships

The U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, an elite-level competition, will be held at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch in July.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2021
Tech sector is scorching hot in Florida

Florida’s tech industry has grown into a jobs-producing machine.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2021
Nonprofit redeveloping city land names top official

Jeannie Perales will lead the Bay Park Conservancy site development and operating strategies

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2021
Builders reeling from painful window shortage

A window into the material shortages that currently plague homebuilders finds one clear leader.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 10, 2022
Former mayor joins national lobbying firm

Tampa's former mayor has been named principal at Shumaker Advisors

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2021
Tire chain spins rapid growth, surpasses $200M in sales

RNR Tire Express celebrated several success in a challenging 2020.

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  • June 8, 2020
Theme parks set to reopen with reduced capacity, reservation system

Seaworld Entertainment Inc., the Orlando-based parent company of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island, plans to reopen the Tampa, Florida, theme parks on Thursday, June 11.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2020
Port nets $19.8M grant for intermodal berth project

Port Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, has received a $19.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation that will be used to complete an intermodal berth project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2020
High-end hotel executive  leaves Florida Keys to run area resort

TradeWinds Island Resorts also promoted its head of marketing to hotel manager.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2019
Master-planned lakefront development opens ninth neighborhood

D.R. Horton will build homes in Sutton Cay at 688-acre Naples Reserve starting at $434,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2019
Visitors pump up area economy to the tune of $6.6 billion

Tourism Economics, a multinational company that analyzes tourists’ spending in metro areas around the world, has crunched the 2018 numbers for Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida, and found that visitors pumped $6.6 billion into the

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  • March 24, 2022
Law firm’s fast-growing lobbying arm names new chief of staff

Gino Casanova, a former legislative aide in Tallahassee, has joined lobbying firm Shumaker Advisors Florida as chief of staff.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2022
High net worth NY investment group adds office in Naples

The Matina Group has multiple clients who live in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2018
Bank opens branch in new area

Tom Quale is First Home Bank’s president for the Sarasota market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 9, 2019
Luxury condo project to get second location of nationally known bistro

A Beach Bistro restaurant is expected to open when BLVD Sarasota is complete at the beginning of 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2019
Law firm hires former top-level federal white-collar prosecutor

Carlton Fields has hired white-collar crime attorney Simon Gaugush in an of-counsel role at its Tampa, Florida, office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2019
Firm files plans for two 10-story residential buildings

Plans call for the demolition of the existing 236,291-square-foot Main Plaza shopping center to make room for new construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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