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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 21, 2011
Manatee County gets swallowed up in raise-gate

A brouhaha bellowed in Manatee County recently, when the seven county commissioners faced a thorny question: to accept or reject a state-mandated $272 raise.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2011
Kauzlarich discusses AK-47 giveaway

Gino Kauzlarich, who runs a Sarasota credit card processing firm that caters to independent merchants, now offers new clients a voucher toward an AK-47 assault rifle.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2012
Hyper focus on cash earns firm potential payday

A Sarasota-based four-person money management firm has notched a notable accomplishment in being selected by Fidelity Investments to provide online research for clients.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 21, 2021
Former U.S. Supreme Court clerk named chair of public TV board

Jim Hale has been on the WGCU Public Media Advisory Board since 2013.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2021
Sykes Enterprises sold in $2.2 billion deal

Sykes, one of Tampa's largest companies, sold to Miami's Sitel Group in all cash deal

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 26, 2021
Coke Florida buys 400,000-square foot warehouse, plans $30M investment

Coke Florida's new Polk County warehouse to help company grow distribution and employee count

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2021
Shopping, dining destination adds eight new merchants

St. Armands Circle has about 140 existing establishments.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2020
Global inventor, innovation awards coming to region in 2021

Fort Myers notches a big win with the Edison Awards.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2020
Biotech firm quickly shifts to respirator mask manufacturing

Tampa, Florida-based biotech firm SynDaver has begun to produce respirator masks that will be sold to law enforcement agencies, health care providers and emergency response organizations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2020
Marketing adviser offers companies tips for marketing during crisis

Ryan Dohrn shared strategies during a webinar hosted by the Observer Media Group.

  • News
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 19, 2020
InvenTrust hires Florida leasing rep

Midwest REIT owns 10 retail centers in the Sunshine State, including in St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Port Charlotte

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 23, 2022
Number of Zillow job cuts in Tampa grows — again

Zillow adds more people to its list of layoffs in state filing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 1, 2019
Tampa company adds to net lease portfolio

Generation Income Properties has nearly doubled the value of its net-lease portfolio with the purchase of a pair of office buildings in Virginia for $19 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2019
Texas firm sells area business park for $9 million

Bryan Flores of SVN|KOVA Naples facilitated  the sale of the Alico Business Center in 45 days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2018
Gartner begins major Fort Myers expansion

Business consultant Gartner is expanding into three additional buildings in Fort Myers as job growth within the company continues

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2018
Hacker breaches area restaurant chain

Tampa-based fast-casual restaurant chain PDQ was hit by a cyber-attack that occurred over an 11-month period and involved the theft of customers' credit card info.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 4, 2016
University Mall rehab continues

RD Management LLC knew when it purchased Tampa's University Mall in late 2014 that revamping the retail hub would be a long journey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 10, 2024
New York manufacturer moving HQ to Pinellas County industrial site

SMP Nutra has leased more than 100,000 square feet in Largo, where it will move its headquarters and employ 100, including transferring executives and new hires.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 28, 2025
HSN to lay off 730 employees in light of St. Pete closure

St. Petersburg-based Home Shopping Network recently announced via a letter sent to the state that it would start layoffs of 730 employees beginning in May.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 22, 2025
Landmark Longboat restaurant says it will reopen

Social media post announces reopening for Memorial Day weekend.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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