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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2023
Tropical-themed cocktail bar to open Friday in downtown Sarasota

Bar Hana joins sister establishment Kojo on Palm Avenue.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • November 18, 2020
Firm brings pioneering transportation invention to market

After a hefty investment — $2 million over seven years — the inventors of a unique way to move shipping containers from place to place face a new, more standard challenge: sustainable sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • October 19, 2018
Electric Avenue

Bruce Barone leads Fifth Avenue South marketing efforts through next stage of evolution

  • Strategies
  • By Michael J. Wilson |
  • October 1, 2017
Going Global: International Tax Issues for Small and Mid-Size Companies

Small and mid-size companies are continuing to expand their businesses globally at an ever-increasing rate.

  • Williams Parker
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Frost: Marketplace of ideas

In their efforts to influence public opinion, newspapers (and others) opposed to offshore drilling are doing a disservice to the American consumer.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 9, 2025
Tampa sports agent signs MLB all-stars, hustles for more

The pro sports agent world is known for leading with sizzle. JB Greer, less than two years into running his Tampa startup sports management agency, aims to deliver substance over sizzle.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Naples Bay Resort becomes The ShoppesRiverside Investors LLCbuys Colonial commercial landLennar Homes LLCbuys more Bella Terra landDeAngelis Diamond finishes Collection at VanderbiltStrackbein Constructioncompletes yacht Club, marinaAndros Boatworks moves to larger buildingBradenton businessmandeveloping Parrish daycareW.S. Badcock Corp. buysSarasota furniture storeBovie Medical Corp. buys building, movingFlorida State Fair Foundationbuys warehouse, modelsFirst Intermediary Corp. buysJ.W. Conner & Sons propertyNAI Tampa Bay Commercialadds valuation servicesKona Grill restaurantsigns to lease at Met West

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 2, 2018
Entrepreneur finds fuel for leasing success

Peter Wasmer reconstitutes Chrome Capital as Fuel Capital with plans to capture the pre-owned Harley-Davidson leasing market

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 23, 2007
No Strings Attached

CEO Charlotte Baker isn't after venture capital this time. She's clearly in charge, with no one else directing her moves, though she has two partners.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 28, 2006
Do the Right Thing

Frank Crum was a minister for a year before taking his faith into the business world. Now he leads an employee leasing company with $1.2 billion in annual billings.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Janelle Makowski |
  • January 16, 2004
Florida's Largest Private Landholder

St. Joe Co. sees record earnings and profits as it develops North Florida. But environmentalists want to slow it down.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2004
Lawyer, Developer, Future Politician?

Bradenton lawyer Ed Vogler has friends in high places. They like the way he practices law.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 10, 2018
Casto Southeast Realty Services in a sweet spot with plethora of projects

Casto Southeast Realty Services has differentiated itself through mixed-use commercial real estate projects that require expertise in places like Tampa, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, Daytona, Clemson, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 28, 2015
Read and Comment | The Dirty Clean Power Plan

“There are no solutions, only choices.”— Thomas SowellLet's take Thomas Sowell's astute truism a step or two further.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 28, 2024
$1.2B St. Pete contractor invests millions into training facility

Contracting services giant Power Design built a $3 million training facility for current and potential employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Ethnic Foods, Hot Niche

Several owners have opened Bravo Supermarkets, large-scale ethnic stores, in Bradenton and Orlando. With the success of these stores and the growth in the Hispanic market, more are on the way.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 4, 2012
Capitol Chatter: March 2

The Legislature moved closer to addressing tax cuts and the foreclosure process, while also showing lobbyists hold favor.

  • Florida
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 4, 2012
Capitol Chatter: March 2

The Legislature moved closer to addressing tax cuts and the foreclosure process, while also showing lobbyists hold favor.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 22, 2019
Miller says JLL operates with "best-in-class" people

Brent Miller leads commercial real estate brokerage company JLL's Tampa operations, where he leverages considerable resources and what he calls "best-in-class" people.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 24, 2022
Command performance: Theater enters new era with leadership change

As its CEO of more than 30 years retires, the Straz Center for the Performing Arts welcomes a new leader and heads down a path that will radically reshape it physically.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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