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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 28, 2010
The perfect fit

Who says retail is in the dumps? Aqua Beachwear is expanding in Florida and Arizona.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 27, 2005
EO-Sara/Mana: A 'Mild' Correction

Home builders say the four-year period of hyper growth was unsustainable. For 2006, the pace of growth will be slower but still strong.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Scary Stories

What's it like to be on the inside of a bank in crisis? It's amix of gray hairs, tears, fist pumps and lots of heartache.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 20, 2005
Commitment to Ethics

John Wolfe wins the 2005 Professionalism Award.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2022
University of South Florida business school concludes search for new dean

Gary Patterson will lead the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance at USF’s St. Petersburg campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 25, 2022
Manatee development fills leased spaces a year after construction concludes

The Shoppes of Moccasin Wallow are stretched across 19,000 square feet of space.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2022
Pinellas schools, education foundation partner with Tom Brady’s company

Tom Brady’s fitness company, TB12 Inc., and nonprofit TB12 Foundation have agreed to partner with Pinellas County Schools and the Pinellas Education Foundation on a curriculum redesign that will emphasize increased health and wellness for students.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Creating a Banking Brand

The Florida Bank Group in Tampa spent 2007 blending corporate cultures and creating a vision for what the company wants to be: a statewide network of banks that retain local management and local boards.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2004
St. Petersburg Leader Receives Liberty Bell

Clarence Welch, pastor of Prayer Tower Church of God in Christ, honored as the 40th recipient of the St. Petersburg Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2013
Chicago's Beidler family buys three North Port commercial buildings

The price equated to $25 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2013
To Friend or not to friend

Attention all social media savvy executives: The people who work for you might not want to accept your call for online friendship.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2013
Biotech entrepreneurs to pitch investors

The Sunshine State's biotechnology industry has grown 60% in five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
NFL star buys into Tampa firm

Baltimore Ravens All-Pro Ray Rice is now a part owner of Tampa-based VertiMax.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2012
National Real Estate Solution buys Franklin Arms buildings

The price equated to $97 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2012
DeSoto Square Mall sold

A New York firm buys Bradenton's only enclosed mall for more than $20 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2021
Branding, ad agency promotes principal to president

Christine Turner’s elevation at ChappellRoberts is part of long-term succession plan at Tampa advertising and branding agency

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 30, 2021
Investment firm to lay off 175 employees locally as it outsources work

Franklin Templeton to layoff employees in St. Petersburg; those affected will have job opportunities at Jacksonville-based FIS.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Akuwa Solutions Group, Inc. |
  • October 23, 2020
Set Up Remote Workers to Thrive

Set Up Remote Workers to Thrive

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2021
Developer plans 40-acre office and industrial project on busy site

Seagate will begin clearing and filling the site next month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2021
Builder starts construction on 32-home gated community

Toll Brothers' gated Livingston Grove will contain 32 estate homes on half-acre lots in Lutz, a fast-growing section of Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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