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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 14, 2022
Patrick Britton-Harr, 38

AeroVanti, CEO and Founder

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 22, 2012
Read me a story

Naples attorney Jacqueline Buyze published a children's book about lawyers after she couldn't find any for her nieces and nephews. Now it's a business.

  • Law
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Juggling Act

Commercial construction supplies remain scarce, and prices are still increasing, but indicators point at some stability.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • June 28, 2019
Former skating rink presents unique commercial real estate challenge

To find the ideal tenant for the former Stardust Skate Center, Loyd Robbins is using direct marketing  — and keeping an open mind in terms of unforeseen possibilities.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2008
Corporate Report

Study: SinoFresh spray kills MRSA in nosesIntertape Polymer Groupreleases new roof productCryo-Cell, EndGenitor planjoint research programMIVA rearranging itsEuropean operationstate approves site forSeminole clean coal unitHSN Inc. leaves IAC,listed on NASDAQWellCare Health Plansmakes payment agreementGevity plans 5-cent dividend,31st quarterly paymentBrown & Brown buys assetsof Pennsylvania-based firm

  • Industries
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 24, 2020
Power surge: Crises motivate utility president to seek constant improvement

Just two years into her tenure, Duke Energy Florida President Catherine Stempien has weathered a Category 5 hurricane and now the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2009
Urban service area in the works

A look at government action around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 10, 2020
Media firm founder looks forward to return of live events

Jessica Eckley founded Crackerjack Media in 2014.

  • Leadership
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 7, 2024
Bloomin' Brands CEO announces retirement

David Deno announced his retirement Tuesday but will stay on as the company searches for his replacement.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 25, 2022
Legislature to address insurance next month in second special session

Florida’s Legislature will take up insurance reform for the second time this year in a special session scheduled for December.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Off the shelf bank deal was from New York

When news spread last week that a group of Naples investors had acquired all the assets and deposits of failed Premier American Bank in Miami, local bankers wondered who that was.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2013
Carnival moves new ship to Tampa

Cruise lines shifts ships, cites new EPA rule.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2011
WCI Communities shuffles team

The Bonita Springs-based firm changes up its leadership.

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  • September 14, 2012
Drug co. opens new facility

Xcelience opens its new 24,000-square-foot building near the Tampa airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 8, 2020
USF adding to Tampa research park

New $42 million building within USF Research Park in Tampa will contain 120,000 square feet.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2017
Tech firm opens third U.S. office

Clearwater-based Stratus Video opened a new office in Dallas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2014
Letter campaign a waste of time

A recent effort by Lee Memorial Health System to gain state approval of a new hospital generated 2,200 letters in support of the project.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 1, 2023
Colony Grill brings taste of Connecticut to Tampa Bay

A foursome of business partners — teammates on the 1989 Little League World Series Championship team — look to go deep with their pizza restaurant expansion plans.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 29, 2008
WALSH: Sarasota wins state's most anti-growth booby prize

Contrast Sarasota with Lee County, where the vision is one that embraces economic vitality.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2005
Sound the Charge

Sarasota's retooled First State Bank looks to use IPO proceeds to expand along the Gulf Coast.

  • Entrepreneurs
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