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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 7, 2012
A Generous Offer

IberiaBank offers to pay a premium for Florida Gulf Bancorp in Fort Myers. The price could set a benchmark for future transactions.

  • Finance
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 27, 2012
A Dry Idea

The entrepreneurial culture of 3M Corp. lives on through its retirees. Paul Johansen is an alumnus of that corporation and he hasn't let retirement get in the way of creating a new product.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 2, 2012
Help the Good Guys

Tom Grady says his priority is to build trust in the Florida Office of Financial Regulation by stopping lawbreakers, helping good operators and letting the public know the difference between the two.

  • Florida
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • March 8, 2012
Capitol Chatter: March 9

Insurance and the battles over the budget wage on.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
Gen Y employees want time and love

Hey old-timer, admit it. You're having trouble understanding how to work with all of those “Gen Yers."

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 22, 2021
Resort-like compound with organic farm hits market for $20M

Broker plans to utilize Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in marketing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 7, 2021
Giuliana Vann, 39

Living a Digital Dream, founder 

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2021
Omnivore hires pair of top executives

Dan Singer and Shane Whitlatch join the Clearwater company Omnivore in the wake of $13 million capital raise in 2018 that's fueled growth

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • March 19, 2021
Bolstering employee engagement during periods of change

Cut through the noise to reach your talent so together you can meet your goals.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2021
Casey Key property ties for highest-priced area sale

3.7 acre compound sells for $16.5 million, equalling price of Longboat Key's Serenissima

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 2, 2021
Acquisition communications: go beyond the press release

Building trust and getting and maintaining buy-in from a variety of parties during an acquisition requires a thought-out plan, not just a one-and-done statement.

  • Advice
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  • By Adrian Moore |
  • October 14, 2021
Federal tax plan might extinguish Biden’s promise

Tobacco taxes tend to have an outsized impact on lower-income citizens.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2021
Think tank: Florida is a national leader in liberty

Florida trails one state in annual freedom report.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2020
Gimme Shelter: Global rock star’s girlfriend buys $2M home in area

Melanie Hamrick, girlfriend of Mick Jagger, has bought a home in The Lake Club.

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  • By Denise Federer |
  • June 25, 2020
Failure isn’t final — and it could even boost a business

Failure could be a new beginning, not an ending.

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  • By Adrian Moore |
  • October 25, 2019
Florida’s highway performance is a mixed bag

Reason Foundation ranks the performance of state highway systems relative to one another, and Florida came in 40th.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 22, 2019
Florida cleans up in energy efficient jobs

Florida is No. 3 nationwide in clean energy jobs.

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  • June 21, 2018
Student loans — economic shackles — present looming heartache

A commission assembled by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) says change is needed in the undue hardship standards that apply to student loans in bankruptcy discharges.Student loan debt “is one of the most significant economic problems facing the Uni

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 10, 2018
Market Spotlight

The Pinellas County office market's vacancy rate and absorption levels have held steady against other submarkets, like Tampa, with healthy activity and rental rate growth throughout the county, and especially in places like downtown St. Petersburg

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 9, 2018
Health scare leads attorney to forge a new path

Lawyers leave established firms to launch startup practices for a variety of motives. This attorney's purpose was personal.

  • Law
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