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  • November 10, 2022
Prominent window manufacturer grapples with ransomware attack

The ransomware infection was not thought to have accessed any personal information, but an investigation remains ongoing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 5, 2023
REIT expanding in Florida buys medical building in Polk County

The North Carolina investor with a focus on the medical sector paid $6.75 million for the office building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 30, 2004
Legal Briefs (Tampa editon)

This week's items: Environmental leader to judge competitionFowler White attorneys receive AV ratingPhelps Dunbar hires litigator

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  • September 4, 2009
New banks to face stricter, longer rules

New banks to face stricter, longer rules

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  • October 15, 2009
Get the money before it's gone

Sarasota-based FCCI, which provides property and casualty insurance to businesses, is known around the region as a top company for which to work.

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  • October 30, 2009
Architecture firm is hiring again

Mike Bryant isn't as bold as to say his Bradenton-based architecture firm is going on a hiring binge, not with the supposed collapse of the entire planning and design industry hanging over his head.

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  • February 4, 2010
Lee County catches Collieritis

Collier County has a well-deserved reputation for its anti-business local government, but Lee County seems to be catching up with its neighbor to the south.

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  • January 21, 2010
Inland American buys Malibu Lakes

Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. purchased the 356-unit Malibu Lakes Apartments west of Tarpon Bay Boulevard and east of Interstate 75 for $31.02 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 31, 2009
Florist uses Facebook to find more fans

Art Conforti, a gregarious New York transplant who runs one of the Gulf Coast's most successful independent florists, has long said he cherishes the personal connections he makes with customers when selling flowers.

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  • February 25, 2010
Sun Sports owners buy flex building

An entity led by Sun Sports Cycle and Watercraft Inc. owner Iain Johnstone purchased a 63,960-square-foot flex building on Executive Circle between Winkler Avenue and Colonial Boulevard for $1.75 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 13, 2009
Tech start-ups recognized

Five Tampa Bay-area technology entrepreneurs won support from the STAR Technology Enterprise Center, or STAR TEC, this week and will be getting office space and branding support from the organization.

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  • November 16, 2009
Tech start-ups boosted by STAR TEC

Five Tampa Bay-area technology entrepreneurs won support from the STAR Technology Enterprise Center, or STAR TEC, this week and will be getting office space and branding support from the organization.

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  • March 25, 2010
Bank staging an encore in Florida

Contrary to recent news reports, Thomas Ray wants you and his sister to know he isn't leaving Florida.

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  • December 11, 2009
MK Construction buys in Taylor Business Center

Punta Gorda-based general contractor and developer MK Construction has bought out a partner for total ownership of five building pads and five condominium units in Taylor Business Center for $1.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2010
Company makes a quick U-turn

The patient transport vans at Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care have doubled as a mobile advertising vehicle for more than a decade.

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  • December 24, 2010
Clockwork keeps ticking under new leader

Jim Abrams, one of the Gulf Coast's most dynamic CEOs, will move into an advisory role at Clockwork Home Services in 2011.

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  • January 5, 2011
Community bank provides app 'spark'

One Tampa-based institution is promoting its financing deal for an innovative smart-phone application created by one of its local customers.

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  • November 18, 2010
Fifth Third not sour on Florida

You'd think that Fifth Third Bancorp would have had enough of Florida.

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  • November 19, 2010
EPA water rules may prove costly

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved final rules designed to cut water pollution causing algae blooms.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2010
Rays: Anywhere but the Trop

Owner Stuart Sternberg says his team is willing to move anywhere in Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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