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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2014
PGT feels good vibes from Wall Street

Quarterly earnings rose 19.2% at the impact resistant window and door firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2012
Pest firm buys $800K peer

Arrow Environmental Services now surpasses $11 million in annual sales.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 17, 2013
Agent boasts to Brits about local homes

Teresa Witte recently returned from the U.K.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 19, 2021
General Services buys Nokomis apartments

General Services Corp.'s $64 million purchase of Treviso Grand represents the latest in a flurry of Gulf Coast deals by the Virginia firm since mid-2017.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 11, 2024
Bitcoin-mining company shares surge 30%, but firm remains below Nasdaq rule

LM Funding America, a Tampa-based bitcoin-mining company, offered a 1-for-6 reverse stock split of outstanding common stock.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2022
Sarasota firm named Florida Builder of the Year

Headed by a previous 40 Under 40 winner, Nautilus Homes will receive the award July 30.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2007
Coffee Talk

Do I hear more auctions? Going once...: Realtors at Sarasota-based SKY Sotheby's involved in a traditional tent-held auction of 20 multimillion-dollar homes May 18 considered the event a massive success.Still waiting on SevenShores: When the Review profiled the SevenShores condo and mixed-use development project June 9, it was a story about persistence and perseverance.Ave Maria University sells old campus: Ave Maria University will sell its campus near Vanderbilt Beach Road and Interstate 75 to a group of undisclosed Tampa investors who will redevelop it as a retirement community, says Nicholas Healy Jr., the university's president.Tampa firm finds interest in its latest discovery: Diving crews working for Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration found much more than $500 million in water-buried treasure earlier this month in the Atlantic Ocean.Medical firm seeks to alleviate debt with IPO: Executives at Clearwater-based medical supply firm CCS Medical Holdings are seeking to cash in on the firm's recent revenue growth spurt by announcing plans to go public.Motivate from within: Everyone needs a little motivation now and then, even the best of the best employees.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2010
Corporate Report: Aug. 20 - Aug. 26

The latest news from Community Bank of Manatee, HSN, GeoPharma, and more.

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  • November 7, 2017
Finance industry exec eager to buy companies

Bill Verhelle founded Harvard Partners in 2015.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2019
Airport lands new nonstop route

Sun Country Airlines is the latest carrier to expand service at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, with nonstop seasonal service to Minneapolis-St. Paul.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 21, 2024
Lakewood Ranch collectibles firm to buy autograph business

Certified Collectibles Group seeks to meet demand for autograph authentication.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2021
Insurer to add $90M in premiums via acquisition

Tampa, Florida-based HCI Group Inc. has agreed to buy United Insurance Holdings’ lines of business in three states, adding some $90 million in annual premiums to its portfolio.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
Hotel management firm makes big buy in Ohio

TJM Properties has now bought two Crowne Plaza properties in 2016.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Minto buys more land

Minto Communities acquires 85 acres in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2021
Prominent rowing regatta in Massachusetts gains local voice

David Wyant Jr. to lead commentary on rowing regatta that brings in more than 11,000 athletes.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2015
Corporate report

Motel 6 parent company buying Naples firm's cloud services; Givens Givens Sparks names principal attorney; Majestic Athletic lands Liverpool Football license; Frank Winston Crum Insurance is Sustainability Company of the Year; Odyssey Marine finds five wrecks in Northern Atlantic; Mitel recognizes Tech Data as Americas Distributor of the Year

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 14, 2025
Ninja franchise makes Florida debut in Fort Myers

Ultimate Ninjas Academy is starting classes at the end of February.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2024
Amazon to deliver latest technology in new 650,000SF Fort Myers center

The online retail giant plans to use its latest robotics technology at the fulfillment center it will build on State Road 82.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 26, 2016
Couple sentenced for running 'criminal medical clinic'

Three patients died from the controlled substances they were prescribed.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 25, 2013
Laundry 2.0

An entrepreneurial couple has a dream-big plan to spin the laundry industry in Florida. Their vision will take at least $3 million.

  • Entrepreneurs
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