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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 16, 2022
Tax preparer pleads guilty to defrauding IRS out of millions

St. Petersburg tax preparer and consultant used falsified documents to file returns claiming unearned refunds for clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 10, 2023
St. Pete foundation names former deputy mayor its new CEO

The organization heard from over 175 community members during its nationwide search.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2011
Craigslist founder to speak at coolTECH

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, will be the keynote speaker at the Tampa Bay Tech Forum's annual coolTECH event slated for June 10 at Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2010
SCORE taps Gulf Coasters

A Naples-based company and a firm headquartered in Cortez won awards.

  • News
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 18, 2025
Trash collector to lay off 72, close Pasco office

Republic Services of Florida Inc. plans to close its hauling facility at 8608 Arcola Avenue in Hudson, laying off all 72 employees starting Dec. 31, according to state filings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2016
Ohio firm moves headquarters to Tampa

The IT and staffing services company, Cohesion, works with Fortune 1000 companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2022
Lakeland charter air-travel service expands Plant City fleet

TRYP Air Charter has added an eight-passenger turbo-prop aircraft.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2012
FreightCenter to fill 60 jobs

The thriving company plans to relocate to a bigger headquarters in Palm Harbor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 29, 2016
Net lease deals keep shining

The market for net-lease commercial real estate deals involving Gulf Coast properties appears to be healthy as ever, based on a series of transactions executed recently by a new Texas-based investment fund.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Meredith Bombella, Andrick & Associates, Client Services |
  • October 7, 2021
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2018
Super security: Firm wants to change the login game

Super Auth, a Tampa, Florida-based tech startup, has created a password-less authentication system that uses a person’s fingerprint or facial features, inputted via his or her smartphone, to transmit login credentials to apps and websites.

  • Technology
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2015
Corporate report

Mortgage Bankers Association installs board of governors; Coastal Orthopedics conducting new spinal-cord research; Jabil reaches agreement to grow in Vietnam; Innovative Food Holdings subsidiary growing Chicago area presence; Action Automatic Door & Gate expands to Manatee County

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 3, 2017
Proper props for property company

The somewhat mundane task of doing lien searches before buying a home or property is anything but dull at PropLogix.

  • News
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 4, 2005
Implications of Schiavo

Four attorneys talk with passion about their involvement in the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case.

  • Law
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 17, 2021
National real estate giant cutting jobs

Zillow to layoff employees in Tampa as it shuts down home buying and selling service.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 9, 2025
Nearly 1,000 laid off as food service company loses USF contract

The university says its new food service vendor is giving employees losing their jobs an opportunity to stay on.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jim Stinson |
  • December 14, 2023
California insurance giant hires Tampa exec to grow Southeast market

Alliant Insurance Services hired Logan Johnston as its vice president within its Alliant Americas division.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 20, 2025
Cross Bay Ferry service returning to Tampa Bay

Following the suspension of the Cross Bay Ferry in April, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is looking for a new operator to bring back daily ferry service from Tampa to St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 15, 2020
Kevin Hillman, 34

Restflix, CEO

  • Class of 2020
  • By Amanda Postma |
  • March 6, 2023
Kilt-wearing window-washing company looks to expand into Tampa

Exterior home services company plans to add 10 franchises to the Tampa area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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