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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2012
Famous hacker gets new gig

KnowBe4 hires Kevin Mitnick, once convicted of computer fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2012
Auto dealership closes a sweet sale

The best way to put a dent in the recession: Sell a car to an Arab sheik.

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  • February 28, 2020
Online marketing firm unveils rebrand

Perform[cb] has over 135 employees around the world.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 20, 2020
Ocean Properties buys out Zota Beach Resort partner

Rockwood Capital had provided funding for two dozen hotels beginning in 2007

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2020
Despite shift to remote workforce, cybersecurity firm sees big gains

Cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 says its first-quarter sales are up by 40% despite switching its 884-person staff to remote work due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 17, 2019
HCP buys pair of Discovery Village senior housing communities

HCP Inc. has expanded its footprint of senior housing projects throughout the Gulf Coast with the addition of a pair of Discovery Villages in Fort Myers and Bradenton

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2019
Marketing firm expands its team with social media manager

New executive will develop and execute social media content for firm's multifaceted clients.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 1, 2017
BayCare buys Gulf Coast offices

BayCare Health System has spent more than $88 million this summer to acquire four office buildings throughout the Tampa Bay area it occupies, property records show.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 6, 2017
Area firm makes 'worst to work for' list

Hertz ranked No. 8 on the list, which analyzes data from Glassdoor.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2014
TA Associates Realty buys Promenade at Carillon

The price equated to $145,210 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2016
Proxy firms support Chico's directors

Two influential proxy advisory firms are backing directors nominated by Chico's FAS to serve on the retailer's board.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 12, 2025
$2B wealth management team leaves UBS, launches independent firm

The new entity is based in Southwest Florida and north-central Ohio.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 2, 2024
$55.6M purchase expands New York investment firm’s Florida footprint

Clarion Partners, which already owns 5.8 million square feet of industrial space in Central Florida, bought two Tampa warehouses minutes from Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 21, 2022
Transactions: March 15-21

Downtown Bradenton hotel sale for $26 million highlights week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • November 6, 2008
Fancy a Loan?

From a global view, lending has never been tighter. Says one top economist: "Banks are turning away borrowers left and right."

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  • October 13, 2017
Matt Bernhardt, 37

CEO, Stickboy Creative

  • Class of 2017
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  • July 25, 2014
Corporate Report

Two Beasley Broadcast execs named to Radio Ink's “Most Influential” list; Digital Observer Media handling digital marketing for Seminole Pride Noble; Food Services Insurance Managers hires Tropics Software Technologies; Discount Coupons Corp. buying San Diego daily deal site

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 12, 2017
Good morning, shoppers

Local businesses make big splash on national stage

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 24, 2024
Sarasota Paradise owner invests in AI platform to develop soccer team

Audigr Group invested in PlaymakerAI through a subsidiary.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 8, 2025
Tampa office closing, 150 jobs cut after tech company sold

CyraCom, a translation services company, is cutting the local jobs two months after announcing it had been bought by a Kansas competitor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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