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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
THE CAPITALIST: Irony on Wall Street

THE CAPITALIST: Irony on Wall Street

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 16, 2013
Hiring Grads

Why does a company choose to expand operations in Fort Myers? One reason: Less competition for university students and recent graduates.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2012
Firm settles $2M FTC case

Clickbooth co-founder John Lemp says he sought to avoid long litigation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2022
Developer makes Florida debut with luxury waterfront project

Project plans consist of 12 residences.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 17, 2020
Multifamily developer buys downtown Sarasota block for $6.8 million

Belpointe REIT Inc.'s purchase of 1700 Main St. block and Frontier Communications building marks its second deal in the city in the past year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2019
Australian company buys health care firm, plans $300M investment

Fort Myers-based  21st Century Oncology is less than two years removed from emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2018
Builder and retired Lightning hockey star team up on luxury projects

Ruslan Fedotenko was a key player on the Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup team. Fedotenko is teaming up with custom homebuilder Paul Wiezorek on Blue Line. The duo’s first development is a luxury waterfront townhome project on Treasure Island in Pinellas Coun

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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • October 28, 2016
'Real food'

Many entrepreneurs chase fast growth, but managing it can be a struggle. One company addresses the challenges methodically.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 22, 2016
Dialing out

Air conditioning entrepreneur Louis Bruno overcomes the major objections to home-appliance monitors: privacy and security.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2014
Charles 'Chas' Bruck, 31

Principal, SoHo Capital

  • Class of 2014
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 18, 2015
All about location

How important is site selection? Just ask McDonald's. The store on its first real estate land deal in Florida is still busy nearly 60 years later.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
East Tampa office space attracts institutional buyer

Prudential Real Estate Investors buys five office buildings in Highland Oaks for $111 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
GL Homes sets sights on Bonita

The Sunrise-based homebuilder purchased the Bonita Beach Road Estates development site for its first community in the city.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 13, 2015
Compound growth

Independently owned pharmacies like Pharmicare are carving niches and setting themselves apart from larger retail pharmacy chains.

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 10, 2015
Big brother

Regulators won't relent on oversight. That could open the door to more bank consolidation in the near future.

  • Finance
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 7, 2023
$1 billion SWFL cancer services network begins trading on Nasdaq

The company aims to provide more services and treat more people in a fragmented market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 23, 2024
Famed Seltzer's steakhouse closed, St. Petersburg building sold

Harold Seltzer's Steakhouse has shut its last restaurant about 30 years after its founder, a Montreal lawyer, opened its first location on Dale Mabry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2023
Fort Myers couple arrested for $2 million COVID fraud

The couple faces more than 20 years in prison for allegedly falsifying 11 relief applications and using the proceeds for, among other things, a pickup truck and three pontoon boats for themselves.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2010
Lopano named director at TIA

Joseph Lopano is the new executive director of Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2010
Mann heads Lee County TDC

Frank Mann is the new Lee County Tourist Development Council chairman.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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