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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2013
Brand ambassador draws big crowds

Renee Lee spends her time helping independent retailers in the southeastern U.S. sell a variety of woman's handbags under the Vera Bradley line — a $461 million global business.

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  • February 15, 2013
Naples Community Church buys its Seventh Avenue home

Naples Community Church Inc. purchased the 16,000-square-foot Fontana Building on Seventh Avenue for $2.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2011
Project denial puzzles developers

A recent decision by the Sarasota City Commission surprised even some wary developers and provides more anecdotal proof for those who consider the body anti-growth.

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  • August 12, 2011
TJM Properties buys, renovating St. Pete-Clearwater Airport Inn

Clearwater-based real estate firm TJM Properties purchased the 118-room St. Pete/Clearwater Airport Inn for $800,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2013
Tampa's Aileron Holdings buys land for Liberty Health Park

The price equated to $174,174 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2013
Do not call it Obamacare

There are two reasons why we should not refer to it by its colloquial name. One is that it is wrong and the other is that it diverts valid opposition.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2013
Startup picks up $500K

Chicago hedge fund manager Francis Wisniewski, who received national notoriety when he launched a high-end gym for extremely overweight people in 2011, has led a $500,000 investment into a Tampa technology startup.

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  • September 26, 2013
Coach pours some sugar

Hall of Fame football coach Joe Gibbs, in Sarasota recently to plug his book, “Game Plan for Life,” says adversity, in life and business, can really be a secret weapon for success.

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  • July 23, 2013
Tampa, Austin firms merge to form Newscycle Solutions

New global company helps media organizations engage audiences through Web, print, mobile and social media channels

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2012
Regional banks clash over failed lender

Stearns Bank and Bank of the Ozarks, recently went head-to-head over a failed bank acquisition in Georgia.

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  • April 15, 2011
McGarvey Development starts Gartner building

McGarvey Development Co. has transferred 8.4 acres in Eastlinks Business Park to another limited liability company it owns for the development of the new Gartner building.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 21, 2012
Threat of higher taxes pushing apartment owners to sell now

Some apartment owners are getting some extra prodding to sell from the tax man.

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  • October 26, 2012
Florida is on overtime for wage and hour claims

The reputation of Florida being a heavily litigious state is apparently well earned.

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  • December 6, 2012
'We built it' frames 50-year mark for equipment firm

If you noticed a banner rippling along Interstate 75 south of Tampa bearing the proclamation “We Built It,” that was the proud statement of Ring Power Corp.

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  • July 20, 2012
Windsor assisted-living facilities sell for $29.9M

The combined price equated to $233,592 per unit.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 10, 2012
Clerk's office heads to Vegas

Paperless system at the Manatee County Clerk's office wins star assignment.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2012
Where were the bank regulators?

How culpable are Florida community bankers for loans that soured because of the real estate collapse?

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  • February 3, 2012
Does Tampa need an antidepressant?

It's currently 79 degrees on a sunny afternoon in Tampa Bay. If only the economic climate matched the actual climate, the Tampa Bay metro area may not find itself in first place on another depressing survey.

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  • March 8, 2012
Laffer: Taxes should be No. 1

To fix the economy, the tax code must change, the economist says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
They really can just get along

News of boardroom clashes between directors and CEOs certainly grabs headlines.

  • News
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