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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 9, 2023
How to motivate — and delight — employees with rewards

In an age of quiet quitting, creative incentives can radically increase employee engagement and productivity.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2022
Crypto company coming to Tampa

Chicago-based CoinFlip will open an office in the city's Water Street Tampa district, joining a rush of tech companies coming to town.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna |
  • May 30, 2022
Transactions: May 24-30

A trio of multifamily deals, each more than $70 million, in Hillsborough and Pasco counties lead the way in this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By None |
  • June 9, 2022
The innovator’s dilemma: Should companies be quick or correct?

Getting past the risk side of innovating can be difficult, from market timing to the right personnel. Finding a way, says one marketing expert, is essential.

  • Advice
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 14, 2022
Housing finally coming to USF’s Sarasota-Manatee campus

The university has won approval to build an approximately $39 million housing and student center on the campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Columnist . |
  • September 16, 2022
Florida's insurance litigation problem stares deep into an abyss

The dire situation stems from a complex set of circumstances, says an industry analyst, while the need for policy-driven reforms remains urgent.

  • Insurance
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 30, 2022
Real estate executive’s home flooded by Hurricane Ian

Premier Sotheby's International Realty CEO Budge Huskey was on a business trip in Colorado when the monster storm hit his Bonita Springs residence.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 2, 2023
Longtime Bucs team doctor and Tampa surgeon dies at 83

Dr. Joe Diaco was one of the longest-running team doctors in NFL history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2006
A safer ride

PWC Industries is putting the brakes on watercraft dangers.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 4, 2006
Business of Bamboo

JMX International hopes bamboo molding and flooring will take it from an e-commerce shop to a lucrative business-to-business operation.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Rinker buys citrus land in Collier CountyAssisted living facility sold as part of restructuringBuilder plans townhomes in Fort MyersJack Parker Corp. buys shopping centerTaylor Woodrow to buildluxury townhomes at MediterraCenterline Homes buys two parcels in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Deal of the Week- Patience Pays (Tampa)

Gamble on Tampa's Urban Centre returns big.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 31, 2006
Real Estate Briefs-Lee/Collier

Chicago firm acquires Naples apartmentsNew York firm acquiresNaples commercial centerINDIANA DEVELOPER BUILDS CONDOS AT MALL

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2008
Faith-driven

Like many construction companies, Dallas 1 Construction & Development Inc. has struggled, but besidesdiversifying, it has another coping strategy: Faith.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 30, 2009
Staying on Top

Tech Data has been hurt by declining demand for technology, but it has used the past year to position itself for the economic recovery.

  • Strategies
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 22, 2004
Act Like Act Lke Founding Fathers

Sarasota Countyis fixes for the affordable housing problem has more of problems than solutions and has the possibilty of creating widder ranging troubles than the original issue.

  • Opinion
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2004
Prepare for War

Lou Lasday: Motivate your attack force. Take aim and help them move out.

  • Opinion
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2004
Jay Tallman and Tom Brown

In March, Jay Tallman and Tom Brown of Sarasota-based U.S. Assets Group, saw the ground broken on the Founders Club, the first golf course to be approved in northern Sarasota County since the early 1990s.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2003
Entrepreneur Finds Law (Tampa edition)

Retired engineer Howard Iken is swapping professions. He plans to specialize in divorce for business owners, a niche he discovered as a judge's clerk.

  • Law
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Higher Calling (Tampa edition)

Former Congressman Sam M. Gibbons challenges young lawyers to get involved.

  • Law
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