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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2012
Hertz targets Gulf Coast

Rental car firm seeks to add non-airport stores in 33 states, nine in Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2018
Region continues to be fertile soil for specialty grocer

Sprouts Farmers Market plans another new store, in Riverview.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 24, 2017
Senior living community selects new CEO

Sarasota's Aviva senior living community names Jay Solomon as CEO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2013
Hertz spends millions to relocate

Hertz has started relocating its top executives from New Jersey to temporary office space in Naples and a recent filing shows how much the corporate relocation is costing the rental-car giant.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 17, 2025
Tampa Bay journalism executive, former magazine editor dies at 78

Rick Edmonds, longtime media business analyst for journalism think tank Poynter Institute, died Oct. 5 from health complications following a car crash.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2008
The Return of Hope

A $100 million construction project is underway in Sarasota - an area that's recently been quicksand for large developments. It's a story of determination, mixed in with some luck.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2010
Progress through Freedom

Progress and prosperity follow a less intrusive government, one more attuned to buttressing property rights and free trade and allowing open markets and capitalism to thrive.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 4, 2020
Mood for growth: Mental health startup ready for untapped market

Armed with a cutting-edge mental health treatment, Tampa-based NeuroSpa TMS believes it’s set to capitalize on a wave of demand about to crest. Getting the word out is a principal challenge.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 4, 2018
Growing family business draws doughnut fans across the country

Peachey’s Baking Co. has found a big audience for its doughnuts and pretzels at festivals, fairs and farmers markets. Now it’s managing long lines and plans for expansion.

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  • November 17, 2006
Private Practice

It was a sellers' market for companies that wanted to sell in 2006. And one analyst says next year could be as good as more companies go private.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 23, 2006
Do the Right Thing

At HomeBanc Mortgage, customers don't come first, associates do. This philosophy and practice earned it a top business-ethics award.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2011
Cup Runneth Over

Tervis Tumbler executives are ecstatic about future prospects at the company. Managing the growth is the looming challenge.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • July 6, 2018
Seagate Development building on diverse skill sets

Seagate Development Group a $50 million company in three years of homebuilding, commercial leasing and construction and developing office space

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2012
THURSDAY'S CUP: Gulf Coast colleges get veteran salute

Veterans in Florida have lots of colleges that are considered “military friendly,” a recent survey says.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 3, 2013
Test of speed

NeoGenomics stays ahead of declining government reimbursements for cancer tests by streamlining its operations and gaining market share. Investors are taking note.

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  • February 9, 2007
Corporate Report

Verizon FiOs demand driving new local hiringTigris Pharmaceuticals gets $16 million in financing Consejo announces settlement with HMAGulf Coast Builders Exchange elects officers NeoMedia, Gavitec agree on acquisitionGlobal Imaging Systems buys California businessColdwell Banker Realtor heads FARQuality Distribution lowers 2007 projections

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  • September 10, 2010
Corporate Report: Sept. 10 - Sept. 16

The latest news from BankAtlantic, US Natural Gas Corp., and others.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 18, 2023
Houston company pays $36.5 million for two Hillsborough apartment complexes

34 acres sold in Estero, a development plan changes in Sarasota and crepes coming to St. Pete top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 2, 2018
Finding the grass is greener in Southwest Florida

Naples-based Greenscapes expanding with new Fort Myers location

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 4, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

Appropriate giftNew homeJohn Ryle Lawson Jr.Away-from-home movieSweeps stakeBig shoes to fill

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