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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 17, 2024
Badcock's bankrupt Texas parent cutting nearly 70 jobs in Lakeland

Conn's Inc. has told state officials it will lay off the employees at its Lakeland center as part of the wind down brought on by the bankruptcy.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 28, 2026
Manatee ATV manufacturer makes move to expand dealer network

Recreative Industries signed a manufacturer’s representative agreement with TRL Outdoors LLC.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 7, 2026
Healthy restaurant opens second Sarasota location

Pura Vida Miami recently opened a restaurant in The Landings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 29, 2026
Naples Grande Beach Resort to lay off 235 employees during renovation

The Naples resort plans to shut down April and stay closed until the end of the year for a "comprehensive" overhaul of the property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 11, 2010
Backs to Business

Local governments talk about the importance of creating jobs, but the legislative programs of their lobbying groups offer plenty of contrast to business groups' priorities.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Gonzmarts resignHillsborough service cutsYbor business boostLWR's coming growthBabcock brawl widensAmendment 1 challenge

  • Finance
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 7, 2005
Legal Briefs (Tampa)

Company seeks reimbursementNational economist to discuss Tampa Bay area outlook Lawyer announces candidacy for U.S. HouseAnimal group to provide CLE for professional advisersHensler joins Thompson Sizemore as associateFowler White adds associates, announces board appointmentsCarlton Fields' attorneys appointed to boards

  • Law
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 16, 2009
Government Digest

A look at government action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Fishkind Swims with the Tide

An Orlando economist doesnit like what higher interest rates could do to Florida real estate sales in 2005.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • January 21, 2010
Government Digest 1/21/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: Aug. 20 - Aug. 26

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2013
Corporate Report: February 15

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2020
Celebrated entrepreneur behind $20M HVAC firm arrested for fraud

Louis Bruno founded the company in 2012.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 12, 2014
Oil Legacy

J.H. Williams Oil Co. has grown through three generations of the Williams family. Now the $394 million Tampa company is leveraging the fourth generation to stay on top.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 8, 2023
Sarasota restaurant property sells for $5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Port Charlotte resorts gets a new boss, a church hits the market in Lakeland and workforce apartments are coming to Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • August 26, 2025
DeSantis touts $1.3B investment in Tampa Bay transportation

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised a $1.3 billion investment in transportation infrastructure projects in the Tampa Bay region, funding the Howard Frankland Bridge and a major Pinellas County expansion of I-275.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 17, 2007
Moyer's Moment

Gary Moyer, who spent the early and most successful part of his development career in strip malls, is back. The cornerstone project of his second act could prove to be either his signature performance or his worst flop.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2007
WCI bets on Bal Harbour

WCI Communities' executives fight to keep the company's cash coming in as they soothe anxious lenders who are owed $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, billionaire investor Carl Icahn and two hedge fund allies formed a majority on a newly created board to be elected Aug. 30.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Always Low Rates

A community bank's success with branches inside Wal-Mart Supercenters proves that local banks can coexist with the retail behemoth. One secret: Staff the branch with retailers, not bankers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2008
The Flower Guru

A Gulf Coast florist, known to dozens of florists nationwide as a "never ending machine of ideas," is competing against - and beating - industry heavyweights.

  • Strategies
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