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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 25, 2013
'Zero In'

U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill has targeted the 1% — not the ultra-wealthy, but the wrongdoers in the business community. He expects to have a busy year.

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 8, 2013
Scary Stuff

Entrepreneurs, from startups to established entities, can add one more item to their worry list: patent trolls. One attorney calls the practice 'almost extortion.'

  • Law
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2011
Merger Momentum

Top performing Gulf Coast community banks from 2010 held tight going into 2011. Banks not doing as well, however, could face more threats.

  • Industries
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • July 27, 2012
It's cast in bronze: Obama rejects who we are

It is still a stinging welt, the day-after effect of a nasty wasp sting. That would be the now-infamous remark from Barack Obama.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 16, 2021
Behind the scenes of a $100 million IPO launch

FIrst Watch seeks to capitalize on internal momentum and positive external factors in going public.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • October 7, 2021
Richard Marques, 34

Revcontent, CEO

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • May 19, 2021
Garden supply firm sows seeds for big growth

Sarasota Green Group and its Earth’s Ally brand prepare for big things to come — starting with a major big-box chain win.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 27, 2018
Apartment sales continuing on strong job, population growth

Gulf Coast apartment complexes like the Tuscany Bay Apartments in Tampa purchased recently by Canada's Starlight investments as part of a $117 million deal have remained highly desired by investors seeking yields.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 12, 2014
Back into the cape

Community banks are returning to Cape Coral, a city that was one of the hardest hit by the housing collapse. Rising real estate values are boosting confidence.

  • Finance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 13, 2016
Multi family mania

Despite an anticipated slowdown, buyers sank $1 billion into area apartments in the first quarter alone.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 31, 2014
Corporate report

Impulse Creative moves to expanded headquarters; Garb Oil & Power buying Colorado's Chubby Glass; SUNZ Insurance promotes CFO, director of risk management and more corporate news.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 19, 2024
Celebrity real estate investor pays $59.6M for Fort Myers apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a retail center is on the market in Sarasota, a major renovation comes to Lakeland shopping center, and a medical building sells in Bradenton.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 12, 2023
Rast Bryant, 37

The general manager of Lloyd Roofing learned his work ethic not from a carpenter but from a planter and landscaper.

  • Class of 2023
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 25, 2024
Beef 'O' Brady's parent company buys sandwich chain, angles for growth

A COVID-19 stumble with a new brand hasn't slowed down a Tampa franchise restaurant brand as it looks to capitalize on whats CEO says is its biggest draw: People love to eat out.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2024
Albie Kaminsky, 33

40 Under 40 winner Albie Kaminsky is senior director, state government affairs, at Charter Communications.

  • Class of 2024
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 9, 2025
Christina Reynolds, 39

40 Under 40 winner Christina Reynolds is founder of ShortStaf.

  • Class of 2025
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • March 12, 2026
Looking to future, SRQ CEO envisions more parking, vertiports

With the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport in the midst of strategic planning, the new leader shared what he called a “slice” of the vision.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2007
A bet against the cycle

At least one development company sees the positive in Gulf Coast homebuilding. It's walking out that vision with a $50-million land buy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 2, 2007
Signs of Hope

Lee County is widely considered ground zero for the state's housing bust. But there are finally some tentative signs of the market's recovery.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2007
Pure and simple

Clearwater-based Clearwater Enviro Technologies uses electronic signals to improve the quality of water and the paths it flows through.

  • Entrepreneurs
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