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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2022
St. Petersburg bank goes on hiring spree, adding 12 employees

Climate First Bank, founded in 2021, now has 48 staff members.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2022
Citrus company names new top financial officer

Perry Del Vecchio previously held financial management positions at Hertz, among other companies.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 13, 2022
European electric vehicle maker opens showroom in Tampa

Polestar’s retail location will offer an augmented reality driving experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2009
Florida's business rep takes another hit

Here's another news bulletin Gov. Charlie Crist probably won't turn into a Crist for U.S. Senate press release: Florida dropped 10 spots on Forbes magazine's “Best States for Business” list.

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  • December 23, 2009
Manatee County School Board moves MTI building to SR 70

The Manatee County School Board has approved moving a planned new Manatee Technical Institute facility to property it owns on State Road 70 and Caruso Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 3, 2009
Job market shows signs of stabilizing

A new hiring survey from a national accounting and financial services firm shows that sometimes little or no growth can be a good thing. That's the message from the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index, which shows the employee markets stabilizing in the accounting and financial industries in the 2010 first quarter.

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  • October 8, 2010
Sykes' firm moves, Sykes stays put

John Sykes is backing up his commitment to downtown Tampa, putting his new firm JHS Capital Holdings Inc. in the M&I Bank Plaza building.

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  • November 19, 2010
EPA water rules may prove costly

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved final rules designed to cut water pollution causing algae blooms.

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  • June 21, 2010
Rays: Anywhere but the Trop

Owner Stuart Sternberg says his team is willing to move anywhere in Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
United Insurance posts loss

United's fourth quarter was successful, but the company lost money in 2010.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 28, 2011
Chain rocks and rolls to growth mode

A national guitar store chain is in expansion mode for the first time in four years, with the Gulf Coast an integral part of the growth.

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  • November 14, 2011
It's not all bad for Bank of America

Bank of America might be the most battered entity in Corporate America these days. But the Sarasota Yacht Club remains a fan.

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  • January 11, 2013
Restaurant chain hires in bunches

If Florida Gov. Rick Scott comes through on the 700,000 jobs in seven years pledge he made in 2010, he might want to eat a celebratory burrito.

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  • January 25, 2013
Economist: Housing market fuels improvement

Tampa Bay is ahead of the nation in creating new jobs, says J.P. Morgan's Anthony Chan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 1, 2013
Re/Max Alliance building sold, new owner plans to subdivide

The price equated to $73 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2011
Hotel sells reminiscences, not rooms

One of the premier luxury hotels in Sarasota, the Ritz-Carlton, has a new message to attack the recession. It wants to measure a guest's stay in memories, not number of nights booked.

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  • August 20, 2013
WCI swings to profitability

WCI Communities says homebuilding sales and average prices rose significantly.

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  • September 25, 2013
WellCare hires N.C. Medicaid director

Carol Steckel resigned her North Carolina position effective Oct. 11 to become WellCare's senior director of public policy.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 2, 2013
Homebuilder Toll Brothers plans 54-acre Spanish Wells community

The price equated to $84,537 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • November 28, 2012
Builders Care completes home in 17 days

On Nov. 16, Bob and Mary Garcia received a special gift from Builders Care, the nonprofit branch of the Lee Building Industry Association.

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