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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
Testing the Marketplace

Psychological Assessment Resources, a quiet Tampa Bay company, sees opportunity in the recovery by helping workers decide what they should be doing with their lives.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 2, 2021
Room boom: Hotels have become a hot commodity

Hotel properties across the region are generating solid returns for investors. The trend appears to have staying power.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 8, 2023
Pickleball competition heats up — with millions of dollars at stake

A variety of entrepreneurs in the region are racing to get into — or get ahead — in the business of pickleball, with soon-to-be national leagues, all-encompassing social and sports clubs, and more.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2007
Corporate Report

MoneyShow, S&P partner to improve Web offeringAssociated Asphalt buys local Mariani AsphaltOrthopedic Development sues former employees over e-mailsSun Hydraulics board approves 50% dividend, chairmanSouthwest Florida airport receives $5 million in grantsOrion Bank garners top rankingVision Homes adds Nice as COO

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Corporate Report

Progress Energy chooses site for plant Walter Industries finishes spin-off of Mueller Water ProductsSherman named president, CEO of Bank of Florida-SouthwestMid-Atlantic Restaurants LLC borrowing from GE CapitalNew Outback president coming from Mexican Restaurants chainHealth Integrated pairs with Horizon Blue Cross Blue ShieldValleyCrest buys St. Pete landscape firm

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Corporate Report

American Land Lease backssale to Green Courte Partners,Horizon Bay enters life-caremarket with three communitiesBrown & Brown subcompanybuys assets of Portland firmIntertape Polymer to cut jobs,revise contracts, services, fees,Encore Bank hires Rasmussento lead Collier operationsHSN adds publishing execto board of directorsNicholas Financial opensColumbus, Ohio branchSun Hydraulics Corp. issuingfourth-quarter dividendDiverse Web site launched forNCircle'S shows

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
Hotel Sales Headed Up

Hotel industry economic indicators point toward a rebound in the beleaguered markets from Naples to Tampa. That bodes well for hotel acquisition opportunities and new development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jay Brady |
  • May 7, 2010
Back-Breaking Medicine

The federal health insurance law's prescription for curing rising costs of health care may break the backs of more than small businesses.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 21, 2022
Sister City plan wave of the future, says Rays' owner as he asks: What happens now?

As baseball officials in Tampa and Montreal ponder the future, they say their rejected sister-city plan was groundbreaking — and will someday be the norm in pro sports.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • August 19, 2021
The restaurant industry faces disruption in the current model with a new concept — ghost kitchens

The restaurant industry is facing a restructured model with the rise of ghost kitchens. A few spirited and ambitious restaurateurs are all-in on the concept.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Scary Stories

What's it like to be on the inside of a bank in crisis? It's amix of gray hairs, tears, fist pumps and lots of heartache.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 14, 2012
Patience, Patience

The current community-banking environment isn't for the weak-hearted. Yet the bank that remains the newest on the Gulf Coast might have the perfect antidote to the heartache.

  • Finance
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 17, 2022
Aggressive growth has credit unions in bankers' crosshairs

As Florida community banks vanish, credit unions flourish through mergers and acquisitions, drawing scrutiny of pro-bank lobbyists.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2007
Simply the Biggest

At MarineMax, all goals focus on growth, from spending on marketing to making daylong job interviews the norm.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2003
Regional Roundup

This week's items:REALTOR SUES ASSOCIATIONMINING CHALLENGE DELAYEDMALL REDEVELOPMENTCONVENTION CENTER STUDYREPTRON ELECTRONICS FINANCIALSSURPLUS SALE

  • Industries
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 19, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Signature Communities Inc. acquires Naples Vanderbilt InnWalport Properties buysCollier Boulevard SquareDRD Murdock Circle Executive CenterMichael Saunders office expands on Longboat KeyJohn McKay buys Parrish landLowe's buys land in North PortHotel industry veterans purchase Tampa blockVision 193 LLC buys 5th Avenue ApartmentsTarpon Restaurant Services buys Pappa's Riverside

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 19, 2013
Reluctant warrior

Mike Evanoff didn't seek a fight with Sarasota County when he readied a new bar and restaurant. But he didn't back down from one, either.

  • Florida
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  • By Dan Ping |
  • April 15, 2011
Outside the Box

BungoBox has developed an earth-friendly alternative to using cardboard boxes for moving. But instead of promoting its 'green' credentials, the company plans to build a nationwide business by emphasizing cost and convenience.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • February 5, 2021
Company introduces co-living to region

There’s a new type of living that’s come to St. Petersburg: co-living. A local business, after some tweaks and regulatory-based shifts, thinks it’s got the right model to scale quickly.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 5, 2019
Former media, health care exec finds passion in grooming future CEOs

Getting to know Marty Petty, a St. Petersburg, Florida, business consultant whose bold, risk-taking career has seen her pivot from being a trailblazing female journalist to newspaper CEO and health care executive.

  • Leadership
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