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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2014
Fast cars pull into festival

The auctions at the Naples Winter Wine Festival always feature over-the-top lots, and this year will be no exception.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 16, 2024
Creative entrepreneur helps beleaguered malls survive amid market shift

Mall operators seeking to draw more customers are turning to companies like US Design Lab to add a dose of fun to the experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2021
Prominent luxury beach hotel plans major renovation project

The renovation at the Ritz-Carlton Naples, beginning in May, will add new suites and a lounge and redesign interiors at the five-diamond resort.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Melissa Rutland, 38

President, Rutland Florida Gulf Group LLC

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2013
Tammie Sandoval, 29

Director - Trust & Estate Services, BMO Private Bank

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  • By James R. |
  • March 28, 2014
Use customer experience to drive value

To best understand how customers view your product and brand, put yourself in their shoes for a few transactions.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • December 20, 2013
Frequent flyer

With business ventures all over the world, Joseph Hodges' second home is an airplane. That's why he's picky when it comes to travel.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 2, 2023
Top St. Pete developer, former ambassador dead at 93

Business giant Mel Sembler was a top donor to the Bushes and conservative causes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Foreclosure?

Gulfcoast Legal Services lost $1 million in federal grant money last year. Now a federal agency wants its St. Petersburg property.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 18, 2013
It's not the name that counts; it's the content

GCBR is now the Business Observer.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 5, 2016
Fast pitch

Four early-stage companies pitched their ideas to investors at a Shark Tank-style event in Naples recently. Technology binds them together.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 8, 2017
Glass Ceiling

Disrupting an industry, particularly one many try to avoid, is rife with obstacles. A novelist-turned-entrepreneur tackles it with heartfelt passion.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2012
Marketplace of Ideas: I Had Help; Not from Uncle Sam

I was taken aback by President Obama's recent remark, “If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 10, 2025
PR firm founder 'drops in' to skateboarding hobby

What started as a birthday gift has turned into a unusual after-50 pastime for a PR pro.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 26, 2023
Business Observer 40 under 40 nominations now open

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 40 Under 40 issue.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 7, 2016
Florida, I-4, Indys and voters' mood will tip the election

Ah, the deplorables.

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  • May 9, 2018
Entrepreneurs dispense career building — and saving — advice

Assistance for entrepreneurs comes from all sides and many angles. Some of the best advice can be from those who have done it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 31, 2014
Retail rules

Taubman Centers, one of the firms behind the newest mall on the Gulf Coast, is market-busting busy. CEO Robert Taubman says it's key to combine persistence with timing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Krista Cartee, 35

Director of operations and account services, Priority Marketing

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2012
Power Lunch

A small group of top Tampa-area executives agree on at least one major concern: the economy is improving — slowly.

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