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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2015
Hertz stock dented on earnings

The stock of rental car giant Hertz fell 9.4% after it reported financial results that disappointed investors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Firm led by Canadian businessman buys Global Court industrial building

A company led by William Boris Petron, owner of Ontario-based Magnus Logistics Solutions Inc., purchased a 31,034-square-foot office and warehouse building for 1.7 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Set course for Wasmer Reef

Martin Wasmer is well known in money management circles, but now his name will be associated with great fishing and scuba diving, too.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Stonegate cheers trading

Stonegate Bank has been marching up the Gulf Coast, snapping up banks from Naples to Fort Myers, Sarasota and Tampa, including Florida Shores Bancorp in January 2014.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2015
San Diego apartment management firm buys Tampa complex

Fairfield Residential picks up Arbor Walk Apartments near Busch Gardens from DeBartolo Development LLC for $96,500 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2015
Vanguard Cos. affiliate buys ranch's Tire Choice

Three investment firms led by Kony Properties, an affiliate of Sarasota's Vanguard Cos., purchased a 5,226-square-foot retail/automotive service building for $2.93 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 30, 2024
Northern Trust hires Sarasota area community foundation exec

Northern Trust Wealth Management named Kirstin Fulkerson, well known in Sarasota for her work with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, as a wealth strategist in the Sarasota-Charlotte market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 28, 2024
$18B Atlanta-based investment firm expands in Florida with Tampa office

It's the second of Homrich Berg's Florida offices after opening in Palm Beach Gardens in 2021.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 6, 2024
SWFL food services company sells e-commerce unit for $700K

Innovative Food Holdings plans to grow its gourmet cheese business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 27, 2025
Cape Coral casino crackdown nets $540K, police say

Police raided six Cape Coral casinos that authorities say were "havens for illegal activity."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 29, 2025
Cape Coral shopping center back on market — 3 months after being sold

A Midwestern investor who closed on the purchase of Merchant Plaza has put it back on the market with a $900,000 bump.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2022
Pinellas County resident charged in money laundering scheme

Alexander Leszczynski is accused of scamming the government out of nearly $200,000 in PPP loans, then creating a fake pardon he claimed was signed by former President Trump.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
Corporate Report

Obee's board backs stock reverse splitStinger says study shows S-200's saferGulfview Automotive Group opens Tarpon Springs locationSyniverse Technologies debuts payment systemTampa Electric issues RFP, seeks power alternativesUtek helps Artilium buy location technologyTreviso Bay developer hires club managerTech Data exclusive with Parallels

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2010
Back to Life

Investors bid the stock of Health Management Associates to bankruptcy lows in 2008, but new management brought it back to life. The hospital operator's shares are up 321% in one year.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
Corporate Report: October 19

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2022
Publix, Walmart, others closing stores, cutting hours as storm nears

The area’s two largest grocers are closing nearly 330 locations between them as Hurricane Ian gets close to landfall. More closings are likely to follow.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 21, 2022
Sarasota man behind $80M Ponzi scheme gets decades in prison

57-year-old convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and money laundering sentenced to federal prison for “insidious scheme.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Kyle Taylor, 29

CEO, The Penny Hoarder, Taylor Media

  • Class of 2016
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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.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • June 26, 2015
Make it sync

Even 35-year branding experts make mistakes. This one learned a lot, too.

  • Strategies
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