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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 13, 2025
New St. Petersburg digs for Sarasota brokerage

Michael Saunders & Co. has leased space in the 400 Central tower.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 2, 2025
Manatee County-based tech company appoints new CEO

Confianza is expanding its leadership team as it prepares to scale the business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 19, 2020
Tutoring companies remain nimble to keep up with demand amid pandemic

One area tutoring services company nearly doubled its payroll to support the surge.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 27, 2023
Bradenton, Sarasota County move ahead slowly after deals with public buildings

The two localities made significant decisions in the past couple years to sell municipal buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 24, 2009
A Mighty Sight

A Gulf Coast medical science company has big plans to leverage technology it bills as stellar enough to alter an industry. Big plans, however, come with big challenges.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 22, 2016
Q&A | Steve Cunningham

As the qualifying broker for LandQwest Commercial, Steve Cunningham overseas the brokerage's entire operation, from strategic planning to operational analysis.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Pat Neal |
  • February 3, 2022
Prolific homebuilder: Affordable housing requires a takes-a-village-approach

The days of building a new home for less than $19,000 are long gone.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 8, 2023
Castor cruises to reelection win in Tampa mayoral contest

The incumbent faced no serious opposition in her bid for a second term.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2022
Bowl game names all-star lineup of executive committee members

Big names from the Tampa Bay business, government and philanthropic communities will help plan the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • August 21, 2015
How to ... Keep employees (and morale) during rough patches

People remember how they are treated in both the good and the bad times, according to Ryan Toth, Beck Construction's regional director of Florida. The 67-employee company has been through both.

  • Strategies
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • February 18, 2026
Second MarineMax shareholder urges sale of company

Levin Capital Strategies is urging the company to consider an activist investor’s $1.1 billion offer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By TWO Architects |
  • February 16, 2026
Sweet Sparkman’s Design Director joins TWO Architects

Hannah Boehmer, AIA joins TWO Architects as Principal Architect.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
Sponsored Content
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 16, 2019
American Landmark CEO is a one-trick magician

American Landmark Apartments, of Tampa, and and its CEO, Joe Lubeck, have settled on a formula to buy, upgrade and sell apartment projects in Sunbelt states that have made fans out of both investors and tenants alike.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 27, 2004
Giving Back

William J. Schifino Jr.: Hillsborough County Bar president, managing partner of Williams Schifino Mangione & Steady PA, father of three and community volunteer.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2004
True Believer

Whether Joseph P. Smith lives or dies - if convicted of Carlie Brucia's death - is largely dependent on Adam Tebrugge, 42, a 12th Circuit assistant public defender who has won the acquittal of four other accused murderers.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 28, 2011
Sole Success

Diana Kelly turned a childhood fascination with brooches into a trendy shoe line. Now her task is to turn trendy into a sustainable business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 3, 2010
Found in Translation

Alina Mugford has lived in countries where businesses are an arm of the state. She readily embraced the ability to run her own company in America.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jamie Kane |
  • June 14, 2013
Discover what matters to your customers

Setting up a selling process that increases customer feedback and contact can enhance the breadth and depth of your relationship — and boost sales.

  • Strategies
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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • June 18, 2013
Help Wanted: Only beautiful people need apply

Beautifulpeople.com is a dating website you may have heard about that only allows beautiful people to join. Now, the controversial ego-buster (or booster if you are particularly comely) is expanding to help companies hire attractive employees.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2020
Skillet sizzle: Naples breakfast chain pushes expansion program

Skillets is expanding into the Sarasota-Manatee area.

  • News
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