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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2021
Area homebuilder wins national rising star award

Ryan Perrone founded Nautilus Homes in 2010.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Are credit unions the new community banks?

Credit unions, nationally and especially in Florida, are diving into a new form of expansion: buying banks. A pair of billion-dollar area credit unions lead the way in the buy-to-grow strategy.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2013
Ringling College makes top 25 list

The Hollywood Reporter ranked Ringling 24th for best film schools.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 2, 2014
Corporate Report

Riverchase Dermatology buys West Coast Dermatology; Women's Tennis Association debuts new marketing approach; Hertz Equipment Rental opens Cheyenne, Wyo. oil-focused facility; Metro Development Group, Bright House building gigabit communities; Florida Career College campus relocates to Tampa; Biltres Staffing owner sentenced for invoice fraud, identity theft; Lee health system foundation hires Noise to promote hospital

  • Strategies
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  • June 24, 2016
CEO CORNER | Yes, I have a real job

To create a memorable experience for customers, start in the parking lot.

  • Strategies
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  • September 28, 2007
Corporate Report

AT&T eyes Florida for fiber-optic services rolloutHT Systems, Fujitsu Computer create palm-scanning devicePort Charlotte therapy company purchased by Aegis TherapiesMoffitt Cancer Centermoves to Microsoft's AzyxxiGerdau Ameristeel completes Chaparral purchaseAzteca America of SW Florida added to local DIRECTV

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Daniel Barres, 35

CEO, Soaring Sky

  • Class of 2015
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  • By Barry Friedman |
  • May 8, 2015
Loan harvesters

Entrepreneurs Brian Philpot and Rob Harper plowed their real estate profits into an agricultural lending business. It was a wise move.

  • Industries
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • August 31, 2012
Mobile Mavens

Tampa-based Mad Mobile is racking up soaring sales and employee counts in the emerging mobile commerce industry by focusing only on the big guys.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 18, 2004
GET BIG think small

Your corporate 'road to riches' is assured with segmented market niches.

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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 Louis Llovio |
  • May 10, 2023
Major Midwest hardware retailer buys land in Manatee

Wisconsin-based Menards has bought 30 acres of land east of Interstate 75.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2022
Downtown Tampa skyscraper sells to New York firm

The Wells Fargo building was sold by its owner of 10 years to The Feil Organization.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 24, 2022
Developer to convert Naples hotel to workforce housing

The developer will take a 104-room hotel in Naples and turn it into apartments that are affordable for area workers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2013
International fraud scheme netted more than $137M

Telemarketers in Spain boiler rooms sold fraudulent penny stocks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2021
Boston investor buys downtown Tampa office building for $56 million

Farley White Interests’ acquisition of Two Harbour Place marks its fifth deal along the Gulf Coast

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2018
'Tis the season to safeguard your data

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Florida Capital Bank’s information security officer, Ed Bides, has tips for businesses that want to get better at safeguarding their data.

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  • September 27, 2019
Fieldr of dreams: Young entrepreneurs start networking site to connect students with businesses

The recent college graduates who founded company hope the site will bridge the gap between students and companies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 1, 2019
Atlanta-based company acquires pair of Interstate 4 corridor apartment projects

Centennial Holding Co. of Atlanta has added to its Florida portfolio by acquiring a pair of multifamily rental projects in Lakeland and Plant City.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 24, 2017
Prominent banker set to be released from prison

Jerry Williams, pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to banking regulators.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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