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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 17, 2020
Coworking venture looks to grow with startup lab, venture capital arm

What started as a coworking venture has shifted to more than space provisions.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Blown Away

Sales at a Florida roofing supply company were robust before 2004. They've gone wild after two active hurricane seasons.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2013
Financing eludes many homebuilders

If you're in the market for a house, good luck finding a model home.

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  • January 13, 2012
Tampa firm makes marathon app

Haneke Design will create a mobile app for the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon.

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  • April 16, 2012
Grossman to host workshop

The St. Pete Chamber begins a series of workshops with local CEOs.

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  • January 14, 2019
Submit now for Business Observer's Top Contractors issue

The Business Observer is collecting submissions for its annual Top Contractors issue.

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  • February 10, 2014
Heart, stroke care lauded at Sarasota hospital

Sarasota Memorial earned Joint Commission recertification for two programs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2016
Wal-Mart pushes American-made

The largest retailer in the world wants to diversify its product base through independent entrepreneurs.

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  • February 10, 2016
Water taxi service to set sail in Tampa

The pirate-themed water taxi service will begin Feb. 27.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 2, 2024
Florida firm tapped to study Sarasota's economic landscape

A market study will identify current and future opportunities in the city of Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 12, 2023
Publix signs on as sponsor of the Florida Panthers

The Lakeland grocer and South Florida hockey team have signed a multiyear deal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 15, 2022
Local hairdresser snips 50-year career with retirement

Richard Weintraub, with a worldwide, 50-year impact on the beauty salon industry, cuts to the chase for entrepreneurs: "If you always follow the pack," he says, "then you only go as far as the pack."

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  • May 19, 2010
Oil spill may hurt state's credit

Decreased tax revenues could increase borrowing costs for local governments.

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  • March 27, 2013
Survey: Congestion hurting your business?

Lee County asks residents to identify congested roadways that hurt business.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 6, 2021
Prominent Wall Street firm moving HQ from Manhattan to downtown St. Pete

Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management is moving its headquarters to 200 Central in St. Petersburg; will help build innovation center

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 21, 2025
Hillsborough to upgrade buses with $32 million in federal funds

The federal funding allows the Hillsborough Transit Authority to replace 33 diesel-fueled buses with new, low-emissions vehicles.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 25, 2026
BayCare to open new urgent care in eastern Hillsborough

The health care system will open its first urgent care system in Plant City March 30, close to its new South Florida Baptist Hospital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Randall G. Holcombe |
  • May 6, 2025
In truth, our trade deficits benefit Americans

While the Trump administration’s economic policies are aimed at least partly toward eliminating the nation’s balance of payments deficits, Americans should understand that they benefit from those deficits.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 10, 2024
Chris DiBitetto, 39

40 Under 40 winner Chris DiBitetto is vice president and managing broker at ERES Companies.

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