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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: March 26 - April 1

Regional business news at a glance.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • October 29, 2010
Government Digest: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2010
Corporate Report: May 21 - May 26

New information from Connectyx Tech, Progress Energy Florida, Boar's Head, and more.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 28, 2024
As it shuts stores globally, Foot Locker plans HQ move to St. Pete

The retail chain is planning to relocate its headquarters from New York as part of an effort to streamline costs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2008
Corporate Report

Equity firm seeks to invest in Freedom BankEntel PCS picks Syniversefor mobile roaming processPeoples Gas, Tampa Electricask for rate increasesSage Software Healthcarehires new COOArmy expands contract withGeneral Dynamics OrdnanceShells Seafood Restaurantsfiles for Chapter 11 Ethos Investigative Services buys Global Risk ServicesChico's sales down, concludes deal with Phelps' motherWellCare Health Planshires its first COORoper Industries buysGeorgia software makerAerosonic hires new COO,exec VP/CFO to resignWellSpring Pharmaceutical buys several McNeil drugsIntertape Polymer Groupsigns deal with PellikoTampa Busch Gardens exec to manage new Dubai parksNaples Wild Oaks closing,new Whole Foods Market to openT.O.P.S. Staffing mergeswith Ad-Vance ScreeningSky Angel inks on-demand deal with Exploration FilmsMinSURG Corp. launches international division Rosetta Technologies offersRicoh SP 3300D printersVenice's XCPT hiresDesign Marketing GroupAmerican Strategic Insurance offers new policies in LouisianaTarpon Springs Institute offersnew cataract lens implantAerosonic Corp. awarded$1.4-million Boeing orderTampa Super Bowl tie-in bid deadline is Sept. 15HomeBanc opens two new branch locations in TampaOklahoma Sheriff's officeto purchase Stinger S-200sValpak, Food Net serve up Grill It! sweepstakesPGT Industries introducesthree commercial products

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Breifs

BPG Properties buys Westshore office parkEmpire American Holdings buys two Tampa apartmentsLocal investors acquires Brookside GardensKessler buys land for St. Pete's Grand BohemianMeridian Business Center approval approachesPalmetto hotelier buys Bayshore InnCourthouse Centre developer planning Adams Lane projectVenice brothers buy Punta Gorda landInvestor change leads to $15-million salWiegold & Sons moving to Enterprise Avenue

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 9, 2006
Reduced Risk

Utilizing a niche in the market, a pair of Sarasota money managers has discovered a way to invest without obsessing over the daily Wall Street news barrage.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

Giles starts work on Manatee Bay in Waterside Cape Coral Parkway, Red Rock buy land for office condoNassif Development plans Prima LuceNaples investment group plans office developmenSeminole attorneys buy Brooker Creek centerDeveloper Grady Pridgen buys Buccaneer CenterSierra Stone and Aggregate buys Largo warehouseU.S. Assets completes Wicker Inn purchaseNew Jersey entrepreneurs plan car wash chain

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2007
Prescription for Success

Get doctors and nurses involved in the medical-supply buying process and an amazing thing happens: hospitals save millions of dollars. Here's how a cooperative effort by two Southwest Florida hospital groups does it.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 12, 2020
Private jet firms in region hope to land new opportunities during pandemic

The pandemic has caused turbulence for the commercial aviation industry. Area companies involved in private aviation, on the other hand, are seeing new customers in the midst of the coronavirus.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 5, 2019
Former media, health care exec finds passion in grooming future CEOs

Getting to know Marty Petty, a St. Petersburg, Florida, business consultant whose bold, risk-taking career has seen her pivot from being a trailblazing female journalist to newspaper CEO and health care executive.

  • Leadership
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 16, 2019
Marketing executive who works with early-stage companies, firms in transition sees opportunity in area

Through agencies Brand Communication Design and Comunicano, Andy Abramson helps companies position their strategy to match their goal.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2008
Coffee Talk

IT folks, others, make a show of force: Where did all these techies come from? The Gulf Coast is well known for its housing and tourism businesses, but a recent tech gathering in Fort Myers shows how technology cuts across all industries.Federal legislators try to control gas prices: Even for a legislative body known more for photo ops than passing bills with actual substance, a recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives was a true head-scratcher.Going green from Dallas to Tampa: Tampa Heights, the redeveloping urban area just north of downtown Tampa, will be getting a new corporate tenant at the end of the month: The Beck Group, a Dallas-based construction company.On demand flyingexpands on Gulf Coast: Airlines big and small have been fleeing the Gulf Coast, another facet of the economic slowdown.Let's go this summer to Camp CEO: Forget canoeing or archery.High school juniors and seniors will have an opportunity to be chief executive officers at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers this summer.Evos wants faster growth, hires Chipolte exec: The Review profiled Evos, a growing a Tampa-based restaurant chain, in July, and now comes word that the company is preparing to make a major leap in growth.John Sykes gives to University of Tampa again: Tampa businessman John Sykes, whose name is on the University of Tampa's School of Business building, has made another sizable gift to the university, which sits on the edg

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Exeter Property Group buys Fowler centerFurniture Row Cos. buys Tampa warehouseBright House buys Brandon centerJoMar Development plans port industrial parkInvestors buy Holmes Beach propertiesFederal Express plans Manatee centerOaks Development buys, restructures Cypress CenterCole buys Fort Myers Pep Boys, eight othersLutgert renovates Village on Venetian BayFort Myers group buys office building

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 5, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Sarasota Pays Quay for Roundabout LandBruce Williams Homes unveils CrossCreekTwo medical practices relocating to North TrailInvestor buys Lake Osprey VillageCar care business moving to 39th AvenueBenderson Development Co. moves forward with Town CenterWestwater Construction moving to Orange AvenueFrank Menke Organization buys more land for SumterHotelier acquires I-75 Hampton InnLee School Board acquires two sites

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 22, 2010
Concede Nothing

Retired executive Bruce Cassidy hopes he doesn't shank his multimillion-dollar bet on an exclusive Gulf Coast golf course. Cassidy remains steadfast, even though some trends predict failure. “I think this is place people will want to be,” he says.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 17, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Developers acquire land for lifestyle projectSunstream Hotels, Resorts buys Islands ResortInvestors pay $4.6 million for multi-tenant buildingInvestor acquires St. Armands pharmacyDeveloper buys Venice land to build office parkCostello buys office park, converting to condosLion's Gate Project to be at Entrance to RosedaleSan Francisco group acquires apartmentsInvestor buys Willow Oaks ApartmentsBoca attorney purchases pharmaceutical buildingNew Hotel

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 10, 2009
Smaller is Better

Few banks on the Gulf Coast showed a profit so far this year. But small community banks make up a disproportionate share of those that made money in the second quarter.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2007
WALSH: REVIEW & COMMENT

This is always true: States that cut taxes and have low taxes always do better economically.

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 20, 2004
Economic Blessing?

Hurricane Charley may have destroyed or forced the closure of only 1% to 5% of businesses in its path. That's much less than the damage Andrew caused in 1992.

  • Entrepreneurs
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