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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • September 3, 2024
Tampa entrepreneur grows goat yoga business with grit, good times

How a small family and half a dozen goats jumped to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2008
Ensured Frustration

Tallahassee's first attempt at legislating property insurance rates failed. Get ready for the sequel.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2004
Sold On Sarasota

After a development process that featured highs and lows, itis time to break ground on the condominium project at 1350 Main.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 21, 2018
Area community banks take on upstart tech firms

It’s not just millennials that community banks risk losing. A recent report from global research firm Gartner, for one, pings community banks in particular on fintech: “By 2030, only 20% of heritage financial firms will flourish and win,” states the repor

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 1, 2023
Feds sending $43M in grants to address road safety along Gulf Coast

The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $800 million in grants as part of a program to cut down on fatalities.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • November 7, 2022
Naples restaurants rebuild in six weeks, following six-month remodel

Pazzo! Cucina Italiana and Chops City Grill are expected to reopen later this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Bears and bulls debate in Naples

Money management is a pretty staid business. That is, until the markets gyrate wildly as they have recently.That's when events sponsored by the CFA Society of Naples get exciting. The group of financial analysts gathered in late January at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club to hear the market forecast for 2008, amid unpredictable ups and downs in the market.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 4, 2005
Coming Home from Homeland Security

A former top federal prosecutor explains her new role in the American national-security apparatus.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2008
THE CAPITALIST: Irony on Wall Street

THE CAPITALIST: Irony on Wall Street

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2009
All Inclusive

The Tampa Bay Builders Association has merged with similar groups to create a regional organization representing both residential and commercial builders.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 18, 2011
High-Speed Chase

Real Estate attorney Tim Grogan is betting on budding NASCAR driver Andrew Gipson of Bradenton. It takes 'a lot of money.'

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 20, 2011
Green Shoots

A custom homebuilding firm has experienced some rapid growth, in spite of the economy. Can it keep it up?

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 18, 2011
What's Your Score?

People crave an edge in the vast and vastly competitive world of online profiles. A new website aims to deliver just that.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 27, 2018
Gaming the system for employee success, retention

KnowBe4 brings fun, games and extra cash to its workforce.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 3, 2015
Reynolds wrap

Revenues are up 50% in four years at Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co., mostly from Florida customers, but the firm has bigger ambitions.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 29, 2024
Home sales report: Sarasota-Bradenton leads nation in slashing prices

"Sarasota, in particular, has been overvalued for decades, and the chickens have finally come to roost," says an area Redfin sales manager.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 19, 2022
Rise of streaming services brings abundant opportunities

The likes of Netflix, HBO Max and Hulu demand a constant supply of new content. A Tampa advertising agency has big plans to help supply it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2008
Orange Groove

It takes more than picking to squeeze a profit from a fruit farm, even in Florida. An entrepreneurial couple has the $3 million bill to prove it.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Tenants market

A flood of new product, sublease space and a softer economy has put office tenants in the driver's seat.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2003
Coffee Talk

This week's items: Changes at the top for Dooley & MackReal estate power partnership formedBusiness leaders plea for AirtranTrouble for Civix and Rod Connelly?Schiavo overload

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