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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2011
Confidence approaches new low

Consumer confidence in Florida is back near its all-time low mark.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 9, 2022
Healthy pet food firm chews on bigger market

After a pandemic-forced sales tumble, The K9 Kitchen considered shutting operations down. A customer-turned-investor helped give the startup new life.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 9, 2022
Local investment firm buys 92-unit Pinellas County apartment complex for $13M

The price tag for Cottage Court might seem surprising, but it's not, says the brokerage behind the deal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 10, 2024
California firm buys Tampa Bay construction, engineering firm

Apollo Construction & Engineering Services, a Hillsborough County-based general contractor focusing on industrial, commercial and institutional projects, has been acquired.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2023
Survey: Interest rates, sales drop cause annual high in rent delinquencies

Rent increases, when paired with high interest rates and declining revenue, not surprisingly, makes for a toxic concoction in terms of small businesses paying rent on time.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 4, 2023
Coconut Point mall adds national retailers as 17-year-old restaurant closes

The Estero outdoor mall announced two retailers will move into the center later this year days after a mainstay eatery announces it is closing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 13, 2025
Report: Small business optimism up, but worries percolate

An increase in business owners expecting more sales was the biggest factor in the increased Optimism Index.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2014
Taubman sells share of International Mall for $499 million

The real estate investment trust sold nearly half of the Tampa upscale retail center to a joint venture of TIAA-CREF and APG for $499 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Retailer Taubman Centers Inc. sells 49% of International Plaza

The purchase price consists of $337 million in cash and $162 million of beneficial interest in debt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 15, 2012
Please, say thank you

Randall Kenneth Jones says there's money to be made by being courteous. You can thank him later.

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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 9, 2023
Report: Sarasota is the No. 1 housing market to watch

The mortgage-to-income ratio in Sarasota is 19.5%, below the national average.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2010
Peninsula Bank under more duress

Despite gloomy numbers, executives at the bank based in Englewood say they don't believe the institution's failure is a certainty quite yet.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2021
Texas company pays $50 million for two area nursing homes

Dallas-based Lone Star Funds buys assisted living facilities in Fort Myers and North Port recently foreclosed on

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 18, 2006
Out of Cache

A G-man warns executives: Starbucks is fine for caffeine, but not for wireless Web surfing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2009
Window on the Future

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is using every available resource, including his teenage son, to ensure that Windows 7 isn't another Vista.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 28, 2020
Marketing consultant offers advice about business content strategy

Tiffany McEachern, a marketing consultant at Clearwater-based Tech Data, shared tips about the power of storytelling and measuring content performance.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2022
Naples soap business opens another store — its biggest yet

Naples Soap Co. taps into Orlando market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 24, 2013
Resident Techie: That computer's on fire! Oh No!

It's going to happen. You know it will. But still you put it off and now, disaster has struck. There's no telling what form it'll take. It could be everything from the more obviously sinister burglar or virus to that seemingly innocent (yet dastardly) glass of water. Or it could happen with a whimper, something as simple as a strange clicking noise that means your computer has become a giant paperweight.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 25, 2016
Raymond James Stadium misses out on Super Bowl

The Buccaneers home stadium was one of the finalists to host the Super Bowl in 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2011
Publix Super Markets buys Madeira center

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 80,167-square-foot Madeira Shopping Center for $7.97 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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