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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 19, 2023
Iconic Tampa seafood shop closes after 47 years

Cox's Seafood Market on Dale Mabry closed last month as the owners decided to retire.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 27, 2010
Florida Shores passes $1M mark

Through September, the Venice bank has earned $1 million in profits.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2011
Alico quarterly profits triple

The land management firm earned $6 million in its most recent quarter.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 9, 2017
Airport announces April increase

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport served 181,649 passengers in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Algenol is hot

Algae fuel company Algenol is the third-hottest company in the field of bioenergy.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 16, 2014
'Beneath the Beast'

Greg Murtagh, with a visionary approach to online advertising, has built a business on the verge of $300 million in sales in a decade. One secret: He targets the biggest of big clients.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 20, 2023
Clearwater mayor shocks city council with sudden resignation — during meeting

Frank Hibbard, unhappy with spending priorities, made the announcement during a Monday morning budget workshop.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 17, 2022
Arizona company buys mobile home park for $363 million

Cove Communities pays near record price for Fort Myers manufactured home community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2011
Contrarian view on new Rays stadium

Amid all the chatter over how great it would be to build a gleaming new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays in downtown Tampa, one business leader believes it just isn't necessary.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 19, 2018
High-end home sales surge

Pending sales in Naples are up 39% in the $2 million and over price category.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2014
Consumer confidence climbs

The International Council of Shopping Centers Florida Conference, which began Aug. 25, got off to a sunny start, particularly in retail commercial real estate.

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  • December 11, 2013
List it and they will come

If Snapchat can create a product without a business plan or revenues and get a buyout offer for $3 billion, maybe others can do the same.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2021
Grill girl cooks up a new way to reach the masses

Grill Girl Magazine, a seasonal grilling lifestyle publication from Fort Myers-based Robyn Lindars, debuted in August.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2021
Organic gardening company's products to be sold at Lowe’s

Earth’s Ally also recently announced a new retail partnership with Ace Hardware.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 25, 2025
Naples nonprofit formed to help small citrus growers

Save Florida Citrus Groves Foundation is aiming to help small growers "bring abandoned citrus groves back to life."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 13, 2024
Tervis to lay off 60 of 129 total employees

Drinkware company Tervis Tumbler is dramatically reducing its workforce with mass layoffs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 18, 2011
What a Deal

A trio of entrepreneurs in Naples launched BlocDeals a year ago as a local alternative to Groupon, the successful daily deal website. Their pitch: The money stays here.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 20, 2024
SWFL health center pays $15.5 million for new Fort Myers HQ

The pair of Colonial Boulevard buildings were previously owned by Tampa REIT Sila Realty Trust.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2008
Out of the public eye

Stefan Bothe discovered running a public company wasn't worth the time and expense, so he decided tode-register the stock of his accounting-software development company. It turned out to be a great move.

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • November 15, 2013
How did this happen? A cosmic collision

The world is a bell curve. Our nation is a bell curve. Americans are a bell curve.

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