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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2011
Craigslist founder to speak at coolTECH

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, will be the keynote speaker at the Tampa Bay Tech Forum's annual coolTECH event slated for June 10 at Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry.

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  • April 19, 2021
Clothing distribution center closing, leading to more than 100 layoffs

Perry Ellis International will close its Tampa distribution center in July

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  • July 14, 2017
Time to launch

OpenMyFloridaBusiness.gov ready to help new businesses

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  • February 19, 2025
Tampa venture capital firm invests in govtech startup

It's the firm’s first leap into the government sector

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 7, 2025
Hoffmann Family of Cos. acquires Naples marine tourism business

The Naples conglomerate purchased Pure Florida, which specializes in such activities as dolphin tours and personal watercraft rentals.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 22, 2025
Investment firm buys Naples apartment community

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Bureaucrats to Account

A new free-enterprise organization on the Gulf Coast seeks to identify and remove government obstacles.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 6, 2010
Home Cookin'

A national restaurant chain has found some good eats on the Gulf Coast. Turns out those customer service platitudes have real value.

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  • August 12, 2020
Florida nears top of list for number of data breaches

Florida took the No. 4 spot for number of breaches since 2005.

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  • 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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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 5, 2014
Collaboration Nation

An area design college unleashed its talented minds on the business community. Potential for a variety of interesting, and revenue-generating, projects is high.

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  • January 2, 2014
Hudson medical center hires chief medical officer

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has chosen primary care doctor Joseph Pino for the post.

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  • November 14, 2008
A Big Zero

A zero rate world may lie ahead as King, Trichet cut.

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  • July 1, 2022
ArtisTree climbs magazine ranking, with over $25 million in revenue

The Venice-based firm spent the past year ramping up its marketing and sales strategy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 8, 2013
Critics oppose Enterprise Florida chief's bonus

Enterprise Florida staff set to receive $630,000 in bonuses.

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  • June 3, 2021
Memorial Day tourism number point to solid bounce back for industry

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater reports vacancy and room rates up during the holiday weekend

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 15, 2023
Homebuilder promotes one official, names second top exec

Christopher Alan Homes is growing across Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 24, 2019
Fast-growing burger chain targets area for expansion

National restaurant chain BurgerFi plans to add three franchise locations, all owned and operated by restaurant industry veteran Nick Quarantillo, in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, area.

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  • December 16, 2016
Silicon hopes and dreams

Business development officials in many Florida locales sometimes refer to their specific market as the “next Silicon Valley,” a hotbed of technology companies that thrive in harmony.

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  • July 27, 2011
Firm that finds others work finds going good

With unemployment high statewide, Karen Rehn, who runs a staffing and job placement business, is an odd candidate to report sales growth of 200% over the past 18 months.

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