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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 22, 2024
Sarasota biotech company noncompliant with NYSE listing standards

Oragenics was notified by the New York Stock Exchange American that its stockholders' equity total was below a required threshold.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jason Metnick, President and COO of S-One Holdings |
  • September 26, 2025
Q and A with Jason Metnick, President and COO of S-One Holdings

Since 2011, the Gulf Coast CEO Forum has served as a resource for and by our region’s business leaders.

  • Gulf Coast CEO Forum
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 21, 2025
Former business dean one step closer to becoming USF president

Moez Limayem, president of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, was unanimously approved by the University of South Florida's Board of Trustees to become the school's ninth president.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 6, 2025
Sarasota County approves $2.5M for park on Phillippi Creek

With a 2.4-acre acquisition, the project will create a park with water access on Ashton Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 13, 2026
Hospitals across the region pioneer new technologies

From Lakeland to Naples, health care systems are embracing technological advances, with an eye on ease of use and efficiency.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth Djinis |
  • April 13, 2026
Tampa physician's breast cancer detection mission is professional — and personal

Dr. Bethany Niell is studying predictive cancer rates with a heightened sense of urgency.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 19, 2025
Beach-themed inflatable adventure park opens in Sarasota County

The 21,000-square-foot inflatable attraction called Do The Beach Adventure Park in North Port marks the first location for the brand that is launching a national franchise.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 2, 2022
Sarasota man charged in $23M scam tried to donate to prominent cancer charity

The defendant was also on probation before attempting to donate to ESPN sportscaster Dick Vitale's V Foundation for Cancer Research.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 3, 2024
Boeing layoffs hit Florida, includes Tampa, St. Petersburg

The manufacturer is cutting jobs across the state as part of an effort to reduce its workforce by 10%.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 30, 2025
Sarasota man charged in $3M construction fraud scheme

Police say the owner of Calderoni Trucking signed contracts, then failed to follow through on construction jobs and payments for materials, equipment, labor and rent.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • February 23, 2026
Parc Center for Disabilities to open St. Petersburg location

The new children’s services center expands the program’s early intervention, therapeutic programs and family support services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • March 4, 2026
Dalí Museum plans $65M expansion

Construction on the planned 35,000-square-foot expansion could begin as soon as this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • June 24, 2022
Commercial cleaning firm, at a critical juncture, puts faith in new leader

With a fresh breeze of private equity capital in its sails and a newly minted CEO at the helm, Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services prepares to enter a major growth phase.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Northern Chill

The chairman and chief executive officer of Northern Trust tells a tale of two economies. Real estate is dragging Florida into recession but global growth is strong.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 5, 2007
Green Backs

One of the greenest of green buildings in the Gulf Coast takes, well, a lot of greenbacks. It's worth ever dollar, its owners say.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Building on Relationships

Hawkins Construction continues a tradition of team-oriented work among its longtime employees and succeeds, especially in the retail niche.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 3, 2006
Coffee Talk

Keep your eye the CPI: Here's a little trade secret that commercial real estate landlords shared with Coffee Talk recently: Watch the Consumer Price Index (CPI).January real estate bump: After three depressing months in residential real estate, at least one company is seeing an uptick from January.Boat slips are going condo: Owners of marinas that rent boat slips are converting to "condos," selling the slips in the same way developers resell apartments as residential condos.The results are in...: A group of business and political leaders in Hillsborough County has released the results of a recent poll taken to gauge support for putting a referendum on the November ballot that would create an elected county mayor.You never call me anymore: And that's not just your mother saying that. A new survey released by the Menlo Park, Calif.-based staff service company OfficeTeam shows a dramatic decline in the amount of time executives spend on the phone talking to colleagues.

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 8, 2005
Room-Rate Recovery

The high cost of construction and the conversion of old hotels to condos are boosting the values and cash flows of existing hotels. It's a good time to be in the business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 21, 2006
First to Sell

SunCoast Bank was the lowest performer of a class of independent banks starting up in 1999. It's now also the first to be bought by a regional bank.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Help wanted: Reuben Ben-Aire, CEO and president of our Technology Innovation Awards winner MadahCom Inc., needs to find new employees. Quickly.Argus awards dinner: The Argus Foundation is preparing again to honor a pair of Sarasota's business greats.Luxury residential broker John R. Wood expands to Fort Myers: John R. Wood Realtors, a Naples-based luxury residential brokerage firm, has set its sights on Fort Myers and plans to open its first office there in a few weeks.What's in a name?: Far be it for us to be critical, but we have questions about the new name for Sarasota News & Books.Quay updated: Irish American Properties has unveiled more specifics and renderings for the proposed Sarasota Quay redevelopment.Older and richer men like the economy: Consumers in the Southeast are more optimistic about the future of the economy than elsewhere in the country, according to a recent survey by RBC Financial Group.Unhealthy state of medical insurance: Employer-provided medical insurance is doing a slow disappearing act in Florida, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

  • News
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