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  • By Mike Walker and Jeffrey Beisler-Snell, Ph.D. |
  • November 7, 2025
Global Trade Uncertainty Requires an Experienced Banking Team

Tariffs may have an impact on your business - but there are ways to counter them.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • September 17, 2025
Nonprofit serving one of Hillsborough's poorest neighborhood names CEO

Arturo Puckerin, 42, was named the new executive director and CEO of the University Area Community Development Corporation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 16, 2026
College to discuss Tampa Bay Rays' plans to build stadium on campus

The trustees of Hillsborough Community College are scheduled to discuss plans from the baseball team to build a new ballpark on the school's property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2007
Some Pain, Some Gain

The Gulf Coast's top business managers offer widely varying views on the economy's prospects. But overall, '08 is seen as a bit sunnier.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 27, 2023
Cancer-fighting companies merge in trans-Atlantic alliance

Leaders of two clinical research organizations — one based in Tampa, the other in Warsaw, Poland — offer an inside look at the M&A process that formally joined their closely linked companies.

  • Healthcare
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 5, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Randall Bono buys Palm TowerLowe's Cos. plan Cattlemen storeInvestment group buys Myakkahatchee RanchBradenton home builder buys Parrish landSuper 8 owners add Howard JohnsonTwo partners plan mobile home redevelopmentSchostak Brothers & Co. buys portion of LandingsNaples entrepreneur buys Fruitville Taco Bell

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2008
Bank Returns

The new boss at Freedom Bank comes with a stellar resume and track record. Will it be enough to lead a turnaround?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 9, 2010
Protection Niche

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur has turned his fear of an intrusive government into a successful business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 2, 2011
Economic Gardening

Joe Gonzalez decided to spend money to survive the recession, not sit back and wallow. The bold moves have begun to pay off. “I'm a risk-taker,” he says.

  • Strategies
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 9, 2016
Open door

Bob Briesacher has spent three decades building the name of his garage door company. He's done it so well, competitors have become copycats of the brand.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 29, 2015
White elephants

Vacant buildings can be challenges and opportunities, but creativity is key in finding the right match.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2015
Economic Forecast | Sarasota-Manatee

This is a milestone of sorts for the Business Observer's annual economic forecast issue: It's the second year in a row that cautious optimism isn't the overriding theme of the day.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 10, 2009
Delinquency Dance

Sour commercial real estate loans are turning into quicksand: Some banks on the Gulf Coast are being swallowed, while others are grasping for branches.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 28, 2023
Managing broker hired to lead Sarasota, Fort Myers developments

ERES Cos. announced the team was expanding just eight months after opening its Sarasota location.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 31, 2023
Airline slashes cost of flights from Tampa

Breeze Airways is offering one-way fares as low as $39 from Tampa International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2022
Tampa software company names successor to retiring CEO

Ashish Kachru, who founded Altruista Health in 2007 and sold it in 2020, will lead DataLink Software.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 27, 2022
Fort Myers architecture firm acquires Los Angeles company

TDM Architects was founded in 1994.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2022
Atlanta builder to debut its first townhome community in St. Petersburg

PulteGroup Inc. is set to open Shoreline, its first townhome community in St. Petersburg, Florida, on July 9.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2022
Tampa hotel management firm names new vice president

Kiel Lombardo, a 20-year veteran of the industry, has been promoted at McKibbon Hospitality.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2022
Bradenton museum launches search for a new CEO

After 15 months, the museum announced Hillary Spencer is no longer in the role.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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