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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 25, 2020
Department of Economic Opportunity releases COVID-19 Reemployment Assistance FAQs

The document from March 17 included several coronavirus-related frequently asked questions.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • June 26, 2015
Memory lane

Developers are building facilities for the coming wave of baby boomers with Alzheimer's and other dementia. These are not your parents' nursing homes.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 3, 2011
Room Service

It's tough to gauge hotel demand when leisure travelers and corporate groups make reservations at the last minute. But a better-than-expected fall season may be a harbinger of better times ahead for hoteliers.

  • Industries
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 7, 2021
Aakash Patel, 37

Tampa, Florida, business consulting expert Aakash Patel needed a big push to launch his own company, but the reward has been more than worth the risk.

  • Class of 2021
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 13, 2020
Pipe dreams: Sales software firm sees big potential in area

Pipedrive, a European sales software firm, expanded to St. Petersburg, Florida, choosing the Sunshine City over several other suitors.

  • Technology
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 3, 2017
Growth Spurt

Even with one market nearly cornered, and explosive revenue growth, Stratus Video has no intentions to slow down. How will it win over new customers?

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • February 27, 2015
In the rough

More golf courses are closing than opening nationwide, and Florida's not immune. It might be time for a Mulligan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 30, 2007
Painful Pullback

Cutting employees will never be pleasant. But take it from a CEO who did it twice in eight months: Be prepared.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 4, 2024
Downtown Sarasota mixed-use project to get cafe in 2025, several restaurants

"This side of Main Street was not the most energetic side," says Eric Fenton, vice president of development for Belpointe.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Lot Builders

As new-home sales pick up, builders are angling for lots in premium locations from Sarasota to Naples.

  • Industries
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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • February 16, 2012
Kill Bills

Florida is one of the most litigious states in the country. But attempts to change the laws meet intense resistance from trial lawyers.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 8, 2012
Corporate Report: May 4

Alico selling, Infinity Technologies buying and more corporate news.

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  • July 2, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Osprey SA purchases Lakewood Ranch ADT building Marquee en Ville on track for summer '05Sarasota County upgrades water treatment plantRealty Investment Co. torenovate former Scotty's

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 10, 2025
St. Petersburg mayor has spoken with investors interested in buying Rays

The mayor says that the city will work with whoever owns the team to move forward with the agreed upon ballpark and that Gas Plant redevelopment remains a priority.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 5, 2022
Locally owned fitness chain secures site for third gym in region

Epic Health and Fitness plans to expand to Brooksville.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2022
Airport, with two months to go, surpasses 2021’s passenger count

Year to date, departures and arrivals are up 24% at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2009
Aquarium director dies of heart attack

Jeff Swanagan, 52, the man who helped start the financial turnaround at the Florida Aquarium in downtown Tampa as its former director, has died in Columbus, Ohio of an apparent heart attack.

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  • May 1, 2009
Taking a cut out of the recession

One of Sarasota's trendiest hair salons is trying to clip some of the recession-induced pain for those seeking a haircut — a real one of the follicle sort, not the financial kind.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2009
Capital Pawn owners buy Wachovia building

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2009
Death, taxes and YouTube

The corporate office of national tax preparation giant Jackson Hewitt is moving into the social networking age through its Sarasota-based technology division.

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