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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2015
Firm expands presence in Hawkeye State

A subsidiary of Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans signed a new contract in Iowa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 29, 2015
Firm names new sales leader

Progressive Employer Management Co. was founded in 1999.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 29, 2015
Uber of massages rubs into Tampa

Zeel is now 10 metro areas nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2015
Farm to Fork eatery seeks to hire 120 people

Boca Kitchen Bar Market is opening a second location.

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  • November 18, 2015
Airport authority elevates homebuilder

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport names a new chairman and other board officers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 18, 2015
Fast-growing village booms in home starts

The West Villages is west of the Myakka River.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2014
$122.5 million - West Park Village

A joint venture of Atlanta-based Carroll Organization and AIMS Real Estate, a business unit within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, purchased the mixed-use West Park Village in Westshore for $122.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2015
Ohio financial firm expands in Sarasota

Redwood Financial Network also has an office in suburban Chicago.

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  • January 29, 2015
Hertz hosts hackers

Hertz hosted Florida Gulf Coast University technology students to a hack-a-thon to create software that could help businesses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 3, 2015
BlueGrace promotes Belcher to CIO

Freight logistics company focusing deeper on information technology initiatives in coming year.

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  • June 13, 2024
PIE airport passenger traffic up 5% in May

More than 214,000 travelers passed through St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport last month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 20, 2025
Buyers plan to turn Hillsborough, Pasco sites into storage facilities

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 20, 2005
Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Events is available free of charge.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 17, 2019
Carlos Puente, 39

VP of Sales, Neal Communities

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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 3, 2013
Internet tax far more than a fairness issue

Steve Knopik, CEO of $1 billion retailer Beall's Inc., looked across the lunch table straight at his target with steely eyed seriousness and said, “How is that fair?”

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 16, 2005
How to Raise Capital

Three Florida CEOs, who collectively raised $24 million in venture capital within the past year, provide an insider's view on financing growth.

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  • November 20, 2008
Government FAILURE

John Allison was one of the few bankers who spoke out againstthe federal bailout of Wall Street. The chairman and chief executiveofficer of BB&T explains why he's now participating in the U.S.Treasury plan and what he plans to do with the extra money.

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  • August 16, 2019
Marketing executive who works with early-stage companies, firms in transition sees opportunity in area

Through agencies Brand Communication Design and Comunicano, Andy Abramson helps companies position their strategy to match their goal.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 30, 2014
Bright Shiny Objects

A high school dropout with an appetite for learning is the master builder behind a rocket ship-like success. His firm has gone from $2 million to a projected $30 million in annual sales in four years.

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  • September 7, 2007
'Heart and Soul'

A banking career that started as a teller in Palmetto 25 years ago has led Anne Lee to running the bank at the epicenter of the current real estate slowdown.

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