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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 18, 2015
Politics news site gets reboot

Politically Unfiltered will include behind the scenes stories of candidates and officials.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 23, 2024
Retiring SCF president's teachable moments: Lead with your heart, have fun

Carol Probstfeld took over a school in crisis a decade ago. It has turned out, she says, to be the best job she's ever had.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 9, 2016
Trash into treasure

Tony Selvaggio started his business as a scrap metal recycling company. Now it's a thriving do-good venture.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 23, 2022
Software giant seeking to hire 500 people dangles perk: Fridays off

Avanade, a tech firm jointly owned by Accenture and Microsoft, has opened its first U.S. location and plans to hire scores of software engineers over the next three years.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 1, 2016
Stretch it

Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers is poised for major expansion in 2016. That includes up to 85% growth in franchises.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2022
Naples health tech firm co-founded by Tony Robbins wins $15M investment

The company has offices in Naples, New York, Texas and India.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 18, 2026
Potential New College takeover of USF Sarasota-Manatee campus looms

A local group is fighting back against the move, with a former University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee top official saying this would sacrifice one public school for another's dreams.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 10, 2024
$25M furniture showroom with wine bar to open in Sarasota County

City Furniture will open a 120,000-square-foot showroom off University Parkway.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 2, 2004
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr: Why Libertarians Aren't Whacky Cranks

A common accusation against libertarianism is that we are unnaturally obsessed with tracing social and economic problems to the state, and, in doing so, we oversimplify the world.

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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 26, 2025
Construction underway on $505M, 26-mile South Hillsborough Pipeline

The new pipeline will deliver clean drinking water throughout the region, from Brandon to Lithia and the Wimauma/Balm area, once completed in 2028.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 4, 2026
Tourism chief rock and rolls all nite and parties every day

Santiago Corrada has amassed a collection of Kiss memorabilia with at 100,000 pieces.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 9, 2023
The Business Observer's deep dive into AI and ChatGPT

Chatter over artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, in some quarters, is hitting a fever pitch. Uses are seemingly infinite. So, too, are the worries, and pitfalls, from legal to ethical to simply understanding the applications. The Business Observer tackled the challenges — and opportunities — from multiple angles.

  • Technology
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 7, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Hillsborough to cut 25 jobsFranchisee files Chapter 11Ybor preserves commercialMore affordable housingMore housing layoffsEDC program expanLee stimulus packageBuilding permits remain lowCollier denies I-75 tolls

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2015
Critter control biz seeks growth in mouse market

Environmental Pest Services will grow revenues by $1.6 million in latest deal.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 11, 2015
Critter control biz seeks growth in mouse market

Environmental Pest Services will grow revenues by $1.6 million in latest deal.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2021
Leading construction firm wins new high school project

The new high school in Babcock Ranch will be connected to an existing school.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2016
Famed hotel unveils next redevelopment phase

New amenities at the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club include a new restaurant, fitness center, spa and tennis courts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 14, 2024
Sarasota office building sells for $5.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Nordstrom Rack is expanding into Fort Myers, a St. Petersburg property locks down half a dozen tenants, and an investor keeps getting bigger in Manatee.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Dust off the robes,and start foreclosingThe rise in foreclosures in Lee County has been so large that retired judges are getting called up for duty, says Lee County Clerk of Courts Charlie Green. + Entrepreneurial superstarssearch continuesTwo successful entrepreneurs in Sarasota - one being one of the most successful businessmen on the Gulf Coast - are trying to spread the build-a-business love. Local bank surprise:Free moneyMost bankers aren't fond of handing out cash on the street to total strangers.+ Golfing for charity,building a businessIf you hear a little music, a little laughter, a blue tent and beer when you pull your golf cart up to the next hole, you may have discovered a new Gulf Coast business started by Clearwater entrepreneurs Pam Delaney and Justina Hopkins.+ Tampa Bay becomesa championship hostSomewhere, maybe everywhere, there are hoteliers cheering.+ Christmas shoppingfor a cancer cureWith the holidays approaching, Tampa's Moffitt Cancer Center and Mall Networks, a provider of merchant-funded loyalty shopping concepts, have come up with a way to marry shopping and fundraising for cancer research.AUGUST AUTO SALESWhat the data shows: August taxable sales of autos and accessories include the sale of new and used cars, repair shops, auto-supply stores and taxable sales at gasoline stations.Waiting in the wingsThe softer economy has touched just about every Gulf Coa

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  • By James R. |
  • October 31, 2014
Transition from a commodity to a brand

Who says commodities can't command a premium position? Morton Salt serves as proof to the contrary.

  • Strategies
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