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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 3, 2010
Facebook from novelty to necessity

How would you like to advertise your product or service in a place where people spend a lot of time and, better yet, don't mind being pitched?

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • May 14, 2010
La Isla del Encanto

Fort Myers isn't exactly fashion central, so celebrity jewelry designer Erika Peña moved to Puerto Rico, where she plans to open her own stores. She hopes the island lives up to its slogan: the Enchanted Island.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 19, 2013
No surprises

The succession plan for a company with more than 20 offices and 550 entrepreneurial-minded employees would seemingly be complicated. But Michael Saunders puts a premium on simplicity.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 9, 2009
Mission: Difficult

The job market might be in tatters, but a pair of military veterans sees promise in running a business devoted to finding work for other veterans.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • April 8, 2020
Don't look now, but hurricane season is coming

Tampa property insurance firm HCI Group enacted its much-rehearsed crisis management plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 9, 2020
CEO ousted for policy violation, employee relationship

Tricia Fulton joined Helios in March 1997.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Award recognizes company's sustainability efforts

Sarasota-based Children’s World took home a Sustany Foundation award for retail businesses.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 12, 2019
Big plans brewing for Southwest Florida beer brand

Fort Myers Brewing approved to buy 22 acres for a 40,000-square brewery, office, tasting hall and beer garden.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2016
Luxury builder goes from bankruptcy to $643M sale

Deal is culmination of a turnaround from bankruptcy for WCI Communities.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 15, 2015
Master scribe

Speech-recognition software and talented U.S.-based employees give MedScribe Information Systems an edge in the medical transcription business.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 2, 2015
Florida first

First Florida Integrity Bank recently reached $1 billion in assets, but it's not done growing. Chairman Gary Tice says it could triple in size through acquisitions.

  • Strategies
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 11, 2026
Central Florida man charged with stealing $600K worth of onions, potatoes

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest and indictment of the 39-year old man who is accused of diverting produce shipments without payment.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 15, 2022
Pharmaceutical rep gets 4 years in prison for bribery scheme

A federal judge sentenced the 52-year-old, 10 days after his co-conspirator was sentenced, for paying a doctor “speaking fees” in exchange for prescribing drug containing fentanyl.

  • News
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 2, 2026
Sarasota County to buy $1.4M Nokomis property for park expansion

Acquisition of the property will enable the county to expand Nokomis Community Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

First Tampa Development buys landCapital Realty Investors buys building in Hidden River ParkDirected Capital Resources' company buys four Taco BelInvestors pushing to annex Pine Island parcelsCroci North America buys land for future expansionDevelopers buy Bonita Beach property for Bellezza ShoppesRetailer Marco Destin buys St. Armands storeDevelopers buy S.R. 70 land for Lion's Gate DevelopmentBenderson Development revisiting Park of CommerceGold Coast Eagle Distributing completes purchase

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2008
WALSH: Why voters should say 'no' Jan. 29

Amendment 1 stinks. It's shameful, lousy, embarrassing policy that is bad for Florida and bad for Floridians.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 2, 2006
Condo Craze: Lee/Collier Top 10

The Southwest Florida construction industry keeps on motoring. Condos aredriving the growth.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 21, 2006
Walsh: Winners change to remain winners

Are you playing to win?Or are you playing not to lose?Those two questions should spark a lot of thinking about your approach to your business. They certainly tweaked the minds of about 50 Tampa Bay chief executives recently at a session of the CEO Council of Tampa Bay, a group that meets about twice a month to help CEOs of growing companies ... "play to win."

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Steiner Communities Acquires Trade WindsHalfacre owners buy Temple Sinai campusOffice Outfitters buys Venice buildingJRG Development plans restaurant/retail near outletsRenaissance Motor Cars to open on ClarkBlaikie, partners buy land for Blackfin Landing

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 22, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Jacaranda Beach Villas sold for $19.3 millionKinderCare Learning Centers obtain $10.7 million mortgageAlexan at Legacy Crescent Place bought for $40 millionFranklin Street condominiumfoundation work beginsHilton Hotel at Redington Beach obtains refinancing mortgageFirst Tampa Development Corp. buys land in St. PetersburgECI Group of Georgia buys Champions Point apartmentsRottlund Homes buys lots from Covered Bridge TownhomesWal-Mart closes deal on purchase of land for Tarpon Springs centerRogers Beach Development buys apartment building in Clearwater

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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