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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 26, 2021
From hip to home: Company known for cutting edge office life shifts to remote

St. Petersburg insurance company Squaremouth thrived when the office was fun. Now it'll see what happens when the office is at home.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2007
Reaching the World

The Clearwater-based technology distributor Tech Data wants to expand into new markets around the world and handle more products, such as consumer electronics.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2021
Counties in region dominate Florida in second home mortgages

Southwest Florida is at the top of the list.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 21, 2017
A Peerless Pier

The redevelopment of St. Petersburg's Municipal Pier has the potential to be the catalyst for even further growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Flint Stephens |
  • March 20, 2015
Will Obamacare cause the death of employer-sponsored health care?

Some predicted that passage of the Affordable Care Act would mean the death of employer-sponsored health insurance. In its second year of implementation, employers remain concerned and even fearful about how it will affect their businesses.

  • AllTrust Insurance
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  • By Pat Neal |
  • August 20, 2025
Prolific builder Pat Neal: Developers must help improve region's infrastructure

The population surge in Florida shows little signs of slowing, making vigilant preparation a key to managing the growth properly.

  • Opinion
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 6, 2017
3 words to live by for 2017: 'Make America great'

When we wrote at this time last year about that one word to live by in 2016, the word was “wisdom.”

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2020
Foundation names two new members of leadership team

The new positions have been funded by the Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust and an anonymous donor.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Matt Walsh |
  • January 2, 2015
The word for 2015: 'Aspire'

Each year, you make resolutions. A variation on that is to select a word, one word to live by for the next 12 months.

  • Opinion
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 12, 2018
Humble teacher: Exec leads by listening

Shelley Broader, president and CEO of Fort Myers-based retailer Chico’s FAS Inc., says business leaders should raise their emotional intelligence levels.

  • Leadership
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 17, 2019
Amanda Parrish, 32

Director of business and marketing, Fawley Bryant Architecture

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 6, 2021
Children's foundation names new CEO

Sharon Ghazarian has been with the foundation since July 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 17, 2025
$314M nonprofit charter school operator targets region for major expansion

Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk and Sarasota are on Mater Academy's list of target schools. That's a request that one Manatee County school board member says will only happen over her "dead body."

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 31, 2022
Recruitment drive: Tech entrepreneur envisions a better way to hire

Tampa, Florida-based entrepreneur Vaishnavi More created Archslate, a new kind of job-search website for the architecture, engineering and construction industry.

  • Technology
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 13, 2021
Investigators: Nearly $13M stolen from university health system spent at adult web site

Employee working for USF Health support organization pleads guilty to massive $13 million embezzlement

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 27, 2020
Belpointe makes second Sarasota purchase

Belpointe REIT, a Connecticut-based Opportunity Zone-targeted real estate investment trust, has set its sights on redeveloping an entire city block.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 28, 2024
Fort Myers school spends $29 million on office buildings

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a major hotel project is OK’d in St. Pete Beach, more land is conserved in Sarasota, and Margaritaville comes to Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • October 9, 2025
Brian Konkel, 39

40 Under 40 winner Brian Konkel is franchisee of six 7-Eleven locations.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 19, 2007
Corporate Report

Mattison's scores Catersource coverFlorida Bank Group buying The Bank of Tallahassee MedClose VCS reports continuing clinical success Retailer Chico's buying Minnesota franchiseeMurphy Business & Financial names top brokers for 2006Tampa training company enters copyright disputeBlue Cross, HCA agree Pilgrim sells to Nihon KohdenUltroid's 'painless treatment'squaremouth Inc. offers health Forbes lingers hereProgress Energy raises moneyRegions exec named FNB veep

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2008
Corporate Report

HMA sells interest in seven hospitalsDigital marketing firm opens Tampa officeBrown & Brownbuys assets of Calif. firmOil, gas energy firm buys Utek subsidiarySpain drops some claims to Odyssey's Black SwanShells Seafood Restaurants back New York CEO

  • Industries
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