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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 2, 2022
Leader of Tampa tech association to step down after 10 years

Virginia Lee will succeed Jill St. Thomas as interim CEO of Tampa Bay Tech.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 19, 2022
Recession warning sign? Layoffs pick up between June and August

Between June and July, 14 companies cut nearly 1,300 jobs in the state.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 19, 2022
Tampa film, video production firm grabs spotlight thanks to work on Nic Cage film

Vū Technologies’ Las Vegas studio contributed to the production of ‘Sympathy for the Devil,’ which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 14, 2022
Newly launched venture capital firm invests in football player’s company

Rayze, a fintech firm founded by Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Carl Nassib, gets a boost from Financial Fitness Ventures.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 16, 2022
Homes to be built near century-old St. Pete neighborhood

Local developers are building a residential community on the boundary of the historic Euclid St. Paul section of the city.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 27, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 13, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Sarasota County releases its resource "Footprint" Sarasota County moves to 2nd in providing digital information Sarasota selects GravityFree for Governor's Innovation Award Coastal Bahavioral receives prestigious Negl

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2009
Chico's sales, same-store up

Lower consumer spending isn't holding back Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS Inc. from showing signs of a turnaround.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 10, 2010
Ratio Redux

A bank's true health is often a mystery to even the most astute observers. A new ratio on the scene might help the process.

  • Finance
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 25, 2010
Row, row, row your revenue

Paul Blackketter's job as a project manager for Manatee County-based Benderson Development has turned him into something of a boat man.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 16, 2010
WEDNESDAY'S CUP: Who's who in the 'Stimulus' book?

One of this summer's biggest guessing games will undoubtedly be who's included in “Our Stimulus Package,” a new book by Julia Silva and Kirsten Becker.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2010
Funding bait and (rail) switch

A good chunk of operating funding for central Florida's $1.2 billion commuter rail project, SunRail, will likely come from the region's state road budget.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2013
Insignia Real Estate Cos.group buys Vanderbilt Shops floors

The price equated to $61 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 30, 2011
Mise en Place: Dining with Tampa's finest

Maryann Ferenc and Marty Blitz have owned the establishment for 25 years. Blitz also serves as the head chef.

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  • July 11, 2011
Sarasota's Kimsey wages financing fight

Sarasota entrepreneur Rick Kimsey, with a goal to shoot a dose of Starbucks into the urgent care industry, is now Exhibit A in the lending tug-of-war between banks and small businesses.

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  • December 14, 2011
Businessman hopes to find more success

Entrepreneur Jesse Biter has taken two significant steps to prove his vision, that his adopted hometown, Sarasota, could be more than a retirement haven.

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  • May 17, 2012
Bank plans Sarasota branch

Florida Shores Bank, already a fast-growth institution, will expand to Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2012
Apple repair business peels fast growth

iHospital is based on the premise that when someone's Apple device breaks it calls for an emergency fix.

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  • June 22, 2012
Exercise entrepreneur pumps up all over again

Count Geoff Dyer as another Gulf Coast executive-entrepreneur who couldn't stay away from the business life for long.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2012
Construction company embraces its new normal

Even back in the boom, when Sarasota-based Southern Cross Contracting had construction work all over town, the firm's niche was projects outside the norm.

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