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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 24, 2026
Sarasota dental company gets $95M in capital through 'strategic transaction'

Dental Care Alliance has reduced its debt, increased capital and extended its debt maturities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2020
Region's cybersecurity sector set to get even stronger

ConnectWise founder Arnie Bellini and other leading companies have donated more than $100,000 to new business accelerator program in Tampa, Florida.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 13, 2023
Tampa firm to pick up nearly 90,000 Farmers Insurance policies

Slide Insurance strikes again, this time picking up 86,000 policies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2012
Trouble for FL tourism ahead?

Economists say Europe's problems may dampen tourism in the Sunshine State.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 8, 2010
Government Digest: April 9 - April 15

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Scott Allan, 38

President, Allan Development Group

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 17, 2009
Survey: government cuts, more jobs

The amount of Sarasota County residents who rate the county's quality-of-life as either excellent or good is a robust 89% — and a 3% increase over people who responded that way last year.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 11, 2018
College try: School's new leader delivers energy, enthusiasm

Mike Martin has already left a big imprint on Florida Gulf Coast University, in less than a year at the helm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 2, 2010
Community Bank adds capital

Community Bank of Manatee has raised another $4.7 million in capital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 4, 2010
Corporate Report: June 4 - June 10

New information from Algenol Biofuels, Odyssey Marine, and more.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 27, 2020
Feldman Equities exits Riverwalk Place project

Planned $350 million Riverwalk Place skyscraper being redesigned by Miami firm with the potential addition of a luxury hotel

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 15, 2009
Only option is winning

At Ambassador Limo, Ken Lucci has held true to a demanding management style. The result: a service company that continues to grow despite a challenging market.

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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • October 25, 2018
Ben Wilson, 33

Vice president of operations, Suffolk

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2018
Nonprofit names area president

Sue Wetzel, the new Sarasota area president for United Way Suncoast, spent more than 10 years as an executive with Johnson & Johnson.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 5, 2023
Pair of business pulse surveys: Worries are percolating

Economic optimism continues to fade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • December 18, 2025
Kolter, Casto buy 19 acres in Parrish

A Tampa company sold the land in north Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2006
Rod Thomson: Growth: The Policies Should Match the Realities

Growth along the Gulf Coast is an inevitable and necessary reality. Dealing with growth often wanders far from reality.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Creating a Banking Brand

The Florida Bank Group in Tampa spent 2007 blending corporate cultures and creating a vision for what the company wants to be: a statewide network of banks that retain local management and local boards.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2010
BB&T takes to Tampa skyline

The Branch Banking & Trust Corporation is preparing to get its name out in Tampa in a rather big way next month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 21, 2023
Federal grant will allow Tampa to rework downtown connectivity

The city is using a U.S. Department of Transportation grant to transform interchange, improving bike and pedestrian safety along the way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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