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The Business Observer is the weekly newspaper for business leaders on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Started in 1997 as the Gulf Coast Business Review, the Business Observer is the leading provider and most authoritative source of business and economic information affecting the Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay to Naples. It specializes in reporting on the region’s industry and economic trends; emerging companies; corporate strategies; identifying and profiling the region’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs and top business leaders; and keeping its readers abreast of state, regional and local government actions affecting business and the economy.

A Lakewood Ranch woman was sentenced to a year and a day in the Florida Department of Corrections after authorities say ...
09/25/2026

A Lakewood Ranch woman was sentenced to a year and a day in the Florida Department of Corrections after authorities say she used her position as a bookkeeper to steal from her employer. https://ow.ly/7gjT50ZREly

University of South Florida researchers say they have found a previously unknown weakness in a malaria parasite — a disc...
09/25/2026

University of South Florida researchers say they have found a previously unknown weakness in a malaria parasite — a discovery that will help scientists develop a vaccine capable of preventing recurring infections. https://ow.ly/hFS250ZRcPp

Sarasota Memorial has leased an entire outpatient medical building planned adjacent to its Venice hospital campus, where...
09/25/2026

Sarasota Memorial has leased an entire outpatient medical building planned adjacent to its Venice hospital campus, where it plans to offer endoscopy and specialty outpatient services and house an extension of SMH's Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute. https://ow.ly/itam50ZRcNe

09/25/2026

With more than 60 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mike Durkee has learned how to lead under pressure. Those lessons are now put to work every day as executive director of the Wounded Veterans Relief Fund, helping Florida’s disabled veterans with calm, purpose and resolve.

On the newest From the Corner Office, sponsored by Synovus, Mike joins Mark Gordon for a candid conversation about the leadership lessons that stayed with him long after his time in the Army.

Listen now: https://youtu.be/LkQdTNRBgME

A year after joining national insurance brokerage Higginbotham, St. Petersburg-based CCI Insurance is making its proprie...
09/24/2026

A year after joining national insurance brokerage Higginbotham, St. Petersburg-based CCI Insurance is making its proprietary risk-management technology available to a wider market. https://ow.ly/Rh9b50ZRcOf

Crews Bank & Trust has promoted a longtime local banker to area president for Polk County. https://ow.ly/a3MR50ZQMNg
09/24/2026

Crews Bank & Trust has promoted a longtime local banker to area president for Polk County. https://ow.ly/a3MR50ZQMNg

A nearly 800,000-square-foot warehouse in Sarasota is up for lease, including more than 200,000 square feet of cold stor...
09/24/2026

A nearly 800,000-square-foot warehouse in Sarasota is up for lease, including more than 200,000 square feet of cold storage, which is believed to be the largest of block of its kind available in Florida. https://ow.ly/NtEC50ZQMuw

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