The number of people and businesses in Tampa Bay area seeking bankruptcy protection - from creditors, the recession and the housing crisis - has soared nearly 50 percent, figures released Wednesday show. ...more

November 26, 2009

Hernando County dips to 13.8 percent for October; state figures inch upward to 11.2 percent ...more

November 20, 2009

The Florida Aquarium is offering new members a 13-month deal for the price of 12 months through Dec. 31. ...more

November 19, 2009

The county clerk's office recorded 269 foreclosure filings in September, down slightly from 281 in August. ...more

October 8, 2009

Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. ...more

October 1, 2009

Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. The Silver Star is scheduled to leave Tampa at 3:17 p.m. rather than 5:17 p.m. to accommodate CSX Transportation track work. ...more

September 30, 2009

Passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport declined 4.9 percent in July to 751,586 departing passengers, the lowest monthly percentage drop in a year, airport officials reported. The airport generally gets the same number of arriving as departing passengers, so about 1.5 million passengers used the airport last month. ...more

August 19, 2009

Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse said today's release of Palm Inc.'s anticipated Pre smart phone represents a "coming out party" for Sprint as it seeks to reverse subscriber losses. ...more

June 6, 2009

At the end of the calendar year, many people balance their checkbooks to see where they stand financially going into the next 12 months. ...more

April 2, 2009

State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, is pushing a change in the law that would allow Sarasota to keep state money while seeking a Major League Baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds as a spring training attraction. This is the Reds' final spring training in Sarasota. She said her goal is to "hopefully steal teams from Arizona," where tax breaks have led to six teams leaving Florida since 1998. ...more

March 11, 2009