Delta Air Lines, poised to become the world's largest carrier by acquiring Northwest Airlines, plans to drop more flights to blunt soaring fuel bills. ...more

June 4, 2008

It was a regular schadenfreude fest for some of you satisfied customers who read with such great delight a column on the end of my WFLA, 970 AM radio show. ...more

June 1, 2008

TAMPA - The St. Petersburg Times is offering early retirement incentives to staff members and may have to lay off employees later in the year, the newspaper said Wednesday. Employees older than 50 with five years of service will be offered enhanced pension benefits if they retire by Aug. 31. The newspaper also froze wages for one year for all of its employees, which number less than 1,300, down from 1,500 two years ago. ...more

May 29, 2008

Driving down Elgin Boulevard, from Landover west to Mariner, are rows and rows of empty homes with large "No Trespassing" signs placed conspicuously on the outside windows. ...more

May 24, 2008

WORK COULD BE MOVED UP IF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE ...more

May 23, 2008

Media General Inc., the parent company of The Tampa Tribune, said Thursday that it will have cut its work force by nearly 11 percent by the third quarter to reduce operating costs. ...more

May 23, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Coal Fuels TECO Stock Shares of Tampa-based TECO Energy surged nearly 8 percent Friday after Citigroup raised its rating on the stock from "Hold" to "Buy" on prospects of increased earnings from the company's coal-mining business. Friday, TECO's stock price hit a 52-week high of $19.10 a share before finishing the day at $19.05, up $1.34 for the day. The stock is up about 11 percent this year. ...more

May 10, 2008

Many industries wish to buy out their employees who are making a living wage, and to fill the many thousands of job buyouts with "slave labor" at half the living wage. ...more

February 21, 2008

For all the good in GM's 2007 results - near-record worldwide sales, and reductions in labor costs and retiree health obligations - there is no getting around the $38.7 billion in red ink. ...more

February 13, 2008

Ford Motor Co. will offer buyout and early retirement packages to 54,000 U.S. hourly workers, or 93 percent of its hourly work force, in an effort to cut costs and replace those leaving with lower-paid workers. Thursday's announcement came as Ford said it narrowed its losses in 2007 but warned that the outlook for U.S. sales in 2008 remains grim. ...more

January 25, 2008