CHICAGO - A Chicago-based company has recalled an "undetermined amount of beef products" distributed in 11 states, including Florida, due to an E. coli scare, federal officials announced Saturday. ...more

May 18, 2008

One of the city's largest employers, James Hardie Building Products , laid off 30 temporary and 49 full-time workers last week, citing the downturn in the construction industry. ...more

May 3, 2008

Firefighters on Thursday finally doused the last flames of a deadly sugar refinery blast, a week after the refinery ignited. ...more

February 15, 2008

A recent article in the Tampa Tribune spoke to the many "bells and whistles" being offered or soon to be offered in modern autos. A technology company spokesman is quoted as saying "Everybody wants to take their living room with them." Including DVD players and computers? I wonder what ever happened to keeping one's mind on the road? What was interesting is that with all the gadgets mentioned a simple device like a clock was not included. With everyone's need to be in more than one place at a time and with a GPS to tell them where to go you'd think they would like to know if they will get there on time. Oh yeah, I do have a clock in my car but it's built into the radio which is inconvenient to look at and, depending on where the sun is, impossible to see in the daylight. ...more

January 26, 2008

The Hershey Co. is halting production of Ice Breakers Pacs in response to criticism that the mints look too much like illegal street drugs, the company's president and chief executive officer said Thursday. ...more

January 25, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Tampa IndyMac Closing Tampa is one of five cities where IndyMac Bancorp will close regional wholesale mortgage centers as the Pasadena, Calif.-based home lender eliminates 2,400 jobs, or 24 percent of its remaining work force. A company spokesman on Thursday would not disclose the number of affected employees in Tampa or when layoffs would occur. The company, which has said its layoffs nationally will occur in the first quarter, opened the Tampa office in May 2006, saying that it would employ 140 here. ...more

January 18, 2008

If the process goes as Progress Energy hopes it will, a new nuclear power plant in Levy County will come online in 2016. ...more

January 10, 2008

An explosion and fire along a gas pipeline killed a contract worker Saturday on an island used by industry near Detroit. ...more

January 6, 2008

Hello Kitty is no sexist. The cute, cuddly white cat from Japan's Sanrio Co., usually seen on toys and jewelry for girls and young women, soon will don T-shirts, bags, watches and other products targeting young men, company spokesman Kazuo Tohmatsu said Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007

Mom and pop business owners in the Shoppes at Lithia say they will be hard-pressed to stay afloat if their latest landlord insists on collecting thousands of dollars in back fees for property maintenance. ...more

December 26, 2007