No rate hike for 2009. ...more

December 29, 2008

The fiscal year ending Sept. 30 saw about 200 businesses start up in the area west of the University of South Florida. ...more

December 24, 2008

In the midst of the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, Tampa Bay area builders struggle to unload finished homes. Several have gone out of business. ...more

December 24, 2008

The fiscal year ending Sept. 30 saw about 200 businesses start up in the area west of the University of South Florida. ...more

December 24, 2008

In the midst of the greatest housing downturn since the Great Depression, Tampa Bay builders struggle to unload finished homes. Several have gone out of business. ...more

December 23, 2008

That day in July was one that Tammy Morse won't soon forget. Five months earlier, her husband had lost his job as a recruiter for the financial services industry. Now it was the summer and the family savings were gone. She saw no way to get health insurance coverage for her family other than to apply for Medicaid. ...more

December 22, 2008

As if contractors were not feeling enough pain from the downturn in the economy, in October the Florida Supreme Court gave construction companies yet another burden to overcome. ...more

December 20, 2008

In fiscal year 2007-08, the county issued just 397 single-family home permits, an 835 percent drop from the boom years of 2004-05. ...more

December 18, 2008

The Secret Is Out A Wal-Mart employee in Uniondale, N.Y., told The Associated Press on Monday that the store will start selling Apple's iPhone, confirming media reports over the weekend. The employee, who would not give his name, did not know when the phones would go on sale. ...more

December 9, 2008

Audi is pulling out of the American Le Mans Series, ending a dominating nine-year run in which its cars won the LMP1 class championship every season. ...more

December 6, 2008