As gas prices break new record highs, any promise of relief from pain at the pump is tempting. ...more

July 1, 2008

Gimmicks galore but few produce results ...more

June 30, 2008

Some key dates in the history of Microsoft Corp.: 1975: Paul Allen and Bill Gates, friends who had co-written a programming language for the Altair hobby-kit personal computer, license it to the makers of the Altair. This programming language is the first Microsoft product. ...more

June 28, 2008

Hedge Fund Traders Buying The Presidency The fact is oil is abundant worldwide. For example, there is shale-oil in the U.S. with an estimated 2.8 trillion to 3.3 trillion barrels of recoverable oil. That equals two-thirds of the world's total reserve of crude oil. ...more

June 26, 2008

Federal officials are seeking more than $200 million in fines and restitution from CompuCredit and two banks that allegedly engaged in deceptive credit card marketing practices. ...more

June 11, 2008

"Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices..." ...more

May 28, 2008

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the practices of a national helicopter flight school with a branch in Lakeland that filed bankruptcy and closed in February. ...more

May 24, 2008

LAKELAND - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the practices of a national helicopter flight school with a branch in Lakeland that filed bankruptcy and closed in February. ...more

May 23, 2008

There's a modest storefront at 1800 Drew St. that might give the casual observer the impression the business is there to sell T-shirts. There are golf and T-shirts inside, and a sign out front reads: "USA Financial Retail Store." ...more

May 21, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of Operation Tele-Phoney, which the agency described as the largest telemarketing investigation in history. The effort involved cooperation with Canada, federal authorities involved with the investigation said at a webcast press conference in Washington this morning. ...more

May 20, 2008