The Apollo Beach Chamber of Commerce and Winn-Dixie of Apollo Beach recently partnered to sponsor the community's 17th annual Christmas Lighting Contest. ...more

December 22, 2007

Gift cards are more popular this year and are easier to use, thanks to key rulings by the Federal Trade Commission and efforts by a number of states to regulate them, several retail experts said. ...more

December 18, 2007

Back in 1990, while he was in law school, Erik Marks came up with a great idea. ...more

December 14, 2007

Holiday shopping for folks who read a menu more often than a cookbook is easy. Here are helpful suggestions for what to give people who prefer to dine or dial out. ...more

November 28, 2007

TAMPA - With only about 48 hours to wait, roughly 25 people are lined up this morning at the entrance to an Ikea store set to open in Orlando on Wednesday. Joseph Roth, a spokesman for the Swedish company, said that number may swell to several thousand by the time doors open in the 309,000-square-foot store at 9 a.m. Wednesday. ...more

November 12, 2007

Teams all across America are gearing up for the 2008 American Cancer Society's Relay for Life campaign. ...more

October 31, 2007

Whether you like your Halloween cute or spooky, there's no shortage of both in the Brandon News & Tribune's Halloween contest. So far, we have received more than 300 entries. But keep them coming. The second leg of the contest runs until midnight Nov. 7, and there's a $100 grand prize and an iPod nano portable media player up for grabs. ...more

October 24, 2007

The Brandon News & Tribune and Brandon.tbo.com Halloween photo contest was a downright spookfest! More than 120 entries were submitted, drawing some 3,000 page views on the Web site. And it's not over - stay tuned for our iPod giveaway. ...more

October 20, 2007

The Suncoast News is having a Halloween photo contest and the prizes are spooktacular! ...more

October 13, 2007