Skype, eBay make software deal EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion. ...more

November 7, 2009

October sales reports from major retailers ranging from Target Corp. to Macy's Inc. are expected to offer more evidence of a spending recovery when they're released Thursday. ...more

November 5, 2009

Fueled by government stimulus, the economy grew last quarter for the first time in more than a year. The question now is, can the recovery last? ...more

October 30, 2009

Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. are offering payment protection plans to help reassure consumers who may be putting off buying a new car because of worries about losing their job. ...more

March 31, 2009

To attract new business and industry to Hernando County, the first priority is determining where to put them and then move forward in getting the infrastructure in place, Engineer Nick Nicholson said Tuesday. ...more

March 19, 2009

Committee brainstorms ways to attract industry. ...more

March 18, 2009

AIG said Wednesday it is putting its downtown Manhattan headquarters and a nearby office building on the sales block. ...more

March 18, 2009

A historic land deal aimed at helping restore the dying Everglades, and lauded by Gov. Charlie Crist as "monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park," may end up dead in the water. ...more

February 24, 2009

Rushing to beat a deadline, General Motors and Chrysler last Tuesday afternoon filed required restructuring plans with federal officials. Chrysler wants $5 billion more in federal loans to stay afloat. GM needs another $9.1 billion now, with more requests likely down the road. ...more

February 22, 2009

As Perry Weaver fixes problems beneath the hood of a customer's pearl white 1968 Corvette, his biggest worry is the country's financial engine. ...more

January 31, 2009