Reflecting the state's economic downturn, Progress Energy Florida announced that it will eliminate about 300 positions by the end of the year. Nearly half the affected positions are currently vacant. ...more

August 31, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays will abandon ambitious plans to build a $450 million baseball stadium on the downtown waterfront in four years and instead get more people involved in assessing other locations, the team announced Wednesday. ...more

June 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Rays announced this afternoon that they will abandon their ambitious plans to build a $450 million stadium on the downtown waterfront by 2012. Rays President Matt Silverman said at a news conference the team will no longer seek a November referendum on the new ballpark the team proposed seven months ago for the site of Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field. ...more

June 25, 2008

Continental Airlines said Thursday it will cut 3,000 jobs and 16 percent of its domestic mainline departures by December, joining the growing list of major airlines to trim staff and aircraft to contend with high fuel costs. ...more

June 6, 2008

Steve Gluckman was a character - a hippie among baby boomers, Bohemian and just a bit eccentric. ...more

December 22, 2007

Shoppers and interior decorators in West Central Florida soon will have fewer places to find Ethan Allen furniture. ...more

October 6, 2007