North Dakota oil rush has an empty feeling
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Friday, February 8, 2013WATFORD CITY, N.D. — His tan overalls splattered with oil field mud, 41-year-old trucker Scott Brevig sat next to his semitrailer truck inside a...
View ArticleAirline merger may be near
Friday, February 8, 2013NEW YORK — The boards of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways Group are prepared to vote on a merger on Monday as executives and advisers work on final terms this...
View Article'Breastaurants' expanding rapidly in U.S.
McClatchy Newspapers Friday, February 8, 2013ORLANDOSandwiches with a side dish of sex appeal were on the menu when Peter Buell and Rick Paulk stopped for lunch recently at an Orlando Tilted Kilt Pub...
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By Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer Friday, February 8, 2013Business digestBrieflyThe Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce is holding a membership drive from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 27 and 28 at the...
View ArticleManufacturing brings jobs back to Rust Belt
Stateline.org Friday, February 8, 2013After years of losing jobs to lower-cost, overseas operations, several Rust Belt states are seeing a resurgence of manufacturing, surprisingly led by Michigan.In...
View ArticleMany miss out on earned income tax credit
Orlando Sentinel Friday, February 8, 2013As startling as it seems, the IRS estimates that each year 1 in 4 eligible Americans misses out on money the government owes.That's because people fail to file...
View ArticleFast, high-cost tax refund offers could tempt low-income workers
Detroit Free Press Friday, February 8, 2013For many people living paycheck-to-paycheck, a big, fat federal income tax refund just cannot arrive soon enough.This season's tax refunds, though, are going...
View ArticleEastern Pasco, Hernando on fast track to cycling tourism
By Dan DeWitt, Times Columnist Saturday, February 9, 2013One look at these cyclists, with their sinewy legs and scrawny arms, and you know they're not wannabe racers who might treat a long ride as an...
View ArticleState government tries to puzzle through new health care law
By Tia Mitchell, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Sunday, February 10, 2013TALLAHASSEE — Florida businesses small, medium and big alike are trying to make sense of the new health care law and what it...
View ArticleA prescription for sick employees
By Joyce E.A. Russell, Special to the Washington Post Saturday, February 9, 2013The flu season has been widely reported as one of the worst in a decade. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Dialing down: TECO pegs 1.4 percent as 'the new normal' for area customer growth
Wake up and good morning. Here's a snapshot of some significant Tampa Bay economic trends through the eyes of TECO Energy, a major energy supplier to portions of the metro region and one of Tampa Bay's...
View ArticleTrigaux: Pitch our 'A Team' to venture capitalists
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, February 11, 2013Why doesn't Tampa Bay take its best and brightest entrepreneurial stars on a national road show to tell distant venture...
View ArticleMotor coach group gives Hernando two more weeks to negotiate
By Barbara Behrendt, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013BROOKSVILLE — After hundreds of motor coach enthusiasts packed up and pulled out this past weekend from their annual rally at...
View ArticleTampa Bay homes sales rise in January
Times staff Monday, February 11, 2013Tampa Bay home sales last month grew 18 percent over January 2012, and prices rose 11 percent, extending local optimism for a housing recovery, Multiple Listing...
View ArticleSending flowers on Valentine's Day shouldn't be done on a whim
By Susan Thurston, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013If you think the pressure isn't on for Valentine's Day, ponder this heart-stopping tidbit:More than half of women — 53 percent — said they...
View ArticleCitizens to shift coastal policies to private insurer
News Service of Florida Monday, February 11, 2013TALLAHASSEE — Trying to shed some major financial risks, state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. moved forward Monday with a plan to shift...
View ArticleSix Tampa nonprofits get $800,000 from Wells Fargo
By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Monday, February 11, 2013TAMPA — Marde and Vernon Johnson live in a Tampa Heights house built before World War I that needs a new roof, fresh paint, a new...
View ArticleFTC study finds high error rate in consumers' credit reports
Los Angeles Times Monday, February 11, 2013WASHINGTON — About one in every 20 consumers has significant errors on his or her credit reports that could cause that person to pay more for auto loans and...
View ArticleGov. Rick Scott needs Democrats to pass business tax cut
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, February 12, 2013TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in his brief and turbulent political career, Gov. Rick Scott needs a little help from...
View ArticlePublix to add digital coupons at all of its grocery stores
By Susan Thurston, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013For shoppers seeking new ways to save money, Publix is starting paperless, digital coupons.The Lakeland supermarket began testing the...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport rolls out new brand
By Jamal Thalji, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013CLEARWATER — St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport has a new brand that's as easy as PIE.PIE is the airport's three-letter...
View ArticleBakeries busy making Valentine's Day treats
By Beth N. Gray, Times Correspondent Tuesday, February 12, 2013SPRING HILLNot even two months after Christmas, with little time to catch their breath, local bakeries are at it again this week.Cookie...
View ArticleClearwater personnel company faces layoffs
By Danielle Paquette, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, February 12, 2013CLEARWATER — Nearly all Clearwater employees of MDT Personnel, a temporary staffing and day labor provider, are losing their jobs...
View ArticleAmid plant shutdowns, gasoline prices hit seasonal record
Bloomberg News Tuesday, February 12, 2013SAN FRANCISCO — Retail gasoline prices have risen to a record for this time of year amid a decline in refinery production because of breakdowns and seasonal...
View ArticleIntel hopes to supplant cable TV experience
Associated Press Tuesday, February 12, 2013Intel said Tuesday that it will sell a set-top box that brings Internet-delivered movies and shows to a TV set this year. Erik Huggers, general manager of...
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