For Old West Tampa, pangs of poverty reaching deeper
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 4, 2011 TAMPA — The city's poorest neighborhood sits less than 3 miles from the towering skyscrapers that signify wealth and jobs. But here, just...
View ArticleJob market improves, but gains are the fewest in four months
Associated Press Friday, November 4, 2011 WASHINGTON — The American job market improved modestly in October, and economists looking deeper into the numbers found reasons for optimism — or at least what...
View ArticlePockets of severe poverty intensify and spread around Tampa Bay area
By Jeff Harrington and Darla Cameron, Times Staff Writers Friday, November 4, 2011 THONOTOSASSA Derrick Lewis lives in the hardest-hit slice of the Tampa Bay area. The poverty rate here jumped nearly...
View ArticlePrice of older iPhone — free — drives demand for Apple
Bloomberg News Friday, November 4, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — Apple's iPhone 3GS model is more than 2 years old and shunned by gadget snobs, but it's turning into one of the company's bigger weapons against...
View ArticleGoogle updates search results to better follow breaking news
New York Times Friday, November 4, 2011 Many Google search results will be more timely after Google made a significant change to its search algorithm last week that it said would affect about 35...
View ArticleCEO Council grows as it focuses on adding Pinellas members
By Ernest Hooper, Metro Columnist Friday, November 4, 2011 Geoffrey Dyer plunged into the fitness industry with one health club in 1982, but now boasts of having more than 50 throughout the Southeast...
View ArticleProgress Energy to review whether insurance will cover nuclear plant repairs
By Ivan Penn, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 4, 2011 Progress Energy's insurer has launched its own review of the outage at the Crystal River nuclear plant to determine whether insurance will...
View ArticlePolitiFact: Ag chief Adam Putnam says Florida's giant snail 'carries human...
By Becky Bowers, Times Staff Writer Sunday, November 6, 2011 Florida is now home to a slime-oozing plant-chowing snail the size of a teacup chihuahua, and Adam Putnam wants to make sure that's...
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Regional technology awards go to newbie Savtira, perennial favorite eMason,...
Above: Savtira CEO Tim Roberts, in shirtsleeves, and Gregg Sullivan, right, stroll down Seventh Avenue in Ybor City. Roberts likes Ybor’s atmosphere but the pace of growth at his tech company means...
View ArticleTo keep young talent, Tampa Bay needs to get 'cool' before economy rebounds
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, November 7, 2011 What Tampa Bay needs are more ways to be "cool" to young, talented adults, says Nielsen Co. executive vice president Bob McCann, who...
View ArticleReality check: Are you a workaholic?
By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monday, November 7, 2011 We all know them: the people who are at work all the time.They come in early and make up for it by leaving late.Some love what they do;...
View ArticlePDQ brings fresh chicken and turkey to fast food sandwich board
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Monday, November 7, 2011 Chick-fil-A fans: There's a new upstart with a well-known pedigree angling for your business.Short for "pretty darned quick," PDQ is a new...
View ArticleYouTube, Disney form video partnership
New York Times Monday, November 7, 2011 LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co. and YouTube are betting that a new partnership will help them surmount separate but equally worrisome hurdles as each strives for...
View ArticleJudge: Bank of America owes customers $410 million for excessive overdraft fees
Associated Press Monday, November 7, 2011 MIAMI — A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $410 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit affecting more than 13 million Bank of America...
View ArticleFedEx founder Frederick Smith's idea arrived right on time
Monday, November 7, 2011 It's hard to remember a world without overnight package delivery. But back in the '60s, the concept was as fantastic as taking a photo with your phone. Frederick Smith saw the...
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Analysis: Wall Street firms promise SEC repeatedly not to break rules, then...
In Manhattan, an elderly group leads a recent march up Broadway. Occupy Wall Street protesters are raging against corporate greed and social inequality. AP photo Wake up and good morning. Wall...
View ArticleSea World Orlando announces expansion, including new attractions
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Sea World Orlando unveiled plans Tuesday for two new attractions to open this spring — and what's being described as a blockbuster new...
View ArticleSeaWorld Orlando announces expansion, including new attractions
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, November 8, 2011 SeaWorld Orlando unveiled plans Tuesday for two new attractions to open this spring — and what's being described as a blockbuster new...
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Big banks approach half billion dollars in fines this week -- and it's only...
Wake up and good morning. It must be an unwritten rule of our biggest banks. Thou shalt find a way to snooker your customers. At least it feels that way given the seemingly unending fines paid by or...
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Report: Ask-Gary medical referral service under state investigation, FBI...
Big Exposure: Tampa's Ford Amphitheatre was renamed 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre last year. (Photo: Dawn Lewis, special to the St. Petersburg Times.) Update: Read St. Petersburg Times reporter Stephen...
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