From philanthropy to protest, they made a difference in 2011 on Tampa Bay's...
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Friday, December 23, 2011 In 2011, who really made a difference in the Tampa Bay business community? More folks than you might think. Once again, it's time...
View ArticleYour letters: Online sales tax won't save local businesses
Friday, December 23, 2011 Amazon shopper app causes retail uproar | Dec. 14Lack of online tax isn't the problem The we-must-tax-online-sales-to-protect-local-businesses song and dance is hooey. The...
View ArticleOrder cancellations create public relations nightmare before Christmas for...
By Ivan Penn, Times Staff Writer Friday, December 23, 2011 A public relations nightmare for Best Buy means some customers of the electronics giant will get an unexpected gift for Christmas.After...
View ArticlePasco business digest
By Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer Friday, December 23, 2011 BrieflyPasco-Hernando Community College is seeking business partners from Pasco and Hernando counties to host student interns starting in...
View ArticleMother Nature, calendar may boost holiday sales
Bloomberg News Friday, December 23, 2011 NEW YORK — As Bing Crosby croons White Christmas in malls around the country, retailers from Chicago to Boston are betting on a snow-free weekend to cap a...
View ArticleEconomic and political upheaval pepper Tampa Bay's top business stories of 2011
By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer Friday, December 23, 2011 Confrontation was the name of the game in 2011. Consumers taking on big banks and their fees. Occupiers vs. Wall Streeters and big...
View ArticleGibsonton's 'king of sideshow' revels in bygone era
Friday, December 23, 2011 Ward Hall got his first job at age 14 — as a circus clown. Within three years, he was managing a sideshow and went on to own a traveling sideshow business. Now 81 and living...
View ArticleSales of new home rise in November, but 2011 is weak
Associated Press Friday, December 23, 2011 WASHINGTON — Americans bought slightly more new homes in November, but 2011 will likely end up as the worst year for sales in history.The Commerce Department...
View ArticleNetflix may have to swim upstream in Europe's pay TV market
Bloomberg News Friday, December 23, 2011 LONDON — Netflix may find itself boxed out of the most coveted content in Europe's $76 billion pay TV market.In Britain, a deal with broadcaster ITV Plc...
View ArticleU.S. economists fear fallout as European banks cut lending
By Steven Mufson, Bloomberg News Friday, December 23, 2011 As European banks unwind, will the U.S. recovery come undone?That's what U.S. economists are trying to figure out as European banks,...
View ArticleFormer Tampa Bay Buc Dave Moore grows his insurance company slowly, steadily
By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Friday, December 23, 2011 Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Dave Moore protected quarterbacks for 15 years, but now he protects homeowners and business from...
View ArticleScarborough House east of downtown Brooksville is a diamond right in our midst
By Dan Dewitt, Times Columnist Friday, December 23, 2011 The Scarborough House — on a billboard-worthy hilltop just east of downtown Brooksville — isn't just a building. It's an announcement.And what...
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In pitch to lure Cousteau Divers to St. Petersburg, a 'merci' to some help...
Wake up and good morning. Sometimes it's the little things, the offer to help across the waters of Tampa Bay, that can stand out and make a difference. This brief tale comes courtesy of Peter Betzer...
View ArticleSentimentalists buy mementos of St. Petersburg's Globe Coffee Lounge
By Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writer Monday, December 26, 2011 ST. PETERSBURGBoard games in weathered boxes, antique lamps, faded couches, chipped salt shakers, sponge refills for mops. Everything needed...
View ArticleTampa's Palm Bank bought by Community Bank of Lakewood Ranch
Times Staff Monday, December 26, 2011 Tampa's Palm Bank was sold Monday and its offices will become part of Community Bank, based in Lakewood Ranch. Terms of the deal were not announced but the merger...
View ArticleSharp declines in large-scale job cuts bodes well for Tampa Bay in 2012
By Robert Trigaux, Times Business Columnist Monday, December 26, 2011 Think of the savaged Tampa Bay job market as if we've come through the worst of a forest fire, with the bulk of the scorching heat...
View ArticleEconomists expect U.S. economy to pick up, but it's still vulnerable
Associated Press Monday, December 26, 2011 WASHINGTON —The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 — if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of...
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Associated Industries of Florida lobbyist group in running for 'what were...
Wake up and good morning. That disgraced ex-Florida House Speaker and former congressman Tom Feeney (left) was picked just before the Christmas holidays as the new chief of Associated Industries of...
View ArticleTampa Bay area home prices slip again
Times staff Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Tampa Bay area home prices fell by 0.5 percent in October, according to a Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 cities released Tuesday. Bay...
View ArticleOdessa's PharmaWorks earns a statewide award
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, December 27, 2011 ODESSA — A small Pasco company has been tapped as Florida's "manufacturer of the year.''PharmaWorks Inc. received the award at the annual...
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