Federal banking regulators have hit the small First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay, 4600 W. Kennedy Blvd., with a cease-and-desist order demanding, among other things, the bank improve its finances. ...more

June 28, 2009

On Monday, the governing board of Tampa Bay used one hand to hold its collective nose and plunged the other into the pockets of the people in Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties who consume the water the regional wholesale utility produces. Then the board voted to spend an estimated $125 million over the next five years to repair the many cracks that have developed in the utility's 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. ...more

June 23, 2009

Sheryl Crow will headline a fundraising concert during All-Star game weekend in St. Louis as part of Major League Baseball's commitment to participate in President Barack Obama's United We Serve initiative. ...more

June 22, 2009

The new iPhone went on sale Friday morning, greeted by much smaller lines and less hoopla than previous models. ...more

June 20, 2009

$147 million Construction cost of the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir $125 million ...more

June 16, 2009

Starbucks Corp. says it has repaid all 1 million customers the gourmet coffee chain inadvertently double-charged on Memorial Day weekend. ...more

June 11, 2009

Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse said today's release of Palm Inc.'s anticipated Pre smart phone represents a "coming out party" for Sprint as it seeks to reverse subscriber losses. ...more

June 6, 2009

The Eastern Conference finals have delivered strong ratings for TNT. Through four games of the Cleveland-Orlando series, the network was averaging a 5.2 national rating, up 27 percent from last year, when it carried the Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs. ...more

May 29, 2009

Governor Charlie Crist is asking that a federal disaster be declared after heavy rains flooded central and northeast Florida. ...more

May 25, 2009

A man sprays insect repellant over the tents and people at the Sheikh Yasin refugee camp at Mardan in northwest Pakistan on Monday. More than 1 million Pakistanis have fled the fighting between the Pakistani army and Taliban militants in the Swat Valley. An estimated 100,000 refugees are living in camps in or near Mardan, which is south of the battle zone. ...more

May 19, 2009