Clearwater-based aircraft instrument manufacturer Aerosonic Corp. said Thursday it borrowed $800,000 from three investors in exchange for 80,000 shares of Aerosonic stock and warrants to purchase 200,000 more. ...more

May 29, 2009

A major player in America's effort to use more alternative energy has targeted Tampa for its next big project. ...more

October 27, 2008

A major player in America's effort to use more alternative energy has targeted Tampa for its next big project. GreenHunter Energy Inc. of Houston said it may build a $70 million facility that would store and produce biofuels at the Port of Tampa. The company recently paid $1 million for an option to lease the 22-acre site near U.S. 41 to build the facility. ...more

October 24, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Tampa IndyMac Closing Tampa is one of five cities where IndyMac Bancorp will close regional wholesale mortgage centers as the Pasadena, Calif.-based home lender eliminates 2,400 jobs, or 24 percent of its remaining work force. A company spokesman on Thursday would not disclose the number of affected employees in Tampa or when layoffs would occur. The company, which has said its layoffs nationally will occur in the first quarter, opened the Tampa office in May 2006, saying that it would employ 140 here. ...more

January 18, 2008