WestShore Plaza owner may change WestShore Plaza could have a new owner soon. Current owner Glimcher Realty Trust is close to a deal to sell a 60 percent stake in WestShore and one other mall to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $195 million, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources. ...more

November 4, 2009

American International Group Inc. will be allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its subsidiaries to provide cash needed for the troubled insurer to stay in business, New York Gov. David Paterson said Monday. ...more

September 16, 2008

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. said this morning that it has bought a coal producer in Alabama for $23.5 million. ...more

September 8, 2008

Toll Brothers Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in its fiscal third quarter as weak demand for new homes forced the luxury builder to mark down the value of its land and unsold homes. ...more

September 5, 2008

Fifth Third Bancorp., trying to shore up its capital base amid rising loan losses, said Wednesday it will slash its dividend by nearly two-thirds and try to raise $2 billion with a stock offering and the sale of some noncore businesses. ...more

June 19, 2008

The equity Americans have in their most important asset - their home - has dropped to its lowest level since the end of World War II. ...more

June 6, 2008

TAMPA - TECO Energy said Monday it has agreed to sell TECO Transport Corp., its ship and barge subsidiary, to an investment group led by an affiliate of Greenstreet Equity Partners LP, a Miami-based private equity firm, for $405 million cash. ...more

October 29, 2007