A Chapter 11 bankruptcy court filing by Linens 'n Things is the latest sign that the retail sector is becoming leaner and meaner amid a difficult consumer environment. ...more

May 3, 2008

Continental Airlines said Sunday it has abandoned merger talks with United Airlines and plans to remain an independent carrier, a blow to lengthy efforts by United to find a merger partner. ...more

April 28, 2008

The Bush administration and six large mortgage lenders unveiled a plan Tuesday to offer 30-day reprieves to some homeowners facing foreclosure. ...more

February 13, 2008

Jerry Airola, founder and chief executive of the Las Vegas-based helicopter flight school that closed four academies in Florida and 29 others nationwide on Sunday, was appointed to a Nevada economic advisory group days before his company filed Monday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. ...more

February 6, 2008

A nationwide helicopter flight school with operations in four Florida cities, including Lakeland, said Monday that it ceased operating and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. ...more

February 5, 2008

NORTH PORT – The man charged with kidnapping a 21-year-old woman on Thursday appears to be a Michigan native with no record of arrests in Florida or elsewhere, public records show. ...more

January 18, 2008

WINTER HAVEN - The new owners of Cypress Gardens are planning to announce "significant operational changes" today at a 2 p.m. news conference at the park. ...more

January 2, 2008

The U.S. Trustee has launched an inquiry into Countrywide Financial Corp.'s claims against two South Florida borrowers seeking bankruptcy protection to determine whether actions of the nation's largest mortgage lender "threatened an abuse of the bankruptcy system." ...more

November 29, 2007

TAMPA - A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Cypress Gardens Adventure Park to a Mulberry-based land development firm. After hearings Thursday, Judge John Laney III of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia approved the sale of the Winter Haven park to Land South Holdings LLC for $16.8 million. ...more

September 28, 2007