Tampa data center sale announced One of Tampa's major data center companies will be acquired in a transaction valued at $689 million. Foster City, Calif.-based Equinix Inc. announced a deal to acquire Switch & Data Facilities Co. of Tampa in a cash and stock deal. ...more

October 22, 2009

A court-appointed trustee unraveling Bernard Madoff's massive fraud so far has allotted $231 million from a securities industry fund that compensates victims - a record amount for the fund, but a mere fraction of what was lost. ...more

July 2, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill designed to strengthen Florida's investor protection law. ...more

July 1, 2009

A federal bankruptcy judge signed off Tuesday on a plan to raise tens of thousands of dollars for victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud by auctioning off pricey New York Mets season tickets owned by the disgraced financier's investment firm. ...more

April 15, 2009

"The better the villain," Alfred Hitchcock said, "the better the movie." And in the epic production that is the United States of America, we have followed that advice since the earliest settlers landed. For every hero the American story factory produces, a vivid new villain comes off the assembly line in short order. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. ...more

April 1, 2009

The prime Citi Field seats of Bernard Madoff's company could soon be available. ...more

March 29, 2009

Lawyer says Bernard Madoff's assets have reached $1 billion. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidelines Tuesday that will allow relief and refunds for some Bernard Madoff victims who were taxed for investment earnings that turned out to be nonexistent. ...more

March 17, 2009

Prosecutors probing Bernard Madoff's massive fraud are determined to leave his wife with almost nothing ...more

March 16, 2009