Letters to the editor from the Dec. 26 print edition of The Suncoast News. ...more

December 26, 2009

Letters to the editor from the Dec. 26 North Pinellas print edition of The Suncoast News. ...more

December 26, 2009

Letters to the editor from Dec. 19 North Pinellas edition. ...more

December 19, 2009

Letters to the editor from Dec. 12 editions. ...more

December 16, 2009

The Singing Faucet was a hit, but the Noodle Nanny didn't make the cut. ...more

November 5, 2009

Shells Seafood Restaurants was losing money for years, but the chain's chief executive sounded upbeat when the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early September. ...more

November 30, 2008

Stories like the Shells restaurant bankruptcy are playing out across the Tampa Bay area. Tribune research shows business bankruptcy here is rising much faster than in most regions of the country. All told, 500 businesses filed for bankruptcy in four Bay area counties during the 12 months that ended in June — 97 percent more than the year before. ...more

November 28, 2008

TAMPA Ernie Haire Ford Inc. of Tampa has filed for bankruptcy protection, boosting to at least five the number of local auto dealerships to falter in the troubled economy. On Monday, Ernie Haire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which will allow it to continue operating and to reorganize its finances while protected from its creditors. ...more

November 25, 2008

AutoWay Dodge of Clearwater closed this week and sold its Dodge franchise to another dealer, becoming at least the fourth local automobile dealership to shut down this year. ...more

November 19, 2008

The economy has sunk another Tampa Bay area auto dealership. This week, AutoNation Inc. of Fort Lauderdale closed its AutoWay Dodge dealership at 19400 U.S. 19 N. in Clearwater. ...more

November 18, 2008