A proposal to stimulate construction by dropping county-levied impact fees for the rest of the year has found little traction in the halls of Pasco County government. ...more

March 22, 2009

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. ...more

December 22, 2008

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. ...more

December 21, 2008

With consumers looking for comfort foods and ways to save money, foodmakers H.J. Heinz Co. and J.M. Smucker Co. posted higher earnings Friday and said they're benefiting from price increases and the trend of more people eating at home. ...more

November 22, 2008

Delivery company DHL, hit by heavy losses and fierce competition, is significantly reducing its air and ground operations in the United States and cutting 9,500 American jobs, leaving rivals like FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service to fight over the customers it will stop serving. ...more

November 11, 2008

My colleagues have made me president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. ...more

September 18, 2008

Employers hoping to improve the company's bottom line are starting to pay more attention to their workers' "bottom lines." ...more

August 29, 2008

Bigger may not always be better, some local bankers think. Smaller community banks have weathered the economic storm better than many of the giant banking institutions, Patriot Bank Chief Executive Officer Stephen G. Zahorian argues. The Trinity-based bank has five branches in West Pasco and North Pinellas ...more

August 13, 2008

SEBRING — It's hardly a laughing matter, but Sam Timms can't help but let out a nervous chuckle. The sub-par economy and high-priced gas have taken a divot from local golf courses' bottom lines. "We're struggling," said Timms, director of golf at Highlands Ridge in Avon Park. "The reason I laugh is because our company's based out of Orlando, and our bosses were here today going over different numbers and where we obtain play. ...more

July 6, 2008

There is much to deplore about the practice of smoking cigarettes, including the likelihood the vile habit played a role in the too-early deaths of silver-screen giants Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Lon Chaney, Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner. ...more

May 29, 2008