Women lately appear willing to buy things for themselves at HSN Inc., just not on something "selfish." ...more

March 4, 2009

The head of the company that owns the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus acknowledged in federal court Wednesday that all his elephant handlers strike the animals with metal-tipped prods, but he said it's necessary to keep the huge animals under control and doesn't harm them. ...more

March 3, 2009

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union and GTE Federal Credit Union, two of the Bay area's biggest credit unions, plan to merge, the companies announced Tuesday. ...more

March 3, 2009

Tom James will step down as chief executive officer of Raymond James Financial in spring 2010 and hand off day-to-day leadership to St. Petersburg native Paul Reilly. ...more

March 3, 2009

Ivan Seidenberg, the chief executive of Verizon Communications Inc., received $20.2 million in compensation in 2008, essentially the same as in the past two years, according to a regulatory filing. ...more

February 28, 2009

Conservative evangelical leader James Dobson has resigned as chairman of Focus on the Family but will continue to play a prominent role at the organization he founded more than three decades ago. ...more

February 27, 2009

Sarasota's 24-hour cable television news channel will resume operation at 5 p.m. Thursday, station owner and general manager Linda DesMarais said. SNN, launched by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in 1995, went off the air in January after an attempt to sell the news operation to DesMarais and other investors fell through. A key investor backed out, but DesMarais, her husband, Douglas Barker, and other investors in LDB Media LLC have negotiated the purchase, which should close this week. ...more

February 25, 2009

New Identities Hair Studios hosted its fifth annual Valentine's Day Makeover last week, donating haircuts and facial makeovers to victims of domestic violence. ...more

February 25, 2009

New Identities Hair Studios hosted its fifth annual Valentine's Day Makeover Event last week, donating haircuts and facial makeovers to domestic violence victims. ...more

February 25, 2009

The PepsiCo Americas Beverages division of PepsiCo is bowing to public demand and scrapping changes made to a flagship product, Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice. ...more

February 24, 2009