Florida's Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has set up a task force to protect the state's elderly from financial fraud. The task force had its first meeting Monday in Tampa, hearing from victims with an eye on proposing legislation to toughen state statutes. ...more

October 7, 2008

In July, the FBI arrested a 35-year-old man and charged him with wire fraud after the Florida Department of Financial Services discovered some $5.7 million in state funds in his personal account. ...more

October 4, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet are set to discuss a controversial deal to spend millions for a new road in Central Florida. ...more

September 30, 2008

Two top executives in the state's Department of Financial Services have been forced out after an audit that was critical of the agency's internal controls. ...more

September 28, 2008

China's food safety crisis widened Friday after the industrial chemical melamine was found in milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies - prompting stores, including Starbucks, to yank milk from their shelves. ...more

September 20, 2008

The investment bank Goldman Sachs, the firm that has looked the best throughout the credit crisis, reported a profit Tuesday of $845 million, or $1.81 a share, in the third quarter, down 70 percent from a year ago. ...more

September 17, 2008

Florida has failed to adequately investigate criminal backgrounds and take other steps to stop convicted felons from writing mortgages, a state review has found. ...more

September 17, 2008

The bank account Pasco County has used for years to underwrite neighborhood road paving projects is shrinking rapidly, a victim of higher oil prices, the county's chief financial officer said recently. ...more

September 7, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc., a Tampa-based chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Tampa today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

September 3, 2008

Hernando HealthCare has a new chief financial officer to oversee the books at Brooksville Regional Hospital and its sister hospital in Spring Hill, the company announced Tuesday. ...more

September 3, 2008