Bankruptcies Soar U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings jumped nearly 33 percent in 2008 amid a recession that's expected to keep filings rising into the new year. Overall, consumer filings reached 1,064,927 last year, up from 801,840 in 2007, according to data collected by the National Bankruptcy Research Center and published by the American Bankruptcy Institute, an Alexandria, Va.-based research group. ...more

January 6, 2009

Cigna Corp. trumped Wall Street expectations with a 37 percent jump in second-quarter profit, but the health insurer's stock fell Friday after it lowered 2008 membership growth expectations and some income guidance. ...more

August 2, 2008

TAMPA - Courtney Dempsey spent a good part of this afternoon in shock after hearing she and her fiancé won a $100,000 dream wedding in a contest sponsored by Us Weekly magazine. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa couple vying for a $100,000 dream wedding jumped to an early but slim lead in the Us magazine online voting, which opened this morning. They are competing against two other couples. Courtney Dempsey, 33, and Gary Courtney, 37, beat out thousands of other couples in their hunt for an elaborate wedding, and a final push last month put them into the top three. ...more

July 2, 2008

TAMPA - A Tampa couple with a touching engagement story finished among the top three couples in a dream wedding contest and remain in the running to win a $100,000 prize, courtesy of Us magazine. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - With just hours to go before the polls close, a Tampa couple with a touching engagement story have edged into third place in an ongoing contest for a $100,000 dream wedding, courtesy of Us magazine. ...more

June 25, 2008

Can't stop smoking? Your employer wants to help. For the first time, a growing number of companies are offering free or reduced-cost smoking cessation strategies. ...more

June 2, 2008

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he will sue Ingenix, its parent UnitedHealth Group and three subsidiaries, saying the insurers are defrauding consumers by manipulating how much doctors and hospitals are reimbursed. ...more

February 14, 2008

The family of a 17-year-old girl who died hours after her health insurer reversed a decision and said it would pay for a liver transplant plans to sue the company, their attorney said Friday. ...more

December 22, 2007