Shareholders of Walter Industries on Thursday gave the company a new identity to better reflect its core business: coal production. ...more

April 25, 2009

Shareholders of Walter Industries today approved a spinoff of the company's financing business, allowing the Tampa-based company to focus solely on coal production. ...more

April 23, 2009

Walter Industries, a leading coal producer, has boosted its production and supply of coal with the acquisition of a coal-mining company in Alabama. ...more

September 9, 2008

Inside the Third Base Luncheonette - "the next-best place to home," says the menu - noon-time regulars searched for a spot at the 20-stool counter. They lined up for the rapidly constructed cold-cut hoagies, the house specialty with extra hot pepper spread. ...more

September 7, 2008

Walter Industries, a leading coal producer, said Tuesday that earnings nearly tripled in the second quarter, driven primarily by skyrocketing coal prices. ...more

July 30, 2008

Florida's sluggish real estate market contributed to a 24 percent drop in first-quarter earnings at Progress Energy, the company reported Thursday. ...more

May 9, 2008

Florida's sluggish real-estate market contributed to a 24 percent drop in first-quarter earnings at Progress Energy, the company reported Thursday. ...more

May 8, 2008

The power of the press remains strong. For the last couple of weeks, the pundits have been harping about our moving towards a recession. ...more

January 24, 2008

The power of the press remains strong. For the last couple of weeks, the pundits have been harping about our moving toward a recession. ...more

January 24, 2008

Accidents in China's notoriously dangerous coal mines killed nearly 3,800 people last year, state media reported Saturday - a toll that is a marked improvement from previous years but still leaves China's mines the world's deadliest. ...more

January 13, 2008