In hard economic times people are supposed to turn to comedy for escape. Right? ...more

March 18, 2009

Bernard Madoff has yet to face the many investors he is accused of ripping off in a jaw-dropping Ponzi scheme that amounted to one of the biggest financial frauds in history. ...more

March 9, 2009

Things didn't look good for "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca. The 38-year-old professional wrestler and promoter from New Port Richey had taken a shot to the groin that seemed to legitimately hurt. He had been whipped into the ropes and violently clotheslined to the mat with a resounding thud. ...more

December 11, 2008

Things didn't look good for "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca. The 38-year-old professional wrestler and promoter from New Port Richey had taken a shot to the groin that seemed to legitimately hurt. He had been whipped into the ropes and violently clotheslined to the mat with a resounding thud. He had felt Byron Saxton's boots on his back, his fists on his head and the sting of his words. "I can respect a has-been," a microphone-holding Saxton told Mosca before the start of their 15-minute time limit match at Bourbon Street on Tuesday night. "But I never respect a never-was." Known to Florida Championship Wrestling fans as a loudmouth heel, Saxton was accompanied by fellow wrestlers Lawrence Knight and Tyson Tarver, known collectively as The Conglomerate. Saxton, who held the microphone with a pair of flashy blue gloves, was booed lustily. ...more

December 10, 2008

WASHINGTON - Less than a week after the federal government had to bail out American International Group Inc., the company sent executives on a $440,000 retreat to a posh California resort, lawmakers investigating the company's meltdown said Tuesday. ...more

October 7, 2008

In 1977, Alen Smith of Tampa started making Texas Best Barbeque Sauce, selling it first in the original Simon Schwartz Market on South MacDill Avenue in Tampa. Smith later sold the brand to a bigger food company. In 1993, it was sold to an even bigger conglomerate that had plans to make it a national brand. ...more

August 13, 2008

SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY — "Being green doesn't have to mean being boring," proclaimed Panoz Motorsports president and CEO Scott Atherton at a morning press conference during the American Le Mans Series Winter Test on Tuesday. Those words echoed as the mighty Corvette Racing team — which won its seventh consecutive GT1 manufacturers and team championships in 2007 — unveiled the Corvette Compuware E85 to a conglomerate of worldwide media. ...more

January 30, 2008

Home shopping giant HSN will become an independent company - again. ...more

November 5, 2007

Many of the actors in this traveling troupe don't need a script to learn their roles. ...more

October 19, 2007