The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects Florida's orange crop to be slightly lower than last year. ...more

October 10, 2008

Relief is on the way for some financially strapped homeowners. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America, which took control of Countrywide Financial Corp. early this year, said Monday it will modify bad mortgages with up to $8.4 billion in interest rate and principal reductions for 400,000 Countrywide customers. ...more

October 7, 2008

A Tampa-based utility is blaming the railroad for any high costs it must pass on to its customers. ...more

October 7, 2008

1991: University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied it. ...more

October 7, 2008

At the university cafeteria, women linger longer than men over their lunch decisions. Given a choice, they tend to opt for meat labeled "animal friendly," while men likely will go for a new product. ...more

October 7, 2008

Tampa-based Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. has filed a complaint with a federal agency against CSX Transportation Inc., saying new CSX rates to ship coal from Illinois and Appalachia to a Palatka generating station could add to utility costs for more than 1.7 million consumers. Seminole serves the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative in Dade City, the Sumter Electric Cooperative in Sumterville and the Peace River Electric Cooperative in Wauchula among 10-nonprofit systems. ...more

October 6, 2008

Costs to run a coupon program that is helping people shift to digital television are about to exceed a congressionally mandated cap and the Bush administration is asking for more money. ...more

September 20, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission charged five companies with making false and misleading claims for cancer cures and said Thursday that it has reached settlements with six others. ...more

September 19, 2008

Gas prices climbed again today in the Tampa Bay area after Hurricane Ike, and the Florida attorney general's office said it is being flooded with complaints about the price spikes. ...more

September 15, 2008

Mars Inc.'s Mars Petcare recalled dry cat and dog food made at its Everson, Pa., plant because of possible salmonella contamination. The amount of food involved wasn't disclosed. ...more

September 14, 2008