PODS Adds Staff Clearwater storage company PODS Enterprise said it has added 116 employees as it adjusts to an increase in moving and storage demand from customers looking for alternatives to traditional services. The new hires are earning $35,000 to $50,000 and primarily are call center workers, the company said. ...more

March 19, 2009

Inflation at the wholesale level surged unexpectedly in January, reflecting sharply higher prices for gasoline and other energy products. ...more

February 20, 2009

Inflation is running at the fastest pace in 17 years, the job market is under further strain and foreclosure filings are surging. ...more

August 15, 2008

It's the economy, stupid," James Carville famously said during the 1992 campaign, when a young Bill Clinton was running against the other President Bush. ...more

June 1, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Hotel Building Ballroom The Sheraton Riverwalk Hotel in downtown Tampa has begun construction of a $3 million riverfront ballroom as part of $6 million in upgrades since Virginia-based Crescent Hotels and Resorts bought the hotel in September. ...more

May 21, 2008

Consumers paid more to fill up their gas tanks, buy groceries and go to the hospital in January as prices on a wide range of items pushed higher. ...more

February 21, 2008

Consumers battered by a slumping housing market and a credit crunch slowed the growth in spending to the smallest amount in four months. In another sign of weakness, construction activity fell by a larger-than-expected amount. ...more

December 1, 2007

Construction of new homes plunged to the lowest level in 14 years in September as turmoil in credit markets intensified problems in the housing industry. Consumer prices, meanwhile, rose at the fastest pace in four months, reflecting higher energy and food costs. ...more

October 18, 2007