So how will it end? President Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of today. Don't expect a quiet fade into the Texas night. ...more

October 12, 2008

Temple Terrace residents are fortunate that city elections tend to draw sharp, well-intentioned candidates with solid records of civic involvement. ...more

October 10, 2008

More Americans unexpectedly signed contracts in August to purchase previously owned homes as mounting foreclosures pushed down prices, making homes more affordable. ...more

October 9, 2008

In a rare coordinated move, the Federal Reserve and other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday to prevent a mushrooming financial crisis from becoming a global economic meltdown. ...more

October 8, 2008

Joe the Attorney, a partner of a law firm with offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg and a friend of This Space, has had about enough of the campaign season, but not for the reasons one might expect. ...more

October 8, 2008

Expect a smaller orange crop from Florida growers this season. Facing skyrocketing fertilizer prices, a souring economy and lower orange juice sales, Florida growers, by some estimates, will produce an estimated 155 million boxes of citrus during the 2008-09 season. That's 9 percent less than last season, when the industry picked 170 million boxes of Florida citrus. ...more

October 7, 2008

the largest one-day point drop - before recovering to close with a loss of 370, a 3.6 percent drop. The catalyst for the selling, which also took the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, was investors' growing despair that the spreading credit crisis will take a heavy toll around the world. ...more

October 7, 2008

Wall Street suffered through another extraordinary and traumatic session Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points - their largest one-day point drop - before recovering to close with a loss of 370. The catalyst for the selling, which also took the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, was investors' growing despair that the spreading credit crisis will take a heavy toll around the world. ...more

October 6, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - A battle broke out for control of Wachovia Friday as Wells Fargo signed a $15.1 billion agreement to buy the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, while Citigroup and the federal regulators backing its earlier deal insisted that Citi's takeover bid go forward. ...more

October 5, 2008

American International Group said Friday it plans to sell a number of business units to pay off its massive government loan. ...more

October 4, 2008