Tampa Bay area home prices continued to fall in October, posting a 19.8 percent decline from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released Tuesday. ...more

December 31, 2008

TAMPA -- Bay area home prices continued to fall in October, posting a 19.8 percent decline from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released this morning. The index, a closely watched indicator of the health of the nation's housing market, tracks 20 metro cities and showed prices dropped 18 percent from last year -- a record decline. ...more

December 30, 2008

New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, the government said Wednesday. ...more

December 25, 2008

As the longest recession in a quarter century intensifies, analysts think the small decline in economic activity in the third quarter has worsened significantly in the current fourth quarter. ...more

December 24, 2008

The employment rate continues to rise in Highlands County, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

December 21, 2008

The Tampa Bay area's mainstay visitors industry, which accounts for more than 132,000 jobs in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, remains in a state of uncertainty as visitors numbers continue to decline. ...more

December 11, 2008

National Public Radio said Wednesday that it's laying off 7 percent of its staff, its first layoffs in 12 years, after experiencing sharp declines in funding, especially from corporate sponsors. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA Declines in property and sales tax revenue forced the city to lay off workers over the past two years and cut more than $17 million from this year's budget. And the worst may be yet to come. ...more

December 9, 2008

McDonald's says sales at established locations jumped 7.7 percent worldwide in November with even recession-wary consumers in the U.S. buying more of the chain's burgers, fries and breakfast biscuits. ...more

December 8, 2008

Four grim economic reports released by the government Wednesday added up to a bleak overall picture of the slowing economy. ...more

November 27, 2008