Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse said today's release of Palm Inc.'s anticipated Pre smart phone represents a "coming out party" for Sprint as it seeks to reverse subscriber losses. ...more

June 6, 2009

The Fox network is making a reality show out of the troubled economy. ...more

April 8, 2009

The cloud that hung over Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. for 4½ years is breaking up. ...more

March 20, 2009

After State Farm revealed plans Tuesday to withdraw from the property insurance market in Florida, its customers wasted no time in searching for new coverage. ...more

January 29, 2009

Jeffrey Maricle told a jury last week that his equipment leasing company, the subject of 65 consumer complaints and a state attorney general's investigation, went out of business in late October. ...more

November 29, 2008

Jeffrey Maricle told a jury last week that his leasing company went out of business in late October. He was testifying at a trial that ended with a finding of fraud against the company, Global Funding LLC. ...more

November 24, 2008

Federal auditors have concluded the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 campaign owes the government nearly $500,000 for illegal donations and other financial improprieties. Sharpton has been feuding with the Federal Election Commission for years over his accounting in his failed run for president, for which he received $100,000 in so-called government matching funds that authorities later concluded he did not deserve because he hadn't followed campaign laws. ...more

November 16, 2008

The man charged with robbing five pharmacies in the Tampa Bay area for drugs - and suspected of robbing three more - has told authorities the narcotics were for his own use, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office authorities say. ...more

September 20, 2008

CLEARWATER - The man charged with robbing five pharmacies in the Tampa Bay area for drugs – and suspected of robbing one more – has told authorities the narcotics were for his own use, Pinellas County Sheriff's Office authorities say. ...more

September 19, 2008

Noteworthy items from the Aug. 11 Plant City Commission meeting include: •Commissioners unanimously agreed to earmark $30,000 in the 2008-09 budget toward upkeep of the 1914 Plant City High School Community Center, 605 N. Collins St. Under terms of the agreement discussed only briefly, city staff and board members of the East Hillsborough Historical Society - the building's primary tenant - will meet to determine how the sum will be allocated. ...more

August 20, 2008