Progress Energy Florida reported a net decrease of 8,000 in the average number of customers from January through March compared with the year-ago period but posted first-quarter earnings per share today of 33 cents, compared with 26 cents in 2008. ...more

May 6, 2009

Progress Energy Florida reported an 8,000 net decrease in the average number of customers between January and March compared with the year-ago period but posted first-quarter earnings per share today of 33 cents, compared with 26 cents last year. ...more

May 5, 2009

Ivan Seidenberg, the chief executive of Verizon Communications Inc., received $20.2 million in compensation in 2008, essentially the same as in the past two years, according to a regulatory filing. ...more

February 28, 2009

TJX Cos., which operates the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores, said Tuesday that its second-quarter profits more than tripled from a year ago when the discount fashion retailer digested a charge for a widely publicized security breach. ...more

August 13, 2008

MarineMax Inc., a Clearwater-based boat dealership chain, posted a 29-percent drop in sales for its third quarter, the company said today. ...more

July 31, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans jumped Tuesday, a day after the company said it was restating more than three years worth of financial statements because of accounting errors. ...more

July 23, 2008

Defying the gloom that many retailers are feeling, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects a more profitable year selling to penny-pinching shoppers after its renewed focus on low prices paid off during the holidays with a 4 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit. ...more

February 20, 2008

Burger King Holdings said Thursday that its second-quarter profit jumped 29 percent as the stalwart Whopper, the new Homestyle Melt and promotions with TV tie-ins fired up worldwide sales. ...more

February 1, 2008

With all the large write-downs and losses announced for the fourth quarter, hardly any attention is being paid to just how profitable U.S. banks really are. ...more

January 24, 2008

Early holiday sales reports are weak, with Target Corp., the nation's No. 2 retailer, warning that its sales may have fallen in December. ...more

December 26, 2007