The Louisiana shipbuilder that operates Tampa Ship LLC at the Port of Tampa is considering Tampa, along with Houma, La., as a site to build an arctic icebreaker for Shell Oil. ...more

November 17, 2009

The project is code named "09-066." Tampa officials are negotiating with a commercial real estate company over Project 09-066 and how it could bring jobs and development to the area. ...more

October 22, 2009

Tampa International Airport reported a 14 percent decline in passenger traffic in January compared with a year ago while St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport's passengers dropped 20 percent after a flat year in 2008. ...more

February 17, 2009

About 100 travel industry officials including representatives from Tampa International Airport, JetBlue Airways, visitors bureaus in Mexico and economic development officials from Hillsborough County gathered in Tampa Thursday evening to discuss strategies to promote JetBlue's Cancun destination from Tampa. ...more

February 13, 2009

Opening day is Friday for Cobb Theatres' 16-screen cinema at The Grove at Wesley Chapel. ...more

September 20, 2008

If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing. ...more

July 9, 2008

This week, news broke that Pinellas County could lose one of its corporate heavyweights, St. Petersburg-based Jabil Circuit. ...more

June 28, 2008

A long-awaited Job Corps Center, which aims to provide a steppingstone to troubled teens and young adults, is projected to contribute $7 million annually to the local economy, Pinellas County economic development officials said. ...more

February 21, 2008

A long-awaited Job Corps Center, which aims to provide a stepping stone to troubled teens and young adults, is projected to contribute $7 million annually to the local economy, Pinellas economic development officials said. ...more

February 21, 2008

Tampa will benefit from a $5.25 billion project to double the Panama Canal's capacity by 2014 and expand container cargo shipping for many U.S. seaports, industry officials agree. ...more

January 11, 2008