Starbucks is reporting that its profit dropped 69 percent in its fiscal first quarter and it plans to close more stores and cut more jobs. ...more

January 28, 2009

Hillsborough County next month will begin a $4 million study into the possible widening of Fletcher Avenue between Interstates 75 and 275. ...more

January 15, 2009

Construction was completed well ahead of schedule on an Interstate 75 overpass damaged by a dump truck. ...more

December 18, 2008

A four-bedroom, 2,952-square-foot town home in the sought-after FishHawk Ranch neighborhood has been sitting empty for more than a year. ...more

November 30, 2008

The economic realities of the present moment are stark: the nation's financial system has been teetering on the brink of disaster; businesses are finding it nearly impossible to borrow money; people are having trouble finding the money to buy houses and many of the people who have houses are finding it difficult to keep up with mortgage payments; the unemployment rate is rising; the revenue from taxes and fees governments rely on is coming in way below the estimates of only a few months ago. ...more

November 22, 2008

Gas prices have dropped below $2 a gallon at many locations throughout Florida, but that doesn't mean more people will be filling up the family car to go to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving. ...more

November 18, 2008

The poor economy continued to slice into Florida's mainstay tourism industry as travel into the state declined by 3.2 percent to 19.8 million visitors, the state's tourism agency reported Monday. ...more

November 18, 2008

If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought. ...more

November 13, 2008

The shelves at the Metropolitan Ministries Holiday Tent aren't as full as Chief Operating Officer Tim Marks would like them to be. With just a few weeks left until Thanksgiving, donations are not keeping up with demand. ...more

November 8, 2008

6:51 p.m. As of 6 p.m., the Pinellas County elections supervisor estimates that 71 percent of the county's eligible voters have cast ballots in today's election. ...more

November 4, 2008