Shells Seafood Restaurants was losing money for years, but the chain's chief executive sounded upbeat when the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early September. ...more

November 30, 2008

Stories like the Shells restaurant bankruptcy are playing out across the Tampa Bay area. Tribune research shows business bankruptcy here is rising much faster than in most regions of the country. All told, 500 businesses filed for bankruptcy in four Bay area counties during the 12 months that ended in June — 97 percent more than the year before. ...more

November 28, 2008

A relatively new homeowners insurance company with plans to expand operations in the Tampa Bay area raised millions of dollars from investors this week. ...more

August 1, 2008

A new homeowners insurance company plans to expand operations in the Bay area and raised millions of dollars from investors this week. ...more

July 31, 2008

John Sykes built Tampa's Sykes Enterprises from nearly nothing into a global powerhouse in the outsourcing field, largely by buying up other similar companies. ...more

May 29, 2008

SimDag chief executive Frank Dagostino said Thursday that the company is "days away" from obtaining financing to build the stalled 52-story Trump Tower Tampa. Meanwhile, lawsuits between the developer and the source of the tower's name are moving forward in court. ...more

January 4, 2008

The developer of Trump Tower Tampa has the rest of the year to either settle its lawsuit by Donald Trump or prepare to answer his allegations. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA - The developer of Trump Tower Tampa has the rest of the year to either settle its lawsuit with Donald Trump or prepare to answer his allegations. ...more

November 8, 2007

Baseball investigator George Mitchell likely will issue his long-awaited report on steroids use in baseball by the end of the year, and there is a strong possibility he will identify individual players. ...more

October 13, 2007