Most of my working years were spent in big-box retail stores. If the stores' cost of replenishing basic items went up, the increase was not reflected in the cost to the customer until new merchandise arrived at the store. This is standard procedure in any retail establishment. ...more

June 18, 2009

Who hasn't driven by a gas station lately and seen prices hovering around $2 a gallon and not felt positively giddy? It's as if motorists have awakened from a bad dream where the price of a gallon of gas was almost twice that and our car-loving culture and fragile household budgets were being strangled. ...more

November 14, 2008

Customers of Progress Energy Florida are expected to pay a lot more for electricity next year, the St. Petersburg-based utility said Friday. ...more

August 30, 2008