Facing fierce resistance, the Obama administration today backed off a plan to ban sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm weather. ...more

November 14, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants smaller community banks to have greater access to the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund as the administration refocuses the bailout money on small businesses and homeowners and winds down programs aimed at big banks. ...more

October 20, 2009

Struggling to contain the worst financial crisis in seven decades, the Obama administration wants to buy billions of dollars of toxic assets from banks to ease borrowing for consumers and businesses. ...more

March 22, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner could announce as soon as Monday his much-anticipated plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, administration and industry officials said. ...more

March 21, 2009

Crib makers have proposed a ban on drop-side cribs because of concerns over infant deaths, injuries and a series of recalls in the past year or so. ...more

March 18, 2009

Iran Says Movies Are 'Insulting' An adviser to Iran's president on Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as "300" and "The Wrestler" were "insulting" to Iranians. ...more

March 2, 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

Local hotel industry officials have requested a study of the viability of building a meeting or conference center in Tampa's West Shore district to draw business to an area where hotel room inventory will grow in 18 months from 8,600 rooms to 10,000. ...more

February 6, 2009

Local hotel industry officials have requested a study of the viability of building a meeting or conference center in Tampa's West Shore district to draw new business to the area where hotel room inventory will grow in 18 months from 8,600 rooms to 10,000. ...more

February 5, 2009

Senate Republicans circulated a sweeping plan to drive down the cost of mortgages by expanding the federal government's role in the industry, officials said Monday night as debate opened on an economic stimulus bill at the top of President Barack Obama's agenda. ...more

February 2, 2009