Tradition requires President-elect Barack Obama to give his top supporters a big party on Inauguration Day. Unfortunately, the nation's business owners and laid-off workers are in no party mood, whether they voted for him or not. ...more

January 18, 2009

Morgan Stanley and its gasoline distributor TransMontaigne Inc. are under investigation in Florida for price gouging during Hurricane Ike, state law enforcers said. ...more

December 10, 2008

To see the mental state of financial markets at the moment you need only to sit at a computer with an Internet connection and watch investors respond to journalism. ...more

September 12, 2008

Consumers trying to buy tickets to the Beijing Olympics in August have been duped by at least two Web sites that charged their credit cards but never mailed the tickets, according to lawsuits filed Tuesday by the U.S. Olympic Committee. ...more

July 27, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners are right to explore ways to stimulate the economy, but they're wrong to suggest cutting impact fees in half. ...more

January 21, 2008

Once, they were dream homes, with views of the golf course, a marble-floored music room, servants' quarters and a taste of the good life behind the gates of some of Tampa's most posh communities. ...more

November 3, 2007

A new plan to cut property taxes fails to address the inequities in Florida's tax structure and does nothing to help those who have the most reason to complain - Floridians who recently purchased their homes at inflated prices and are taxed at or near market value. ...more

October 12, 2007

Five or six years ago housing prices took off in Florida. Our nice four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath house began to look like a brilliant investment, made even better by the Save Our Homes tax cap. ...more

October 11, 2007

Forget The Police, Justin Timberlake or Bruce Springsteen. The undisputed hottest concert ticket of the year is for 14-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel's 'Hannah Montana' TV show. ...more

October 4, 2007