If you can stand the winters, Bismarck, N.D., might be the place to go to find a job: Its unemployment rate is about one-quarter Tampa's rate. ...more

January 6, 2010

Donate blood next month and you could be headed to Disney World. Florida Blood Services announced today it's participating in Walt Disney World's "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" promotion. The Orlando theme park giant is offering a single-day park voucher, valued at $79, to the first 1 million people who volunteer with pre-approved agencies. ...more

December 31, 2009

Bay area home sales jumped 34 percent in November as buyers took advantage of a federal tax credit incentive. Meanwhile, prices showed more signs of stabilizing, according to Florida Realtors. ...more

December 23, 2009

U.S. Census 2010 will create thousands of temporary jobs in the Tampa Bay area, where unemployment hit 12.3 percent last month. ...more

December 22, 2009

Home prices may be falling, but many Americans are spending a bigger portion of their incomes on housing, especially in Florida. ...more

December 22, 2009

Tampa Bay area residents will have more airline choices for traveling to Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. ...more

December 18, 2009

Trouble with landing gear led to a plane mishap today at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. ...more

December 12, 2009

Real estate agent Ken Brownlee's phone stopped ringing last month once clients figured they would be unable to close before an $8,000 federal tax credit expired. ...more

November 17, 2009

Florida buyers continued to snatch up heavily discounted homes in the third quarter, marking the fifth consecutive quarter that sales increased. ...more

November 11, 2009

Pinellas County's tourist marketing outreach will use the subway in New York again this year, with the return of the "Station Domination" campaign, along with new advertising initiatives through taxi TV and the free amNewYork news publication. ...more

November 7, 2009