NEW YORK (AP) - The allure of the value meal has long seduced penny-pinchers craving a cheeseburger. Now, as the dismal economy slurps up profits, Starbucks Corp. is hoping to find some sales salvation in its own value meal variety. ...more

February 11, 2009

The allure of the value meal has long seduced penny-pinchers craving a cheeseburger. Now, as the dismal economy slurps up profits, Starbucks Corp. is hoping to find some sales salvation in its own value meal variety. ...more

February 3, 2009

After years of steady growth, Progress Energy Florida said today it is beginning to lose customers. ...more

October 31, 2008

Booming sales of the newest iPhone led Apple to a stellar fiscal fourth-quarter report, defying predictions that the tumultuous U.S. economy would hold the company back. Despite the blockbuster performance, which sent Apple's shares soaring in after-hours trading, the company issued what it called "prudent" predictions for the current quarter, because of broader economic uncertainty. ...more

October 22, 2008

SEBRING — Three Highlands County high school graduates each own a Ford Focus, courtesy of the Wheel's for A's program of the Alan Jay Automotive Network. Quacey Fletcher of Avon Park High, Tara Weeks of Lake Placid High and Sydney Ruble of Sebring High were on hand at Alan Jay Ford Lincoln Mercury on Tuesday to officially take possession of their new set of wheels. ...more

June 3, 2008

Shares in Walter Industries Inc. rose 7.74 percent Friday after the company reported expectations of record earnings, record coal sales contracts and additional steps that could lead to selling the financing and home building businesses. ...more

May 3, 2008

Office Depot said it will revise some past financial statements after an independent review of vendor-program accounting found weakness in its internal controls and led to the firing of four employees. ...more

November 10, 2007