You'll find novelties as well as staples in our Market Basket highlights this week. ...more

October 30, 2009

So what do birds think of Ikea's bird call system? As an experiment, we recorded the calls, and replayed them for some birds at the 1-2 Tweet bird store in Brandon, which sells some of the smartest birds in the world - parrots. ...more

September 19, 2009

So where is the treasure from the Black Swan? Odyssey Marine found it. Spain claims it as government property. After Odyssey recovered the coins from the ocean floor, company officials flew in the dark of night May 17, 2007, on a private charter jet from Gibraltar to Tampa. Now, ...more

September 13, 2009

Jabil Circuit Inc. swung to a loss during its most recent fiscal quarter, while the company said it is seeing signs of a more stable economy. ...more

June 24, 2009

Thursday turned out to be an awful day for a breakdown at AT&T wireless. The high-speed wireless network at AT&T broke down across several west Florida counties early Thursday morning, just as hordes of Apple iPhone customers went to upgrade their phone operating system with new features. ...more

June 19, 2009

Friday, the nation fully switches from analog to digital broadcast television. WFLA, Channel 8, plans on unplugging its analog broadcast about 5 a.m., WTSP, Channel 10, sometime before noon, WTVT, Channel 13, about 1 p.m., others throughout the day. ...more

June 11, 2009

The bulk of layoffs at WellCare Health Plans this quarter will come from the company's ranks in Tampa. ...more

May 22, 2009

The Tampa Tribune will tour the new store today, a week before it opens to the public. And business reporter Richard Mullins will be filing live photos of the inside: the furniture, the kitchen displays, the Swedish meatballs. You can see photos during the noon hour at TBO.com or through Mullins' Twitter feed: @DailyDeadline. ...more

April 29, 2009

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. expects to complete the spinoff of its financing business by Friday, the company said. This comes after a vote Wednesday by shareholders of Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings to merge with Walter Investment Management LLC. A favorable ruling by the Internal Revenue Service related to the deal helped satisfy conditions for the closing. ...more

April 16, 2009

The Florida Communications Group Monday laid off 53 employees and eliminated 12 open positions due to continuing declines in the local advertising market, executives said. ...more

March 30, 2009