When a former employee filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Sports Authority in 2008, executive director Henry Saavedra waited months before telling the authority's board. ...more

March 13, 2009

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche agreed Thursday to pay $46.8 billion in cash to buy the 44 percent of California-based biotech pioneer Genentech that it doesn't already own, ending a long corporate struggle between the companies. ...more

March 13, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - In a money-saving move, the Pasco-Hernando Early Learning Coalition plans to let its staff handle services that previously have been contracted to an outside agency. ...more

March 13, 2009

Biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Inc. said Thursday it will buy CV Therapeutics for about $1.4 billion as a wave of consolidation in the drug industry continues. ...more

March 13, 2009

A member of the Tampa Sports Authority's Board Executive Committee wants to fire the authority's long-time director, Henry Saavedra. ...more

March 12, 2009

Beach chairs were unfolded and lined the fence separating the crowd from the field while visitors gathered at the concession stand to order hot dogs, pizza slices and bottles of water. ...more

March 11, 2009

Beach chairs were unfolded and lined the fence separating the crowd from the field while visitors gathered at the concession stand to order hot dogs, pizza slices and bottles of water. ...more

March 11, 2009

IBM's chairman and chief executive, Sam Palmisano, received a compensation package valued at nearly $21 million in 2008, according to calculations by The Associated Press. ...more

March 9, 2009

Several affordable housing projects in Hillsborough County are imperiled by the Florida Legislature's decision to pull $190 million out of a pot of state money intended to build apartments and moderately priced homes for working-class families. ...more

March 7, 2009

It started as a whim. Vickie Porter had just discovered the perfect song for her slide show. "A New Dawn" by Daniel Kirkley was just what she needed to accompany a montage of photos documenting the work at a local shelter for victims of domestic violence. ...more

March 6, 2009