With Wall Street engulfed in crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission is planning measures to rein in aggressive forms of short-selling that were blamed in part for the demise of Lehman Brothers and which some fear could be turned against other vulnerable companies. ...more

September 16, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc., a Tampa-based chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Tampa today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

September 3, 2008

Aerosonic Corp. could temporarily relocate to Virginia some of the 40 employees whose work spaces were destroyed in a fire that started Friday night and destroyed one of the company's buildings in a Northside industrial park. ...more

August 11, 2008

TAMPA - Lazydays RV SuperCenter, the huge recreational vehicle dealer off Interstate 4 in Seffner, reported Wednesday that it has laid off 75 employees, about 15 percent of its work force. ...more

July 9, 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that Tampa-based Stinger Systems, which markets stun guns to law enforcement agencies, and its chief executive officer, Robert Gruder, misled investors about one of the company's products. ...more

January 30, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans Inc. were among the market's big gainers Monday after the Tampa-based company announced it received renewal of federal contracts in five states, including Florida, along with permission to expand into hundreds of counties in those states. ...more

January 14, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans Inc. soared today on news that the company has signed contracts to continue to provide Medicare coordinated care plans in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Louisiana. ...more

January 14, 2008

WellCare Health Plans, the provider of managed care services for the government that had its local headquarters raided by federal and state officials, has adopted a retention plan to help keep key employees on board while the investigation continues. ...more

December 8, 2007

Companies will be able to scuttle investor attempts to nominate board members under a plan adopted Wednesday by a bitterly divided Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

November 28, 2007

Bonnie Brown was fresh from a nasty divorce in 1999, living with her sister and uncertain of her future. On a lark, she answered an ad for an in-house masseuse at Google. She was offered the part-time job, which started out at $450 a week but also included a pile of Google stock options. ...more

November 18, 2007