As the new kid on the block, Minto Communities LLC, a Canadian developer with roots in South Florida, plans to make its presence known in the Tampa Bay area's new home sales market. ...more

December 30, 2009

One thing we did expect: that 2009 would be full of strange and wonderful revelations. A prediction for 2010? Same thing as this year, only different. Here's a list of stuff we culled from 2009 that may have come as a surprise. ...more

December 28, 2009

If there were an award for best quote of the year, our money would be on Richard Fisher, the director of NASA's Heliophysics Division. ...more

December 27, 2009

China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest market for automobiles, the first time any other country has bought more vehicles than the nation that produced Henry Ford, the Cadillac and minivan. ...more

December 11, 2009

More of America's largest companies will shrink their staffs rather than will hire in the next six months, according to the latest survey of their CEOs. ...more

December 9, 2009

Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America. ...more

December 4, 2009

The economy may be hurting some stores. Less so Publix lately. The massive Lakeland-based grocery chain with stores across Florida said sales and profits were up in its most recent quarter, though some established stores saw some slowdown. ...more

August 7, 2009

Florida Lottery sales are going flat, a legislative audit reported today. ...more

March 12, 2009

"Here, There and Everywhere," is the title of a famous Beatles song. ...more

March 6, 2009

Florida has turned its back on major problems for years, which has helped make this year's budget crisis harder to manage. ...more

March 1, 2009