President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump. ...more

November 7, 2009

The University of South Florida's two-game slump - including dropped passes, missed tackles and physical mistakes - has been compounded by a sobering statistic. ...more

October 30, 2009

The local hotel industry continued its slump in August, with revenue down from a year ago. ...more

October 20, 2009

A key barometer of the U.S. economy, a seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index reported by the American Trucking Associations, improved 2.1 percent in July, showing that a trucking slump may have bottomed out. ...more

August 29, 2009

The publisher of Reader's Digest, the country's most popular general interest magazine, said Monday it will seek Chapter 11 protection from creditors amid declining circulation, an industrywide advertising slump and debt. ...more

August 18, 2009

Lured by the government's cash for clunkers campaign, car and truck buyers started returning to showrooms in July, with Ford Motor Co. reporting its first U.S. sales increase in nearly two years and other major automakers saying sales are showing signs of stability. ...more

August 4, 2009

The construction industry is in a slump because there were too many homes built, followed by an economic downturn which leads to foreclosed property landing on the market. In other words, there is a slump in construction because there is too much inventory. ...more

May 6, 2009

In other economic news: •Retail sales slip again. The Commerce Department said retail sales dipped 1.1 percent in March. It was the biggest decline in three months and a much weaker showing than the 0.3 percent increase that analysts expected. A big drop in auto sales led the overall slump in demand. Auto sales in March were 23.5 percent below year-ago levels. Sales also plunged at clothing stores, appliance outlets and furniture stores. ...more

April 15, 2009

Polk Community College took advantage of a beleaguered South Florida Community College pitching staff to post an 11-1 victory in a Suncoast Conference game on Monday night. ...more

April 15, 2009

You have less than two weeks to get your taxes in to the Internal Revenue Service, and there are some changes to keep in mind as you prepare. ...more

April 2, 2009