Tampa is showing the nation's steepest decrease in hotel prices in April with a 31 percent decline, Hotwire.com reported in its monthly Hotel Rate Report. ...more

April 15, 2009

The number of Florida banks at risk of folding has more than doubled in the past few months, according to a Coral Gables rating agency. ...more

March 18, 2009

Three of 31 nursing homes in Hillsborough County received five stars while six received just one in a national ranking system just launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ...more

December 24, 2008

The National FFA organization recently selected, from a pool of more than 60 candidates nationwide, the Sebring High School FFA Chapter as a three-star winner in the National FFA Chapter Award program. ...more

December 7, 2008

If buying a home is the biggest purchase a family makes, choosing the right real estate agent must be pretty important, too. ...more

November 29, 2008

If buying a home is the biggest purchase a family makes, choosing the right real estate agent must be pretty important, too. Most homebuyers pick an agent based on referrals from friends or family. But there's a new method emerging: Web sites that rank agents. But can these rankings be trusted? The Web site approaches vary and so do the results. ...more

November 28, 2008