ShopperTrak, a retail research firm, predicted Tuesday that total holiday sales will rise 1.6 percent compared with a year ago, which would be good news for retailers in the aftermath of last year's steep decline. ...more

October 21, 2009

Yacht StarShip intends to sell its 600-passenger dining cruise ship, lay off some of its 80-person staff and eliminate its seasonal operation in Boston while continuing to operate its 150-passenger yacht in Tampa and Clearwater, chief executive and President Troy Manthey said Monday afternoon. ...more

February 17, 2009

Brett Favre has retired twice in the last 11 months, and he played a full season of football in between. ...more

February 12, 2009

You may do a double-take as you pass your local gas station. Chances are, the price you pay at the pump has jumped markedly in the past couple of weeks, even as crude prices have fallen. ...more

January 17, 2009

Bankruptcies Soar U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings jumped nearly 33 percent in 2008 amid a recession that's expected to keep filings rising into the new year. Overall, consumer filings reached 1,064,927 last year, up from 801,840 in 2007, according to data collected by the National Bankruptcy Research Center and published by the American Bankruptcy Institute, an Alexandria, Va.-based research group. ...more

January 6, 2009

A marketing research firm is dimming its Internet advertising outlook for the next four years, the latest sign of the more austere times looming for the high-tech sector. ...more

December 1, 2008

The government said Tuesday that it will deploy up to $800 billion to make it cheaper for Americans to get a home mortgage, take out a car loan or borrow money through a credit card, as the government's intervention in the financial system expands to directly address the impact of the credit crisis on consumers. ...more

November 26, 2008

A jump in Progress Energy Florida electric rates of nearly 25 percent is generating some protests among Pasco officials and residents. ...more

November 20, 2008

A jump in Progress Energy Florida electric rates of nearly 25 percent is generating some protests among Pasco officials and residents. ...more

November 15, 2008

Wall Street suffered through another extraordinary and traumatic session Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points - their largest one-day point drop - before recovering to close with a loss of 370. The catalyst for the selling, which also took the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, was investors' growing despair that the spreading credit crisis will take a heavy toll around the world. ...more

October 6, 2008