TAMPA BAY AREA Coal Fuels TECO Stock Shares of Tampa-based TECO Energy surged nearly 8 percent Friday after Citigroup raised its rating on the stock from "Hold" to "Buy" on prospects of increased earnings from the company's coal-mining business. Friday, TECO's stock price hit a 52-week high of $19.10 a share before finishing the day at $19.05, up $1.34 for the day. The stock is up about 11 percent this year. ...more

May 10, 2008

Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 billion Microsoft Corp. offered for the Internet pioneer. ...more

May 5, 2008

Microsoft has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google. ...more

May 4, 2008

Shares of Progress Energy fell Thursday after the Raleigh, N.C.-based energy company reported a 38 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings. ...more

February 15, 2008

Google's fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, signaling that the crumbling U.S. economy has dented the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine. ...more

February 1, 2008

After seven months as chief executive, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has concluded hundreds of employees will have to be fired to help the slumping Internet icon recover from years of misguided management. ...more

January 23, 2008

A merger involving Delta Air Lines Inc. may be close, the head of the carrier's pilots union said in a letter to rank-and-file members Wednesday. ...more

January 10, 2008

Sallie Mae's planned $2.5 billion stock sale doesn't answer all of Wall Street's questions about the struggling student lender's future. ...more

December 28, 2007

Shares in Jabil Circuit tumbled 21 percent Friday to their lowest point since 2002, after the company released profit forecasts well below Wall Street expectations. ...more

December 22, 2007

If you're a bond investor hankering for higher yields, here's a radical suggestion: Try stocks. ...more

December 2, 2007