An 8.1 percent projected decline in passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport through September will require the airport to trim its budget, airport officials said today. ...more

March 5, 2009

The government on Monday unveiled a revamped rescue package to insurance giant American International Group and will provide the troubled company with an additional $30 billion in taxpayer money on an as-needed basis. ...more

March 3, 2009

President Barack Obama's former nominee to become commerce secretary, Sen. Judd Gregg, steered taxpayer money to his home state's redevelopment of a former Air Force base even as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there, an Associated Press investigation found. ...more

February 27, 2009

Citigroup Inc. said Friday it reached a deal that will give the government an increased stake in the struggling bank. ...more

February 27, 2009

Patti Constantino-Martin of Spring Hill wants an end to bailouts and the government to seize the assets of the executives of failed financial institutions. ...more

February 25, 2009

President Barack Obama's wants to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term, mostly by scaling back Iraq war spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and streamlining government, an administration official said Saturday as the president worked to finalize his first budget request. ...more

February 21, 2009

Tax crusader Linda Hayward wants to know why the county is raiding its workers' compensation fund to pay for fire district purchases, including two power ambulance stretchers totaling $18,872. ...more

February 20, 2009

Do you remember when snake oil salesman used outlandish techniques to peddle their products in western movies? ...more

February 13, 2009

Bank of Tampa patriarch Jerry Divers began his career in the early 1960s with bankers who survived the Great Depression, when the city lost 24 of its 28 banks. ...more

February 10, 2009

So when the president of the Tampa Banking Co. adds to the refrain that today's banking conditions are the worst since the Depression, industry colleagues are apt to pay attention, as did competitors and others at a gathering of the Tampa Chapter of the Exchange Club this afternoon. Divers shared his thoughts about the economic plight affecting banks and the nation, including a warning that 2009 looks gloomy for Florida banking. ...more

February 9, 2009