It's a wild ride, but the nation's economy isn't going to keep going down, down, down. ...more

October 7, 2008

For all of you on Main Street who have been watching the turmoil on Wall Street for the past few weeks, Monday's shockwaves rattled even the most steadfast. ...more

September 30, 2008

Financial advisers and brokers in the Tampa Bay area found themselves caught up in the turmoil of Wall Street this week as anxious clients called looking for help making sense of the breathtaking sweep of events. The tumult culminated Friday with a federal government plan to cleanse banks of the bad mortgages that had touched off a world financial crisis. The government plan ignited a two-day rally on Wall Street on Thursday and Friday that erased shattering losses earlier in the week when insurance giant AIG, swept up in the mortgage mess, teetered on bankruptcy. ...more

September 20, 2008

County Administrator David Hamilton is a skilled leader who has steered county government toward a new level of efficiency in half a year, according to county commissioners. ...more

September 12, 2008

For years, I've been pushing a "boring is better" approach to investing - the kind of strategy that adheres to the belief that so many of us make the wrong decisions when the markets are in turmoil. We're better off deciding on an asset allocation, filling up the baskets and checking it monthly - not every day. ...more

August 3, 2008

A Texas appeals court ruled on Thursday that the state had illegally seized up to 468 children from their homes at a polygamist ranch in West Texas. ...more

May 23, 2008

The Peace Corps said Tuesday that it has suspended operations in Kenya after weeks of postelection violence, another blow to confidence as business leaders voiced concerns over the turmoil's effect on the economy. ...more

February 6, 2008

A rogue trader who cost France's Societe Generale bank more than $7 billion by making bad stock market bets was taken into custody Saturday for questioning, judicial officials said. ...more

January 27, 2008

At the center of a chaotic night of basketball in the Marion Bowman Activities Center on Wednesday night was Whitley Washington, a soft-spoken freshman point guard who seemed to age dramatically in the final seconds of Saint Leo's game against Florida Southern. ...more

January 18, 2008

After meeting with six licensed and insured pool contractors, we have selected the firm we want to build our dream in-ground concrete pool. What happens after the contracts are signed? ...more

January 12, 2008