Progress Energy on Tuesday named Vincent M. Dolan as successor to Jeffrey J. Lyash as president and CEO of Progress Energy Florida, which serves more than 1.6 million Florida households and businesses. ...more

June 25, 2009

The Avon Park Meals on Wheels program had a "successful" first meeting last Monday, said Paul Devlin, president. ...more

June 16, 2009

Chrysler LLC is planning on resuming production at the majority of its plants by the last week of June, said Steven Landry, an executive vice president at the automaker. ...more

June 3, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon will finalize a three-year contract extension sometime in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the situation. ...more

May 20, 2009

It's the kind of smart phone Jack Bauer of "24" would love. Called the Sectera Edge, it's the only secure mobile device certified by the National Security Agency, said Michael Guzelian, vice president of secure voice and data products for General Dynamics. ...more

May 11, 2009

It's the kind of smart phone Jack Bauer would love. Called the Sectera Edge, it's the only secure mobile device certified by the National Security Agency, said Michael Guzelian, vice president of secure voice and data products for General Dynamics. Guzelian showed off the phone Friday as he prepared for a high-tech job fair the company is putting on at the Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza at 4200 Jim Walter Blvd. The two-day event starts at 11 a.m. Monday and will give software engineers, networking engineers and communications experts a chance to see openings the company has in Florida, particularly at its Sunrise operation, and meet hiring managers. For information, visit the company's Web site at ww.gdc4s.com/careers. ...more

May 9, 2009

News Corp. says Owen Van Natta, a former Facebook executive, will be the new CEO of MySpace. ...more

April 24, 2009

A month ago, students at Hillsborough High School had nothing positive to say about Positive Park. ...more

April 23, 2009

A South Florida boy who became an Internet sensation during the presidential campaign has received a full scholarship to a Georgia university. ...more

April 17, 2009

NEW YORK - Boston pitcher Josh Beckett has been suspended for six games and fined by Major League Baseball, which determined he intentionally threw a pitch near the head of the Los Angeles Angels' Bobby Abreu last week. ...more

April 14, 2009