Busch Entertainment Corp, which operates Busch Gardens Tampa Bay along with nine other U.S. theme parks, could become an attractive buyout target if a Belgian brewer moves ahead with a $46 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., according to published reports. ...more

May 28, 2008

Thousands of sleeping bags and magic wands contaminated by excessive levels of lead paint are being recalled by The Walt Disney Co., federal inspectors said Thursday. ...more

May 23, 2008

Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. because they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and Microsoft has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ad market, a flaw it was willing to pay $47.5 billion to fix it. ...more

May 6, 2008

The Walt Disney Co.'s quarterly profit fell 26 percent from a year earlier, when it benefited from the sale of a magazine and entertainment channel, but the media conglomerate notched a 9 percent jump in revenue powered by growth in its cable and television division. ...more

February 6, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Bridgeport Center Sold Flagler Development Group of Jacksonville has acquired its first Tampa property, paying $29.5 million to buy the nine-story Bridgeport Center, 5201 W. Kennedy Blvd., from Boston-based AEW Capital Management. Mike Davis, senior director for Cushman & Wakefield, which brokered the deal, said Bridgeport Center is the area's first major office building to trade hands since the credit crunch hit Wall Street in November. Davis said the 170,924-square-foot building in the West Shore business district sold for nearly as much as Cushman & Wakefield estimated it would before the credit troubles. The deal proves buyers remain bullish about commercial properties in the Tampa Bay area, Davis said. ...more

February 2, 2008

Striking Hollywood writers could begin informal talks with studio chiefs as early as this week in an effort to end a two-month walkout that has hobbled the entertainment industry, according to a person familiar with the bargaining strategy of the writers union. ...more

January 20, 2008

Joyce Carlson, a Disney artist who helped create the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides across the globe, died at home. She was 84. ...more

January 5, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates today. ...more

January 5, 2008

ORLANDO - Joyce Carlson, a Disney artist who helped create the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides across the globe, died at home. She was 84. ...more

January 4, 2008

Miami-based Lennar Corp. on Tuesday walked away from developments planned for Pasco, Hillsborough and five other Florida counties. The troubled builder sold 8,300 homesites to Tampa-based Metro Development Group for an undisclosed sum. ...more

December 4, 2007