Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday named former Walter Industries executive Don DeFosset to the Tampa Sports Authority for a term ending July 1, 2013. ...more

August 15, 2009

Shareholders of Walter Industries on Thursday gave the company a new identity to better reflect its core business: coal production. ...more

April 25, 2009

Shareholders of Walter Industries today approved a spinoff of the company's financing business, allowing the Tampa-based company to focus solely on coal production. ...more

April 23, 2009

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. expects to complete the spinoff of its financing business by Friday, the company said. This comes after a vote Wednesday by shareholders of Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings to merge with Walter Investment Management LLC. A favorable ruling by the Internal Revenue Service related to the deal helped satisfy conditions for the closing. ...more

April 16, 2009

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March 9, 2009

After years of losing money and an unsuccessful bid to find a buyer, a long-time Tampa home building company is calling it quits. ...more

January 7, 2009

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. announced today that it is closing its Jim Walter Homes subsidiary, which means the loss of 230 jobs nationwide, including 45 in Tampa. ...more

January 6, 2009

Shares of Walter Industries, which peaked at more than $111 in July, have plunged to around $19 because of a sharp decline in demand for steel-making coal. ...more

November 20, 2008

TAMPA Shares of Walter Industries, which peaked at more than $111 in July, have plunged to around $19 because of a sharp decline in demand for steel-making coal. The stock was recently downgraded by Friedman Billings Ramsey to "market perform" from "outperform." ...more

November 19, 2008

Walter Industries, a leading coal producer, has boosted its production and supply of coal with the acquisition of a coal-mining company in Alabama. ...more

September 9, 2008