Auto lender GMAC Financial Services said it expects to announce a combined fourth-quarter net loss of about $5 billion, hurt by its struggling mortgage division. ...more

January 5, 2010

Evidence that the economic rebound could eventually raise inflationary pressures emerged in a report Tuesday that wholesale prices surged in November. ...more

December 16, 2009

BJ's Wholesale Club recently celebrated a landmark: It has contributed a total of $500,000 for more than 120 scholarships for economically disadvantaged students through the Step Up For Students Scholarship Program, an initiative of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. ...more

December 9, 2009

If we had our way, Hillsborough County would restore Cone Ranch, transforming ditches and pastures into creeks and wetlands, and open it to the public as a wilderness park. ...more

November 2, 2009

Gasoline prices edged down in Florida by 4 cents a gallon last week as wholesale crude oil prices slipped and the peak summer driving season wanes. ...more

September 6, 2009

The price of gasoline in Florida rose by nearly a dime a gallon this past week, possibly propelled by a rise in wholesale prices since late July. ...more

August 11, 2009

The phony jewelers are here in force, offering you "top dollar" for your gold and valuables. Beware! I attended one of these "Hotel Heists." What I saw and experienced was unbelievable. ...more

July 10, 2009

On Monday, the governing board of Tampa Bay used one hand to hold its collective nose and plunged the other into the pockets of the people in Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties who consume the water the regional wholesale utility produces. Then the board voted to spend an estimated $125 million over the next five years to repair the many cracks that have developed in the utility's 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. ...more

June 23, 2009

Gasoline prices in Florida continue to rise, but the pace of the increases could slow after jumping 39 cents a gallon in May. ...more

June 2, 2009

Gasoline prices in Florida continue to rise, but the pace of the increases could slow after jumping 39 cents a gallon in May. ...more

June 1, 2009