Business
Business as usual for Tarpon Springs merchants after fire
The Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks echoed with the sounds of live music, tourists with foreign accents and bustling shopkeepers Sunday afternoon, but just days before it was a din of sirens and crackling flames.
2 hours ago
Mullins: You can take building trend to the bank
9 hours ago
Construction of Sylvia’s restaurant set to begin in St. Pete
After a long wait, construction is set to start to bring a branch of the world-famous Sylvia’s soul food restaurant to the Midtown neighborhood.
23 hours ago
People turn out to enjoy St. Pete’s doomed pier
A simmering heat over Tampa Bay didn’t discourage scores of people from gathering at The Pier on Saturday for one of the last parties at the 40-year-old landmark.
05/18/13
Locals who lost homes getting mortgages
Stuck renting for a few years, Tampa Bay area residents who had a foreclosure during the housing crash are buying homes again
05/18/13
New state law adds oversight to incentives, watchdogs say
Government watchdogs are hailing a new law that will try to make companies more accountable for the economic incentives they get from Florida.
05/18/13
Scott touts job numbers, signs tax break in Tampa
Florida's jobless rate for April dropped to 7.2 percent, numbers touted Friday by Gov. Rick Scott during a visit to a Tampa to sign a bill that creates a tax break for state manufacturers.
05/17/13
New home construction surges 50% in Tampa area
More Tampa Bay area homebuilders are swinging hammers again as the improving economy helped boost new home construction by nearly 50 percent in the first quarter of this year.
05/17/13
Sales improving with economy, boat show vendors say
Bryan Crowder and Debbie Culala were supposed to be in research mode this weekend.
05/17/13
Unemployment falls in 40 states, rises in three
Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country.
05/17/13
Expansion plans for Clearwater marine hospital unveiled
05/17/13
Port admonishes Channelside bidders’ ‘decorum’
Bidders hoping to take over the Channelside Bay Plaza apparently lost their “decorum” – using “foul” language and making threats against officials with the Tampa Port Authority who would be their future landlords – as negotiations over a potential deal...
05/16/13
Magazine: Bradenton among best small U.S. downtowns
A business magazine considers Bradenton to have one of American’s best small-city downtowns.
05/16/13
Floridians’ travel plans good news for tourism
Seventy percent of Florida residents plan to take a summer vacation of four days or more between May and September, 5 percent more than a year ago, an AAA Travel report said.
05/16/13