A later-than-normal Easter has impacted chain store sales this month, according to an agency that tracks the retail industry. ...more

March 24, 2009

The number of hotel rooms booked in January declined 5.7 percent in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region compared with 5.4 percent for Florida and 7.7 percent for the United States, a Tennessee travel industry consultant reported. ...more

March 24, 2009

Thomas Rosenberger was buying clothes in bulk. He visited the Big and Tall Men's Wear in Spring Hill during the weekend and stocked up on shorts, pants and shirts because he knew he wouldn't get another chance. ...more

March 22, 2009

Six of seven counties in the Bay area are growing in population, but Pinellas continues a four-year decline, the latest census data show. ...more

March 20, 2009

Seattle Paper Goes Online Hearst Corp. announced Monday that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will print its last newspaper edition today and become exclusively Web-based as www.seattlepi.com, making it the nation's largest daily newspaper to move to online only. ...more

March 17, 2009

Ridership continues to grow on Amtrak's Silver Star serving Tampa on its New York-Miami route, bucking nationwide projections of lower ridership because of the recession and a decline in gasoline prices. ...more

March 11, 2009

More Internet users are communicating on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter than by e-mail, according to a study by Nielsen Media Research. ...more

March 10, 2009

Tampa International Airport will cut its annual budget and post a smaller surplus than expected because fewer passengers are expected to use the airport in the next few months, airport director Louis Miller said Thursday. ...more

March 6, 2009

Tampa International Airport will cut its annual budget and post a smaller surplus than expected because fewer passengers are expected to use the airport in the next few months, airport director Louis Miller said this morning. ...more

March 5, 2009

An 8.1 percent projected decline in passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport through September will require the airport to trim its budget, airport officials said today. ...more

March 5, 2009