Walt Disney World has launched its most severe discounting ever as it combats slumping attendance and a decline in visitors' discretionary spending. ...more

February 19, 2009

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the biggest U.S. tire maker, plans to cut 5,000 jobs this year after posting a fourth-quarter loss of $330 million and a 21 percent decline in sales. ...more

February 18, 2009

The president and chief executive of the fourth largest steel company in North America, Tampa-based Gerdau Ameristeel, said Tuesday the Obama administration must manage the psychology of the economic recovery for the government's stimulus package to become effective. ...more

February 18, 2009

The president and chief executive of the fourth largest steel company in North America, Tampa-based Gerdau Ameristeel, said this morning the Obama administration must manage the psychology of the economic recovery for the government's stimulus package to become effective. ...more

February 17, 2009

Tampa International Airport reported a 14 percent decline in passenger traffic in January compared with a year ago – down to 658,779 departing passengers. ...more

February 13, 2009

Home prices fell in nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. cities in the fourth quarter of last year as low-cost foreclosures flooded the market and the housing market's decline spread nationwide. ...more

February 13, 2009

The local property appraiser didn't think much about the recent data that ranks Hernando County among one of the hardest hit in the housing crisis. ...more

February 12, 2009

Following an 8.4 percent decrease last year, the total taxable value of property in Highlands County could drop by more than twice that rate this year, according to Highlands County Property Appraiser Raymond McIntyre. ...more

February 10, 2009

Chain store sales fell for the fourth consecutive month, but the losses were not as severe as anticipated. ...more

February 8, 2009

WASHINGTON - Recession-battered employers eliminated 598,000 jobs in January, the most since the end of 1974, and catapulted the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent. The grim figures were further proof that the nation's job climate is deteriorating at an alarming clip with no end in sight. ...more

February 6, 2009