The exposure that comes with tonight's game at North Carolina is something few college football programs can buy. ...more

October 22, 2009

Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of at least $1 million to four key executives as part of a plan to keep hundreds of employees from leaving the government-controlled company. ...more

March 18, 2009

Florida Lottery sales are going flat, a legislative audit reported today. ...more

March 12, 2009

A new audit shows that sales of the Florida Lottery are going flat. ...more

March 12, 2009

A Ruskin man whose service career spanned 30 years, including service in World War II, was the first veteran through the gate March 4 as the Florida Strawberry Festival celebrated Military Day. ...more

March 11, 2009

It was the United States against the rest of the world. At least that was the case during a recent two-day golf outing in South Shore. ...more

March 4, 2009

'User' Tax A Remedy Jump-starting the economy should not be as difficult as it seems. Most economists agree that the mortgage crisis is one cause, if not the main one. A one-cent increase in the state or county sales tax could be a sure remedy. ...more

January 9, 2009

Expect to see more detour signs in 2009, but that's a good thing. The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled more than $23 million in road construction, resurfacing, airport improvements and landscaping. ...more

December 31, 2008

I have read in the statutes that reserves are not for regular expenses, but are for special ones like roofs, painting, and paving. Would a reserve fund be valid for insurance? ...more

October 12, 2008

John Beamer, a Boston-based management consultant, writes about the economics of baseball for The Hardball Times, an online baseball magazine (hardballtimes .com). Beamer recently answered a Tribune reporter's questions about the value of the Tampa Bay Rays, now that they have achieved a winning season, and how major league teams are valued overall. ...more

September 6, 2008