A division of General Electric will lay off 250 customer service workers in Tampa as it moves the work to other offices. ...more

May 1, 2009

Ailing from the recession, many U.S. hospitals have had to begin making painful cuts to patient services and laying off staff, as previous cost-cutting hasn't been enough, an industry survey found. ...more

April 27, 2009

Two Kmart stores in St. Petersburg will close in May as Kmart's parent company shuts underperforming stores. ...more

February 27, 2009

Thain Resigns From Bank Of America NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street bonuses, a sore point as the government gives billions of dollars in bailout money to the financial industry, have apparently cost former Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO John Thain his new job at Bank of America Corp. ...more

January 25, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - An alarming half-million American jobs vanished virtually in a flash last month, the worst mass layoffs in over a third of a century, as economic carnage spread ever faster and the U.S. hurtled toward what could be the hardest hard times since the Great Depression. ...more

December 7, 2008

An alarming half-million American jobs vanished last month, the worst mass layoffs in more than a third of a century, as economic carnage spread ever faster and the nation hurtled toward what could be the hardest hard times since the Great Depression. ...more

December 6, 2008

Some took effect Sunday, according to company ...more

December 2, 2008

Cemex will hand pink slips to workers at its Brooksville North cement production plant this month, according to state records and a company spokeswoman. ...more

December 2, 2008

A marketing research firm is dimming its Internet advertising outlook for the next four years, the latest sign of the more austere times looming for the high-tech sector. ...more

December 1, 2008

With the economy in the tank, this was a tough year for NASCAR. ...more

November 19, 2008