A company with ties to a business empire of old will be joining a more modern dynasty soon with the purchase of Tampa's Vitality Foodservice Inc. by Nestle of Switzerland. ...more

November 24, 2009

WestShore Plaza owner may change WestShore Plaza could have a new owner soon. Current owner Glimcher Realty Trust is close to a deal to sell a 60 percent stake in WestShore and one other mall to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP for $195 million, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources. ...more

November 4, 2009

China took a big leap into the U.S. renewable energy market Thursday, putting up $1.5 billion for a 36,000-acre wind farm in Texas with the power to light 180,000 homes. ...more

October 30, 2009

The publisher of Reader's Digest, the country's most popular general interest magazine, said Monday it will seek Chapter 11 protection from creditors amid declining circulation, an industrywide advertising slump and debt. ...more

August 18, 2009

OSI Clarifies Consultant Use OSI Restaurant Partners, the parent of Outback Steakhouse, on Thursday said it has not retained a restructuring adviser, contrary to a national media report. ...more

March 13, 2009

With Creative Loafing stuck in bankruptcy, a rival Atlanta weekly newspaper is pushing into the Tampa market, planning a local expansion and hoping to buy the six-newspaper Creative Loafing chain out of bankruptcy court. ...more

February 6, 2009

The president's disgust at Wall Street looters was good. But we need more. We need disgorgement. ...more

February 3, 2009

Circuit City on Friday became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis, announcing it will shut down its remaining 567 U.S. stores at the cost of 34,000 more jobs after failing to sell the business. ...more

January 17, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - A seven-member group of investors has agreed to buy the remnants of failed lender IndyMac Bank, a symbol of the U.S. housing boom and bust, for $13.9 billion, federal regulators said Friday. ...more

January 4, 2009

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

November 19, 2008