Heavy water users could get soaked with a drought surcharge on their bills under a recommendation by regional regulators. ...more

April 25, 2009

In December, J.D. Power and Associates praised WellCare Health Plans Inc. for "outstanding customer service experience" in handling customer calls about their Medicaid and Medicare benefits with WellCare. ...more

March 22, 2009

Three days after telling customers to expect a big decrease in next month's electric bill, Progress Energy asked regulators Friday for a hefty increase in base service rates. ...more

March 21, 2009

In December, J.D. Power and Associates praised WellCare Health Plans Inc. for "outstanding customer service experience" in handling customer calls about their Medicaid and Medicare benefits with WellCare. Two months later, federal regulators suspended Tampa-based WellCare from signing up new Medicare clients, citing "persistent" failures to handle customer appeals and "immediate need" calls, such as patients unable to get critical drugs entitled to them. ...more

March 20, 2009

$104 million Annual rate increase approved by regulators Tuesday $228 million Rate increase requested by TECO ...more

March 18, 2009

The University of South Florida on Monday launched a drive to persuade area doctors to ditch their paper medical records and switch to an all-electronic prescriptions system. ...more

March 17, 2009

The University of South Florida Monday launched a drive to persuade area doctors to ditch their paper medical records and switch to an all electronic prescriptions system. ...more

March 16, 2009

Bernard Madoff's guilty plea Thursday must not end the government's efforts to find answers - and more potential culprits - in the biggest financial fraud in history. The 70-year-old Madoff deserves what amounts to a life sentence for defrauding 4,800 investors with his high-flying Ponzi scheme. ...more

March 14, 2009

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union and GTE Federal Credit Union, two of the Bay area's biggest credit unions, plan to merge, the companies announced Tuesday. ...more

March 6, 2009

When Progress Energy announced plans more than two years ago to build a nuclear plant in Levy County, the project was met with little resistance. ...more

February 27, 2009