TAMPA Outback Steakhouse's parent company, OSI Restaurant Partners, posted a huge loss of nearly $177 million in its second quarter, much of it related to a reduction in the company's value, but also triggered by a steep drop in restaurant sales. ...more

August 15, 2008

The former top attorney at Apple Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle federal regulators' charges that she altered company records to conceal improper backdating of stock options for senior executives including Steve Jobs. ...more

August 15, 2008

A government order expired Tuesday that temporarily banned a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks. ...more

August 13, 2008

Aerosonic Corp. could temporarily relocate to Virginia some of the 40 employees whose work spaces were destroyed in a fire that started Friday night and destroyed one of the company's buildings in a Northside industrial park. ...more

August 11, 2008

A relatively new homeowners insurance company with plans to expand operations in the Tampa Bay area raised millions of dollars from investors this week. ...more

August 1, 2008

A new homeowners insurance company plans to expand operations in the Bay area and raised millions of dollars from investors this week. ...more

July 31, 2008

Pax World Management Corp. has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine because it failed to follow its own socially responsible investing criteria over a five-year period, when two of its mutual funds invested in off-limits industries such as gambling and liquor, and oil and gas exploration. ...more

July 31, 2008

As the purchase of XM Satellite Radio by larger rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. closed Tuesday, questions remained over whether the combined company can handle its $3.4 billion in debt, including $1.1 billion due next year. ...more

July 30, 2008

A bride-to-be says her dream honeymoon is tainted because a Tampa-based travel agency took her money but didn't pay for the reservations at a Jamaican resort. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA - A bride-to-be says her dream honeymoon is tainted because a Tampa-based travel agency took her money but didn't pay for the reservations at a Jamaican resort. ...more

July 23, 2008