The new gold rush is on. The price of the precious metal is soaring, hitting a record $1,119 an ounce Wednesday - confounding market analysts who thought there was no way gold would remain so expensive when it first cracked the unheard-of $1,000 mark last year. ...more

November 12, 2009

So where is the treasure from the Black Swan? Odyssey Marine found it. Spain claims it as government property. After Odyssey recovered the coins from the ocean floor, company officials flew in the dark of night May 17, 2007, on a private charter jet from Gibraltar to Tampa. Now, ...more

September 13, 2009

Somebody sent the county finance department a $31,907 cashier's check last Friday with instructions to use it to help fund the salary of the sole Little Rock Cannery employee. ...more

July 22, 2009

Figure out your plan B in case you lose your job. ...more

April 20, 2009

LaFleur's Tampa was edged out by Orlando Metroplex at the Florida State Level 10 Gymnastics championships, taking second place with a total of 112.750 points. ...more

April 1, 2009

LaFleur's Tampa was edged out by Orlando Metroplex at the Florida State Level 10 Gymnastics championships, taking second place with a total of 112.750 points. ...more

April 1, 2009

LaFleur's Tampa was edged out by Orlando Metroplex at the Florida State Level 10 Gymnastics championships, taking second place with a total of 112.750 points. ...more

April 1, 2009

After finishing as runners-up last year, Catherine Hires knew she and her Lafleur's Tampa teammates had a chance at a state gymnastics title. But at a January meet, the reality this could be the year finally struck home. ...more

March 25, 2009

Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs. ...more

March 23, 2009

Most of us can't really conceive of just how much money a trillion dollars is. I know it's a "1" with 12 zeros after it, but it's hard to get a handle on how much space that much cash would take up. I keep thinking of those old comic books with Disney's Scrooge McDuck. He kept all his money in a vault that looked like a swimming pool full of dollars. My guess is even Scrooge McDuck didn't have that much cash in his vault. ...more

March 6, 2009