Florida Republicans from the Tampa Bay area and elsewhere are questioning whether the state would get its fair share of the $819 billion stimulus package the House passed Wednesday. ...more

January 30, 2009

Starbucks is reporting that its profit dropped 69 percent in its fiscal first quarter and it plans to close more stores and cut more jobs. ...more

January 28, 2009

Who knew that a key to a rebound on Wall Street could be a TV ad during Super Bowl. ...more

January 27, 2009

Wall Street bonuses apparently have cost former Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain his new job at Bank of America Corp. ...more

January 24, 2009

Valerie Iengo of Port Richey says we should be battling against the current economic difficulties, not matters of personal choice. ...more

January 14, 2009

Irv Friedman of Beacon Woods says it doesn't take much to produce a hateful reaction against Jews. ...more

January 14, 2009

1. "I will bring honesty and integrity back into the White House," referring to Clinton's lie about a sexual affair. 2. "This country needs to be run like a business and I have been a business owner." I guess he forgot every company he had went bankrupt. 3. "We can have a tax cut and balance the budget and they are only temporary." Oh! 4. "I seem to remember going to guard meetings in Alabama." Sure. 5. "I am a Christian man and will not answer any question that pertains to any part of my past before I was born again." ...more

January 13, 2009

Wall Street saw a merciful end Wednesday to a dreadful year as stocks closed the last session of 2008 with a sizable advance. ...more

January 1, 2009

A $10,000 statue stolen from the Palm Beach estate of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has been found, with a message. ...more

January 1, 2009

A $10,000 statue stolen from the Palm Beach estate of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has been found, with a message. ...more

December 31, 2008