Auto parts manufacturer Lear Corp. plans to relocate much of the work now being done at its Tampa manufacturing plant to Mexico and China, according to the president of the local United Auto Workers chapter. ...more

September 12, 2008

After several delays, the city's airport officially started construction for its new terminal building. ...more

August 29, 2008

U.S. banking industry profits plunged by 86 percent in the second quarter and the number of troubled banks jumped to the highest level in about five years as slumps in the housing and credit markets continued. ...more

August 27, 2008

Airline industry woes are giving airports across the nation a shrinking feeling. ...more

August 14, 2008

Tampa International Airport managers have set goals for 2009, including steps they need to take to maintain the number of nonstop destinations airlines offer out of Tampa during the airline industry's continued downturn. ...more

August 13, 2008

All good things come to an end, and for me, the best time of my life has been the past 24 years as the outdoors editor of The Tampa Tribune. Economic conditions and a proffered buyout combined with the fact that I'm only a few months from Medicare make this prime time for me to take a bow and start easing toward the exit. Though I hope it won't be curtains for me, so to speak. As Bobby Bowden has famously pointed out, there's not but one big event left after you retire. So I am "semi-retiring." ...more

July 20, 2008

Americans are raiding their already fragile retirement piggy banks to weather financial hardships such as unemployment, medical emergencies and buying a home. ...more

July 17, 2008

TAMPA - Lazydays RV SuperCenter, the huge recreational vehicle dealer off Interstate 4 in Seffner, reported Wednesday that it has laid off 75 employees, about 15 percent of its work force. ...more

July 9, 2008

With fewer homebuyers in the South signing sales contracts to purchase existing homes in May than in April, the region showed the largest regional drop across the nation, a report released Tuesday said. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA — A pending sales index shows 7.1 percent fewer home buyers in the South signed sales contracts to purchase existing homes in May than in April. It was the largest regional drop, according to a report released today by the National Association of Realtors. The index for the South also hit a new low, said Mike Larson an analyst with Weiss Research in Jupiter. It was a disappointment, he said, because, "the housing market had a bit of bounce in April because of moves made by the Feds to lower interest rates. ...more

July 8, 2008