When ethanol-blended gasoline started turning up at gas stations in the Tampa Bay area last year, Fred Richardson had a flash from the past. ...more

February 9, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Tampa IndyMac Closing Tampa is one of five cities where IndyMac Bancorp will close regional wholesale mortgage centers as the Pasadena, Calif.-based home lender eliminates 2,400 jobs, or 24 percent of its remaining work force. A company spokesman on Thursday would not disclose the number of affected employees in Tampa or when layoffs would occur. The company, which has said its layoffs nationally will occur in the first quarter, opened the Tampa office in May 2006, saying that it would employ 140 here. ...more

January 18, 2008

In the wacky world of gas pricing, fluctuations can be major and the reasons can vary greatly. The main reason is that retailers selling gas blended with up to 10 percent ethanol can charge less because of federal tax rebates, said Jim Smith, head of the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association in Tallahassee. ...more

January 8, 2008