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feed text Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year
Fri, 25 May 2012 07:45:04 -0400
Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.
text Facebook launches iPhone camera app
Thu, 24 May 2012 23:37:57 -0400

Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. Today, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.


DALLAS - Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months, touted as a solution to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.


text Mise en Place opens wine bar at Tampa airport
Thu, 24 May 2012 14:59:40 -0400

Tampa International Airport's ongoing efforts to lure local establishments continues with the addition of First Flight, a wine bar operated by Mise en Place.


The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, is dropping its daily circulation after 175 years and plans to issue three printed editions a week starting in the fall. With the change, the newspaper would become the largest metro newspaper in the nation to drop daily circulation in this digital age.
text Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
Thu, 24 May 2012 07:43:13 -0400
Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."
Time Warner Cable Inc. Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt says not everything on cable is worth watching.
text Business Briefs for May 24
Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Hewlett-Packard plans to cut 27,000 jobs

A home buyer was turned down for homeowner's insurance in Suncoast Meadows because the house is near a former landfill.


text Taco Bus to open new location near USF in June
Wed, 23 May 2012 14:08:07 -0400

A sign announcing the upcoming arrival of a Taco Bus recently appeared in a window at the site of a former Taqueria Monterrey.


An undercover investigation into unlicensed contractors resulted in the arrests of five men who posed online as licensed electricians, Tampa police said.


The Hillsborough County Job Creation Program still has $150,000 in wage reimbursement funds available for small businesses to add employees. To qualify, businesses must be for-profit, independently owned, located in the county and be at least two years old; have 10 or fewer employees; hire up to three new employees who are not related to the owner and show a net increase in positions.

Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular, middle-of-the-night blastoff.


Federal regulators are reviewing what JPMorgan Chase told investors about its finances and the risks it took weeks before suffering a multibillion-dollar trading loss.

Some arriving and departing flights at Tampa International Airport and other airports on the East Coast were canceled or delayed due to a power outage at a radar center in north Florida on Tuesday, FAA officials said.


text Sales of previously occupied homes up in April
Tue, 22 May 2012 11:18:10 -0400
Americans bought more previously owned homes in April, a hopeful sign that the weak housing market is gradually improving.
Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged.

Hillsborough transit planners have proposed a fare increase and service cuts to make up a budget deficit during the next five years.


text Business briefs for May 22
Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Facebook shares fall 11% on second trading day
If you're flying this summer, be prepared to kiss your family goodbye at the gate. Even if they're on the same plane.
text Trauma center network still gaining traction
Mon, 21 May 2012 12:36:52 -0400

It could be another year before a University of South Florida emergency care partnership produces any research results.


text Work starts on SunRail track in Orlando
Mon, 21 May 2012 08:51:03 -0400
Work on a seven-mile stretch of track that will be used by SunRail trains begins this week.
text Iconic Red Rose Inn in Plant City closes
Mon, 21 May 2012 06:42:49 -0400

The Red Rose Inn was financially sound, but the death of the owners' daughter led the family to conclude that running the business simply was too much right now, daughter Rosemary Madonia said.


Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders.
text Business Calendar for May 21
Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400
Riverview chamber meeting is Tuesday

Florida is the third-largest beef-producing state east of the Mississippi River and ranks 10th in the nation. But it's getting harder for families like the Barthles to keep their family tradition alive as a business.


text West Shore becomes new center of Tampa
Sun, 20 May 2012 09:10:33 -0400

On the breezy terrace of Texas de Brazil in West Shore, guests clink glasses and nibble on appetizers as cranes overhead lift steel beams into place for yet another tower in the booming MetWest complex.


Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is emerging from a complex financial drama as the only qualified bidder for the Channelside Bay Plaza.


In the past six months, Gil Livingstone has replaced his front lawn twice. He blames ammonia seeping from an underground landfill he says wasn't fully disclosed by the homebuilder - one of the nation's largest.


text Much done, plenty left with 100 days until RNC
Sat, 19 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400

Secure a pair of major Republican National Convention facilities, check. Obtain more than $1 million for a pre-convention party for 14,000 attendees, check. Create online directory to link local, small businesses with convention needs, check.



Canada police arrest nearly 700 students
text Canada police arrest nearly 700 students CANADIAN police made nearly 700 arrests after mass protests by students in several cities on Wednesday night. (heraldsun world)
Dirt Showdown review
text Dirt Showdown review Dirt Showdown is a boisterous and varied racer best enjoyed with friends, writes Tom Hoggins. (telegraph technology)
NASA time-lapse shows Lyrid meteor shower from space - as well as the Aurora Borealis and lightning
text NASA time - lapse shows Lyrid meteor shower from space - as well as the Aurora Borealis and lightnin ISS astronauts captured a cameo appearance from the Lyrid metorite shower, as well as lightning and glare from city lights in Florida. (dailymail sciencetech)