A 5-year look at Jabil Circuit's stock performance. Quarterly earnings rose 76 percent. Wake up and good morning. One of the greatest performing stocks of our era... that you've never heard of... ... Read more Read More
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Mitt Romney stood in an industrial manufacturing plant attacking President Barack Obama. "He's a nice guy, but he's in over his head," Romney said. "We need to have a president who understands the economy if we... Read More
by Benjamin J. Kirby It is very important that you read the piece by former Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith on why he is leaving the world's premier investment bank. Today is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost... Read More
A January 2012 job fair in downtown St. Petersburg drew 3,000 people. Photo: Melissa Lyttle, Tampa Bay Times Wake up and good morning. On its surface, it's great news that Florida's unemployment rate in January (the news was released by the state... Read More
Spring break revelers in Panama City on Florida's Panhandle. In Canada the Toronto Star named Panama City one of the ten "trashiest" places to party for spring break in 2012. AP photo Wake up and good morning. Despite $3.75-a-gallon gas... Read More
The Pinellas Park branch of First Home Bank of Seminole, one of the few "zero star" rated banks remaining in the Tampa Bay metro area. Wake up and good morning. Another sign of our slowly improving economy? The good news is that only 39 Flor... Read More
Wake up and good morning. Is charitable giving in Florida finally crawling out of its crater? After giving by individuals, foundations and corporations fell 8.6 percent between 2008 and 2009 -- after plummeting by double digits the year before -- a new... Read More
The first thing you need to do is go read Ryan Lizza's piece in the New Yorker entitled "The Obama Memos". I can tell already this is one of those stories that is going to have some staying power with... Read More
From an email alert I got from POLITICO today: The U.S. added 243,000 jobs in January - far exceeding expectations of about 150,000 jobs - and the unemployment rate dipped to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent in December, the Labor... Read More
A few weeks ago, I sort of wondered out loud what the political impact would be if the economy sort of modestly continued to improve over the next few months leading up to the election. Not necessarily what people are... Read More
