Hugh Culverhouse owned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but the team suffered, says son Hugh Culverhouse Jr., because his father was "tightfisted." Now Culverhouse Jr. is in court on multiple fronts to defend his own investments. (Photos: Tampa... Read More

Many years ago I worked at a Fortune 500 company.  I had a tricky problem with accounts receivables and I needed a customized system to help track and collect them.  The “IT Department” gave me a quote of $100,000 and a wait of 2 to 4 years.  Instead, I bought a $99 copy of QuickBooks [...] Read More

Wake up and good morning. Kudos to the Tampa Bay business community's rallying -- thus far -- around the University of South Florida in the face of the Neanderthal extortion tactics by lame duck Senate budget chairman JD 'My Way or the Highway' Alexand... Read More

Over the past few months it has become more and more evident that the dark humor comments made years ago by celebrities and companies is no longer “in”. Looking back at Roland Martin’s comments on Twitter the night of the NFL Super Bowl a few weeks ago, the opinion of a group showed jokes of … Read more Read More

Tampa Bay Rays executives Matt Silverman (right), 35, president, and Mark Fernandez, 46, senior vp of marketing, visited Tuesday to discuss how what the Rays organization does off the ballfield can have a huge effect on the ballfield and in the broade... Read More

Wake up and good morning. The state-run Citizens Property Insurance business has never been a favorite with Floridians, though it came in handy in the early days -- post Hurricane Andrew -- when private insurance essentially fled the state. It's not mu... Read More

Many good firms are still struggling with the economy and are waiting things out. They have cut back costs as far as possible but are at a loss on how to increase sales and profits.  Here are seven steps you should be taking now to increase your sales and  profits in the new economy:  Understand your [...] Read More

Wake up and good morning. This is a call to arms to the Tampa Bay business community. One of Tampa Bay's most treasured institutions and, frankly, its greatest economic engine is under direct attack right now. The University of South Florida has been t... Read More

Some of the 800 Vegas-style slot machines installed at the Hard Rock casino near Tampa last year. Photo by Willie J. Allen Jr., Tampa Bay Times. Wake up and good morning. Don't look now but the Seminole Indian Tribe and its Hard Rock Casino empire (20... Read More

What is today’s front page, becomes tomorrow’s small caption on the back.  And in today’s online world, the major headline dwindles to a future hyperlink in an upcoming column.  The same theory applies to this week’s top headlines stemming from the NFL Super Bowl.  Society has moved on to this weekend’s Grammy Awards and other … Read more Read More