Wake up and good morning. Every metro area strives -- often vaguely -- to give itself an identity that resonates with its residents and hopefully those that visit there. Tampa Bay's still working on that regional theme. Tampa's trying to present itself... Read More

Bloomin' Brands, the name of the Tampa parent of the Outback Steakhouse restaurant and such other chains as Carrabba's Italian Grill and Bonefish Grill, said it will seek to raise $300 million in an initial public offering the company says will be used... Read More

Yes, some of the jobs to be added by Florida businesses this year will include holding signs along busy streets. But it is a job. (Photo: Dirk Shadd, Tampa Bay Times.) Wake up and good morning. A few new surveys are out suggesting a notable slice... Read More

Wake up and good morning: 5 things happening in the Tampa Bay business community you should know about: 1. The first meeting of Tampa Bay's new Research Council was held earlier this week, a new organization of medical/biotech interests here that hopes... Read More

Wake up and good morning: 5 things happening in the Tampa Bay business community you should know about: 1. The first meeting of Tampa Bay's new Research Council was held earlier this week, a new organization of medical/biotech interests here that hopes... Read More

Until Florida can stop hemmorrhaging construction jobs, its economy can't stabilize. These folks sought jobs in 2010 at Tampa's Encore project, one of the larger building efforts now under way in the bay area. (Photo: John Pendygraft, Tampa Bay T... Read More

  Progress Energy seeks to build a 2-reactor nuclear power plant in Levy County using the Westinghouse AP1000 design. But at what price tag? ... Read more Read More

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

  The Tampa Bay Rays 2011 late season comeback -- one for the history books -- to get into the playoffs was highlighted by Evan Longoria's walkoff home run in late September. The Rays beat the Yankees 8-7, coming back from a 7-0 deficit, and earn... Read More

Kelly Curtis, widow of a slain Tampa police officer and the mother of four sons, was a victim of tax refund fraud and identity theft. Photo: Tampa Bay Times' Edmund D. Fountain, 2010. Wake up and good morning. Let's follow up on yesterday's blog posti... Read More