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Jeff Harrington - Former Times staffer
Jeff Harrington

Former Times staffer

Jeff Harrington is a former business editor at the Tampa Bay Times

  1. Florida women inch toward closing pay gap, but still a long way to go
    Oct. 24, 2018• Business
    This April 8, 2014 file photo shows then-President Barack Obama signing executive actions aimed at closing a compensation gender gap that favors men. New data shows the gap has improved slightly in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
  2. Time is ticking to nominate your employer as a top workplace in Tampa Bay
    Oct. 22, 2018• Business
    Ringman Gene McQueen facilitates a car auction at Cox Automotive d.b.a. Mannheim, which ranked as one of the Top Workplaces in the midsize category in 2018. Want to nominate an employer for the 2019 list? The deadline is Nov. 16 [ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times file]
  3. Love your job? Here's how to nominate your employer as a Tampa Bay Top Workplace
    Sep. 10, 2018• Business
    Ditek Corp CEO Bob McIntyre addressed his employees last year during a quarterly rewards luncheon. Ditek was among Tampa Bay Time's Top 100 Workplaces in 2018. [LANCE ROTHSTEIN | Special to The Times]
  5. Five signs the economy may be cooling
    Jul. 6, 2018• Business
    In this June photo, several ship to shore cranes stack shipping containers on-board the container ship Maersk Semarang at the Port of Savannah. The U.S. plans on Friday to begin imposing 25 percent duties on $34 billion in Chinese products -- which is one reason that economic angst has increased. [AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton]
  6. Tampa Bay's top workplaces share tips, insights at event today
    May 10, 2018• Business
    Senior loan services representative Linda Hagan, right, and EFT generalist Chaundlyn Albert enjoy cupcakes in the recreational room of Grow Financial Federal Credit Union, one of the top workplaces in Tampa Bay this year. [ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times]
  7. Allegiant Airlines safety under scrutiny in '60 Minutes' investigation
    Apr. 15, 2018• Business
    Allegiant Air is the dominant carrier at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, which served a record number of passengers in 2017. The spotlight will be on Allegiant Air's safety and maintenance record later today in a 60 Minutes segment. DOUGLAS CLIFFORD | Times (2016)
  8. Harrington: It takes more than money to create a top workplace
    Apr. 6, 2018• Business
    Ringman Gene McQueen facilitates a car auction at Cox Automotive d.b.a. Mannheim, a Tampa company that ranked as one of the Top Workplaces in the mid-sized category for this year. [ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times]
  9. Economic angst: Three reasons rising interest rates are scary
    Mar. 28, 2018• Business
    U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, shown after a March 21 news conference, has signaled more interest rate hikes are expected. There are some reasons to be concerned if the Fed does too much, too fast. [Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images, File]
  10. Here's why you may want to file your taxes ASAP
    Jan. 31, 2018• Business
    Filing your income tax return early is one way to combat would-be identity thieves. [Courtesy of Dreamstime via Los Angeles Times, file]
  11. 17 for '17: Top Tampa Bay business stories of the year
    Dec. 29, 2017• Business
    A quarter of the state started the fourth day after Hurricane Irma without lights or air conditioning -- an indication of how the September storm exposed problems with the state's power grif. [CHRIS URSO | Times file photo]
  12. Love your job? Nominate your employer as a Tampa Bay Times top workplace
    Nov. 3, 2017• Business
    Ean Mendelssohn, his wife Jaclyn Mendelssohn, and her brother Jordan Levy, celebrated their company being named a Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace. Nominations are open for the 2018 honorees. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times file photo]
  13. That gasoline you were able to find? It was up 50 cents over past month
    Nov. 3, 2017• Business
    Mike Williams, 58, fills up gas cans for his generator at Thornton's on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard Sunday morning. (Charlie Frago | Times)
  14. Tampa Bay's Top 100 Workplaces deadline extended to Nov. 17
    Nov. 3, 2017• Business
    Associates from The Penny Hoarder and Gregory, Sharer & Stuart were among those at an event in Tampa last May honoring winners of the Tampa Bay Times Top Workplaces awards. Nominations are now open for this year. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
  15. What could Jeff Bezos do with his $7 billion, overnight windfall?
    Nov. 3, 2017• Business
    Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, is now the richest person in the world (on paper) thanks to a huge jump in Amazon's stock. [New York Times]
  16. Five ways the proposed tax plan impacts Florida
    Nov. 3, 2017• Business
    House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), accompanied by other Republican legislators, held up an example of what a "postcard" tax return might look like during a Thursday news conference to unveil a tax reform plan. [The New York Times]
  17. Love your job? Nominate your employer as a Tampa Bay Times top workplace
    Sep. 7, 2017• Business
  18. Health Insurance Innovations and WellCare are among the top Tampa Bay stocks of 2016
    Jan. 2, 2017• Business
    Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans, already one of Tampa Bay’s biggest public companies, saw its stock price jump by 75 percent in 2016, making it the second-most-valuable public company in the Tampa Bay area. 
  19. What is hosting the college football championship worth to Tampa Bay's economy?
    Dec. 20, 2016• Business
    Alabama head coach Nick Saban celebrates a victory in last year's College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Glendale, Ariz., an event that had a reported regional economic impact of $274 million. But sports economists challenge that impact figure, along with similar high estimates for this year's championship game in Tampa.
[Getty Images]
  20. As Florida farmlands diminish, why is agriculture commissioner a Cabinet-level job?
    Dec. 12, 2016• News
    Adam Putnam, then a U.S. representative from Bartow, checks on freeze damage at a Hillsborough County orange grove as he embarks on what would be a successful run in 2010 to become Florida Agriculture commissioner. With him is Michael W. Sparks, CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual.
  21. Dying on the vine? Florida's shriveling agriculture industry can't shake the fall of citrus, loss of land
    Dec. 9, 2016• News
    Matt McKendree works cattle with his dogs at Waller Ranch recently in Dade City, Fla. McKendree co-owns the farm with his step-father Charlie Waller. [MONICA HERNDON | Times]
  22. Report: Florida private-sector job growth slows in November
    Dec. 8, 2016• Business
    Florida's private sector is still adding jobs, but it's the slowest pace of growth since April.
[iStockphoto.com]
  23. Paul Reilly to succeed Tom James as board chairman of Raymond James
    Dec. 2, 2016• Business
    Then-incoming Raymond James CEO Paul Reilly, left, stands with Tom James in 2009. James will relinquish the role of board chairman to Reilly but will remain as chairman emeritus.
  24. Longtime Tampa Bay banker David Stone dies at 74
    Dec. 1, 2016• Business
    David Stone, longtime banker in the Clearwater area and most recently CEO of NorthStar Bank in Tampa, died Wednesday. He was 74.
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