Advertisement
  1. news

Business

73° F, Mostly Clear73° F, Mostly Clear
Outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open its first Tampa store on March 5, 2021 in the Midtown Tampa development. Shown here is a rendering of the project from 2019.
Tampa Bay’s first REI store opening Friday at Midtown Tampa
The sporting goods outfitter, one of the new development’s major anchor tenants, has been a long time coming.
We’re suffering from Zoom Fatigue. Really, it’s a thing.
This Zoom meeting was a catastrophe.
A study says video meetings exhaust us for interesting reasons. (Everyone, please stop looking at me.)
Spring breakers are coming, Tampa Bay. Fingers are crossed they’ll wear masks
Amiah Richardson, 19, of Riverview and Corrie Edwards, 17, of Clearwater, share a moment at Clearwater Beach on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.
Business leaders and health experts are concerned about COVID-19 transmission and hoping spring break tourists abide by local safety guidelines.
Here are four bills that would change insurance in Florida
Several bills are attempting to address troubled portions of Florida’s insurance systems. Pictured is debris after Hurricane Irma in Big Pine Key. [Times (2017)]
Several bills are attempting to address troubled portions of Florida’s insurance systems.

Latest

  1. Look inside Tampa’s new REI store, Midtown’s first in a rush of retail openings
    3 hours ago• Business
    From left: Hillsborough County Commissioner Gwen Myers, Craig Richard from the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council and Tampa Mayor Jane Castor tour the new REI Co-op store on March 4 at Midtown Tampa. The store is an anchor tenant at the development, which offers retail, residential, hotel and office buildings on a campus of 11 buildings.
  2. New unemployment claims inch back up to 745,000
    Earlier today• Business
    A sign announcing hiring is displayed in the parking lot of a Home Depot on Feb. 22 in Cockeysville, Md.
  3. Hillsborough wants a “large-scale” film studio to lure blockbusters
    Earlier today• Movies
    Diamond View studios CEO Tim Moore poses with the screen at Vu, a virtual production studio at Rithm at Uptown, former University Mall. The studio is a "wonderful asset," Hillsborough film commissioner Tyler Martinolich said, but the area still needs a large studio for traditional physical sets.
  5. Tampa Bay’s first REI store opening Friday at Midtown Tampa
    Yesterday• Business
    Outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open its first Tampa store on March 5, 2021 in the Midtown Tampa development. Shown here is a rendering of the project from 2019.
  6. Hillsborough to consider higher impact fees
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Aerial photo of homes and new construction in the Southfork Lakes subdivision in Riverview in March 2020.
  7. Hillsborough commissioners: We’ll give back sales tax money
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Mailers promoted a November 2018 penny-on-the dollar sales tax increase to fund transportation. Voters approved the tax by a 57-43 margin, but the Florida Supreme Court last week invalidated the referendum results. Wednesday Hillsborough Commissioner Gwen Myers asked her colleague to begin the process to schedule a new referendum in November 2022. (TIMES 2018)
  8. Pandemic puts 1 in 3 U.S. nonprofits in financial jeopardy
    Yesterday• Health
    Staff Sgt. Mike Schuster loads two produce boxes into a car at a food bank distribution by the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, on Jan. 7 in Cleveland.
  9. Here are four bills that would change insurance in Florida
    Yesterday• Business
    Several bills are attempting to address troubled portions of Florida’s insurance systems. Pictured is debris after Hurricane Irma in Big Pine Key. [Times (2017)]
  10. Are gas prices going up? And is it Joe Biden’s fault? PolitiFact explains
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A woman pumps gas at a gas pump at a convenience store in Pittsburgh.
  11. We’re suffering from Zoom Fatigue. Really, it’s a thing.
    Yesterday• Business
    This Zoom meeting was a catastrophe.
  12. Florida company fined $280K for violating Mississippi’s no-call laws
    Yesterday• Florida
    A company based in Kissimmee has been fined for violating Mississippi's phone call laws.
  13. Publix reports leap in earnings as coronavirus cases surged
    Mar. 2• Business
    Shoppers walk through a nearly empty produce aisle at the Publix at Northeast Shopping Center in St. Petersburg on March 15, shortly after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a national emergency.
  14. Senate Dems sort final details of $1.9 trillion virus relief bill
    Mar. 2• Nation & World
    The sun shines Tuesday on the U.S. Capitol dome.
  15. Merck to help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine
    Mar. 2• Health
    Boxes of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are shown at the McKesson Corporation in Shepherdsville, Ky., on Monday.
  16. A year after furloughing most workers, Columbia Restaurant is hosting a job fair
    Mar. 2• Business
    Columbia Restaurant bartenders Dave Cunca, left, and Savana Schilling did extra cleaning as they prepared for an extended shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 20, 2020. For the first time since laying off 90 percent of its staff during the pandemic, the Columbia and its affiliated restaurants will host a job fair on March 4, hiring dozens of workers statewide.
  17. Your credit report may be wrong — here’s what to do about it
    Mar. 2• Business
    [Getty Images]
  18. Stocks rally on Wall Street, S&P 500 has best day since June
    Mar. 1• Business
    In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, specialist Dilip Patel, center, works with traders on the floor, Monday, March 1, 2021. Stocks are rising across the board on Wall Street as traders welcomed a move lower in long-term interest rates in the bond market. Investors were also watching Washington as a big economic stimulus bill moved to the Senate. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
  19. Lightning launch program to support local small businesses
    Mar. 1• Lightning
    St. Petersburg resident Sara Fludd will receive help from the Vinik Sports Group to promote her small business, "Pop Goes the Waffle," through the new "Backing the Bay" program unveiled Monday.
  20. New 24-story residential tower to break ground in downtown St. Petersburg
    Mar. 1• Business
    This rendering shows 334, a new residential tower scheduled for construction at 334 Second Ave. S in St. Petersburg.
  21. The property line: Why you should stop waiting to sell your home
    Mar. 1• Business
    [Getty Images]
  22. 2 Americans wanted in Carlos Ghosn’s escape in a box now in Japanese custody
    Mar. 1• Nation & World
    This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019.
  23. Whole Foods grocery store ‘in development’ in St. Petersburg
    Mar. 1• Business
    Customers shop at a Whole Foods Market in Tampa in 2018.
  24. Tampa International Airport rated one of the most hygienic
    Mar. 1• Business
    Tampa International Airport CEO Joe Lopano announced that the airport was partnering with BayCare last fall to offer both PCR and rapid antigen COVID-19 tests for air passengers.
Advertisement

Most Read

Advertisement
Today's Featured Advertisers
Advertisement
Advertisement