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High gas prices are posted at a full service gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 7, 2021. Oil prices, which have a big impact on the price of gasoline and home heating oils, have been on an up-and-down ride since the fall. And while oil prices are usually pretty volatile, the constantly change nature of the coronavirus pandemic has made predicting the ups and downs even harder.
A key inflation gauge rose 5.8% in 2021, most in 39 years
Stubbornly high inflation has hammered household budgets, wiped out last year’s healthy wage gains and posed a severe political challenge to President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.
Revenue records keep falling for Raymond James, MarineMax
St. Petersburg's Raymond James Financial posted record revenues of $2.78 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021.
The Pinellas companies’ hot streaks during the pandemic continued with this week’s earnings reports.
US economy grew 5.7% in 2021 in rebound from 2020 recession
Container ship Ever Far, left, sails down river past the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. Inflation has spiked during the recovery from the pandemic recession as Americans have ramped up spending on such items as cars, furniture and appliances. Those increased purchases have clogged ports and warehouses and exacerbated supply shortages of semiconductors and other parts.
Squeezed by inflation and still gripped by COVID-19 caseloads, the economy is expected to slow this year
St. Petersburg, a cartoonish 2D Cafe is coming soon
Instagramable 2D restaurants first popped up in Asia and have spread around the world to places like Twenty Pho Hour in Orlando and Matte Black Coffee in Los Angeles. Soon, St. Petersburg will have one too.
The European cafe will look like a black-and-white drawing come to life, part of a global trend.

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  1. Skyway Marina Mall closing for new apartments. Businesses don’t know where to go.
    Yesterday• Business
    The Skyway Marina Mall, was a veritable treasure hunter's expanse occupying a once thriving shopping center that once housed a Sears, supermarket, movie theater. The mall is a warren of booths whose wares include vintage and mid-century furniture, tattoos, DVD's, jewelry. African clothing and art.
  2. Florida cracking down on anonymous political text messages
    Yesterday• Politics
    In this Oct. 24, 2013, file photo, a person checks their smartphone. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
  3. Tampa mental health service Cope Notes wins Startup of the Year prize
    Yesterday• Business
    Johnny Crowder, pictured at home in Tampa in 2019, founded Cope Notes to help people with mental and emotional health problems.
  5. Hey Tampa Bay, Maya Angelou’s on the new quarter. How to get one? Patience.
    Yesterday• Business
    The new Maya Angelou quarter could land in your palm soon.
  6. A Florida shift away from OSHA could take 9 years
    Yesterday• Politics
    An aerial view of the Gopher Resource on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Tampa. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the company more than $319,000 after a federal investigation found Gopher Resource willfully exposed workers to high levels of airborne lead.
  7. A key inflation gauge rose 5.8% in 2021, most in 39 years
    Yesterday• Business
    High gas prices are posted at a full service gas station in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 7, 2021. Oil prices, which have a big impact on the price of gasoline and home heating oils, have been on an up-and-down ride since the fall. And while oil prices are usually pretty volatile, the constantly change nature of the coronavirus pandemic has made predicting the ups and downs even harder.
  8. Judge orders new look at climate change in rejecting Gulf oil lease plan
    Yesterday• Environment
    A man casts a line in May 2020 near oil drilling platforms at Port Aransas, Texas. A federal court has rejected a proposed lease auction for offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
  9. Has Gasparilla pirate ship had upside-down letter all this time?
    Yesterday• Life & Culture
    The Jose Gasparilla ship pictured at the Gulf Marine Repair shipyard in Tampa earlier this month. The second A in Gasparilla is upside-down and backward.
  10. Dear Penny: I can’t afford a divorce lawyer. Am I stuck with my wife forever?
    Yesterday• Business
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  11. Senate passes bill ordering local governments to pay up if new rules hurt businesses
    Yesterday• Politics
    The bill requires that a business be operating in a city or county for three years before it is eligible to sue.
  12. Student activists disrupt Florida 15-week abortion ban hearing
    Yesterday• Politics
    Taylor Cook, 21, an activist with Students for a Democratic Society, leads chants outside a Florida House committee meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
  13. Florida Senate passes emergency order shield for churches
    Yesterday• Politics
    Diane Leahy prays with others before receiving the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
  14. Tampa man, 19, arrested in Brandon undercover deal that ended in gunfire
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Jordan Gracia, left, and Jaycob Riley, right, face charges in an undercover gun buy that ended in gunfire Monday at Westfield Brandon mall.
  15. Tampa, following St. Pete’s lead, could require developers to give back to community
    Yesterday• Tampa
    Tampa City Council Chairman Orlando Gudes wants Tampa to emulate St.Petersburg's ordinance requiring developers that get significant amounts of city money to reinvest in the community.
  16. For 3 Hispanic women, dreams of starting businesses have survived COVID-19
    Yesterday• Business
    Magda Alicia Gutiérrez sold her first food truck before the pandemic hit in March 2020. Now, she's opened a new one, Mr. G Taqueria in Ruskin, this time with help from She’s now doing business as Mr. G Taqueria in Ruskin with her husband, Giovani Espinoza (left).
  17. Medical malpractice fight emerges again in Florida Legislature
    Yesterday• Politics
    A House subcommittee voted on Thursday to approve a bill that would allow parents of adult children to pursue pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases.
  18. US economy grew 5.7% in 2021 in rebound from 2020 recession
    Yesterday• Business
    Container ship Ever Far, left, sails down river past the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. Inflation has spiked during the recovery from the pandemic recession as Americans have ramped up spending on such items as cars, furniture and appliances. Those increased purchases have clogged ports and warehouses and exacerbated supply shortages of semiconductors and other parts.
  19. Revenue records keep falling for Raymond James, MarineMax
    Yesterday• Business
    St. Petersburg's Raymond James Financial posted record revenues of $2.78 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021.
  20. How do Tampa Bay consumers feel about new M&Ms, old houses and face bologna?
    Yesterday• Business
    In lighter news, M&M's are getting a high-profile makeover.
  21. St. Petersburg, a cartoonish 2D Cafe is coming soon
    Yesterday• Business
    Instagramable 2D restaurants first popped up in Asia and have spread around the world to places like Twenty Pho Hour in Orlando and Matte Black Coffee in Los Angeles. Soon, St. Petersburg will have one too.
  22. This year, resolve to leave no gift card unused
    Yesterday• Business
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  23. Inflation can spell disaster for some 40 percent of Americans
    Yesterday• Business
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  24. FPL parent company did internal investigation in response to dark money controversy
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy.
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