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A roadside banner beckons potential employees outside Channel Control Merchants LLC, an extreme value retailer and exporter of brand sensitive secondary market inventories, in Hattiesburg, Miss., on March 27.
US adds 916,000 jobs in March as economy strengthens
The increase — the most since August — was nearly double February’s gain of 468,000.

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  1. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor says Related deal doesn’t contain personal conflicts.
    Yesterday• Politics
    Ana Cruz, on left, and Seely Bevan, look on as Tampa Mayor Jane Castor holds up her "I Voted" sticker in front of the Stanley Cup, after she cast her ballot in person during early voting at Amalie Arena, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 in Tampa. Cruz is Mayor Castor's partner and Bevan is Castor's son. The mayor told the Tampa Bay Times Wednesday that her partner’s lobbying firm and her nephew’s job with the developer won’t result in any family benefits, financial or otherwise.
  2. Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82
    Yesterday• Business
    In this March 10, 2009, photo, former financier Bernie Madoff leaves federal court in Manhattan, in New York.
  3. Back to work, Tampa Bay? Get ready for the new pandemic office etiquette
    Yesterday• Business
    The new workplace rules will be different, right down to how we're supposed to ride in an elevator.
  5. Coinbase digital currency exchange goes public, may be valued at $100 billion
    Yesterday• Business
    Coinbase, whose mobile phone app is shown here, goes public at a time when chatter about cryptocurrencies is everywhere, even at the Federal Reserve.
  6. Fed leaders agree: Economics has a racial-disparity problem
    Yesterday• News
    In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo Eric Rosengren speaks during a round table discussion at Silver Lane Elementary School, in East Hartford, Conn. Top Federal Reserve policymakers underscored Tuesday, April 13, 2021 their concern that Black and Hispanic people are sharply underrepresented in the economics field, which reduces the perspectives that economists can bring to major policy issues. “If we don’t have a diverse group of people in the field, we won’t have the right topics to focus on,” said Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  7. Tampa’s Rome Yard development bid in dispute
    Yesterday• Breaking News
    A rendering of the Rome Yard development submitted by the Related Group
  8. Florida orange production to dip below California
    Yesterday• Business
    An elevated view of a Hamlin orange grove at the corner of SR 62 & Duette Road on Tuesday in Manatee County. California is expected to surpass Florida for the season in a new estimate of orange production, the latest sign of continuing struggles in Florida’s citrus industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly update released Friday, said Florida is forecast to produce enough oranges to fill 51.7 million 90-pound boxes by the time the 2020-2021 growing season ends in July. That is down 6.8 percent from a March forecast and would be 23 percent lower than production during the 2019-2020 season.
  9. Scott, Rubio file bill to overturn CDC cruise rules, resume sailing soon
    Yesterday• Business
    Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, at podium, speaks April 9 alongside port workers and elected officials asking for the CDC and the federal government to allow the return of cruising, during a news conference in front of Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon cruise ship docked at PortMiami in Miami. [Wilfredo Lee | Associated Press]
  10. DeSantis steering more money to Piney Point, wants to close site
    Yesterday• Environment
    Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses the situation at Piney Point at a press conference in Manatee County on April 4.
  11. Vaccine passports on cruises? Sure, add it to the list of rules.
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Sit back, relax and follow the rules.
  12. Forecasting what comes next from Piney Point for Tampa Bay
    Apr. 12• Environment
    A model from researchers at the University of South Florida simulates the first days of a pollutant plume off Piney Point. Orange and yellow indicate higher concentrations.
  13. St. Pete Pride back on in 2021 after COVID cancellation last year
    Apr. 12• St. Petersburg
    After a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic, St. Pete Pride is back this summer, albeit without its signature parade. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times (2018)]
  14. St. Petersburg shopping center sold for $7.3 million
    Apr. 12• Real Estate
    The Coquina Key Plaza in St. Petersburg as seen on Wednesday April 7, 2021 has been sold. Some of the businesses remaining include a night club, event rental space, and a Chinese restaurant.
  15. Dear Penny: I’ll never marry my boyfriend, So can I keep my debt secret?
    Apr. 12• Business
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  16. A look inside Florida’s only lead smelter
    Apr. 12• Investigations
    A collage of videos and images from inside Gopher Resource.
  17. Business faces tricky path navigating post-Trump politics
    Apr. 11• Health
    Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has talked to more than 50 business leaders about the $2.3 trillion infrastructure package that includes corporate tax increases, She is encouraging companies to focus on the entire package instead of the tax increases.
  18. Hillsborough judge says he will consider sales tax refund options
    Apr. 9• Hillsborough
    Mailers promoted the one percent sales tax for Hillsborough Count transportation projects. Voters approved the sales tax referendum by a 57-43 margin in November 2018. This week a judge's order says he will retain the authority to help devise a refund of the tax. TIMES (2018)
  19. Tampa Electric files for 19 percent rate hike
    Apr. 9• Business
    Tampa Electric Co. asked for a 19 percent rate hike for the coming year. Pictured is the company's headquarters in 2017. | [Times (2017)]
  20. 3M sues Tampa Bay company over sale of fake N95 masks
    Apr. 9• Health
    This December 2020 image provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows a counterfeit N95 surgical mask.
  21. Craft brewing company to open new restaurant at old Melting Pot location
    Apr. 9• Business
    Mad Beach Craft Brewing Co. will be opening a new restaurant on 4th Street North at the old Melting Pot location.
  22. Amazon secures enough votes to block union effort
    Apr. 9• Business
    Amazon has secured enough votes to block a union effort at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, proving the might of the online shopping giant and cutting off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond.
  23. Avengers Campus opening in California, but no Marvel park for Florida’s Disney
    Apr. 9• Life & Culture
    Disneyland's new Avengers Campus will debut on June 4, nearly a year after originally planned.
  24. If you need to find tax help, try DIY first
    Apr. 9• Business
    FILE - This April 2017, file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (NerdWallet via AP, File)
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