The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is expected today to name its point man for attracting new businesses to the area. The chamber's economic development arm, the Committee of 100, has been operating without a permanent leader since February, when former committee leader Myron Hughes left to become director of the University of Cincinnati alumni association. ...more

November 17, 2008

Media General Inc., the parent company of The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and WFLA, News Channel 8, said Thursday that earnings more than doubled in the third quarter. ...more

October 17, 2008

Media General Inc., the parent company of The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and WFLA, Channel 8, said today that earnings more than doubled in the third quarter. ...more

October 16, 2008

WEEKEND RACING Sprint Cup Bank of America 500 WHEN: Today, race (WFTS, Ch. 28, 7:30 p.m.) ...more

October 11, 2008

A 33-year-old man is being held without bail today, accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in Tampa, police say. Damion Robert Collins of Richmond, Va., arrived at the Orient Road Jail on Monday after being extradited from Grimes County, Texas, jail records show. He was arrested in Texas on five warrants charging him with felony sexual battery on a victim younger than 12. ...more

October 7, 2008

Jimmie Johnson has momentum on his side and history in sight. Never mind that Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards dominated the regular season, the Chase is Johnson's time of the year and the two-time defending NASCAR champion isn't turning his title over without a fight. ...more

September 8, 2008

Prospective and current graduate business students who used a Web site to cheat on entrance examinations during the past five years could have their scores thrown out. ...more

July 3, 2008

The Tampa Tribune said Tuesday that it will lay off 11 newsroom staffers this week with another 10 news jobs to be eliminated by early fall. ...more

July 1, 2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is enjoying that old winning feeling and he doesn't much care what his detractors have to say about it. ...more

June 16, 2008

An estimated 250 to 260 jobs are being eliminated as part of a reduction in force by the Florida Communications Group, which oversees The Tampa Tribune, WFLA, Channel 8, and other local media properties, group President John Schueler said Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008