Busch fun pass less work
The Tampa theme park makes it easier, and cooler, for visitors to sign up for its Florida Fun Pass program.
Danka hires key executive as another prepares to go
ST. PETERSBURG -- Danka Business Systems continued its game of executive musical chairs Wednesday, announcing the departure of one key employee along with another's arrival.
Tourist industry slowly recovers
Bay area officials are shying away from superlatives, however, as some look for a recovery later this year.
Brawny man absorbs new look
For a decade, a bay area man was the living image of the paper towel icon. But soon his face will be tossed away.
Green, Petty named to Times boards
Neville Green, managing editor of the Tampa edition of the St. Petersburg Times, has been named to the board of directors of the Times Publishing Company.
Business digest
SEC DISCLOSURE PROPOSALS: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a series of actions designed to force corporations to disclose far more financial information, as the agency responded to criticisms that lax rules and oversight allowed Enron Corp. to hide its condition from investors. The SEC proposed rules would expand the type of information that must be reported by corporations, force them to report more promptly and require that many SEC filings be posted on the Internet. SEC chairman Harvey Pitt said the proposals were the first in a series of reforms that would later include further changes in financial reporting and disclosure requirements, accounting standard setting, regulation of the auditing process and corporate governance.
Retail sales give stocks a boost
The Dow inches near 10,000 on the encouraging report, but investors remain nervous.
Some cottage: Lays' Aspen home fetches $10-million
ASPEN, Colo. -- Former Enron chief Kenneth Lay and his wife have sold their Aspen house for $10-million, the highest price per square foot that real estate agents can remember in this haven for the rich and famous.
United, mechanics union to renew talks as strike looms
CHICAGO -- Facing the threat of a crippling strike within a week, United Airlines scheduled urgent new talks with its mechanics' union Wednesday after its contract offer was resoundingly rejected.
