It's looking like a good year for big oil - again. ConocoPhillips, the first of the major oil companies to report earnings for the third quarter, said profits soared 41 percent as crude prices soared to record highs over the summer. The numbers posted by the third-largest U.S. oil company easily topped Wall Street forecasts. ...more

October 23, 2008

The cost of building or renovating a house, condo, subdivision or business in the city is going to get more expensive in the next two years. ...more

October 16, 2008

City commissioners found themselves between a rock and a hard place Tuesday night when considering revisions to the impact fees builders pay on new construction. ...more

October 11, 2008

Helping Main Street, and not only Wall Street, with the economy is now engrained in the political lexicon. Our Main streets are disparate, but the conversations are remarkably similar: shaken optimism, yet perseverance. ...more

October 10, 2008

Residents in unincorporated Hillsborough County got a slight reduction in their property taxes Thursday night and the prospect of further reductions next year. ...more

September 19, 2008

Construction of new homes and apartments fell to the lowest level in 17 years last month, showing the country is still gripped by a severe housing downturn that has triggered billions of dollars of losses and is reshaping the structure of U.S. finance. ...more

September 18, 2008

The economic slowdown has made construction companies eager to bid on local government projects, and the lower prices are good news for taxpayers. ...more

September 17, 2008

Although readers keep shifting to the Internet, Esquire magazine's editor is sure print is not dying, and he aims to prove it this week by unveiling a 75th-anniversary issue with a cover that features electronic ink. ...more

September 10, 2008

Many large companies, especially those in the financial services, utilities and telecommunications industries, have cut their technology budgets this year because of the economic slowdown. ...more

September 10, 2008

Overseas consumers spent more at McDonald's Corp. in August than Wall Street expected, leading the nation's No. 1 hamburger chain to surprise investors Tuesday by posting a big rise in global same-store sales. ...more

September 10, 2008