The government's unprecedented move Friday to ban people from betting against financial stocks might be a salve for the market's turmoil, but it could carry serious unintended consequences. ...more

September 20, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Pasco residents on the brink of losing homes have gained an ally to try to steer clear of foreclosures and scam artists. The Florida Bar and Florida Legal Services have teamed up to create a new service called Florida Attorneys Saving Homes, or FLASH. ...more

July 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Sales of existing homes rose in May, edging slightly above the number sold a year ago as the Pasco housing market continues to rebound. ...more

June 10, 2008

Fannie Mae, a key source of mortgage funding, on Tuesday reported that falling home prices and rising defaults contributed to further losses for the government-sponsored company during the first quarter. ...more

May 7, 2008

It's time to turn around America, and we need to start here in Florida. Our state is already economic-distress ground zero: shrinking home values, expanding unemployment, growing piles of unpaid bills on working families' tables. It's no surprise the economy has overtaken the war in Iraq as the top concern of Americans. ...more

February 20, 2008

Wall Street suffered its second big drop in a week Wednesday, with investors worried about spreading fallout from the credit crisis at banks and about a dollar that just keeps getting weaker. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 360 points - just about matching its pullback Nov. 1. ...more

November 7, 2007

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that heavy saving by oil producers and Asian nations has helped depress interest rates by keeping financial markets flush with cash. But he warned against banking on this effect - one that probably helped create the current financial crisis - for the long term. ...more

September 12, 2007