Electronic parts manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc. said Friday it expects fiscal second-quarter earnings, excluding items, of 12 cents to 16 cents per share. This is below Wall Street's expectations. ...more

December 20, 2008

Electronic parts manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc. said Friday it expects fiscal second-quarter earnings, excluding items, of 12 cents to 16 cents per share, which is below Wall Street's expectations. ...more

December 19, 2008

Last weekend I spent several hours at the Westfield Brandon mall, one of the area's largest. ...more

December 17, 2008

Last weekend I spent several hours at the Westfield Brandon mall, one of the area's largest. ...more

December 17, 2008

Pending U.S. home sales fell slightly in October, despite a spate of bad economic news and turmoil in the stock markets, the National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday. ...more

December 10, 2008

New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year. ...more

November 20, 2008

WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a level not seen since just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ...more

November 13, 2008

Executives of Syniverse Holdings are on a cross-country road trip visiting dozens of top investors to try to calm nerves after stock in the company fell more than 50 percent late this week. ...more

November 8, 2008

Factory orders dropped by more than three times as much as analysts expected in September as the U.S. manufacturing sector continues to suffer from the economic downturn. ...more

November 5, 2008

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