Lakeland Florida Business News
| Jerry Herring Changing Directions But Not Retiring |
| Jerry Herring has always lived his life in chapters. Doing a certain thing for a few years, then moving on to the next. It's a way of living that suits his personality, attention span, ambitions. |
| 01/06/2009 10:48 PM |
| Don't Get Used to Cheap Oil |
| HOUSTON | All that money you're saving these days at the gas pump' You might want to put it in the bank. |
| 01/06/2009 09:25 PM |
| Kroger Really Knows About Its Customers' Buying Habits |
| CINCINNATI | Lisa Williams has never liked sorting through coupons, and she no longer has to at Kroger Co. grocery stores. |
| 01/06/2009 09:30 PM |
| Airlines Fly Into Year With Wave Of Sales |
| ATLANTA | A wave of fare sales has spread across the airline industry in the early days of the new year as the weak economy continues to put pressure on carriers to fill seats even after they drastically reduced capacity and some expressed willingness to cut more. |
| 01/06/2009 08:10 PM |
| Jim Walter Homes Will Close Offices |
| TAMPA | After building more than 350,000 homes since World War II, Jim Walter Homes is officially kaput.<br>The builder, though based in Tampa, hasn't had a huge presence in the region for a while and has lost money for several years. |
| 01/06/2009 08:10 PM |
| Raymond James Can't Manage Security Buyback |
| A billion-dollar auction-rate securities nightmare continues to haunt St. Petersburg's Raymond James Financial. |
| 01/06/2009 09:40 PM |
| The Insider: Work Is On Its Way |
| Work Is On Its Way |
| 01/06/2009 09:40 PM |
| Apple to Change Prices For Song Downloads |
| After fighting with record labels over its everything-for-99-cents stance, Apple on Tuesday said it would start offering different songs at different prices.<br>In the new iTunes pricing system, songs will cost either 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29 each.<br>Apple said it would set the prices based on what the record labels charge it. |
| 01/06/2009 09:19 PM |
| Alcoa to Cut 13 Percent Of Its Global Work Force |
| Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13 percent of its work force, and slash spending and output to cope with the global ≠economic slowdown. |
| 01/06/2009 09:20 PM |
| Paper Cuts Two Days |
| Hernando Today, the local publication of the Tampa Tribune, has announced that it will cease publishing Monday and Tuesday editions beginning Jan. 19. The move will leave the Hernando Times as the only newspaper in the county with a seven-day-a-week print edition. |
| 01/06/2009 09:21 PM |
| Toyota Halts Production |
| Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation's top automaker as it grapples with shrinking global demand. |
| 01/06/2009 09:22 PM |
| Stocks Reach Two-Month Highs |
| Wall Street brushed off more bad economic news Tuesday and finished with a rally that left stocks at their highest levels in two months. Stocks finished with moderate advances after stumbling early because of data that gave mixed readings on the service sector, factory orders and pending home sales. While investors expected the data would show... |
| 01/06/2009 09:23 PM |
| Even in Recession, CES Will Have Stuff Worth Seeing |
| The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years. |
| 01/05/2009 10:50 PM |
| Apple's Steve Jobs Says He Will Stay On as CEO |
| NEW YORK | Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company. |
| 01/05/2009 10:50 PM |
| Obama Enters Talks On Economic Crisis |
| WASHINGTON | President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking... |
| 01/05/2009 11:20 PM |
| Hispanic TV Landscape Could Shift in L.A. Trial |
| LOS ANGELES | In a trial that could change the landscape of Hispanic television in the U.S., broadcasting giant Univision Communications Inc. squares off today against the supplier of its popular telenovelas, Grupo Televisa SA. |
| 01/05/2009 10:50 PM |
| Chrysler Drops 53%; Others Not Much Better |
| DETROIT | Chrysler LLC's December U.S. sales plunged by more than half and it sold 30 percent fewer vehicles in 2008, dwarfing the steep declines at the other major automakers as consumers remained uncertain about the economy and their jobs. |
| 01/05/2009 10:50 PM |
| The Insider: Jangle For Local Jingle |
| Jangle for Local Jingle |
| 01/05/2009 10:50 PM |
| Anheuser-Busch Parks End Free Beer Samples |
| Anheuser-Busch has stopped giving free samples in hospitality centers at its SeaWorld theme parks in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego and its Busch Gardens parks in Tampa and Williamsburg, Va. Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks spokesman Fred Jacobs says the free samples had a narrow appeal among park customers. The brewer plans to build more... |
| 01/05/2009 10:40 PM |
| Hyundai: Return the Car |
| In a bid to woo skittish consumers, the South Korea-based automaker Hyundai Motor America will cover the depreciation on any returned leased or financed vehicle for the first 12 months to those who find themselves unable to make their car payments. |
| 01/05/2009 10:41 PM |
| Tyson Foods CEO Resigns |
| Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that its president and chief executive, Dick Bond, will step down immediately and be replaced on an interim basis by former chairman and Chief Executive Leland Tollett.<br>The company is due to announce first-quarter earnings Jan. 26. |
| 01/05/2009 10:42 PM |
| NYT Debuts Front Ad |
| The New York Times became the latest paper Monday to run graphical advertising on its front page. The Times already has been selling such ads on the front pages of its business and other sections since 2006, and it has run tiny classified text ads on the front of its main section before. Graphical advertising, known as display ads, on the main... |
| 01/05/2009 10:42 PM |
| Investors Collect Profits After Rally |
| Caution returned to Wall Street Monday as investors gave back some gains from last week's rally even as they found encouragement from President-elect Barack Obama's calls for an economic stimulus package. Some retreat was to be expected after investors sent the Dow Jones industrial average to a two-month high on Friday. Monday was expected to be... |
| 01/05/2009 10:43 PM |
| Report: Construction Spending Declines |
| Construction spending fell 0.6 percent in November, the Commerce Department reported Monday, less than half of the 1.3 percent decline economists had expected. While housing took another sharp tumble, dropping 4.2 percent, this was partially offset by a surprisingly strong 0.7 percent rise in nonresidential activity. But the pickup in... |
| 01/05/2009 10:44 PM |
| Oil Prices Rise Past $48 per Barrel |
| Israel's ground offensive in Gaza and a dispute between Ukraine and Russia over gas imports helped push oil prices for February delivery |
| 01/05/2009 10:49 PM |
| Jerry Herring Plans to Liquidate Holdings Within Two Years |
| LAKELAND | Jerry Herring has always lived his life in chapters. Doing a certain thing for a few years, then moving on to the next. It's a way of living that suits his personality, attention span, ambitions. |
| 01/05/2009 12:45 PM |
| Businesses Band Together For Billboard |
| FORT MEADE | It was a mildewed billboard partially blocked by a sprawling tree that most would have driven by without noticing, let alone giving a moment's thought. |
| 01/05/2009 04:19 PM |
| Mixed Views on What 2009 Will Bring in Sales, Development |
| AUBURNDALE | The commercial real estate market in Polk County is lukewarm - and likely to stay that way for some time - according to several professionals from various segments of the industry. |
| 01/04/2009 01:12 AM |
| Year Just Ended Posed Challenges for Commercial Realtors |
| LAKELAND | The year just ended was neither typical nor pleasant in many areas of the business world. Banking, residential real estate and the auto industry all faced difficulties in coping with a recession many were slow to acknowledge. |
| 01/04/2009 01:13 AM |
| Virtual Office May Work for Startups, Travelers |
| LAKELAND | Despite the growing prevalence of telecommuting and home-based companies, it's still not always possible to do business in your bathrobe.<br>Leasing office space, however, can be a risky option in a down economy, so Lakeland-based Baron Realty says it has the next best thing: the virtual office. |
| 01/04/2009 01:23 AM |
