Rising losses on commercial real estate loans will continue to hurt U.S. banks in coming months and pose the biggest challenge for many financial institutions and overseers, regulators said Wednesday. ...more

October 15, 2009

No to rail Passenger light rail in Tampa will never work. Tampa ridership in numbers won't be enough to make it profitable, and commute times aren't long enough to make it worthwhile. It will end up just another taxpayer-subsidized folly. Tampa can't even make an inner-city trolly work. ...more

October 15, 2009

The nation has already seen more bank and mortgage company closings so far this year than it did in all of 2008. ...more

October 9, 2009

A Pasco County jury Tuesday deliberated two hours before finding Larkin Derks III guilty of robbery in the February holdup of a Bank of America ...more

September 30, 2009

I read with interest the article, "Debit card overdrafts a boon for banks," (Sept. 20). Isn't a debit card overdraft the same as a bounced check? ...more

September 23, 2009

After banks and car dealers got a windfall from our government, doing away with cost-of-living adjustments for seniors on Social Security seems both unfair and prejudicial. ...more

August 29, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the FDIC says there are no immediate plans to borrow money from the Treasury Department to shore up the shrinking deposit insurance fund. ...more

August 27, 2009

The White House plans to announce the federal deficit will be about $262 billion less than officials predicted earlier this year — in part because the administration has provided less aid than expected to Wall Street. ...more

August 19, 2009

Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace in the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were in inner-city minority neighborhoods. ...more

August 19, 2009

A 39-year-old cleaning woman is accused of bilking a client out of more than $46,000 in nine months. Tracy Lynn Kendrick, of 9227 Dresden Lane, Port Richey, was arrested by Pasco detectives Wednesday on one count of scheme to defraud. ...more

August 13, 2009