American Express Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to buy St. Petersburg-based Revolution Money, an online payment company, for about $300 million. ...more

November 19, 2009

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which began with a stop in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ...more

November 9, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Obama administration officials pledged today to work with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, despite continuing doubts about his credibility that could have been eased had he won a runoff election against his top challenger, who dropped out citing concerns of fraud. ...more

November 1, 2009

A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000. ...more

October 29, 2009

The Florida National Cemetery will hold its Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday. The event is sponsored by the cemetery's Joint Veterans Committee and will feature guest speaker Thomas G. Bowman, senior adviser with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Sunshine Health Network. Randy Price, of WQYK, (99.5 FM), will be master of ceremonies. ...more

May 23, 2009

President Barack Obama says the economy is starting to show "glimmers of hope." ...more

April 10, 2009

A jury found Puerto Rico's former governor not guilty today on all nine counts of conspiracy, money laundering and lying to the FBI, concluding his monthlong corruption trial. ...more

March 20, 2009

For years, Rosemarie Sherwood acted as a house mother and adviser to abused homeless women, teaching them skills like saving and budgeting money so they could survive on their own. ...more

February 26, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG Don Zimmer acknowledged Friday that a stroke he suffered last month has slowed him down a bit, but he doesn't plan to let it keep him off the baseball field. ...more

January 17, 2009

A top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that the country's slowing economy won't keep the new administration from fulfilling its plans for a middle-class tax cut. ...more

December 29, 2008