With Creative Loafing stuck in bankruptcy, a rival Atlanta weekly newspaper is pushing into the Tampa market, planning a local expansion and hoping to buy the six-newspaper Creative Loafing chain out of bankruptcy court. ...more

February 6, 2009

Most congressional Democrats say the quickest way to save homeowners like Troy Butler of Saginaw, Mich., is to let them declare bankruptcy and allow judges to dictate new mortgage terms. ...more

January 25, 2009

Kimberly Matlock was about to lose her Illinois home to foreclosure when a shiny flyer from Clearwater arrived in her mailbox. ...more

January 25, 2009

The bad news is Greg Yarmesch is in bankruptcy proceedings. That's also the good news. Yarmesch has used a rough three years financially to propel him into a search for the truth about money. These days, he says, he no longer regards the green stuff as a kind of fear-inspiring god that comes and goes at whim. The secret of having money, he says, is clearing up old belief systems of fear and powerlessness that surround dollars. ...more

January 17, 2009

Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it is in talks with two parties that could buy the company or provide additional financing for it to stay in business. ...more

January 10, 2009

Ernie Haire Ford caught a break Tuesday when a federal bankruptcy judge ordered several major banks to continue lending to the dealership's customers. ...more

January 7, 2009

The Bush administration is looking at "orderly" bankruptcy as a possible way to deal with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Thursday as carmakers readied more plant closings and a half million new jobless claims underscored the deteriorating national economy. ...more

December 18, 2008

When the economy gets tough, people are less likely to get their hair styled. ...more

December 9, 2008

On Sunday, the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season came to a soggy end. Although this year's season was one of the deadliest on record, most of the death and destruction was visited on islands in the Caribbean. That doesn't make that toll any less horrible. As a practical matter, however, the fact that no major hurricane hit Florida for a second straight year was a good thing for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature. ...more

December 3, 2008

David Taylor's story shows that recent economic forces can drive out even the most conscientious, sophisticated and successful local retailers. ...more

November 28, 2008