Here's something that might provide a bit of solace amid the plunging values in your retirement accounts: Warren Buffett is losing lots of money, too. So are Tracinda's Kirk Kerkorian, investor Carl Icahn and CBS' Sumner Redstone. ...more

November 17, 2008

There is good news from the land of WCI. The 2009 dues numbers are out and we will not be lambasted this year. The increase is more than modest as you will see below. And, just as important, it looks like we again have access to the North Lakes Course. ...more

November 12, 2008

Luxury homebuilder WCI Communities, which has a large, waterfront project under way in South Tampa, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday morning. ...more

August 5, 2008

Luxury home builder WCI Communities Inc., which has a large project in Tampa, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning. This comes after the Bonita Springs-based company failed to obtain new financing and some holders of $125 million convertible notes insisted last week on being paid in cash in August. ...more

August 4, 2008

What was expected to be a firestorm of shareholder fury fizzled into a mundane annual meeting for Yahoo on Friday, despite lingering disappointment among some shareholders about a failed merger with Microsoft that could have been worth $47.5 billion. ...more

August 2, 2008

Yahoo's recent truce that will put investor Carl Icahn on the board of directors didn't pacify many shareholders who remain on the warpath heading into the company's annual meeting today. ...more

August 1, 2008

Yahoo averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft. ...more

July 22, 2008

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said his media conglomerate is "very unlikely" to be a part of any deal for Yahoo Inc., scuttling talk that Microsoft Corp. was making headway in enlisting the media mogul as part of a deal to break up the Internet search company. ...more

July 12, 2008

Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal. ...more

July 8, 2008

Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. ...more

July 3, 2008