Shells Seafood Restaurants is seeking to give up its quest to stay open, asking a federal bankruptcy judge to allow it to liquidate its assets. ...more

September 24, 2008

The turmoil in financial markets is rattling jittery shoppers just as the retail industry prepares for a critical holiday season that already was expected to show the weakest growth in almost two decades. ...more

September 19, 2008

TAMPA - Shells Seafood Restaurants has closed eight of its remaining 22 outlets in Florida and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ...more

September 4, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc., a Tampa-based chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Tampa, according to documents filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

September 4, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc., a Tampa-based chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Tampa today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

September 3, 2008

Luxury condominiums in downtown Tampa could be up for grabs soon for about $100,000 each. ...more

August 21, 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

A federal grand jury is investigating mortgage lenders Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp. and IndyMac Bancorp Inc., a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. ...more

July 25, 2008

Trump Tower Tampa buyers with $3.6 million in deposits held in escrow might get that money back. And the lawsuit involving Donald Trump and a local developer who failed to build the tower can move forward, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Friday. ...more

July 19, 2008