Why M&A Strategy (And Your Retail Experience) Just Changed Forever -- Amazon Swallows Whole Foods
The Whole Foods Market in Midtown New York. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) Last Friday, e-commerce giant sent yet another shock wave rippling through all retailers, online or otherwise. Amazon announced the intention to purchase health foods grocer Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. Share prices for Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Costco all tumbled. The size of the deal is atypical. Since listing its stock publicly in 1997, Amazon has acquired nearly 80 other companies, including movie-and-TV i..>> view originalExclusive: Lockheed nears $37 billion-plus deal to sell F-35 jet to 11 countries
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) is in the final stages of negotiating a deal worth more than $37 billion to sell a record 440 F-35 fighter jets to a group of 11 nations including the United States, two people familiar with the talks said.This would be the biggest deal yet for the stealthy F-35 jet, set to make its Paris Airshow debut this week. The sale represents a major shift in sales practices from annual purchases to more economic multi-year deals that lower the cost of each jet. The pric..>> view originalGoogle intensifies campaign against online extremism
Google is intensifying its campaign against online extremism, saying it will put more resources toward identifying and removing videos related to terrorism and hate groups. The renewed efforts arrive in the wake of violent attacks in the U.S. and elsewhere. A van struck a crowd of people outside a London mosque Sunday, the second time an automobile was used as a weapon in that city this month, and less than a week after a gunman attacked GOP lawmakers on a baseball field. "While we and othe..>> view originalJet Manufacturers Are Hoping to Defy Expectations of Slow Sales at This Year's Paris Airshow
Low-cost carrier Viva Air Peru looked close to reaching a roughly $5 billion deal with Airbus (airbus.group-n-v) for medium-haul jets on Sunday, as Western planemakers seek to defy expectations of slow sales at this year's Paris Airshow.The Peruvian startup is set to order about 30 recently upgraded A320neo jets and 15 current-generation models known as A320ceo from Airbus, two industry sources told Reuters.A spokesman for Airbus had no comment.Viva Air Peru, which won an operating licence ea..>> view originalPound edges higher as Brexit talks begin
The British pound was modestly higher against the dollar Monday, as formal talks between the U.K. and the European Union to renegotiate trade terms get under way. Overall, the dollar was little changed, with the widely watched ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.17% ..>> view originalValeant's stock surges after largest shareholder John Paulson elected to board
Shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. VRX, +4.46% surged 5% in premarket trade Monday, aft..>> view originalJeff Bezos is $5 billion away from being the world's richest person
Watch out, Bill Gates: Jeff Bezos is gunning for your title. Thanks to a surge in Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) stock -- the company just announced that it is buying Whole Foods (WFM) -- Bezos added another $1.8 billion to his net worth, according to Bloomberg. Bezos is now worth about $84.6 billion total, leaving him just $5 billion shy of overtaking Gates as the wealthiest person in the world. He has a good shot. Bezos, 53, is focused on aggressively expanding Amazon, while Gates, 61, wants t..>> view originalBoeing launches new version of 737 jet
Image copyright Boeing Boeing has maintained the pressure on Airbus, its main rival, with the launch of the biggest version yet of the 737 short-haul jet.The world's largest commercial aircraft maker announced plans for the 737 Max 10 at the Paris Air Show on Monday.The new variant of the plane can carry up to 230 passengers and already has more than 240 orders from 10 customers.Boeing says the new 737 will have the lowest operating costs of any single-aisle plane ever produced."The Max 10 ..>> view originalAsian Markets Hold Up Across Board As Brexit Talks Set To Start
Talking Points All Asian markets stayed in the green Monday This was despite the impending start of Brexit talks and news of yet another terror attack in London The Dollar inched higher, but Sterling and the Euro were quite calm Keep your Asian-market trading strategy well-tuned with the DailyFX trading guide Asian markets started the week quite strongly despite the looming start of Brexit talks and what looks like yet another terror attack in London. With the US Federal Reserve’s Jun..>> view originalWhat Now, Tesla Naysayers?
They said Tesla wouldn't do it, couldn't do it. They said Tesla would collapse before the Model S was produced. They said manufacturing inexperience would doom the Model S and destroy the company. They said the Model X was a colossal disaster that ...>> view original
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Why M&A Strategy (And Your Retail Experience) Just Changed Forever -- Amazon Swallows Whole Foods and other top stories.
Overnight fire destroys Southern Used Furniture store in Tampa and other top stories.
Overnight fire destroys Southern Used Furniture store in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla - Tampa Fire Rescue responded to a fire a furniture store in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood on Sunday night. Around 10:35 p.m., crews arrived at Southern Used Furniture, located at 8133 N Nebraska Ave., and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the single-story brick building. Firefighters immediately called for a second alarm due to contents of the store and the store's proximity to adjacent buildings. Authorities report at one point a flashover occurred, forcing firefighter..>> view originalMan charged in fatal shooting at east Tampa gas station
TAMPA - A 39-year-old Tampa man with an extensive arrest record is charged with fatally shooting a woman at a gas station on East Lake Avenue. Sol William Hoke was arrested early Sunday after a standoff with police and Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies. Tampa Police responded to a reported shooting at Tampa Super Shop gas station at 3401 E. Lake Ave. shortly after 11:00 p.m. Saturday. When the officers arrived, they started life saving measures on 50-year-old Metosha D. Godwin until Tam..>> view originalFew surprises in Lightning expansion-draft protection list
TAMPA — There weren't many surprises when the Lightning's expansion-draft protection list was revealed Sunday. Well, except maybe one. Tampa Bay, as expected, chose the option to protect seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie from selection by the Vegas Golden Knights. The forwards were predictable, led by captain Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Callahan (automatic with his no-move contract clause), Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat. Alex Killorn and Vladislav Namestnikov were also ..>> view originalDeputies search for robbery suspect who was stabbed by clerk in ...
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a robbery suspect who was stabbed by a clerk in Tampa on Sunday. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputies say a black male entered a Sunoco gas station located at 14516 N. 22nd St., approached the clerk and demanded money. The unidentified man grabbed a baseball bat behind the counter and the two parties began struggling over the weapon. The suspect was able to over..>> view originalMotorcyclist killed in Hillsborough County accident
TAMPA (FOX 13) - A motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning in an accident involving a van. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says 55-year-old Hee Soong Lee was killed Sunday morning in an accident involving a van. Officials say Lee was was heading westbound on Tarpon Springs Road when a van turned into the motorcycle's path. Lee was transported to Trinity Hospital in New Port Richey where he latter died from his injuries. The driver of the van, Nicholas De Santo, was not injured in the ..>> view originalLost and Found: Tampa father battles addiction, heartbreak to ...
TAMPA — Jean Roy Jr. didn't look like father material to social workers. The 48-year-old had a long criminal history and was struggling with substance abuse. His infatuation with the mother of his twin children was an even more damaging addiction. Seventeen years his junior, she was an addict who used crystal meth and heroin, said Wanda Lamar, Roy's case manger. "My first impression was (the twins) wouldn't be unified with mom and dad," Lamar said. "Mom was still in the home. Dad was still enga..>> view originalTampa Bay Buccaneers: Robert Ayers poised for career year
After an injury last year, Robert Ayers is ready to make an impact on the Tampa Bay defense. Injuries are a part of football. Just ask Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Robert Ayers Jr. On his way to having a tremendous 2016 season, his campaign was halted due to an ankle injury that caused him to miss four games. Even with the ailment, he still showed he could be a defensive force, specializing in getting to the quarterback. Ayers recorded 6.5 sacks (good enough for second on the team), as we..>> view originalLogan Morrison leads Rays' HR barrage in win over Tigers
DETROIT (AP) — Steven Souza Jr. has been looking forward to playing on Father’s Day since his son Micah was born in December. The day ended up more memorable than he could have imagined. Souza hit his first career grand slam as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1 on Sunday. He also homered this season on Mother’s Day. “It was special to hit one for my mom on Mother’s Day, but today was for both my dad and for my son,” he said. “When I got back to the dugout, I looked into the camera,..>> view originalTampa Bay Rays beat Tigers 9-1
DETROIT - Logan Morrison homered twice and Steven Souza Jr. hit his first career grand slam as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1 Sunday to split a four-game series.Derek Norris and Evan Longoria also homered for the Rays, who won five of seven in the season series with Detroit.Jake Faria (3-0) allowed one run, six hits and a walk in seven innings. He struck out a career-high nine. Faria is the second starting pitcher in Rays history to win his first three career games, joining Jere..>> view original2 Tropical Disturbances On Track For Development
TAMPA, FL — Two tropical disturbances under watch by the National Hurricane Center are showing promise for further development over the next few days. Although neither storm poses an apparent threat to Florida, both have the potential to become the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season’s next named storms. The first disturbance under watch was located about 800 miles east-southeast of the southern Windward Islands as of 2 p.m. Sunday, June 18. The tropical wave was moving west-northwest at near 20 mph ..>> view original
Saturday, September 23, 2017
South Florida poaches debris pickup trucks once headed to Tampa ... and other top stories.
South Florida poaches debris pickup trucks once headed to Tampa ...
The Tampa Bay area has an estimated 2 million cubic yards of debris from Hurricane Irma waiting at the curb — enough to fill a line of dump trucks stretching 735 miles, or from Tampa to Tupelo, Miss. But many trucks that could help make those tree limbs disappear are instead heading to South Florida, where hauling fees have shot up since the hurricane. That has left several bay area communities and their private storm debris contractors scrambling. Take Tampa. This week, City Hall heard that its..>> view originalTwo linemen lose their wedding rings in Tampa Bay. So far one has ...
Two linemen who spent days restoring power in the Tampa Bay area had the same unfortunate mishap: They lost their wedding rings. Both were heartbroken, frustrated and hoping for some kind of mini miracle. One of the couples got lucky and now the other may have reason not to give up hope. Michael White works for Pike Electric in Indiana. When he left Florida with his crew, he unknowingly left his ring behind in Brooksville. It had fallen to the ground while he was working. Meanwhile, Shawn Berry..>> view originalBucs-Vikings: What could make Tampa Bay's defense elite again
TAMPA — The last time the Bucs had a top-five defense also happens to be when they last appeared in the postseason. A decade has passed since 2007, a decade without that rock to lean on. Now, fortified by a couple sterling draft classes and led by former Falcons head coach Mike Smith, the D in the Bucs DNA is back. "I get so excited playing with these guys because at every level there's something special, at every position," defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. "We've had that before. But it's a..>> view originalTampa-based relief effort for Puerto Rico collects supplies to be ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Shai Ortiz has temporarily converted her business from selling drones to collecting relief supplies for Puerto Rico. Ortiz has family in Puerto Rico, but like many others in the Tampa Bay area, she hasn’t been able to communicate with them since Hurricane Maria slammed into the island Despite this, Ortiz and others have quickly put together a relief effort, collecting items that will be flown to people in desperate need on the island. “We really need water and sports drin..>> view originalFlaming pumpkins block I-75 near Tampa
The roadway will have to be repaved to repair the damage. The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — In an early Halloween highway horror, a truckload of burning pumpkins has been blocking traffic on a Florida interstate.Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said in a news release that a tractor-trailer hauling pumpkins struck a guard rail on Interstate 75 southbound near Tampa early Friday, sparking a fire. The truck then exploded, spilling the burning pumpkins onto the highway.The 44-y..>> view originalHillsborough County deputies search for missing, endangered ...
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa woman has been reported missing after six weeks of no contact with friends or family.Melissa Bennett was discharged from Florida Hospital located at 7171 Dale Mabry Highway North in Tampa on August 8, 2017. A concerned friend contacted the police on September 21. The friend told officers neither Melissa's family nor friends have heard from her in the six weeks she's been discharged. According to her mother, Melissa suffers from seizures. Police describe Melissa as a white ..>> view originalFootball: Tampa Bay Tech 26, Hillsborough 14
TAMPA — After a season-opening loss to Armwood, Tampa Bay Tech had a bye week. Then Hurricane Irma rolled through, keeping Hillsborough County teams off the football field for consecutive weeks. By the time the Titans took the field Friday for a matchup against Hillsborough, it had been nearly a month since they'd hit pads that weren't their own. But coach Jayson Roberts wasn't the slightest bit worried. "The kids, they did a good over the break," he said. "I communicated with them about runni..>> view originalTampa Recruiting Teens For Mayor's Youth Corps
TAMPA, FL – The City of Tampa is looking for teens who are interested in learning how the city works behinds the scenes while learning skills that can help them gain employment down the road. The city is currently accepting applications for the Mayor’s Youth Corps Class of 2018. The Corps is comprised of up to 40 students in Grades 9, 10 or 11 who attend public or private high school within the Tampa city limits. These schools include: Academy of the Holy NamesAmbassador Christian AcademyBaysho..>> view originalTarget 8: Crooks follow federal disaster money to Tampa Bay area
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa man thought FEMA showed up responding to his claim about his storm-damaged home. Wrong. The inspector came by to check out a claim for damages filed by a stranger, who doesn’t live there or own the house, but told FEMA he did. Hurricane Irma toppled a large tree onto Bob Anderson’s Tampa home. It punched holes in his upper and lower roofs. That brought in the rain. “I was up in my attic with buckets,” said Anderson, who works for Nexstar, the company that owns New..>> view originalTampa charter company flies relief down to Florida Keys
FLORIDA KEYS - Pilots in the Bay area have been taking donations of supplies to the Keys since Hurricane Irma hit in mid-September. On Thursday, the owners of Tampa Bay Aviation took the last 200 pounds of donations on their small chartered aircraft. Laura Taylor owns the charter company that trains people how to fly airplanes and helicopters along with special tours across the Bay area. Taylor dropped off cases of water, toiletries, and the final donations of non perishable items to the small ..>> view original
Storm brings quarter-sized hail, some flooding to Tampa Bay and other top stories.
Storm brings quarter-sized hail, some flooding to Tampa Bay
A thunderous storm whipped through Tampa Bay on Monday evening, flooding streets and pelting cars and homes with hail the size of quarters in some areas. By 7 p.m., the worst of the storm was over with no reports of storm damage, said 10Weather WTSP meteorologist Ric Kearbey. Hail rained down on parts of Manatee, Hillsborough and Pasco counties, Kearbey said. Radar also indicated winds that exceeded 60 mph. A flood advisory remained in effect late Monday in parts of Pasco and Hernando counties, ..>> view originalTampa, Orlando Among America's Best For Business Travel
TAMPA, FL — Business travelers tired of delays, cancellations and other hassles at airports will find some cities simply perform better than others. When it comes to the best of the best, Tampa and Orlando rank in the top 10, according to an industry trade group that recently rated the country’s best cities for productive, seamless business travel. Detroit, Michigan, earned first-place honors on the On Call International list. Phoenix, Arizona, and Cleveland, Ohio, came in second and third, resp..>> view originalThousands of old photos of Tampa released to public
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Collection contains more than 30,000 images of events in Tampa from about 1950 until 1990. The Tampa Photo ...>> view originalLightning Take The Cowards' Way Out On Tampa Confederate ...
There are two schools of thought on asking sports teams to weigh in on political issues. On the one hand, who cares: They’re just sports teams. But on the other hand, it’s really not that hard to give a bit of public support for basic decency. That’s why the Tampa Bay Lightning come off looking pretty bad in the debate over Tampa’s Confederate monument.Memoria In Aeterna, unveiled in 1911 on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Civil War and later moved to outside the Hillsborough County Cou..>> view originalThousands of old Tampa photos released to public
TAMPA (AP) - Historians, photographers and Florida archivists, rejoice: the city of Tampa is releasing some 30,000 photos of daily life to the public for the first time.According to a news release from the city, it's releasing two recently digitized historic photographic collections.The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Collection contains more than 30,000 images of events in Tampa from about 1950 until 1990. The Tampa Photo Supply Collection includes more than 50,000 images taken by two loca..>> view originalLive Now: Paul McCartney at Tampa's Amalie Arena
It's been a long and winding road, a magical mystery tour indeed, but today, after 12 long years, Paul McCartney will finally get back to Tampa. McCartney's One On One Tour hits Amalie Arena at 8 p.m. tonight, his first local show since 2005. And the Tampa Bay Times is ON IT. We'll be coming at you all evening with photos and reports from the scene. The tour kicked off in Miami Friday night, with reviewers calling his 37-song performance"incredibly varied" and "a night of communion and joy, sing..>> view originalTampa store must sell 60000 book overstock
TAMPA Need a new book? How about 60,000 used ones? Name the genre and it's likely well-represented in both hard and soft cover among the used books stacked in boxes and in haphazard piles inside a few thousand square feet of space on the third floor of a 12-story building at 220 Madison St. There are classics, out-of-print titles, steamy romance novels, cheesy science fiction stories and biographies on an assortment of characters. But every one must be out by the end of July. "Lesson learned," C..>> view originalReview: Paul McCartney thrills Tampa's Amalie Arena with historic ...
Paul McCartney no longer sprints. When the 75-year-old icon hit the stage Monday at Tampa's Amalie Arena, waving and whooping and firing off enthusiastic double thumbs-ups, he ambled along in his relaxed Liverpudlian way, bouncing and bobbing and taking his time. But when his band struck the iconic, Pavlovian opening twang of A Hard Day's Night, you half expected the nearly 17,000 screaming, smartphone-waving souls in the building to bum-rush the stage. No matter that A Hard Day's Night premiere..>> view originalTampa beverage maker is merger target, reports say
Trigaux: Chewy sale to PetSmart is gold standard for striving Tampa ...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017
So, Do You Actually Have To Worry About Drinking From Your Copper Moscow Mule Mug? and other top stories.
So, Do You Actually Have To Worry About Drinking From Your Copper Moscow Mule Mug?
A fancy cup always manages to elevate a drinking experience and make it a billion times more enjoyable. That's basically been scientifically proven at this point, right? Well, maybe not quite. People are starting to question whether copper mugs are safe to drink from, as some speculate the metal may be too poisonous for humans to ingest in any capacity.Copper mugs are often used when you order a Moscow mule at the bar, which is an alcoholic beverage made with lime juice, vodka, and ginger beer...>> view originalBond investors give Tesla a $1.8 billion endorsement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investors on Friday gave a $1.8 billion boost to Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) balance sheet by snapping up the electric car maker's first foray into the U.S. junk bond market, where yield-hungry investors have raced to lock in relatively higher returns. Those robust returns, however, have shrunk as a strong reservoir of cash ready to deploy in the riskiest areas of the high-yield fixed income market has pushed them to near their lowest levels in three years. That has given junk..>> view originalThree things Snap needs to figure out before its next earnings report
Shares of the Los Angeles company that makes the Snapchat messaging app breached an all-time low Friday, following weaker-than-expected second-quarter financial results.They closed at $11.83, down 14.1%. Snap Inc.’s market capitalization now sits at about $14 billion, or about how much venture capitalists thought the company was worth a couple of years ago when Snapchat had 100 million users.Snapchat counts 173 million users these days. But the increase has come too slowly in the minds of inves..>> view originalGiant pipes wash up on British beach
Giant pipes wash up on British beach Last updated 21:10, August 11 2017 Giant pipe segments have washed up on the coast of Norfolk. Sections of pipe almost half a kilometre long have washed up on a British beach.The pipes came loose as they were being towed to Algeria in north Africa for a large project.READ MORE: Bitten teen's dad films Melbourne ..>> view originalUber's Boardroom Drama Just Got a Whole Lot Weirder
By Daniel Biskup/laif/Redux.One day after early Uber investor Benchmark filed a lawsuit against ousted Uber C.E.O. Travis Kalanick for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud in a transparent attempt to strip him of his rights as a founder and shareholder, a group of Uber investors has asked Benchmark to step down from Uber’s board. Axios’s Dan Primack reports that the group of investors—including Sherpa Capital’s Shervin Pishevar, Yucaipa Companies’ Ron Burkle, and Maverick’s Ad..>> view originalAmazon Explores New Technology For Home Food Delivery
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Amazon is exploring a cutting-edge food technology for home delivery, as the online retailers continues to find new ways to get into the $700 billion U.S. grocery business. According to Reuters, Amazon is looking into selling ready-to-eat dishes as soon as next year. The dishes would not require refrigeration and could be offered cheaply compared with take-out from a restaurant. The new technology— first developed for the U.S. military to produce prepared ..>> view originalFreedom from cable isn't free: Flood of streaming services will make cutting the cord more complicated
In the old days of video streaming — that is, not so long ago — consumers could cut the cable cord and subscribe to one or two services, enjoying a vast array of movies and television programming at a rate far less than the monster cable bill. It’s not so simple anymore. Disney, the juggernaut behind ESPN, Pixar, Marvel and the recent additions to the Star Wars franchise, shook the entertainment world this week with an announcement that it would remove many of its offerings from Netflix. The co..>> view originalSoundCloud Saved By The Bell Of A Big Chunk Of Financing
SoundCloud co-founders Eric Wahlforss, left, and Alex Ljung in 2016. The company closed a significant financing round on Aug. 11, 2017. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images SoundCloud co-founders Eric Wahlforss, left, and Alex Ljung in 2016. The company closed a..>> view originalWalmart says back-to-school gun display was a prank
Walmart is having all sorts of promotions for the back-to-school season, but selling firearms isn't one of them.The world's largest retailer said Friday an internal investigation determined without a doubt that the company was pranked when a photograph emerged on social media showing a sign reading "Own The School Year Like A Hero" atop a gun case in a store."We have definite proof it was a prank," Walmart spokesman Charles Crowson told The Associated Press on Friday evening.The photograph on s..>> view originalGlobal stocks selloff stops at Wall Street; gold, yen tick up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street put a floor under global equities on Friday after a weak inflation reading brought investors back into U.S. stocks even as tensions between the United States and North Korea continued to escalate, though the geopolitical fears still drove safe-haven buying of gold and the yen.Wall Street put a floor under global equities on Friday after a weak inflation reading brought investors back into U.S. stocks even as tensions between the United States and North Korea cont..>> view original
Despite rescue efforts, three die in Selmon Expressway crash and other top stories.
Despite rescue efforts, three die in Selmon Expressway crash
TAMPA — Don Rogers was driving through South Tampa on his way home to a lasagna dinner Thursday when he noticed a pillar of smoke rising about a half-mile ahead of him on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway. As he crested a hump near the Euclid Avenue entrance ramp he saw an inferno of wrecked vehicles scattered across both lanes. Rogers, 48, instinctively pulled his pickup truck off to the side of the expressway and ran toward a white Hyundai, its trunk in flames. He and another man cut the seat belt..>> view originalWhen and where to see the Perseid meteor shower light up Tampa ...
Take a minute to step outside and look up into the sky Friday night — a meteor shower is coming. This weekend, the Perseid meteor shower is said to be the warm-up act for the total solar eclipse on Aug 21. In Tampa Bay, the peak viewing time for the shower will be after midnight on Friday and pre-dawn on Saturday in the northeast sky, said 10Weather WTSP meteorologist Grant Gilmore. The "radiant point" of the meteors will be near the constellation Perseus, hence the name of the meteor shower,..>> view originalCity of Tampa poised to cut off funding two of its non-profit TV stations
The City of Tampa is poised to end the funding for two of its non-profit television channels. Needless to say, the cuts are not going over well with those impacted.>> view originalSteamy, Stormy Weekend Forecast For Tampa Bay
TAMPA, FL — Tampa Bay area residents and visitors with big outdoor plans this weekend may find a mixed bag in the weather department. According to the National Weather Service, highs in the 90s are expected to linger over the next few days while daily storms are also in the cards. The timing of those storms, however, may shift from day to day. Forecasters say Friday should kick things off with partly sunny skies and a high in the low 90s. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to move into the pic..>> view originalRays shut down by Carlos Carrasco, shut out by Indians
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Once again, Carlos Carrasco made himself totally at home on the Tropicana Field mound. Carrasco took another no-hit try into the late innings at Tampa Bay, losing his bid on a two-out single in the seventh by Logan Morrison but leading the Cleveland Indians over the Rays 5-0 Friday night. In July 2015, Carrasco came within one strike of a no-hitter at Tampa Bay before Joey Butler lined a two-out single in the ninth over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis. “I think i..>> view originalFive big projects in Tampa; five big problems looming
The city of Tampa is on the cusp of a total makeover. With billions of dollars in investment and dozens of new apartment, condo, office and cultural buildings in the pipeline, the city's skyline and surrounding communities are poised to look a whole lot different than what it does today. But dreaming up the future of Tampa doesn't come without its challenges. For all the promises of a new urban core filled with hotels, parks, food halls and stores, there are also potential pitfalls. The Tampa Ba..>> view originalJack Latvala files to run for Florida governor
Well, so much for the drama about what Sen. Jack Latvala will announce on Wednesday. A month ago, Latvala, R-Clearwater, said he would make a big announcement on Aug. 16, leaving everyone to speculate that he would become a candidate for governor in a field that currently only has one real GOP contender in Adam Putnam, who officially declared in May that he was running. But Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis are also considering a run. (The Democratic field is get..>> view originalThis is what a nuclear attack on MacDill would look like
No one wants to contemplate the prospect of a nuclear weapon exploding over MacDill Air Force Base. Yet the base is home to two of the U.S. military's most important commands and more than a million people live in the surrounding metro area. So there are people who are charged with not only imagining such an event, but figuring out the extent of the damage and how to respond. Alex Wellerstein, an assistant professor of science and technology at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, ..>> view originalJohn Dingfelder wants to return to Tampa City Council in 2019
It's been seven years since John Dingfelder had to abruptly leave his Tampa City Council seat after more than seven years of service, and he has the itch to ...>> view originalTim Tebow starts against Tampa Yankees, delights fans
TAMPA — The moment Bill and Adele Geyer had waited for was finally here. The St. Lucie Mets were in the second game of four in their series against the Tampa Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The 60-year-old Tampa residents showed up in Tim Tebow Mets shirseys, hoping to see the former Florida quarterback. While Tebow didn't start Thursday, he was hitting seventh and playing leftfield Friday. In the second inning, Tebow came to the plate in a key situation: Facing an early 2-0 deficit, th..>> view original
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