Economy / Business

Why don't strawberries stay fresh as long as we'd like? It all has to do with keeping them cold.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Apple's Tim Cook are fighting over iPhone privacy rules. At stake is the future of how iPhone user data is used by data brokers and advertisers.

In the greater Tampa Bay region, the COVID-19 pandemic held back the anticipated hotel boom around the big game.

Federal aviation regulators have called for investigations into Boeing 777 jets equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines.

Port Tampa Bay officials say that cruises won’t likely return until fall at the earliest -- or possibly even 2022.

Many are worried that Florida’s powerful investor-owned utilities are pushing regulators to scale back the state’s rooftop solar policy, as JEA did, or get rid of it all together. If successful, the rooftop solar industry across the Sunshine State could start to look a lot like it does in Jacksonville.

The city requires all customers to wear a face-covering while not actively eating or drinking. Two businesses have had their liquor license suspended for three days for not enforcing the order.

Estimates show the state handled 86.714 million travelers in 2020, down 34% from the previous year and the lowest number in a decade.

A St. Petersburg coalition is holding Pinellas County's board of commissioners responsible for not sticking to its agreement over affordable housing.

Florida business groups have argued for years that retailers in the state are at a competitive disadvantage because out-of-state businesses aren’t collecting sales taxes.

A recent AAA survey found enthusiasm for travel is still down almost a year into the coronavirus pandemic.

Visit Florida reports a 34% drop in yearly visitors in 2020, and the lowest annual total since 2010.