U.S. Central Command confirms social media accounts hacked, hackers praise Islamic State

By Wade Tyler Millward United States Central Command has suspended some social media accounts following an apparent hacking by people aligned with the Islamic State militant group. The Twitter and YouTube accounts for CentCom displayed messages supporting the group. CentCom – housed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and responsible for national security interests […]

The most important business books ever written

By Ed Stych What business book has had the greatest impact on your career? As a business owner for 17 years, the most valuable book for me has been ” The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It,” by Michael Gerber. It taught me that I needed to […]

Tampa Innovation Alliance kickoff lunch draws big crowd, drums up enthusiasm

By Eric Snider They ran out of box lunches. Not so great for the handful of folks who didn’t get one, but terrific for the Tampa Innovation Alliance, whose kickoff event Friday drew far more people than its director, Mark Sharpe, expected. At least 150 people — the number of lunches on hand — turned […]

Obama’s top economist: ‘We’d like to see wages go up more’

By Jo-Lynn Brown The jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday morning contains some encouraging news. The United States economy added 252,000 jobs in December and unemployment fell to 5.6 percent. The number of discouraged workers, or people who have given up on looking for work and not factored into the unemployment […]

Weekend Playbook: For football junkies, this is it

By Rick Johnston If you are a football fan, this is the weekend you’ve been waiting on. The college football world is about to crown a national champion — many argue the first true national champion the sport has seen — and the NFL will be occupying the weekend proper with four fantastic games. Off […]

Good month for job growth; bad month for wages

By Kent Hoover December was another good month for jobs growth, with one exception: Workers made less money. Here are the headline numbers from Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report: Employment rose by 252,000 jobs, the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent — it’s lowest level since since June 2008 — and average hourly earnings […]

Special Report: Sarasota is the Bay region’s lap of luxury

By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Sarasota dominated the top home sales in 2014. Of the 25 home sales on the List, 19 were in Sarasota County. The area has always been a retirement for the wealthy, but has started to attract a younger demographic by promoting its vibrant cultural scene. View the photos to see three […]

Roundtable: From retail to office, executives show optimism

Tampa Bay’s commercial real estate industry had a good year in 2014. There was growth across all sectors, with job and population growth driving new deals throughout the region. The Tampa Bay Business Journal recently gathered a group of leaders in commercial real estate for their thoughts on the market, obstacles to growth, and what’s […]