Robert Trigaux

Florida's unemployment rate falls again

tampabay.com — Florida's unemployment rate fell to 7.2 percent in April, the lowest since 2008. The rate fell from 7.5 percent in March and 8.9 percent from last year at this time.The state added 17,000 jobs from March to April, and 119,000 jobs from April 2012.

A busy week of pitching by nuclear power industry, but who's buying?

tampabay.com — Talk about a nuclear tale of two cities. In Washington, D.C., Duke Energy's deposed CEO-for-a-moment Bill Johnson, now head of the Tennessee Valley Authority power company, stood at the podium of this week's Nuclear Energy Institute conference to unveil the industry's secret weapon.It's a video of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear, the nuclear power industry's organization of youthful engineers and others who work at nuclear power plants.

Tuesday's letters: Florida needs balanced energy portfolio

tampabay.com — Math guts nuclear myth and Editorial: High price of nuclear fantasies | May 12A balanced energy portfolioAs a state and a country, we need to have a balanced portfolio in order to sustain and secure our energy future and a broader understanding of our reliance on natural gas in Florida as the primary source of generating electricity.Duke Energy Florida's Levy nuclear project remains cost effective when compared to building comparable natural gas-fired power plants.

Paris Air Show for health care? Tampa Bay medical industry aims high

tampabay.com — Does Tampa Bay have the brains and brass to transform its regional medical industry into a national hot spot of health care innovation?It's a long shot at this point. But nearly 500 regional economic development industry leaders gathered Monday to consider reaching that goal by 2023.

Eight area companies to compete for annual Ernst & Young entrepreneur award in Florida

tampabay.com — Eight Tampa Bay area companies are finalists for the Ernst & Young "entrepreneur of the year" award this year in Florida. Award recipients will be announced June 13 at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. Statewide, 27 finalists were named Tuesday.

Editorial: The high price of nuclear fantasies

tampabay.com — The enduring Tallahassee myth that nuclear power is always cheaper has cost Duke Energy customers billions of dollars with nothing to show for it. A new analysis of the long-term cost of the proposed nuclear plant in Levy County - the kind that ideally would have already been done by regulators - should finally change the conversation.

Levy nuclear plant more costly than a natural gas facility

tampabay.com — In the long run, nuclear power is cheap. This, for many of Florida's top decisionmakers, is the Truth. Lawmakers have cast aside their worship of the free market - which long ago lost trust in building nuclear plants - and skewed state law to favor construction of new reactors.

Lightning owner Jeff Vinik talks about future development plans

tampabay.com — TAMPA -- It's been a rough year for Jeff Vinik, at least by multimillionaire standards.His hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, missed the playoffs. He decided to close his multibillion-dollar hedge fund, Vinik Asset Management LP.

Cutbacks in flights, passenger seats challenge TIA, other Florida airports

tampabay.com — If airline flights are shrinking nationally, those in Florida are (pardon the phrase) on a crash diet. Airline mergers, belt tightening and a recession that cut demand for air travel combined to contract the number of airline departures at U.S. airports by 14 percent between 2007 and 2012.

What area CEOs say: Their firms grow stronger in fits and starts

tampabay.com — Monday, May 6, 2013 5:58pm Gazing at the business outlook through the eyes of Tampa Bay's biggest public companies, the scene ranges from inspiring to chaotic. Kind of like the 2013 economy. Let's take a tour based on comments of the area's top executives as they talk about their challenges in recent conversations with Wall Street analysts.