Northwest Florida Daily News - Business

One of the first things Thomas the business editor encountered on his arrival in Fort Walton Beach was this 16-story building on Miracle Strip Parkway. For this area, it looked bigger than big. Si...

As gas prices continue their relentless climb toward $4 a gallon, some of us have choices that involve driving less. That doesn't work too well when you're in the delivery business. "We're just tr...

Wall Street ended a week of big losses with more selling Friday as rising oil prices again raised worries that strained consumers will cut back spending and hurt the overall economy. In the final ...

Wall Street steadied itself Thursday after two sessions of steep declines, rebounding moderately as oil prices stepped back from their frenetic upward run. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 24....

A new Eglin Base Exchange and Commissary could be located outside of its gates, according to base officials. Maj. Gen. David W. Eidsaune, commander of the Air Armament Center and the Air Force Pro...

NEW YORK (AP) Early in the day, stocks began falling on the surging price of oil, which shot up more than $4 and breached $133 a barrel for the first time on the futures market Wednesday. The stoc...

NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average fell 227 points, bringing its two-day loss to 427 points, or more than 3 percent. Early in the day, stocks began falling on the surging price of oil, w...

Wall Street stumbled Tuesday after oil prices spiked to a new record above $129 a barrel and a government report raised investors' concerns about the impact of inflation on consumer spending. The ...

MARY ESTHER — Don Alans Men's Store is closing in Santa Rosa Mall, but owner Don Alan Work has no plans to retire. “Well, there's been several things, but the downturn in the economy has been the b...

With all the woes America's economy has seen in recent months, cutbacks in spending are everywhere. But more than a few businesses on the Emerald Coast will make the most of National Tourism Week b...