F eeling a little better about your 401(k) retirement account these days? Porsche hopes so. Luxury and performance vehicles are a tough sell during a recession, and the sooner well-heeled customers start spending money again, the happier Porsche dealers will be.

Q : I have a Roth and a conventional IRA. I currently contribute to my conventional IRA but am not eligible to contribute to the Roth IRA. Next year, I want to convert a portion of my conventional IRA to my existing Roth IRA, while continuing to make annual contributions to my conventional IRA. How do I make the conversion but keep my conventional IRA open?

Colonial Bank failure is fifth largest in U.S. history, BB&T acquires assets and branches

BB&T Corp. emerged Friday as the winning bidder for Colonial Bancgroup Inc. when the troubled bank from Alabama wobbled into federal receivership.

Blood bank board members serve for years on end, director for 34 years

Leighton Yates joined the board of directors at Metro Orlando’s major blood bank in 1975, when Gerald Ford was president and the movie Jaws was scaring people out of the water.

Unemployment checks to jobless Floridians have been delayed because the state appears to have tightened its eligibility rules in recent weeks.

FDIC brokers deal, BB&T takes on accounts, assets and branches of Alabama-based Colonial.

B&T Corp. emerged Friday as the winner in its bid for ColonialBancgroup Inc. as the troubled Alabama-based bank wobbled into federal receivership.

A group of women staged a “nurse-in” at a Winter Park Chick-Fil-A on Friday after a breast-feeding mom earlier in the week was asked to cover up by the restaurant manager.

CRYSTAL RIVER — The operators of a nuclear-power plant built more than three decades ago to generate electricity for as many as a half-million Central Florida homes will soon shut down their reactor.