GREEK DEBT CRISIS

Euro ministers question bailout deal

Stuck between looming bankruptcy and a flat-lined economy, Greek politicians agreed Thursday to make a swe...

RETIREMENT

401(k) balances finish 2011 flat

The most prolific 401(k) administrator in the country reported that retirement savings accounts didn’...

BarCamp returns to Miami Feb. 19

Miami will host its fifth BarCamp, a Silicon Valley phenomenon that has taken root in South Florida, on Feb...

Two South Beach hotels to join Marriott’s Autograph Collection

Two Art Deco boutique hotels are joining the Autograph Collection, Marriott International’s portfoli...

FASHION

A shared passion for fashion

Healthcare

Mount Sinai sells Miami Heart Institute

After years of trying to find a buyer, Mount Sinai Medical Center has sold the Miami Heart Institute, locat...

Grocery Shopping

Wal-Mart debuts ‘Great for You’ seal

You may like the food you buy, but is it “Great for You”?

Republic Bancorp founder Bernard Trager dies at 83

Bernard Trager, the longtime chairman and founder of bank holding company Republic Bancorp Inc., has died. ...

Fishermen meet amid bleak cod prospects

Fishermen and federal officials grappled Friday with the increasingly bleak prospect of finding some way fo...

Bank failures in Ill, Ind bring 2012 total to 9

Regulators on Friday closed small banks in Illinois and Indiana, increasing to nine the number of U.S. bank...

S&P lowers rating on 34 Italian banks

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday lowered its ratings on 34 Italian banks, citing concerns over ...

Greek premier says default would lead to 'chaos'

Greece's future in the eurozone came under renewed threat Friday as popular protests again turned violent a...

Summary Box: Stocks fall as Greek deal is held up

BAILOUT BLUES: U.S. stocks took their biggest slide so far this year on news that European countries that s...

How the major stock indexes fared on Friday

Stocks had their worst day of the year Friday after Greece hit a roadblock on its way to a critical bailout...

Sunshine Industries

Armour Group builds bullet-proof business

A Fort Lauderdale company sells armored vehicles to military clients and companies with employees overseas.

Energy

Is oil drilling in Cuban waters safe?

With Scarabeo 9, a Spanish company’s leased oil rig, in place for exploratory drilling off the Cuban...

Immigration

Brazil offers visas to Haitians drawn by prospect of jobs

The Brazilian government created a special visa program after thousands of Haitians were stranded in remot...

Tradewinds

U.S. still tops for entrepreneurs

Ecuador

Ecuador conservation effort gets dragged into legal fight

Ecuadoran plaintiffs in an $18 billion lawsuit against Chevron said the company has been trying to bribe it...

Ecuador Environment

Ecuador court upholds historic environmental case against Chevron

An Ecuadoran court has upheld a ruling against Chevron for polluting the environment. Chevron says the ruli...

Cuba’s Year of Change

Cuba stacks up the building blocks of a new economy

The pace of economic reforms has picked up as Cuba seeks to move more people off government payrolls in an ...

Gadgets: Keeping your phone charged on the go

Power on the go is something we all need since it's difficult to keep most of our portable electronic gadge...

Brazil files injunction against Twitter

A request for an injunction to stop Twitter users from alerting drivers to police roadblocks, radar traps a...

Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programm...

Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings

Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video ...

Groupon stock plunges on growth worries

Groupon had a lot to prove with its first earnings report as a public company. The nearly 14 percent slide ...

FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for govt post

FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power ...

Lenovo 3Q profit up by half, warns of disk supply

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's second biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday that quarterly profit ...

Crown Princess hit with norovirus outbreak again; returning to Port Everglades

For the second time in as many days, the Crown Princess returned to Port Everglades after another outbreak ...

Two South Florida-bound cruise ships hit by norovirus

Two cruise ships have been hit by norovirus, a gastro-intestinal bug that spreads fast and leaves misery be...

TRAVEL

Ship with sick passengers arrives in Fort Lauderdale

Princess Cruises has confirmed the stomach illness that affected almost 100 passengers aboard the Ruby Prin...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Carnival: Bookings dropped fleetwide after Costa Concordia wreck

Carnival Corp. said in a regulatory filing that it expects full-year profits to take a $155 million to $175...

Bahamas police investigate cruise ship death

Authorities in the Bahamas say a 26-year-old U.S. tourist has died aboard a Carnival cruise ship and the cr...

Costs concordia disaster

Settlement offered to Costa Concordia shipwreck survivors

Passengers who suffered no physical injury from the grounding of the Costa Concordia are being offered a se...

CRUISE LINES

Disney Cruise Line coming to Miami

The Disney Wonder will set sail from Miami beginning in December, drawing more tourists here.

Healthcare

Healthcare reform has netted Florida $119 million

Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature are strongly opposed to the Affordable Care Act, but $119 milli...

Healthcare

Mount Sinai sells Miami Heart Institute

After years of trying to find a buyer, Mount Sinai Medical Center has sold the Miami Heart Institute, locat...

Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System, union agree on $52 million in concessions

Jackson Health System and SEIU agreed to a new three-year contract after months of intense bargaining, but ...

Jackson Health System

Uninsured woman’s search for surgery shows challenges faced at Jackson Health System

The case of a Hialeah single mother illustrates key issues — uninsured patients with complicated cas...

Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System will announce “significant” layoffs in about two weeks

Jackson Health System is restructuring in response to lower patient volume and budget problems.

Healthcare

Bascom Palmer plans major expansion

Healthcare

UM patient data stolen

Limited data on 1,219 University of Miami patients was stolen in November when someone broke the back windo...