REAL ESTATE

Florida still leads nation in foreclosures

A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Film shows South Florida students shooting for moon

Three South Florida students are featured in a new documentary film about budding entrepreneurs.

Jackson Health Systems chief charts hospital's rebound

Chief Executive Eneida Roldan wields her knife at losses at Jackson Health Systems.

INVESTMENT FRAUD

Man to settle charges he stole millions from Haitian Americans

A self-proclaimed investment guru has agreed to a settlement with federal securities regulators over charge...

SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

Other law firms scoop up Scott Rothstein's colleagues

Being a former employee of Scott Rothstein isn't proving to be an obstacle for some of those attorneys who ...

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

Prepare business to grow, women are told

Speakers at a conference for women entrepreneurs urged their listeners to get ready now for the coming econ...

UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment compensation tax will surge for employers

The state's trust fund for unemployment benefits is depleted, and employers will have to pay much higher ta...

More ethics rules issued for NC treasurer workers

State Treasurer Janet Cowell unveiled new rules Friday banning employees from taking gifts from companies t...

UConn: Merger with Hartford Hospital not feasible

University of Connecticut officials say a plan to merge the UConn Health Center in Farmington with Hartford...

Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump

Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mine the company depends on to m...

13 charged in $19M Central Oregon bank fraud

The collapse of a Bend real estate development company has resulted in charges against 13 people in what pr...

Moody's downgrades Liberty Media LLC ratings

Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday...

"Going Rogue" is going big

Southwest Airlines changes board election rules

Southwest Airlines Co. said Friday it will require uncontested candidates for its board of directors to win...

AIRLINES

South Floridians get new California flight options

Two airlines are offering new flight paths between Fort Lauderdale and California.

BANKING

China shores up Latin America ties

Chinese banking officials are learning Spanish and Portuguese as they look to Latin America with big plans ...

Lan Airlines is `window shopping' for acquisitions

Lan Airlines, Latin America's biggest air carrier by market value, is ``window shopping'' for mergers and a...

Colombia holds major export event in Miami

Blame it on Hugo Chávez: Colombia is rushing to boost sales to North America, now that political di...

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

Economists: Worst is over

The worst of the Great Recession is over and Latin American economies are poised for better days in 2010, a...

MEDIA

Univisión to show programs on YouTube

(AP) -- Univisión, the biggest Hispanic broadcaster in the United States, said Monday its shows will...

Sol Melia to gain from U.S. repeal of Cuba travel ban

Spanish hotelier Sol Melia will benefit over American rivals like Marriott International if a bill before ...

Twitter sales top $4 million; ad business planned

Twitter, the social-networking company valued at $1 billion by venture capitalists, said it is generating s...

Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue

The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market was...

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and o...

B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders

Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before C...

Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC

Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their...

GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful me...

Library group offers text search to 4.6M books

A group of major national research libraries says users now can search the full text of 1.6 billion pages f...

Miami-Dade tourist tax falls 20 percent

An apparent bottom in the Miami-Dade hotel market gave way in August, when tourist taxes plunged 20 percent...

Sandals buys closed resort in Bahamas, plans upgrade

Officials of Sandals Resorts international announced plans to buy the former Four Seasons Resort Great Exum...