MiamiHerald.com: Business AP http://www.miamiherald.com/795/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Business AP http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/795/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Business AP 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:55:04 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1346641.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1346641.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:29 EST As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself. Stanford investors to Antigua: Remove liquidator http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1345335.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1345335.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42 EST A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford. Neb.-based student loan company to hire 250 http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344537.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344537.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:56 EST Student loan company Nelnet Inc. says it plans to hire more than 250 people to expand its Lincoln work force. Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344416.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344416.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36 EST Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults. Officers behind junk fax scam face Kan. sentencing http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344256.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344256.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41 EST The president of a Florida consulting firm convicted in a massive fax blast scam blinked back tears Friday as he was sentenced to 68 months in prison for his role in defrauding thousands of small business owners across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Real estate agents see return of foreign buyers http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344247.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344247.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36 EST Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices. AirTran giving double rewards for Milwaukee travel http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1344091.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41 EST Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb. 10. Investors sue Fla. lawyer in fraud probe for $100M http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1343984.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1343984.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56 EST Investors claiming they were fleeced by a high-profile South Florida attorney filed a $100 million lawsuit Friday contending that the lawyer orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme with the help of a Canadian bank's U.S. subsidiary and several accomplices. Fla. unemployment climbs to 11.2 percent in Oct. http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1343690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1343690.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16 EST Florida's unemployment rate continued its steady upward climb in October to 11.2 percent - a mark last seen in the 1970s and a tenth of a percentage point higher than September's adjusted rate, state officials said Friday. Houses to be auctioned http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1343431.html http://www.miamiherald.com/795/story/1343431.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:31 EST About 166 properties - many of them on the Mississippi Gulf Coast - will be auctioned Saturday at Treasure Bay Casino in Biloxi.