Insurance

Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare

Homeowners could save up to 70 percent on their insurance premium with a new policy offering from Citizens,...

Miami Beach

Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet

For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.

Retail

Microsoft opens full-line store at Dadeland

Microsoft opens its first full-line store in South Florida, at Dadeland Mall, on Saturday.

New CFO at Royal Caribbean

The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.

WORKPLACE

Many workplaces insure domestic partners, some now also pay the tax on benefits

Many Florida businesses and public institutions provide domestic partner benefits for unmarried employees. ...

Employment

College graduates hoping for pomp — and jobs

The job market isn’t absorbing the entire class of 2013, but hiring’s a lot better than it wa...

The color of money

Michelle Singletary: Calculating the real cost of that speeding ticket

For many drivers, the fear of rising auto insurance rates keeps them from driving too fast or leaving their...

Hits and misses in Facebook's history

Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and ...

Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable be...

Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy

Encouraging news about the U.S. economy extended the stock market's rally Friday.

Pew survey questions Gen X, baby boomer savings

A research report by the Pew Charitable Trusts says younger baby boomers and Generation Xers face an uncert...

Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy

Encouraging news about the U.S. economy is extending the stock market's rally.

Buybacks are a big factor behind stock market boom

It's the narcissist rally.

Business events scheduled for the coming week

TUESDAY, May 21

PORTMIAMI

Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to deepen Miami port

A dredging contract ws awarded to make the port’s channels deep enough for the ships that will trave...

Colombia

U.S. exports gain in first year of U.S.-Colombia trade pact

World Trade

Brazilian will be the first Latin American to head the WTO

Roberto Azevêdo, a career diplomat, will take the reins at a time when the world trading system is at ...

International trade

World Trade Month celebrates global ties

A series of international events will be held in South Florida in May

REMITTANCES

IDB: Remittances sent to Latin America and the Caribbean on the upswing

A new Inter-American Development Bank report shows remittances sent to the region in 2012 reached $61.3 bil...

In My Opinion

Andres Oppenheimer: Latin America’s fastest-growing economies of 2013

New economic projections from the World Bank and the United Nations show that Latin America countries will...

design

The art of the mola comes from Panama’s Guna women

Sculptures in cloth are all-purpose pieces traditionally made by Guna women from the San Blas Islands

Startup spotlight: clearCi

clearCi

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted ...

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer...

Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds

A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in...

Review: Toshiba brings high-res screen to Windows

Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. Thes...

'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo

Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Norwegian Breakaway takes its bow in Manhattan

Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line celebrated the christening of its newest ship with pomp, pageantry ȁ...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Norwegian Cruise Line sees first-quarter improvement

With an IPO in the rearview mirror and a new ship at sea, Norwegian Cruise Line has high hopes for 2013.

GAY & LESBIAN MARKETPLACE

The Biltmore launches campaign to bring gay weddings to Coral Gables hotel

The Biltmore in Coral Gables has launched a ‘Love is Love’ campaign to bring gay weddings to the ...

HOTELS

b2 hopes to B the place to 2be

The first of a new brand, b2 hotel, had its grand opening this week in downtown Miami.

HOTELS

March was a standout for South Florida hotels, new numbers show

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Carnival Corp. to pay government for help following Splendor, Triumph fires at sea

Carnival Corp. said in a statement Monday that the company will reimburse the U.S. government for costs rel...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Full of new features, Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas to call New Jersey home

Royal Caribbean International’s next new ship, Quantum of the Seas, will offer bumper cars, simulate...

Healthcare

Jackson Health System solvent for first time in five years

For the first time in five years, Jackson Health System is solvent, administrators say, but many financial ...

Marijuana

Miami area leaders discuss marijuana legalization

The Urban League of Greater Miami and Concerned African Women are hosting a public conversation to discuss ...

Healthcare

In Miami, more hospital prices may see light of day

State oversight

Inside a nursing home: cartoons, tunes and tears

A recent inspection at one nursing home caring for children found significant shortcomings.

Drug addiction

As pill mills fade away, heroin fills the void

There are signs that heroin is returning as a cheap alternative to prescription pills, the by-product of Fl...

Healthcare

Abused, isolated: the hard life of little Anubis Day

Anubis Day and more than 200 other Florida children are at the heart of a bitter fight over the stateȁ...

Florida health centers to help enroll uninsured for coverage

Federal officials announced that $8 million is available to 48 Florida community health centers to help the...