PROPERTY TAXES

Miami-Dade property assessments online next week

The Miami-Dade Property Appraiser will post 2013 assessed values early next week to give owners more time t...

Miami foreclosure rate down, but still high

The percentage of mortgages in the Miami area involved in some stage of the foreclosure process declined in...

Million-dollar Caplow Children’s Prize looks for plan to save children’s lives

The million-dollar Caplow Children’s Prize hopes to find and finance a plan to save the lives of ch...

ART BASEL

Despite lousy weather, initial Art Basel Hong Kong draws global collectors

A Russian oligarch, an English megamodel and a Miami museum group are among art enthusiasts at the initial ...

VISUAL ARTS

Outside the lines

Pacific Alliance Summit

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to ...

Miami Beach

Miami Beach developer, neighbors settle dispute

A settlement agreement has been reached between the homeowners of Sunset Islands 3 and 4, and the developer...

Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina

Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its e...

Protesters march against Monsanto in 250 cities

Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries.

Trustee opposes $20M payout to American Air CEO

The Justice Department is objecting to a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO T...

Metals and agricultural futures prices slip

Metals prices ended slightly lower Friday, as did agricultural futures.

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Friday

Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.

Investors shift focus to growth stocks

Growth stocks, neglected at the start of the year, are starting to get a bit of love from investors again.

Government, creditors object in CODA bankruptcy

Attorneys for the federal government and unsecured creditors have filed objections to electric car maker CO...

Pacific Alliance Summit

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to ...

CUBA

Canadian goes on trial in Havana for corruption scandal

Sarkis Yacoubian says he will plead guilty to one charge, but that he’s innocent of other corruptio...

Pacific Alliance Summit

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a s...

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

Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home al...

LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures

It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic ...

Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000

An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 5...

Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders

Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable ...

Taiwan cuts growth forecast on muted export demand

Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 percent as global demand for the is...

Details on how News Corp. split will work

News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publis...

News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split

News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing busines...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Cruise group adopts Passenger Bill of Rights

Major cruise companies have agreed to adopt a “Passenger Bill of Rights,” focusing on mechani...

TRAVEL

Summer travel: More crowds — and, for fliers, fees

Experts are forecasting a booming summer, with the threat of furlough-related delays over and gas prices lo...

L.A.’s Redbury Hotel coming to South Beach

Another Los Angeles transplant is coming to South Beach.

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...

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 ...

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.

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.

Jackson Health board working to reverse financial crisis up for re-approval

The board that runs Jackson Health System is up for re-approval by the Miami-Dade County Commission after t...

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

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...

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...