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South Florida's inflation rate dropped again in April, despite a continued rise in prices for food and gasoline. The local inflation rate fell to 4.9 percent last month, down from 5.3 percent in February and 5.8 percent in December.
Allstate has lost its battle in court. The company's nine insurance companies operating in Florida now are barred from writing new policies until Allstate fully complies with a state subpoena for documents and information about its rate-setting process and rate filings. An appeals court ruling Wednesday cleared the way for the state's suspension to go into effect.
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The Miami Herald and Watson Wyatt surveyed 31 large local employers to help provide a picture of what types of benefits employees in South Florida receive.
Florida seniors enrolled in a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan will have a lot of sorting to do when the open enrollment period for 2008 begins.
There are many ways for a small business to expand. We explore four: Reaching out to the global marketplace, making the leap from a home office to more professional digs, franchising your business and becoming a franchisee.
We asked you to tell us what was wrong with downtown Miami's central business district, and did you ever: Dirty streets. Poor lighting. Inadequate parking -- and parks. Police nowhere in sight.
Ada Portillo is tired of trekking 45 minutes from her West Miami-Dade County home just to eat a nice dinner. After she moves into her downtown condo at Met Miami, restaurants, a movie theater and a grocery will be right there.
