Healthcare

Database to shed light on healthcare costs

Researchers will use the previously confidential information in an effort to discover the real cost of heal...

Personal Finance

Credit score a mystery to many consumers

A new survey shows there is much confusion about what really factors into your credit score and how you can...

European Debt Crisis

Europe’s woes threaten other economies

Analysts worry that economies and markets now are so intertwined that the emerging slowdown will further w...

Small Business

No vacation for many South Florida small business owners

Recent polls reveal more U.S. adults are vacationing this summer despite the economy, but small business ow...

RESTAURANTS

Brickell dining scene comes to life

No longer is Miami Beach the center of foodie action. The Brickell area is quickly becoming a new hot spot ...

Entrepreneurship

Launch Pad Accelerator Program in Miami gets a boost

Miami’s Downtown Development Authority last week voted to pay up to $230,000 each year for two years...

Wells Fargo launches new payment service

Wells Fargo & Co. said it has launched Send & Receive Money, a new service that allows Wells Fargo customer...

Oil rises above $91 on Greece vote optimism

Oil rose above $91 a barrel Monday in Asia as Greek polls suggested pro-austerity parties might win electio...

Asia stocks muted amid Greek uncertainty, US break

Asian stock markets were muted Monday amid continuing uncertainty about Greece's future in the euro currenc...

US hail storm pounds new Ford Escape models

A vicious hail storm last month pounded thousands of Ford's popular new Escape SUVs as they awaited shipmen...

Polls: Greek's pro-austerity parties gaining

Three weeks before Greece has another election, opinion polls published Sunday indicated the election will ...

Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent

Outside the crumbling elementary school, goats feed on trash strewn across the front yard. Inside, the ceil...

Driving season begins, as does griping about gas

Premier appeals to Ireland: Vote yes to EU treaty

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny made a nationally televised appeal Sunday to voters to support the European...

Free Trade

New era of U.S.-Colombia trade and investment begins

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement went into effect Tuesday. A Miami event organized by Colombia’...

Cuba

Cuban casas particulares turn home into a business

Booking a room at a “casa particular,” a Cuban bed and breakfast, is a way to see the island ...

CUBA

Cuban Americans in Congress want meeting with IKEA over Cuban prisoners

To ask if Cuban prison labor was used to make furniture for the Swedish giant

Haiti tourism

Haiti’s rebranding itself as tourism destination

As the Caribbean’s tourism market rebounds, Haiti hoteliers look to get a piece of the action.

Caribbean

Business plan competition launched for Caribbean, diaspora entrepreneurs

U.S. State Department launches $100,000 business competition to spur jobs in the Caribbean through partners...

Haiti

Haitians look at investment opportunities, challenges in Haiti

Haitians in South Florida and elsewhere spent the day at a Miami conference exploring investment opportunit...

International trade

Commerce official: US on track to double exports by end of 2014

Dragon makes history with space station docking

The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International ...

Alibaba.com $2.5B privatization bid approved

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group's $2.5 billion bid to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private was clea...

Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends

Yahoo kills 'Livestand' just 6 months after debut

Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad.

New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate d...

NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's car crash

A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while...

Facebook launches iPhone camera app

TOURISM

Memorial Day kicks off busy South Florida summer travel season

Costa reveals plan to remove wrecked Concordia

In an operation that could take up to a year, salvage companies will refloat the wrecked Costa Concordia so...

American seeks right for additional flights to Brazil

American Airlines wants to fly more flights to Brazil — and some of those would be from Miami.

Florida visitor numbers up in first quarter

Between January and March, an estimated 23.4 million people came to Florida, according to Visit Florida, th...

May brings museum deals to Miami

Some American Airlines workers ratify contract

American Airlines announced Tuesday that several groups belonging to the Transport Workers Union have agree...

Carnival breaks ground on new cruise center in Dominican Republic

Carnival Corp. held groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $65 million cruise center in the Dominican Republic...

Healthcare

University of Miami medical school shakes up leadership

Five top executives have lost their leadership roles as part of ongoing restructuring at the University of ...

Blues Foundation awards Dade schools

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation announced 11 winners, including Miami-Dade Public Schools,...

Healthcare

Four sentenced in Memorial Healthcare System scheme

Four defendants in a bribery scheme involving Memorial Healthcare System were sentenced at a hearing Friday...

Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System is improving but major challenges remain ahead

Jackson Health System has had two positive months, but the biggest challenges lie ahead.

Healthcare

Miami has highest healthcare costs in country for private insurance

Private health insurance for a family of four costs more here than in New York and Chicago, according to a ...

Walgreens offers new drug discounts

Walgreens announced Tuesday an expanded Prescription Savings Club offering discounts on 8,000 brand and gen...

Healthcare

Competition to perform organ transplants is heating up in South Florida

Four South Florida hospitals have started the process to get approval for transplant programs to compete ag...