http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com 5 minute Business 60 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:01:22 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322845.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For seven years, Mayra del Valle opened distribution centers around the world and negotiated key airline contracts for a young pioneering duty free company -- until it sold for $99 million. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322851.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322851.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One South Florida physician has found a way of using YouTube to ease parents' fears about the delicate surgeries he would be performing on their children. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322829.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322829.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST By now, most companies have heard the often-repeated advice from industry and environmental experts alike: Being green is not just good for the planet, it'sgood for the bottom line, too. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322835.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322835.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Here's a question for cocktail party conversations: Are entrepreneurs born or made?<p/> I asked each of the entrepreneurs profiled in today's cover stories, and they all felt that it is a http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322843.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322843.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Brian Javeline didn't just have a paper route when he was 12, he managed several, taking a cut from each of his ``employees.'' He then modified the formula with flea market booths on the weekends. By the time he was old enough to drive, he was building businesses. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322847.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322847.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ON LOCATIONFilm and TV productions in Miami-Dade County this week<p/>Plum TV, 419 Lafayette St., seventh floor, New York. Through Feb. 19, countywide. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322826.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322826.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Q: Our new CEO dictates orders without getting input from experienced staff and intimidates people by yelling at them in meetings. He was brought in because sales are dropping and the company is losing money. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322830.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322830.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For the past 10 years David Wyss has been the chief economist at Standard & Poor's where he's charged with forecasting the financial future and divining the whims of the market. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322837.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST This is the question nearly everyone wants to ask: ``Jack, do you have any secrets that can help increase my sales?''<p/> It's almost 50 years since I learned about Andy Smith, a very successfulcar salesman. The dynamics he created, year after year, singled him out for membership in the Top 10 USA. Year after year, good times and bad, customer loyalty rewarded him with record-breaking sales. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322844.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322844.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Like in cooking, building a business is all about the quality of the ingredients and the love you put into it. Then throw in the lagniappe -- that's Louisiana French for that unexpected something extra. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322850.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322850.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In the waiting room, the patient's family members circled a Blackberry. About every 15 minutes, Dr. Carlos Wolf of Miami Plastic Surgery gave them a few keystrokes of information about how the patient was doing. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322828.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322828.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ACCOUNTING<p/> Grant Thornton has named Eric Coombs manager corporate tax services. He was previously a senior associate in corporate tax services with Grant Thornton. He will work from the firm's Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322833.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322833.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BANKRUPTCIESRecent bankruptcies for the Southern District of Florida<p/>Arlequin Actor's Center, 4705 NW 7th St. Apt 408, Miami. Chapter 7. Pelayo M. Duran, 305-266-9780. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322842.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322842.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Nurturing an entrepreneurial culture is all the talk right now as an antidote for the ailing economy. And to create more and stronger entrepreneurs, the logic goes, you need to know what you are looking for. But how much is really known about the mind-set of the entrepreneur? http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322565.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In South Florida's bleak real-estate market, houses for sale aren't the only glut. Churches and other religious properties, some of them bank foreclosures, are plentiful, and stuck in a commercial purgatory. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322564.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1322564.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Small booksellers are filling niches and emphasizing service as they fight to stay in business. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321121.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321121.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The national unemployment rate surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983, the government reported Friday, and is likely to go higher, giving greater urgency to efforts in Congress and at the White House to consider tax and other incentives to spur businesses to hire. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321337.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Inside a conference room at a Kendall hotel, Maria Noguera and her mother sit in front of a jeweler from Twery's Estate Buyers. As a large lamp shines down on their glittering rings, necklaces, watches and earrings, the jeweler meticulously counts, separates and tests the 30 pieces of gold they brought to sell. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321344.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/5min/story/1321344.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For the first time in the company's history, Sedano's Supermarkets is expanding outside of South Florida.<p/> The Hispanic supermarket chain said Friday it has a deal to purchase three Albertson's stores in the Orlando area that will be converted into the Sedano's brand. Terms of the deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter of next year, were not disclosed.