http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Breaking News - Business 60 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:39:17 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845143.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845143.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:04 EST The U.S. unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest since early 1993, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845439.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845439.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:21 EST Shares of Miami-based Lennar fell as much as 28 percent Friday after Barry Minkow's Fraud Discovery Institute alleged that the company operates its joint ventures like a Ponzi scheme. Lennar denied the allegations. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845755.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845755.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:09 EST If the official unemployment rate sometimes sounds low to you, you're not alone. But it's not because the government is cooking the books. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845524.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845524.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:29 EST Newly unemployed Americans will have to spend about 30 percent of their jobless benefits on average to pay for health insurance through their former employer, according to a new report. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/846123.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/846123.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:27 EST With employers shedding 524,000 jobs in December for a total of more than 2.6 million in all of 2008, economists think that as bad as Friday's jobs report from the government was, it only points to further deterioration in the months ahead. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845146.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845146.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:09 EST Romania's national currency dropped to a record low against the euro on Friday, the central bank said. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845697.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845697.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:39 EST Puerto Rico's newly elected governor plans to borrow $1.2 billion from a state bank to pay overdue debts and finance an economic stimulus package. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844823.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844823.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:24 EST A drop in oil and fertilizer costs has halved the price of rice - a staple for almost 700 million of Asia's poorest - but it could jump again this year as farmers struggle to secure loans amid the credit crunch, experts said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845198.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:49 EST After reportedly receiving a $3 million ransom dropped by parachute, pirates said they released a captured Saudi supertanker Friday, ending a two-month drama that helped galvanize international efforts to fight piracy off Africa's coast. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845804.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845804.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:24 EST Speculation about what kind of puppy the new first family will get has intrigued the nation since President-elect Barack Obama publicly promised his daughters a pooch. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844878.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:09 EST China has updated an ambitious blueprint to aggressively revamp the country's key manufacturing region - a plan that has already helped cause many low-end factories to move or shut down. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845204.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845204.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:59 EST A Switzerland-based firm has purchased Lithuania's troubled FlyLAL airline, FlyLAL announced Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845817.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845817.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:34 EST It's a common remark for those devoted to their pooches: "I spend more on my dog's health care than I do on my own!" http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844916.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844916.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:29 EST France's Renault SA said Friday that vehicle sales fell 28.5 percent in December as the global economic crisis led to a "brutal" collapse of the market. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845239.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:29 EST Bank of America says the former president of Merrill Lynch is leaving, following the completion of the Charlotte-based bank's takeover of the Wall Street investment firm. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845854.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845854.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:54 EST The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it was going to submit a plan to build a new theme park in China in a joint venture with the Shanghai government. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844928.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/844928.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:54 EST Chinese shares rebounded Friday as investors hunted bargains and power companies rose after a government capital injection into one electricity supplier. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845313.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:14 EST As Europe is once again held hostage to the gas quarrels between Ukraine and Russia, Turkey is hoping to become an alternative route for the continent's energy imports - but its ambitions face tough practical and political challenges. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845902.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845902.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:39 EST Barack Obama's economic team is talking with the Bush administration about having Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ask Congress within the next week for access to the $350 billion remaining in the financial bailout fund, officials on both sides said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845009.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/breaking-news/story/845009.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:54 EST The European Central Bank is considering taking a bigger regulatory role in the financial sector, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday.