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  Entrepreneurship is family's American dream

  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.
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  Naysayers, failures are part of the journey

  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.

• BOOTSTRAP MARKETING

  Good information can generate new sales

  This is the question nearly everyone wants to ask: ``Jack, do you have any secrets that can help increase my sales?''

  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.

• Miami Children's Hospital posts surgical triumphs on YouTube

  Miami Children's Hospital posts surgical triumphs on YouTube.
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  Foreign investors dominate in South Florida real estate purchases

  In order to help his clients close on units at the luxury St. Tropez condominium in Sunny Isles Beach, developer Joe Milton recently put up $100 million of his company's cash to set up a mortgage company to fund loans.

• INSURANCE

  The rise of Ascendant, an insurer funded by the Cejas family

  Picking up where an ailing insurance company left off may not sound like an immediate recipe for success. But Pablo Cejas is hoping Ascendant Commercial Insurance will thrive where two Hialeah-based insurers failed.

• Q&A: New CEO of Northern Trust's Southeast Region

  Northern Trust's new Southeast Regional CEO, Sheldon T. Anderson, is a Miami native with a bullish outlook on the region's long-term prospects.

• Pepsom thinks outside of the box

  Pepsom Group's founders took an age-old remedy, added fresh new scents, gave it bright packaging and branded it, attracting the attention of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

• Movers

  High-level promotions and new hires in South Florida

• Does contract sale require GM's OK?

  Q: I'm general manager of a South Florida trucking company and am working in year three of my five-year employment contract.The business owners agreed to sell out to a Georgia buyer, and my contract is part of the sale. The contract is silent about my rights. The buyer just delivered a letter telling me to report for work in Atlanta. I don't want to go. What's the legal deal here?

• Business agenda

  MONDAY

  Broward County Property Appraiser's Community Outreach Program: Deputy appraisers assist with Homestead and other property tax exemption applications, answer questions on property taxes and accept applications for portability at outreach events throughout the county; free. 954-357-6035 or www.bcpa.net:

• Frugal office parties can still be a blast

  Small businesses find that iPods and in-house parties can be more fun than fancy restaurants and expensive DJs.

• Real estate listings from Michael Y. Cannon

  PLANTATION

  OFFICE BUILDING

  ACQUIRED FOR $2M

  Location: 1368 N. University Dr.

  Seller: Plantation Key Office Park, by Plantation KOP, general partner, represented by Paul Douglas, managing member.

• Children's clothing store gets online makeover

  Cori Franco gets a primer on driving traffic to the website of her Eanie Meanie clothing boutique.

• EDITOR'S NOTE

  Editor's note: Foreign investors may help South Florida recover

  ``The word is out across the entire globe that Miami is on sale, so we have had a lot of good activity this entire year.''

  Those enthusiastic words from Ron Shuffield, president of Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell Realtors, succinctly sum up this week's cover story on Page 16. As reporter Monica Hatcher notes, foreign buyers have become a key factor in the recent surge in home sales in South Florida. And they often come with cash in hand, which is good news for our local economy.

• On location

  Film and TV productions this week

• Bankruptcies

  Recent bankruptcies for the Southern District of Florida
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  Silicon Beach: South Florida plugs into the next wave

  Tech groups aim to revive South Florida's dream of becoming a Silicon Beach.

• Luggage makers revolutionize product lines

  With both air travel and luxury purchases on the decline, South Florida luggage makers are looking to revolutionize their product lines and attract new customers.

• Q&A: Founder of consulting firm HRM INT'L

  Cultural differences abound when doing business with Brazil, according to the founder of consulting firm HRM INT'L.

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