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• Employment

  College graduates hoping for pomp — and jobs

  The job market isn’t absorbing the entire class of 2013, but hiring’s a lot better than it was five years ago.

• The color of money

  Michelle Singletary: Calculating the real cost of that speeding ticket

  For many drivers, the fear of rising auto insurance rates keeps them from driving too fast or leaving their license at home.

• The week ahead

  Tom Hudson: Can Jaime Dimon hold onto both jobs?

  A fortress balance sheet may not be enough to protect JPMorgan’s CEO from the building chorus of criticism. Jaime Dimon has guided JPMorgan since 2005, navigating through the financial crisis, serving as the de facto spokesman for big banks and becoming the poster boy of the arrogance in high finance. He has survived a multi-billion dollar trading scandal and now faces regulators’ questions over actions of its energy traders and credit card collection procedures. No fewer than eight government agencies have launched investigations into JPMorgan.

• Transportation

  MDX courts local small business

  The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) is well known for the busy toll roads it operates such as the Dolphin Expressway or the Gratigny Parkway.

• Cutler Bay

  Cutler Bay approves new shopping center on Old Cutler Road

  Publix is expected to move to the new center from an existing site nearby, but the grocery chain says that’s just a rumor.

• EMPLOYMENT

  Job fair set for Tuesday, May 21

  A job fair set for the Don Shula Hotel on Tuesday, May 21, expects to have about 2,500 positions to fill.
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  Pérez Art Museum Miami

  Miami’s art museum gets anonymous $15 million gift

  An anonymous donor has given $12 million in cash and more than $3 million worth of art to the future Pérez Art Museum Miami.
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  ECONOMY

  Rare drop in healthcare hiring brings Miami-Dade its slowest job growth in three years

  The healthcare sector in South Florida has switched from a reliable jobs producer to an anchor on hiring growth.

• TRADE

  Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile

  Chile, Florida’s No. 6 export destination for products, was the first Latin American country to sign a U.S. free trade agreement.
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  Foreclosure, finally, for the Shore Club in South Beach

  Years after the process started, a final judgment of foreclosure was entered Monday against the owners of the Shore Club on Miami Beach.

• ECONOMY

  Five things to watch for in Friday’s jobs report

  Miami-Dade has seen some worrying employment numbers this year. April might bring the hint of a turnaround, or confirm that a rebound has stalled.
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  RELOCATION

  Future of Herald building site in hands of Genting

  Genting plans to demolish the newspaper’s Miami Herald headquarters as part of its plans to construct a luxury hotel with up to 500 rooms and hundreds of luxury condos.

• GOV. RICK SCOTT

  Fla. gov. rejects Amazon deal

  Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority since coming into office, has rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state.
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  Keys suffers through dismal stone crab season — but if you like octopus ...

  The end of stone-crab season this week may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.

• Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

  Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

• Building permits up across U.S.

  Nationwide building permits for single-family homes rose 27 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac.
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  Miami Beach

  Miami Beach commissioners ponder taxpayers’ share of convention center redevelopment

  Miami Beach commissioners got their first look at the public costs associated with revamping the city’s convention center district.

• Florida tourism sets new record in first quarter

  The year is off to a record start for Florida’s tourism industry.

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  Mayor: Bill Johnson “would do a great job” at the Beacon Council

  Would County Hall stop its star port director from jumping ship for the Beacon Council?
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  WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

  Young entrepreneurs redefining work world

  Many in their 20s want the freedom to work when and where they want.

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