Frank Matuszak, VP of sales and marketing for Erba Diagnostics, left, Sanjiv Suri, president of Erba Mannheim, Kevin Clark, CEO Erba Diagnostics, Gopalkrishnan Mohan, VP of Operations, Erba Mannheim, center, David Johnston, research and development leader of Erba Diagnostics, Mala Vazirani, executive director of Erba Mannheim, Suresh Vazirani, chairman and managing director of Erba Mannheim, right, are photographed at the Miami Lakes diagnostic complex.

ERBA Diagnostics: Rooted in Mumbai, growing in Miami

An Indian businessman expands his international medical diagnostic network in Miami-Dade County. Photo Gallery Available

DIGITAL DEBRIEF

Jet-setter’s love of travel fueled by early Miami trip

Now the publisher of Condé Nast Traveler, Carolyn Kremins took her first plane trip to Miami.

Entrepreneurship tools

Susan Amat: Using your roots to grow your business

Here are a few ways to tap into the power of your Diaspora group.

Startups take the stage at statewide investor conference

With interest in early-stage investing heating up, more than 200 investors, entrepreneurs and service providers came together last week for the Florida Venture Forum’s Early-Stage Conference in the Orlando area.

Tech entrepreneurship datebook

THIS WEEK

My View: Acquisitions — cucaracha style

They lived among the dinosaurs. They live among us now. They’re the hardiest insects on the planet, able to survive up to 45 minutes without air and a month without food. Cockroaches. Cucarachas. Most people find them disgusting. Serious investors should find them enlightening.

Empty chairs reserved for local public officials are empty as Citizens holds a rate hearing workshop at JW Marriott on Brickell in Miami, Florida on Monday July 16, 2012.

Insurance

Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare

Homeowners could save up to 70 percent on their insurance premium with a new policy offering from Citizens, but only 47 people have signed up for the cheaper coverage.

The private aircraft in dispute is a Bombardier Challenger 604 jet, which is similar to this model.

Miami Beach

Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet

For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport. Photo Gallery Available

Retail

Microsoft opens full-line store at Dadeland

Microsoft opens its first full-line store in South Florida, at Dadeland Mall, on Saturday.

New CFO at Royal Caribbean

The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.

WORKPLACE

Many workplaces insure domestic partners, some now also pay the tax on benefits

Many Florida businesses and public institutions provide domestic partner benefits for unmarried employees. Some now also cover the tax on the benefit.

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.

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.

The latest jobs numbers show that helathcare, one of the largest industries in the region, has shifted into a new, slower gear. Broward and Miami-Dade showed losses in a sector that was expanding even during the darkest days of the 2007-09 recession.

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.

Business

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