HOT DOG KING

Miami hot dog king expands into reality TV

All American Hot Dog wants to serve its franks with a little reality TV on the side.

HOME OWNERSHIP

Home-buyers' cash plan hits roadblock

A state program is in place to give first-time home buyers up to $8,000. But it appears there will be some ...

U.S. ECONOMY

U.S. jobless rate hits 26-year high of 9.5 percent

U.S. unemployment hit 9.5 percent in June -- that means nearly 1 in 10 willing workers don't have a job. Th...

SMALL BUSINESS

Hollywood bar owner having tough time

Longtime bartender Mark Rowe finally saved the money to open his own pub, but before he could even pour his...

HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE

House panel meets on catastrophe insurance

Members of Congress heard how a national catastrophe insurance pool could help Florida.

TOURISM

W Hotels set to open a Miami Beach location

South Florida's hottest place for nightlife got yet another bar Wednesday. Actually, make that six. The new...

REAL ESTATE

Lenders foreclose on Related Group property

An investor group is taking control of a 420-unit West Palm Beach condo tower from the Miami-based Related ...

Investors' focus shifts to 2Q earnings reports

Investors, whose optimism was recently shaken by surprisingly weak economic data, are now hoping companies ...

As retailers cut back cities confront 'ghostboxes'

Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc...

Bankruptcies low in states that don't seize wages

States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neigh...

States digging deep to monitor water

Report: Initial bids due to buy The Boston Globe

A deadline is approaching for the possible sale of The Boston Globe.

Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan

The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobb...

China won't press for new global currency at G8

China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting ...

FOOD REGULATION

U.S. catfish plan risks trade war with Vietnamese

Trying to gain an advantage, U.S. catfish farmers are pushing for new rules that could block imports from V...

BANKING

Private banker says he took millions undetected

A private banker who stole millions from South American clients without raising a red flag internally raise...

Mexican factories edge in on China

More than 200 companies from around the world have factories in Reynosa, Mexico, employing 128,000 workers ...

TOURISM

Cuba can service U.S. tourists if ban is lifted, officials say

Cuba's tourism industry will have enough capacity for the surge of American travelers expected should U.S. ...

OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS

Boca Raton accountant pleads guilty in UBS tax fraud case

In the latest sign that Swiss banking secrecy isn't so secret anymore, a wealthy Boca Raton-based UBS clien...

INVESTMENTS

Stanford pleads not guilty

At a bond hearing, billionaire R. Allen Stanford pleaded not guilty to charges of massive investment fraud.

Q & A WITH GEORGE R. HARPER

Do homework before investing abroad

Attorney George R. Harper offers advice to help large and small businesses avoid the many pitfalls confront...

Geeks double as scourges and sages at media summit

The media moguls attending an annual powwow staged by investment bank Allen & Co. used to be able to rest c...

Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top

Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that incl...

BT offers staff time off in exchange for pay cut

Telecoms company BT Group PLC is offering staff a year off work in return for a 75 percent cut in that year...

The old is new again at Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a house...

US wants privacy in new cyber security system

AP unveils 'treasure trove' of historical footage

The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a "treasure trove" of historical film footage f...

Gadgets: A solution for working with underwater cameras

Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a cam...