Penn Mutual reorganizes Florida operations

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company said Wednesday that it has reorganized its Florida operations, conso...

New audio tour launched in Miami Beach

A new audio tour is letting tourists hear the stories of Miami Beach from experts.

Attorney: More than 1,000 expected to lose jobs with American Airlines

More than 1,000 American Airlines workers in Miami are expected to lose their jobs under the airline’...

Economy

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Business Monday is looking for haiku with an economic theme. Are you impacted or concerned about unemploym...

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INSURANCE

Citizens boosted home values to raise premiums, suit says

Some homeowners have filed a class-action lawsuit against Citizens Property, charging that it overvalued t...

Work/Life Balancing Act

Dating advice from the pros

Summary Box: PepsiCo 4th-quarter results up

THE NEWS: Pepsico Inc. said Thursday it will cut 8,700 jobs, about 3 percent of its 800,000 global work for...

Sales tax holiday considered in Colorado

Clothing and school supplies would be tax-free during an annual Colorado "sales tax holiday" that cleared i...

Wholesale inventories rose 1 percent in December

Wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles sharply in December although the gains are expected to slow...

Greek debt crisis eases, but drama is not over

More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long...

Stocks rise early after Greek deal, then drop back

Ford CFO Booth to retire, CEO Mulally staying put

Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital ...

Sunshine Industries

Armour Group builds bullet-proof business

A Fort Lauderdale company sells armored vehicles to military clients and companies with employees overseas.

Energy

Is oil drilling in Cuban waters safe?

With Scarabeo 9, a Spanish company’s leased oil rig, in place for exploratory drilling off the Cuban...

Immigration

Brazil offers visas to Haitians drawn by prospect of jobs

The Brazilian government created a special visa program after thousands of Haitians were stranded in remot...

Tradewinds

U.S. still tops for entrepreneurs

Ecuador

Ecuador conservation effort gets dragged into legal fight

Ecuadoran plaintiffs in an $18 billion lawsuit against Chevron said the company has been trying to bribe it...

Ecuador Environment

Ecuador court upholds historic environmental case against Chevron

An Ecuadoran court has upheld a ruling against Chevron for polluting the environment. Chevron says the ruli...

Cuba’s Year of Change

Cuba stacks up the building blocks of a new economy

The pace of economic reforms has picked up as Cuba seeks to move more people off government payrolls in an ...

Lenovo 3Q profit up by half, warns of disk supply

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's second biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday that quarterly profit ...

Oracle to pay $1.9B for Taleo, extends SAP rivalry

Oracle Corp. is escalating its rivalry with German business-software maker SAP AG and plans to pay $1.9 bil...

Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital ...

Cisco beats estimates with 2Q earnings, sales

Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Wednesday said that its net income ju...

Rambus, Nvidia sign patent licensing deal

Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a licensing agreement with chip maker...

Lawsuit seeks to block Google's privacy changes

A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making...

Review: Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machine

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twis...

Crown Princess hit with norovirus outbreak again; returning to Port Everglades

For the second time in as many days, the Crown Princess returned to Port Everglades after another outbreak ...

TRAVEL

Ship with sick passengers arrives in Fort Lauderdale

Princess Cruises has confirmed the stomach illness that affected almost 100 passengers aboard the Ruby Prin...

Two South Florida-bound cruise ships hit by norovirus

Two cruise ships have been hit by norovirus, a gastro-intestinal bug that spreads fast and leaves misery be...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Carnival: Bookings dropped fleetwide after Costa Concordia wreck

Carnival Corp. said in a regulatory filing that it expects full-year profits to take a $155 million to $175...

Bahamas police investigate cruise ship death

Authorities in the Bahamas say a 26-year-old U.S. tourist has died aboard a Carnival cruise ship and the cr...

Costs concordia disaster

Settlement offered to Costa Concordia shipwreck survivors

Passengers who suffered no physical injury from the grounding of the Costa Concordia are being offered a se...

CRUISE LINES

Disney Cruise Line coming to Miami

The Disney Wonder will set sail from Miami beginning in December, drawing more tourists here.

Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System, union agree on $52 million in concessions

Jackson Health System and SEIU agreed to a new three-year contract after months of intense bargaining, but ...

Jackson Health System

Uninsured woman’s search for surgery shows challenges faced at Jackson Health System

The case of a Hialeah single mother illustrates key issues — uninsured patients with complicated cas...

Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System will announce “significant” layoffs in about two weeks

Jackson Health System is restructuring in response to lower patient volume and budget problems.

Healthcare

Bascom Palmer plans major expansion

Healthcare

UM patient data stolen

Limited data on 1,219 University of Miami patients was stolen in November when someone broke the back windo...

Medicine

High-tech proton cancer therapy center planned for Palm Beach County

Backers of the controversial, and expensive, procedure say it can zap tumors with such accuracy that surrou...

Healthcare

Jackson Health System, UM headed toward “a completely new relationship”

Jackson Health System and the University of Miami are planning a new arrangement that would have some UM do...