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Construction spending finally in a tiny rebound
Construction spending in Florida is finally in a tiny rebound. The bad news: Housing permits are still 80 percent off their peaks.
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Construction spending in Florida is finally in a tiny rebound. The bad news: Housing permits are still 80 percent off their peaks.
The financial picture for the Florida Panthers and Broward’s tourist tax caught the attention of Moody’s bond-rating agency, which tacked a “negative outlook’’ onto the county’s bonds for BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise.
Crucial talks to discuss austerity cuts in Greece broke down after eight hours Wednesday as leaders of the three parties backing the country’s coalition government failed to agree to demands from international creditors for substantial cuts to state and private pensions.
European air safety regulators Wednesday ordered inspections of the entire fleet of Airbus A380 jets for tiny cracks in a wing component, extending a directive that had applied to only about a third of the 68 superjumbos in service.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights.
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company said Wednesday that it has reorganized its Florida operations, conso...
A new audio tour is letting tourists hear the stories of Miami Beach from experts.
More than 1,000 American Airlines workers in Miami are expected to lose their jobs under the airline’...
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Some homeowners have filed a class-action lawsuit against Citizens Property, charging that it overvalued t...
THE NEWS: Pepsico Inc. said Thursday it will cut 8,700 jobs, about 3 percent of its 800,000 global work for...
Clothing and school supplies would be tax-free during an annual Colorado "sales tax holiday" that cleared i...
Wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles sharply in December although the gains are expected to slow...
More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long...
Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital ...
A Fort Lauderdale company sells armored vehicles to military clients and companies with employees overseas.
With Scarabeo 9, a Spanish company’s leased oil rig, in place for exploratory drilling off the Cuban...
The Brazilian government created a special visa program after thousands of Haitians were stranded in remot...
Ecuadoran plaintiffs in an $18 billion lawsuit against Chevron said the company has been trying to bribe it...
An Ecuadoran court has upheld a ruling against Chevron for polluting the environment. Chevron says the ruli...
The pace of economic reforms has picked up as Cuba seeks to move more people off government payrolls in an ...
Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's second biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday that quarterly profit ...
Oracle Corp. is escalating its rivalry with German business-software maker SAP AG and plans to pay $1.9 bil...
Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital ...
Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Wednesday said that its net income ju...
Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a licensing agreement with chip maker...
A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making...
Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twis...
For the second time in as many days, the Crown Princess returned to Port Everglades after another outbreak ...
Princess Cruises has confirmed the stomach illness that affected almost 100 passengers aboard the Ruby Prin...
Two cruise ships have been hit by norovirus, a gastro-intestinal bug that spreads fast and leaves misery be...
Carnival Corp. said in a regulatory filing that it expects full-year profits to take a $155 million to $175...
Authorities in the Bahamas say a 26-year-old U.S. tourist has died aboard a Carnival cruise ship and the cr...
Passengers who suffered no physical injury from the grounding of the Costa Concordia are being offered a se...
The Disney Wonder will set sail from Miami beginning in December, drawing more tourists here.
Jackson Health System and SEIU agreed to a new three-year contract after months of intense bargaining, but ...
The case of a Hialeah single mother illustrates key issues — uninsured patients with complicated cas...
Jackson Health System is restructuring in response to lower patient volume and budget problems.
Limited data on 1,219 University of Miami patients was stolen in November when someone broke the back windo...
Backers of the controversial, and expensive, procedure say it can zap tumors with such accuracy that surrou...
Jackson Health System and the University of Miami are planning a new arrangement that would have some UM do...