MiamiHerald.com: Business http://www.miamiherald.com/enews/biz/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Business http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/enews/biz/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com Business 60 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:38:28 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[US home sales tick up to highest in 3 1/2 years]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410420/us-home-sales-tick-up-to-highest.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410420/us-home-sales-tick-up-to-highest.html Wed, 22 May 2013 10:15 EDT

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.

]]> <![CDATA[Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410202/lowes-1q-profit-rises-chilly-spring.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410202/lowes-1q-profit-rises-chilly-spring.html Wed, 22 May 2013 06:35 EDT

Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.

]]> <![CDATA[Target's 1Q profit drops 29 pct on weak sales]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410285/targets-1q-profit-drops-26-pct.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410285/targets-1q-profit-drops-26-pct.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00 EDT

Target Corp. reported a 29 percent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressures chilled customers' appetite for spending.

]]> <![CDATA[US auto factories cutting back on summer downtime]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410196/us-auto-factories-cutting-back.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410196/us-auto-factories-cutting-back.html Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30 EDT Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.

]]> <![CDATA[Palmetto Bay will reconsider 1,400-student charter school]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410437/palmetto-bay-will-reconsider-1400.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410437/palmetto-bay-will-reconsider-1400.html Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22 EDT A divided Village Council agreed to settle a lawsuit stemming from the council’s 2011 rejection of a proposed charter school.

]]> <![CDATA[PortMiami rail upgrade now on track]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409547/portmiami-rail-upgrade-now-on.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409547/portmiami-rail-upgrade-now-on.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24 EDT Construction of a delayed rail line upgrade at PortMiami should begin within 45 days.

]]> <![CDATA[The tricky business of collaboration]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409546/the-tricky-business-of-collaboration.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409546/the-tricky-business-of-collaboration.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24 EDT

Shaping a winning squad is a tricky job. Experts emphasize team building with direct feedback to members who aren’t working with the playbook.

]]> <![CDATA[Starck firm sues Related Cos.]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409381/starck-firm-sues-related-cos.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409381/starck-firm-sues-related-cos.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:57 EDT A trendy architecture and design firm co-founded by Philippe Starck called yoo (cq) sued Jorge Perez’s Miami-based Related Group of Florida and a Mexico affiliate in a dispute over the timing of fee payments on a big luxury condominium project dating to the last boom.

]]> <![CDATA[Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409378/sweet-deal-for-state-taxpayers.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409378/sweet-deal-for-state-taxpayers.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29 EDT Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citizens Property and Gov. Rick Scott are tapping the insurer’s $6.4 billion surplus for special giveaways to politically-connected companies.

]]> <![CDATA[L.A.’s Redbury Hotel coming to South Beach]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409337/las-redbury-hotel-coming-to-south.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409337/las-redbury-hotel-coming-to-south.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25 EDT Another Los Angeles transplant is coming to South Beach.

]]> <![CDATA[How a spark of an idea for a sneaker turned Crystal4U into a sparkling business]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409217/how-a-spark-of-an-idea-for-a-sneaker.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409217/how-a-spark-of-an-idea-for-a-sneaker.html Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33 EDT

A Weston woman’s spark of an idea turned into a sparkling business

]]> <![CDATA[AP PHOTOS: The 10 highest-paid CEOs of 2012]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410601/ap-photos-the-10-highest-paid.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410601/ap-photos-the-10-highest-paid.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:20 EDT It pays to be in TV.

]]> <![CDATA[Stocks rise on Fed stimulus hopes, home sales]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410545/stocks-rise-on-fed-stimulus-hopes.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410545/stocks-rise-on-fed-stimulus-hopes.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55 EDT

Stocks are moving higher Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was too soon for the central bank to pull back on its economic stimulus programs.

]]> <![CDATA[Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to deepen Miami port]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401727/army-corps-of-engineers-awards.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/16/3401727/army-corps-of-engineers-awards.html Thu, 16 May 2013 21:17 EDT

A dredging contract ws awarded to make the port’s channels deep enough for the ships that will traverse an expanded Panama Canal

]]> <![CDATA[U.S. exports gain in first year of U.S.-Colombia trade pact]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3399641/us-exports-gain-in-first-year.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3399641/us-exports-gain-in-first-year.html Wed, 15 May 2013 19:37 EDT

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement marked its first anniversary Wednesday.

]]> <![CDATA[First Look: New Xbox elegant, but much unknown]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3409906/first-look-new-xbox-elegant-but.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3409906/first-look-new-xbox-elegant-but.html Wed, 22 May 2013 00:40 EDT

Will gamers want One?

]]> <![CDATA[Tech Q&A: Which TV system for digital age?]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410294/tech-qa-which-tv-system-for-digital.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/22/3410294/tech-qa-which-tv-system-for-digital.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:05 EDT QUESTION: If you were to start from scratch with a TV system in your home, how would you do it?

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