Hoping holiday shopping stays full of ho-ho-ho
Consumers got in the spending mood quickly this holiday season, and retailers are hopeful that the trend will continue.
After a festive Thanksgiving weekend, retailers in South Florida and around the country are celebrating -- albeit with fingers crossed.
( BY ELAINE WALKER, ewalker@herald.com, 12/02/2003 03:01 AM EST)

MS. COMPUTER | TECH TUESDAY
File storage and expanded storage space at last are coming of age
As computer files grow ever bigger, the types of file storage and the quantity of storage space have also surged.
( PEGGY ROGERS, progers@herald.com, 12/02/2003 03:01 AM EST)

Pension case gets appeal
The Supreme Court will weigh in on a case in which a pension fund stopped paying benefits to young retirees.
The Supreme Court said Monday it will clarify pension rights for workers who retire early from one job and then go to work doing something else.
( By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press, 12/02/2003 03:01 AM EST)

Hispanic businesses feted
The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce's 2003 Hispanic Business Awards feature companies large and small in all sectors of industry.
Law firms, auto dealers, drugstores, schools, advertising agencies, apparelmakers, radio stations -- Miami-Dade's Hispanic entrepreneurs do it all.
( BY CHRISTINA HOAG, choag@herald.com, 12/02/2003 03:01 AM EST)

Call your agent! Beach to get channel on TV
Onboard Media, publisher of promotional books and magazines for resorts and cruise lines, plans to launch a tourism channel in Miami Beach.
Miami Beach is set to get its own version of the Travel Channel. Starting in January, The Beach Channel will be launched on Charter Communications' cable system in Miami Beach, reaching 80,000 households and 12,000 hotel rooms on channel 19.
( BY CHRISTINA HOAG, choag@herald.com, 12/02/2003 03:01 AM EST)

Business briefs
Stanley Gold, a key ally of former Disney Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney, resigned from the media and entertainment conglomerate's board, becoming the second vocal opponent of Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner to leave the board in two days.
( 12/02/2003 03:01 AM EST)