Investment fund buys South Florida offices

An investment fund paid $95.1 million to acquire four South Florida properties leased to the United States ...

THE ECONOMY | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Beacon Council marks 25 years of progress, challenges

Miami-Dade's Beacon Council celebrates25 years of progress and challenges

SHOPPING CENTERS

Mall vacancies on the rise

Vacancies at U.S. neighborhood shopping centers and bigger regional malls edged up in the second quarter as...

RETAILING

Office Depot loses its Better Business Bureau accreditation

The Better Business Bureau pulled Office Depot's accreditation over allegations that the Boca retailer over...

TECHNOLOGY

Borders opens e-bookstore, offers e-reader

(AP) -- Borders Group Inc. has launched its e-bookstore as it tries to catch up to competitors who have a h...

Doctor-turned-fashion designer puts the laid-back culture of Brazil in his clothes

ROBERTO SUAREZ | 1928-2010

El Nuevo Herald founder dies at 82

Group plans panels to discuss Pebble Mine impact

A nonprofit group plans a series of scientific panels to examine the potential impacts of developing a copp...

Mass. AG wants info on Cape Winds costs, profits

The Massachusetts attorney general wants regulators to force Cape Wind to disclose construction and operati...

Advance America to close 122 locations

Payday lender Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc. said Thursday that it will shut down 122 locations ...

Shenandoah to sell Sprint Nextel prepaid phones

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said Thursday its subsidiary signed an amendment to its current contract ...

Court: Insurance rates can reflect credit scores

Insurance companies can use a person's credit report to determine rates, the Michigan Supreme Court said Th...

Idaho high court: City must vote on power contract

The state Supreme Court says the city of Idaho Falls must let voters decide whether to approve the renewal ...

Summary Box: Stocks rise for 3rd day on jobs news

THIRD CLIMB: Stocks rose for a third straight day Thursday after the government reported a larger than expe...

EU ruling revives Telefonica bid for Brazil's Vivo

Portugal Telecom says it is open to negotiations with Telefonica over the Spanish company's euro 7.15 billi...

REAL ESTATE

Visas offered to fund project

An international visa program could help fund a development project in Downtown Hollywood and others in the...

Doctor-turned-fashion designer puts the laid-back culture of Brazil in his clothes

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Miami gets ship of Epic proportions

Norwegian Cruise Line's newest, biggest ship sails to its home port in Miami Wednesday.

DISASTER IN THE GULF

Spill a wake-up call heard in the Americas

The Gulf oil spill spurs calls for tighter regulation and cooperation in countries around the Americas as n...

EDITOR'S NOTE

The wild nature of disasters

It didn't start June 1. It started April 20 this year. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion uncorked dea...

Dario Fuentes takes helm at Florida International Bankers Association

Promoting and expanding Miami's role as a global trade center, improving technological innovation and bolst...

Lawson Software's 4Q earnings hit by tax bill

Lawson Software Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings plunged 70 percent as the busine...

For online 'super reviewers' rewards go offline

Damien Smith leans in to hug Mairead Kelly. They have never met, but he has read her reviews dozens of time...

Dell tries on T-shirt site for new laptop art

PC maker Dell Inc. has tried to set its consumer laptops apart from the competition with lids buyers can cu...

Fincher's `Social Network' to open NY Film Fest

David Fincher's "The Social Network" will be the opening night film at the New York Film Festival.

Tesla hires former Apple, Gap real estate expert

Tesla Motors Inc. said Thursday it hired a former Microsoft and Apple real estate expert to help the maker ...

Loss of farms, other rural lands declines in Va.

The loss of farmland and other rural acres to development is declining in Virginia.

Get out your decoder ring; but don't get excited

Is it cool, or is it nerdy? You decide.

Miami-Dade tourist tax falls 20 percent

An apparent bottom in the Miami-Dade hotel market gave way in August, when tourist taxes plunged 20 percent...