- America's Most Miserable Cities February 6, 2012
America's Most Miserable Cities by Forbes Miami is a playground for the rich and famous. Celebrities flock to parties at South Beach clubs and then return to their $10 million mansions in Miami Beach and Key Biscayne. It’s a leading ci...
- Association Financial Services Recovers Money For Condos & HOAs After Banks Foreclose January 30, 2012
Community Associations now have a way to recover money they believed to be written off and lost for good. A new tactic has been developed by Association Financial Services of Miami, Florida that has proven to be a boom to financially hurt condos and...
- SEC probes financing of new Marlins stadium December 6, 2011
By Curt Anderson of CBS Money Watch MIAMI — The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the financing of the Miami Marlins' new downtown stadium. SEC subpoenas to the city and Miami-Dade County are seeking a long list of documents an...
- DRIVING SUSTAINABLE VALUE IN THE MIDDLE MARKET November 21, 2011
The Company has the best EBITDA ever! How can we tell if they can grow? We have heard a number of similar comments after companies have reduced headcount, expenses and delayed capital expenditures dramatically affecting their ability to grow the to...
- Cities Hit as Funds From Bonds Pay Other Bills November 14, 2011
By IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN, JUSTIN SCHECK and BOBBY WHITE When the recession squeezed Miami's budget in recent years, officials reached into funds raised for road repairs and other projects to plug the shortfall. Now, the city is paying a price. Th...
- Financing Latin America's Entrepreneurs November 10, 2011
Venture capital is a driver of entrepreneurship in Latin America. BY JERRY HAAR Venture capital (VC) is one of the most challenging yet promising arenas of finance in the Americas today. While much attention has centered on the U.S. venture ...
- What’s driving Miami’s entrepreneurial renaissance November 1, 2011
What’s driving Miami’s entrepreneurial renaissance By Jerry Haar Special to The Miami Herald The pall cast over the global economy shows no sign of lifting anytime soon. The U.S. and Europe are mired in debt, experi...
- South Florida Job Climate September 27, 2011
BY JORGE LUIS LOPEZ Recent jobs reports find that U.S. job creation remains stagnant. South Florida’s economic picture is improving but our unemployment rate remains higher than the national average. While President Obama is rolling out his pl...
- Two One-Way Lanes on the Road to Ruin September 20, 2011
By John P. Hussman, Ph.D. Reprint Policy First, a quick review of market conditions. Short-term measures of market action became extremely oversold mid-week, and investors took the Fed's latest statement as an occasion to launch a fairly...
- Mergers and Acquisitions and Failed Integrations August 24, 2011
Proper M&A Strategy Mergers and acquisitions and failed integrations...a seed bed for turnaround work: a corporate executive's prescription for avoiding pitfalls in corporate M&A strategy By Harry Gray, Randy Besosa and Lance WimmerTo...
- Private Equity & the FCPA August 11, 2011
As they begin to focus on buying opportunities in Latin America, private equity firms need to beware of potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by their portfolio companies, which could put them in legal jeopardy. Pleading ignorance w...
- Be Careful What You Wish For August 11, 2011
Foreign firms bidding on infrastructure projects in Brazil or buying up local companies are understandably keen to get in on the country’s economic boom. But two projects gone awry provide a cautionary tale of the considerable risks that accompany po...
- From Barings to Madoff: Lessons Learned August 11, 2011
By Ian McCluskey FRAUD PREVENTION From Barings to Madoff: Lessons Learned Regulations are no match for human failings. As lawyers, financial investigators and chastened investors continue to pick through the rubble of the Madoff scandal and oth...
- Wharton Private Equity Review: Finding Value in a Crowded Market August 11, 2011
China or India: Which Is the Better Long-term Investment for Private Equity Firms? India and China are both vast countries just opening to development, filled with opportunity and risk for private equity investors. Inevitably, the two countries’ r...
- Miami-Dade County added 3,700 new jobs in the past year June 17, 2011
Miami-Dade County added 3,700 new jobs in the past year, but the unemployment rate still increased. Miami-Dade County added 3,700 new nonagricultural jobs between May 2010 and May 2011, an increase of 0.4 percent. Between April 2011 and May 2011, the community lost 3,000 jobs.
