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Business -- MiamiHerald.com
Business -- MiamiHerald.com
Business -- MiamiHerald.com

  • More Movers online in 2008
    The year may be winding down, but we've been busy revving up our website for 2008. I am most happy to report that one of the most popular features in Business Monday -- Movers -- will now be expanded on MiamiHerald.com/business.
  • Green Tee offers chic, organic T-shirts
    Over the past two decades, Jose Beguiristain has seen his company, B-Line Apparel, grow from a modest, one-person shop to a massive 30,000-square-foot Opa-locka factory that churns out 24,000 screen-printed T-shirts a day. With annual sales of more than $7 million and clients such as Bacardi, Playboy and Kodak, Beguiristain has done well. Now he's also hoping to do good.
  • Sunshine briefs
    Security Bank and CP Capital Group, two related Miami companies, last week opened corporate headquarter offices in the same Coral Way building.
  • 5 QUESTIONS WITH SUSAN KAUFMAN PURCELL: 5 questions with Susan Kaufman Purcell
    Susan Kaufman Purcell has written books, taught classes, and worked at the State Department and in foreign policy organizations, as she has followed the ups and downs of Latin America. Then came the offer to direct the newly formed Center for Hemispheric Policy, the successor to the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center at the University of Miami.
  • LAUNCH PAD: Real entrepreneurs need real financing
    You have decided to start your business and now you've reached the point where the rubber meets the road. Where will you get the money to finance this project?
  • Salmon farms roil Chilean waters
    BY MONTE REEL Newcomers to Patagonia can't even make it out of the airport here without encountering a stunning view of sparkling Lake Llanquihue, with the snow-peaked cone of Osorno volcano rising in the background.
  • Leah Thompson
    If you're looking for an out-loud-laughing, head-shaking, here-honey-you-have-to-listen-to-this-one read, this one's for you. The only drawback was the repetitive dip into fraternity humor and language.
  • BUSINESS TRAVEL: Gifts packed with practicality for travelers
    Road warriors haven't had much to ho-ho-ho about in this abysmal year for air travel. Maybe you can help make someone's trips go a little easier in 2008.
  • WORKPLACE: Boss' age may determine bonus
    They're graying. They're in charge. And this holiday, they're really, really cheap. Baby boomers, the generation that prides itself on idealism, are the bosses least likely to throw a holiday party, dole out bonuses or send so much as a fruit basket, according to a newly released survey commissioned by American Express.
  • Movers
    ACCOUNTING Goldstein Schechter Price Lucas Horwitz & Co., an accounting, tax, audit and consulting firm in Miami, has hired three new people. They are: Gerald Teitelbaum as partner; Christine Suchyna as director of marketing; and Barbara Ruiz as director of human resources.
  • WORKPLACE: Avoid office romance
    Q: I am a married woman who has fallen in love with my boss. He is also married with kids. For about a year, we've been fighting a strong attraction for each other.
  • JOB FILE: Priest's job is about comfort, joy
    Members of the clergy tend to be happy. That was the finding of a study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, which found that 67 percent of the 37,280 employed clergy in the United States say they are ''very happy'' in their work. The Rev. Juan Carlos Paguaga is one of these men.
  • Michael Y. Cannon Real Estate
    Location: Southeast of Northwest 17th Avenue and 14th Street. Seller: US 1 Commercial Real Estate Investments, affiliated with Dade Realty and Management Corp., represented by Hamid Shantiai, president.
  • COVER STORY: Hotels turn to the homeless for help
    ulie Grimes thinks her competitors in the hotel business could ease their chronic labor crunch if they would knock on some nearby doors: at homeless shelters.
  • BUSINESS BOOKS: Dilbert's creator blogs a book
    Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice. Scott Adams. Portfolio. 368 pages. Scott Adams, whose newspaper comic strip, Dilbert, is wildly successful and popular, posts his thoughts -- mostly text, not graphics -- on his blog at http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/
  • Spain feels U.S. mortgage pain
    BY BEN SILLS Julia Gavin sold more than a house a week as the Spanish real-estate boom peaked last year. Now that business is drying up, she's sharing leads with competitors, reckoning a partial commission is better than none at all.
  • BANKRUPTCIES
    Bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida: JDJ Wilton Manors Development, 2101 N. Commerce Pkwy., Fort Lauderdale. Chapter 11. Susan D. Lasky, 954-565-5854.
  • IPOs
    Initial public offerings planned this week: Gushan Environmental Energy, Fuzhou City, China; 18 million American depositary shares, each representing two ordinary shares; $11.50 to $13.50; Merrill Lynch; proposed NYSE symbol: GU; biodiesel producer in China.
  • ON LOCATION
    Here are the film and TV productions in Miami-Dade County this week: Caramel Pictures, 3535 Curtis Ln., Coconut Grove. Commercial: ''Togo.'' Monday through Wednesday, Crandon Park Beach.
  • JOIN THE BUSINESS MONDAY BOOK CLUB
    Here's your chance to read and review business books. How it works Business books columnist Richard Pachter selects a new book for the club every month. On a first-come, first-served basis, a limited number of members can get a free copy by e-mailing rap@WordsOnWords.com with the member's name, address and phone number. Readers who do not get a free book in the mail are invited to buy their own copies and send their reviews to the same e-mail address.