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Optimal Success

Maria Merce Martin helps Fortune 500 clients improve sales By Kevin Gale | Makeup and Hair: Julie Soubielle | Photo: Lynn Parks Optime Consulting CEO Maria Merce Martin has one

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Amenities Supersede Everything

Homes along golf courses continue to command a premium This is the second installment of SFBW’s “Inside the Gates” series, a closer look at golf and country club living. By

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A New Year, and a New Business Climate

By Andrea Richard The first South Florida Executive Roundtable of 2017 convened on Jan. 11, just a few days before President Donald Trump took office. Understandably, the new administration was

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Who Can You Trust with Your Trust?

By Julie Neitzel Family trusts have been around longer than most people realize. The very first trusts date to the Roman Empire around A.D. 800. In that society, only citizens

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A Look Back at Miami’s Women Trailblazers

March is Women’s History Month, and while Julia Tuttle is frequently celebrated as the mother of Miami for her keen vision, South Florida has its share of other notable women

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ONE LINERS Palm Beach

► Mark Pateman has become a managing principal of Cushman & Wakefield’s Palm Beach County operations. ► Developer Schmier & Feurring has proposed a Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel to

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Citrix deal indicates state incentives matter

Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), which is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, has selected Raleigh over Florida for a 400-person expansion. Job incentives played a key role in Citrix selecting Raleigh over

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How Clinton’s defeat turbocharged a South Florida stock

Back on Aug. 18, I wrote a blog about a “Black Swan” event that hammered the stock of the GEO Group (NYSE: GEO), a Boca Raton company that operates prisons

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Geo Group's headquarters in Boca Raton
Some Stocks With High Yields

Dear Mr. Berko: I have $63,000 to invest in five high-yield stocks that you think have good long-term potential. Please don’t recommend any closed-end funds or exchange-traded funds, which seem

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals

Dear Mr. Berko: I was looking up Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which has many products, especially in the eye care business. I wear contact lenses and have various eye problems for which

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Penn Treaty’s Long-Term Care Insurance

Dear Mr. Berko: In the late 1990s, my wife and I bought a Penn Treaty long-term care insurance policy to pay for future costs of nursing home care, which so

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Wal-Mart Tried to Take on Amazon Prime and Failed

Instead, it’s offering free two-day shipping to everyone. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) doesn’t think it makes sense to charge its online customers for two-day shipping anymore. The retailer is shutting down its year-and-a-half-old ShippingPass

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