Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker wants me to buy 400 shares of General Electric. Is he nuts? — JS, Moline, Ill. Dear JS: Last June, Jeff “Big Melt” Immelt, who
Read MoreThere’s a big power struggle going on between the Florida Legislature and local governments that’s raising a red flag with economic development agencies. Basically, the Legislature wants to take some
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Dear Mr. Berko: This year, I plan to put $6,500 in my individual retirement account into the American Funds Global Balanced Fund, which my stockbroker says will outperform the stock
Read MoreThere is a lot of, errr, buzz, about U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinding the Obama administration’s Cole memorandum, which gave some assurances that the feds wouldn’t be doing a
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Dear Mr. Berko: Brinker International has increased its earnings and dividends every year since 2011 and expects to do even better in 2018, but the stock price went down in
Read MoreDear Mr. Berko: Could you please tell us what you think the stock market will do once this tax bill is in effect? All the people I know say that
Read Moreâ–º Jeff Zalkin has joined Kaufman Lynn Construction as vice president of development. â–º Opustone in West Palm Beach hosted an event for interior designers and fabricators with Laminam, a
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Innovation takes center court on the business side By Kevin Gale f you think the Miami Heat’s victories are all on the court, there’s a story you should know about
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The Attitude of Gratitude By Stephen Garber To paraphrase author Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact is felt in Miami By Christine Alexis Martin Luther King Jr. was known throughout the world as a figure of peace. Born Jan. 15, 1929,
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Dear Mr. Berko: I pay over $33,000 a year for health insurance for me, my wife and my four children. That’s more than we’ve spent on doctor bills and medicine
Read MoreDear Mr. Berko: I’ve got a bug in my ear telling me to invest in water utility stocks. My parents live in Flint, Michigan, and my brother recently moved to
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