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Dear Mr. Berko: We wanted to buy 200 shares of MGE Energy, but our new stockbroker recommended that we buy 200 shares of Dominion Energy instead. Please give us your

► 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

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

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

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

Dear Mr. Berko: Several times in the past couple of months, you’ve said the Dow Jones industrial average will reach 30,000 in the coming 10 years. You must be smoking

Dear Mr. Berko: I think it was in August that you wrote a short comment about Accelerate Diagnostics. At the time, it was trading at $19. I’ve been a nurse

Yachts Miami Beach plans a high-end show By Martin Lenkowsky Yachts Miami Beach aims to attract an exclusive crowd this year by featuring a new VIP experience on the Grand

Dear Mr. Berko: I’m a 65-year-old single woman, and using your column, I’ve picked some good stocks that have nicely grown. The value of my individual retirement account is now

Dear Mr. Berko: What do you think of Actelion Pharmaceuticals? I bought 400 shares at $42 last June, and they’re now worth $56 each. Would you consider this a short-term

Manny Perdomo returns to lead SunTrust in South Florida Manuel M. Perdomo started out as a bank teller who struggled to balance his register the first day, but he’s carved

Jim Swift’s Cortera helps customers make the right business decisions By ARNIE ROSENBERG | Photography by Larry Wood As a kid, Jim Swift and his friends played a game as