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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

After 4 years, FAU’s Tech Runway has become one of South Florida’s most fertile cradles of enterprise  By Arnie Rosenberg Rhys Williams knew what he was getting into when he

By Julie Neitzel With increasing frequency, older Americans are becoming victims of financial crimes. It’s estimated that one in five older Americans have been exploited financially. Most victims are 80

Dear Mr. Berko: The three bank stocks — Bank of America, Citigroup and BB&T — I’ve owned since September 2014 had disappointing results at first. My stockbroker nearly persuaded me

Dear Mr. Berko: After spending 55 minutes on the phone with Verizon and being switched to four different departments, I think I got my problem solved. Then I had to

Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Arquitectonica have made a mark in Miami and around the globe Arquitectonica is synonymous with Miami’s ranking as a global center of architecture, and Bernardo Fort-Brescia was

Dear Mr. Berko: I’ve decided to invest about $100,000 in the stocks of liquefied natural gas carriers for income and growth. I know enough about the natural gas business to

Dear Mr. Berko: I am 66 and will retire next year with a $1,365 monthly pension and a 401(k) worth $349,000, which I rolled over to an individual retirement account.

Dear Mr. Berko: I’m writing for our investment club and requesting your explanation of return on equity, price-earnings ratio and net profit margin. Could you please use untechnical English? We

Dear Mr. Berko: I want to invest $40,000, which is about 15 percent of my individual retirement account, in construction stocks that will benefit by President Donald Trump’s infrastructure spending.

Dear Readers: Over the past seven months, I’ve received several dozen questions about a relatively new retirement product called a qualified longevity annuity contract. Though I’m not an annuity aficionado,

Dear Mr. Berko: My wife and I are in our early 70s, are retired from good jobs and have no children. Our joint account (enclosed) has $1.23 million, and our