After moving to Florida to “try his hand at the family business,” Rocco quickly got a job as a busboy at Big City Tavern. “It was the busiest restaurant I
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Veteran recruiting and staffing expert Mitch Kramer says there’s almost a double whammy for employers these days. Many got used to minimal raises and bonuses during the recession, but now
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He may be the reigning Indy 500 champion, but Ryan Hunter-Reay has only one thing on his mind at the moment – not waking toddler son Ryden from the ever-important afternoon
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About 90 percent of all businesses in the United States are owned or controlled by families, but only 30 percent make it successfully to the second generation. Only 10 to
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Cigar retailing is typified by a guy who loves to smoke and opens one store. Abe Dababneh has built an empire. His Smoke Inn stores have grown to 12 locations
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The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce honored two individual leaders and Miami Dade College for vision and leadership with its first Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Award of Excellence. The program
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Henry Flagler was the original architect of South Florida, but Jorge Pérez is arguably the biggest modern contributor. Since Pérez founded the Related Group in 1979, it has built 80,000
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Uncertainty is the watchword for South Florida’s community banks as they grapple with the banking reform regulations resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act. Dodd-Frank already has more than 5,000 pages of
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The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 shows how difficult searches can be, but making them easier is a daily job at one of the oldest manufacturers in South Florida.
Read More“The one thing I was most impressed by when I did my due diligence is where they sourced their products. The apricot and pineapple are sourced from Australia. They are
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Regent Bank Chairman and CEO Cyril S. “Sid” Spiro is ready for growth after raising $20 million in capital. The Great Recession whacked Regent’s customer base of small and medium-sized
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Sweet deal: Hoffman’s Chocolate expands Hoffman’s Chocolate is known for four stores in Palm Beach County and one in Stuart, but is now making a big push further south. “This
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