Update 5:20 p.m.: McKeon is officially the team’s interim manager — he answered questions about his age at a press conference Monday and said he thought the Marlins had a shot to play in October even though he’s “not hip with the Twitter or Facebook or something like that,” according…
The unemployment rate in Florida has fallen for the fifth straight month in May, mirroring a national trend. Unfortunately, there isn’t much to celebrate in Miami-Dade. The local unemployment rate rose once again by 0.5 percent and is now the second highest unemployment rate of any county in Florida…
Banner Supply Company was ordered Tuesday to pay hundreds of Florida homeowners $55 million dollars for selling them Chinese drywall that emitted sulfurous gases, according to Reuters. The gas smells horrible and is believed to have damaged wiring and appliances and caused illnesses in the homes where it was installed.The…
Pornographers of Miami: Order more business cards.The XBIZ Summit — partially sponsored this year by the “PussyCash Affiliate Network” — is an annual three-day networking event for “online adult business professionals,” and it’s headed for the city next summer, according to adult industry news site XBIZ.com…
It’s one thing for a politician to twist facts and figures to support his own agenda. Unfortunately, it’s just business as usual for the political class. It’s quite another for a politician to have such little faith in the intelligence of his constituents that he straight-up lies about figures anyone…
A Miami business wants to take former Hurricanes star and current Washington Redskin player Santana Moss to the legal cleaners. The owners of a Miami Gardens shopping center claim that a dry cleaning business, operated by one of Moss’s relatives and partially owned by the football star, owes almost $25,000…
If you were considering putting in a call to a company advertising “Growth Spurt” pills on a local radio station, don’t.It sounds appealing — the company’s website, geared toward parents of children who are too small to succeed in sports, says it’s the “safest height advancement program … considered a…
Nevin Shapiro lived like a modern-day Caligula. He seemed to have it all: a luxurious Miami Beach mansion on the bay, parties that attracted local notables and sports superstars, fast cars, big yacht, women and the athlete’s lounge at the University of Miami named after him. It all came tumbling…
Welp, it’s official — the Honorable Dong from New York’s 9th District is “Weiner” by both name and hobby. Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted yesterday that he did indeed tweet a picture of his stiffy to the entire Internet last week. There were also gross, awkwardly muscly pictures sent to…
Ron Artest, the NBA’s favorite halftime-boozing, riot-inducing maniac, has gotten quite interested in this year’s NBA Finals — unencumbered by playoff obligations of his own, he’s been making predictions for a week despite not knowing what day the games are on or what city they’re being played in.Stunning statistical analysis aside,…
LeBron James isn’t just a businessman; he’s a business, man. Yes, the Miami Heat superstar isn’t just building a legacy in Miami; he’s building a business here too. James today announced plans to open a high-end lifestyle store called “Unknwn.”…
The relationship between Miami-based Burger King and Coconut Grove-based ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky has officially come to an end. After announcing in March that CP+B’s services would no longer be needed, the fast-food chain has announced that New York-based McGarryBowen will take over their $320-million advertising account. Not…
Shaquille O’Neal’s announcement that he’s retiring from basketball after a legendary career that spanned 19 season has brought out lots of well wishers, but Mickey Arison, owner of the Miami Heat where Shaq won his last championship, perhaps had the best zinger.”I think he should take Charles Barkley’s job,” Arison…
José Canseco needs a woman. The Cuban American baseball player, who grew up in Miami before juicing harder than a Cuisnart and winning two World Series, has lately been taking to Twitter in search of a wife. He’s the total package — a six-time MLB all-star and member of the…
Florida’s economic condition might improve faster if we all put on a smile. Sure, our current economy may not give us much to be cheery about, but if we grin and bear it, things might get better, according to a new study from the University of Miami School of Business Administration…
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have taken a stand — keep planting grass for people to mow.The National Hispanic Landscape Alliance — which held its first conference in March and has already accrued a staggering two fans on Facebook — came out earlier this month in staunch opposition…
Well, here’s the “good” news. Florida’s unemployment rate now sits at 10.8 percent according to numbers from the month of April. That’s still stupendously high, and still well above the national rate of 9.2 percent. The bad news it that the unemployment actually rose in Miami-Dade in April, and is…
Growing up in communist Poland, Bozena Sawa secretly idealized the glittering luxury hotels that dotted capitalist Western Europe and the United States. After the fall of the Iron Curtain, she moved to New York and fell in love with the gilded Four Seasons on Fifth Avenue.So she couldn’t believe her…
Those half-empty condo buildings that once haunted downtown Miami are slowly filling up, thanks in large part to foreign buyers taking advantage of the low prices and weak dollar. Though, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who thinks that what the area needs right now are tons more condo…
The troubled Paramount Bay condo building has become a symbol of Miami’s real estate misfortunes. Construction started shortly before the real estate bust, but the project went into a record-breaking $262 million foreclosure. Now completed the 47-story building sits empty and was auctioned off earlier this week. Now, the new…
The average health care bill for a family of four living in the Miami area in 2011 will be $23,362. That’s more than any other major metro area in America, and a 120.5 percent, or $3,969, more than the national average. Considering that national average for health care cost has…
One morning the executives at rapidly growing appliance superstore chain hhgregg woke up and realized that their name was really stupid they didn’t have any stores in South Florida. Rather than quietly work their way into the market, the company has decided to simultaneously open ten new stores in the…
