Three College of Business alumnae are among Fortune magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Latinas of 2017. They join three other FIU graduates and members of the FIU community on the ranking, which highlights Latinas’ growing presence in corporate America. The list, compiled by The Association of Latino Professionals for America, includes female executives running Fortune 500 companies or […]
The United States would do well to move forward on the project. Oh, Canada! Blessed by proximity to the United States, cursed by its politics. The ongoing saga of the Keystone XL pipeline best illustrates how a thriving trade, investment, and security relationship with our most important ally is being strained by a feckless White […]
Late last month, Manny Medina, managing partner of MDM Capital, in a prescient and exquisitely timed move, invested $11 million in Easy Solutions, a fraud protection solutions firm. More than 100 enterprise class customers, from high-value, client-centric market segments such as banking and online retailers, leverage the Easy Solutions platform to secure over 32 million […]
In areas hit hard by the housing bubble, short sale signs are common. But if you live in one of those areas and you’re selling a nondistressed home, it may be to your advantage to specifically state in your listing that you’re not offering a short sale, according to a recent study that looked at […]
The housing market is brutal on homebuyers in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Getting into a condominium in either county isn’t any easier. And it doesn’t look like the situation will change anytime soon. “Condo listings don’t stay on the market for more than a few days,” said Beverly Rothstein, an agent for Galleria International Realty in Fort Lauderdale. “Clients […]
Icha Ibanez has more than 600 friends and 223 photos on Facebook. Her profile photo shows Ibanez smiling, wearing a beret. Her daily updates highlight poems and funny sayings. Ibanez died in January, but her page lives on through her family. As South Floridians, particularly baby boomers and seniors, increasingly live their lives online, questions […]
Home flippers got a bad name during the housing boom. They sold properties for big profits in days or weeks, and the rapid price appreciation created a frenzy that led to the eventual bust. But today’s flippers are getting credit for helping the market recover. They’re taking time to add value, sprucing up the landscaping […]
We are pleased to introduce you to the winners of the 15th Annual Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. Several of today’s winners — and many of the finalists and contestants — were grounded in social entrepreneurship. Two other themes running through many of these entries: helping the self -employed and healthy living. So today’s emerging […]
EyeTalk began as a Florida International University business professor’s social entrepreneurship challenge to students last fall. Four students who stepped up — Viurniel Sanchez, Jesus Amundarain and Esam Mashni, all engineering graduate students, and Pia Celestino, a communications undergraduate who graduated last week — not only came up with a prototype for an innovative pair […]
South Florida’s housing market is on a tear, and that’s reducing many first-time buyers to tears. Increased demand from investors and a shortage of homes for sale have left many first-timers struggling to find a place. “The first purchase by far is the most overwhelming,” said Ken H. Johnson, a real estate professor at Florida […]
