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April 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Blackstone Eyes Biotech and Infrastructure With $140 Billion on Hand for Deals

With almost $140 billion on hand for deals, Blackstone Inc. President Jon Gray is ready to bet the firm can profit from recent technology sell offs,…

By Dawn Lim

3 minute read

April 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Florida Senate Signs Off on 2 Bills Targeting Disney

One of the bills targeting Disney would eliminate a decades-old special district that gives the entertainment company self-governing powers on its Central Florida property.

By Dara Kam

5 minute read

March 15, 2022 | Daily Business Review

On the Move: Kaitlin Stapleton Joins Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm

Legal industry hiring in South Florida.

By ALM Staff

1 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Mexico President Reaches Midterm With High Approval Rating

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador held a massive rally in Mexico City Wednesday to mark the midway point in his six-year term with polls…

By Fabiola Sánchez

5 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Argentine Ex-President Charged in Sub Family Spying Case

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri was formally charged Wednesday with illegally spying on relatives of sailors whose submarine sank in 2017,…

By Ellen Villafuerte

2 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

State Gets Another Boost in Tax Collections

With Gov. Ron DeSantis ready to release a 2022-2023 budget proposal next week, Florida continues raking in more tax dollars than expected. A new…

By Jim Saunders

3 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Transportation Projects to Get Infusion of Federal Money

Florida should see annual funding for highways and bridges increase by $649 million as part of a more than $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill…

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Technology Drives a Power Transition

Last year was an unusual one for the global electricity sector. Despite massive and in many cases near-immediate changes in demand due to the Covid-19…

By Nathaniel Bullard

4 minute read

November 30, 2021 | Daily Business Review

DeSantis Pitches Increase in Law Enforcement Pay

Promoting Florida as "greener pastures" for law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday teased a plan for salary increases and bonuses…

By Jim Turner

4 minute read

November 30, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Founder-Led Firms Are Winners. Except Twitter

From Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. to Reed Hastings' Netflix Inc., tech firms led by their founder have mostly beaten the broader market by a huge margin.…

By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Jeran Wittenstein

4 minute read