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April 07, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Jury awards $2.4 million to family of woman in nursing home death

Michael Rotundo and William Dean convinced a jury a 98-year-old woman falling 11 times during a 29-day nursing home stay was excessive.
3 minute read
December 14, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Starwood books upgrade as hotel demand slows

Starwood, which has been selling hotels as it seeks to increase the percentage of profit it generates from fees, has chopped its leverage ratio to a decade-low of 1.8 times from 4.51 times in the third quarter of 2009, a year in which the global economy contracted 2.4 percent.
6 minute read
February 03, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Coconut Grove Bank takes title to Merrill Stevens boat yard

Coconut Grove Bank, with a $5,600 bid during an online foreclosure auction, outbid two unidentified investors in the auction for the 88-year-old Merrill Stevens boat yard in Miami.
5 minute read
October 03, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Hogan Lovells partner works deal for Venezuelan refining facilities

Jose Valdivia helped represent the Venezuelan state oil company as it obtained $1 billion in financing and signed deals worth $3 billion to modify and expand refining facilities in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.
4 minute read
September 04, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Giant Gambling Wish List, Seminole Compact On The Table

Slot machines, blackjack and roulette are back on the table as lawmakers prepare once again to tackle the high-stakes issue of gambling in a state that everyone agrees is already one of the industry's biggest cash cows.
8 minute read
June 21, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Germany's debt crisis leadership under fire

As Greece teeters on the edge of the financial abyss, Germany stands accused of having exacerbated the crisis through mixed messages and indecision.
5 minute read
February 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Buffett says pricing power beats good management when evaluating companies

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he rates businesses on their ability to raise prices and some
4 minute read
January 21, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Equity capital new king of commercial real estate

The recent Corus transaction illustrates the opportunities equity capital can uncover and discover in today's "frozen" debt markets.
4 minute read
January 03, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Health-care law's demise may permit best plan

Forcing people to buy health insurance (or pay a fine) may be the death knell for President Barack Obama's plan to cover the nation's uninsured.
5 minute read
January 11, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Buffett says banks free of excess pose no threat

Warren Buffett said the nation's lenders, including Bank of America and Citigroup, who have sold assets, cut jobs and bolstered balance sheets after repaying taxpayer bailouts from 2008 have rebuilt capital to the point where they no longer pose a threat to the economy.
5 minute read

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