Chetrit Group spends $117 million to buy Miami Beach Resort
Joseph Chetrit's New York investment firm is building a significant Miami Beach hotel portfolio, including buying the 424-room oceanfront hotel from Blackstone Group.Venezuelans in U.S. mobilize to oust Hugo Chavez in tight race
Two groups have pledged to transport thousands of Venezuelan voters by chartered planes and buses to a polling center in New Orleans to cast ballots on election day.Feds open criminal probe of Goldman
Stepping up the pressure on Goldman Sachs two days after its executives were grilled and publicly rebuked by lawmakers, the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Street powerhouse over mortgage securities deals it arranged.Attorney places duty for security on apartment complex to win for client
Plantation attorney Joseph Lipsky reached a settlement for a woman who jumped from her third-story window during an attack by a drifter who gained entrance into her apartment.Higher prices help Tyson Foods return to 4Q profit
Tyson Foods has returned to a fourth-quarter profit, partly helped by higher prices and increasing sales of pork and prepared foods. The improvement is a sign that the meat producer is getting past an industrywide downturn brought on by a combination of higher production costs and slumping demand as shoppers cut spending.Toyota quarterly profit $1.2B as sales recover
Toyota cruised back to profit in the latest quarter as the world's top carmaker cut costs and hitched a ride on the global auto sales recovery while fighting to salvage its reputation for quality.Shrinking assets leaves Bank of America in budget hole
Bank of America's $33 billion of asset sales last year, designed to help meet international capital standards, may slice at least $2.8 billion from 2012 profit that the firm also needs to reach its target.New financial rules might not prevent next crisis
The most sweeping changes to financial rules since the Great Depression might not prevent another crisis.China's new criminal code legalizes 'residential surveillance'
New criminal code provisions in China would outlaw the use of forced confessions, enlarge the right of suspects to meet with defense counsel and eliminate the requirement that family members testify against a defendant.Counsel for eBay endures fiery cross-examination by Craigslist lawyer
eBay claims its 28 percent stake in Craigslist was unfairly diluted to less than 25 percent in order to strip eBay of its seat on the Craigslist board.Trending Stories
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