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January 31, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Women still in minority at World Economic Forum

At a five-day meeting of the World Economic Forum that was more than 80 percent populated by men, women often were a minority on panels or not represented at all. But Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, who grew up in Miami, led a forum on what was probably the most female-heavy gathering.
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April 05, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Office market in U.S. begins recovery as vacancy rate declines

Office vacancies in the U.S. dropped for the first time in more than three years in the most recent quarter and rents climbed, signaling the market is beginning a recovery as the economy improves.
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June 16, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Incoming Bar president to review disciplinary procedures

Scott Hawkins says one of his primary causes as the next president of The Florida Bar will be to examine whether lawyer discipline is tough and responsive enough.
6 minute read
November 17, 2009 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys arrange $40 million deal to power African nation

Two Shutts & Bowen partners helped APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based developer of emergency and temporary power plants, finance and supply a fast-track power substation in Francistown, Botswana, the second-largest city in the landlocked southern Africa nation.
6 minute read
October 11, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Foreclosure freeze may slow U.S. homebuyers on legal worry

A halt in home foreclosures at the largest U.S. mortgage firms may sideline buyers worried about legal issues, further depressing sales at a time when distressed properties account for almost a quarter of all transactions.
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April 15, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Raymond Ray nixes Rothstein reorganization plan

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymond Ray denied a controversial reorganization plan for the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler bankruptcy estate and ordered the trustee back to the drawing board.
4 minute read
July 15, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Wells Fargo Profit Rises as Lender Puts Brakes on Costs

Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest bank, agreed to sell its Eurohypo U.K. real estate lending unit to Wells Fargo and Lone Star Funds to comply with European Union state-aid rules following its bailout.
3 minute read
August 15, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Wells Fargo challenges ally with expansion of GM auto-loan plan

Wells Fargo & Co. is expanding loans to customers of General Motors Co., threatening to take business from Ally Financial as the bailed-out auto lender seeks a turnaround.
4 minute read
March 31, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Borders liquidators race clock, squeeze cash from 200 stores

At the Borders Group Inc. store on Broadway near Wall Street, box sets of Stieg Larsson's best-selling "Millennium" trilogy, including the "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," sat on a table near the door last week on sale for $69.39 -- a liquidation markdown of 30 percent.
7 minute read
February 01, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Hispanic media outreach for Haiti unprecedented

As horrific images of Haiti flashed across the screens, murmurs of recognition floated through the audience at Univision Network's live celebrity telethon, many people nodding as they recalled disasters in their native countries.
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