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  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    University of Miami Med School to Lay Off 800 Employees

    The Miami economy got a shock today when the county's largest private employer, the University of Miami, filed a notice that it plans to lay off 800 employees from its medical school. The move comes two weeks after university president Donna Shalala said the medical school was planning on cutting ba ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2012

    Miami woman's Marlins theme song on YouTube draws ire from baseball fans

    The Miami economy got a shock today when the county's largest private employer, the University of Miami, filed a notice that it plans to lay off 800 employees from its medical school. The move comes two weeks after university president Donna Shalala said the medical school was planning on cutting ba ... More >>

  • News

    March 22, 2012

    Miami Marlins hate taxpayers

    The Miami economy got a shock today when the county's largest private employer, the University of Miami, filed a notice that it plans to lay off 800 employees from its medical school. The move comes two weeks after university president Donna Shalala said the medical school was planning on cutting ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    With Politicians' Help, Marlins Are Screwing Stadium Neighbors

    ​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke rips commissioners for the looming parking and traffic problems at the Miami Marlins ballpark.With the Marlins 16 days aw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Marlins Unofficial Theme Song Author Speaks: Why the Hate, Miami?

    ​The hate hit Sarah Spiegel's YouTube account early last week, calling her an idiot and a hack and suggesting that she join her favorite team, the Miami Marlins, in just going straight to hell. Spiegel's crime? Taking almost two weeks out of her singing career to pen a new ode to the Marlins and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Miller Time in Miami: Miller Beer Moving Latin American HQ to Miami

    ​Miami has never been known as a beer town -- but maybe having MillerCoors, the company known for beer brands such as Miller, Coors Light and Corona, move their Latin American headquarters from Bogota, Colombia to Miami, could change that perception. Miller will move 50 to 70 corporate employees f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Marlins Prez David Samson Clarifies That He Thinks All Americans Are Stupid and Lazy

    ​Miami Marlins President David Samson waded into hot water this week after he told a local business council that he thinks Miamians are stupid. Last night Samson talked with WSVN to clarify his remarks. Don't worry guys, he doesn't think Miamians are especially stupid. He wants to clarify that he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Marlins Prez David Samson Calls Miamians Stupid, Says He Cares More About Money Than Fans

    ​In a smarmy speech before a group of Miami business leaders, Miami Marlins team president David Samson gloated about his success in wrangling taxpayer money in a sweetheart deal to build his team's new stadium. Then he turned around and called the very people who footed the bill, Miamians, stupid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Luther Campbell Calls For Special Election

    Michael McElroy​Mayoral candidate and Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell wants to get it on. At the ballot box. Not the champagne room. Now that voters have shown Carlos Alvarez the exit door, the onetime raunchiest man in hip-hop is calling on the County Commission to set a date for anothe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Burger King Lays Off 261 Local Workers Right Before the Holidays

    The takeover of Burger King by private equity firm 3G Capital continues to have an aftertaste for longtime employees worse than their cardboard-y fries. The Miami-based, quick-meat chain has laid off 413 workers company wide, with about 261 of those coming out of South Florida. The brunt of those la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    As Florida Unemployment Falls, Miami-Dade's Rate Jumps Nearly a Full Point

    via Ryan O'Keefe​Somewhat encouraging news on the employment front: Florida's unemployment numbers fell for the second month in a row. That's only the second two months run of dents in the massive unemployment rate since February 2006. For May, Florida's unemployment rate was 11.7 percent, that's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2007

    Big Easy Looks for a Model and Finds ... Miami?

    via Ryan O'Keefe​Somewhat encouraging news on the employment front: Florida's unemployment numbers fell for the second month in a row. That's only the second two months run of dents in the massive unemployment rate since February 2006. For May, Florida's unemployment rate was 11.7 percent, that's ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Down in Flames

    Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    FTAA and Me

    Looking out for number one, what's in this for Miami?

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    With Enough Money

    Ed Hanna has been the driving force in promoting the development of West Perrine. He's done well for himself. Too bad West Perrine can't say the same thing.

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of May 18, 2000

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Hero

    Robert Beatty

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    DeFede

    Have We Got an Airport for You!

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Getting Organized

    For Homestead's working poor, the thought of joining a union can be frightening. So how do you fight the fear?

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Pandering for Fun and Profit

    Welcome to Sonya's world, where the clients are grateful, the money is good, and the risk is minimal

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Bringing the Mountain to Miami

    One man's vision for Watson Island: A 200-foot-high ski slope fully equipped with sleigh rides, a rain forest, and a hot new nightclub in the sky

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Diplomatic Impunity

    Wouldn't you love to rub shoulders with a man who has been knighted by the Queen of England, honored by the Pope, and appointed our local Liberian ambassador? Of course you would!

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Goo Grief

    There's a million cubic yards of toxic sludge on the bottom of the Miami River and you may as well get used to it

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Off the Hook

    Caught between depletion and regulation, Dade's commercial fishermen are becoming the latest endangered species

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Rough Diamond

    A Cuban embezzler built it, anti-Batista guerrillas trained in it, Nicaraguan refugees lived in it, and Frank Robinson played baseball in it. Now somebody has to step to the plate and save Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium.

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    The Thrill of the Hunt

    Carlos Herrera leaped up from Hialeah, took aim, and got himself a beauty: Homestead Air Force Base

  • News

    February 16, 1995

    Black in the Red

    Everyone expected Charles Howze's Z Mart to be a model for minority-run businesses in Dade. In a sad way it was: It went bankrupt.

  • News

    November 18, 1992

    Swelter

    Everyone expected Charles Howze's Z Mart to be a model for minority-run businesses in Dade. In a sad way it was: It went bankrupt.

  • News

    July 31, 1991

    The Perfect Game

    Everyone expected Charles Howze's Z Mart to be a model for minority-run businesses in Dade. In a sad way it was: It went bankrupt.

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