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Wall Street

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Rent in Miami is Skyrocketing Again

    No longer can you count on finding a sweet deal on rent in one of those quickly filling-up high rises. 24/7 WallStreet reports that rents in Miami are skyrocketing. In fact, in the past year Miami saw the third highest rise in average rent of any major metro area, and those rents rose more than twic ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    Online poker players want justice after feds crush $2.5 billion industry

    No longer can you count on finding a sweet deal on rent in one of those quickly filling-up high rises. 24/7 WallStreet reports that rents in Miami are skyrocketing. In fact, in the past year Miami saw the third highest rise in average rent of any major metro area, and those rents rose more than twic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do This Weekend Under $10: New Year's Eve Edition!

    ​We did it, y'all. We survived another year, managed to dodge creditors and demented ex-girlfriends, held a steady (albeit low-paying) job in a recession. We even occupied Wall Street. With just two days left in 2011, we're encouraging everyone to get rowdy. Go ball so hard it makes "Niggas in Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Could Jeb Bush Still Enter the GOP Presidential Primary?

    ​The Confederacy of Dunces that emerged to vie for the GOP presidential primary certainly must have some could-have-been candidates rethinking their decision. After the swift, and often surreal, rises and eventual falls of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain, the race is pretty much down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Occupy Art Basel is So Far Just a Tumblr Blog, a Facebook Page, and a Snobby Art Collector

    ​Will Art Basel Miami Beach get a Wall Street-style occupation this week? The art fair warned gallerists of the possibility, and rumors are swirling. Now OccupyArtBasel.com is live, but right now it's just a Tumblr blog filled with a mini-manifesto and a Occupy movement related pictures and links. ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    Occupy Miami: County hall isn't the only Miami institution that needs protesting

    ​Will Art Basel Miami Beach get a Wall Street-style occupation this week? The art fair warned gallerists of the possibility, and rumors are swirling. Now OccupyArtBasel.com is live, but right now it's just a Tumblr blog filled with a mini-manifesto and a Occupy movement related pictures and links. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Occupy Miami Needs to Expand: Five Places Worth Protesting the Crap Out Of

    Lead on, Pied Piper. To Star Island!​"Occupy Miami is hidden," one woman randomly complained to us over the phone earlier this week. "No one even knows that they are there!"To be fair, she may have a point. Tucked behind the Stephen P. Clark Government Center like a cozy small-town college tailgat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Video: Graffiti Artist Above Putting Together His Now Famous Hanging Banker

    Primary Flight​A graffiti artist's effigy of a banker hanging alongside Miami's I-95 has struck a global chord. Since we first reported on the suit-and-tie (and head-covering sack) wearing mannequin that guerrilla artist Above hung to complement his Occupy Miami-themed 255-foot-long mural reading ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Occupy Miami's Protests Remain Peaceful While Other Movements Taste Pepper Spray

    photo by Liz TracyPolice and protesters have been on the same page in Miami so far.​In Oakland last week, police at an Occupy protest shot a military vet in the head with a rubber bullet, landing him in critical condition; other video showed officers lobbing dangerous flash bombs into peaceful cro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Occupy Miami Presents Occupalooza Music Festival This Saturday

    TwitpicDon't expect these guys at Occupy Miami.Occupy Wall Street has been swarming with acoustic appearances by musicians like Tom Morello, Talib Kweli, and Jeff Mangum. But Occupy Miami still hasn't drawn in Pitbull or Gloria Estefan. Guess that's no big surprise. As the Occupiers round out a sec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Occupy Miami Protesters: Smart, Dedicated, Cop-Loving

    ​Occupy Miami is both smarter and more dedicated than you think.Yesterday, about 40 occupiers joined about 150 police officers to sit in on negotiations with the police union and county commissioners.The cops and the county did not come to an agreement, but it was a hopeful encounter.Terrence Dash ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2011

    Occupy Miami Brings Out Hundreds of Protesters to Bayfront Park

    photo by Tim Elfrink​Echoing the ongoing "Occupy" movements from Wall Street to San Francisco, hundreds of sign-waving, drum-beating, flyer-hawking protesters gathered in Bayfront Park this afternoon, drawing supportive honks from cars pouring down Biscayne Boulevard and bewildered stares from tou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Maher’s Secret

    photo by Tim Elfrink​Echoing the ongoing "Occupy" movements from Wall Street to San Francisco, hundreds of sign-waving, drum-beating, flyer-hawking protesters gathered in Bayfront Park this afternoon, drawing supportive honks from cars pouring down Biscayne Boulevard and bewildered stares from tou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Jake Bernstein, Former New Times Staffer, Wins Pulitzer

    ​We're chugging Mad Dog at the New Times offices this afternoon in honor of an alum. Jake Bernstein, a former New Times staff writer whose work appeared in our pages from 1997 through 2002, has won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Now writing for non-profit investigative news agency ProP ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Carlos Alvarez "Would Consider" Running in Special Election to Win Back His Seat

    Losing a recall might not be enough to keep Alvarez out of office.​Don't line up that tag-team wrestling job just yet for Carlos Alvarez -- even if voters recall the county's strong mayor today, Alvarez says he's seriously thinking about running in the special election. Alvarez tells a Wall Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    SEC Accuses Miami 'Penny-Stock' Promoters of Fraud

    If you invested in this, you're probably f*cked.​Beware of what you see here in the Magic City: very little is real. The boobs? Nope. Those lips? Collagen-enhanced. Even that sweet Lamborghini is just a rental. We all know you ended up with the Datsun after your divorce.So it might not come as a s ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Meet the man behind poorly spelled lawsuit against WikiLeaks

    If you invested in this, you're probably f*cked.​Beware of what you see here in the Magic City: very little is real. The boobs? Nope. Those lips? Collagen-enhanced. Even that sweet Lamborghini is just a rental. We all know you ended up with the Datsun after your divorce.So it might not come as a s ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Sean Combs flex hip-hop's financial muscle

    If you invested in this, you're probably f*cked.​Beware of what you see here in the Magic City: very little is real. The boobs? Nope. Those lips? Collagen-enhanced. Even that sweet Lamborghini is just a rental. We all know you ended up with the Datsun after your divorce.So it might not come as a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    The Financial Power of Hip-Hop Emerges

    ​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 educates readers on hip-hoponomics.This month, Oprah Winfrey launched her own network -- OWN -- and she's pushing boundar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    David Pitchford, Trailer Park Resident Suing Julian Assange, Says Suit Isn't a Joke

    Assange's worst enemy: A former Key West trailer park resident.​While asset-hiding Wall Street traders perch on their windowsills waiting for the latest from WikiLeaks -- which plans to soon release more than 2,000 secret banking records of tax-cheats -- founder Julian Assange has bigger fish to f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    Hedge Funds and Arcade Games

    Assange's worst enemy: A former Key West trailer park resident.​While asset-hiding Wall Street traders perch on their windowsills waiting for the latest from WikiLeaks -- which plans to soon release more than 2,000 secret banking records of tax-cheats -- founder Julian Assange has bigger fish to f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Miami Book Fair: Jonathan Lethem

    Don't let the glasses fool you; he's a literary super hero​For fellow writers, Jonathan Lethem needs no introduction. 1999's Motherless Brooklyn, the story of a detective with Tourette's syndrome, put Lethem on the map, but by that point, he'd already written four novels that breached the genre li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    CNN Says Manny Diaz Is Full of Pork, Ignorant of Water Slides

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Your Wallet Needs Happy Hour

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Bernstein at the Omphoy?

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Election Day: No Scene in Kendall

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Live Blogging the Congressional Debate Double Header

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Top 10 Songs That Warned Us About the Recession

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Bailout Boogaloo

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Live Blogging the Barack Obama Rally

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    City Planners: Multibillion Dollar Project Too Ambitious

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    News Roundup

    Last week Manny Diaz and his U.S. Conference of Mayors decided to officially get in on the sweet, sweet federal government handout action and submitted a request for $73.2 billion for infrastructure programs in various states. CNN decided to take a closer look and found the plan has more pork in it ... More >>

  • Film

    May 15, 2008

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  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Jacki-O: Rapper, Label Head, and now... Author?

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  • Film

    February 2, 2006

    Mild Wilde

    A Good Woman would benefit from a good actor or two

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Awash in a Sea of Money

    Billions in cash generated by the cocaine trade fueled Miami's economy

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Cartoon Swoon

    For young devotees of Japanese anime, simply watching isn't enough -- they want to become the characters

  • Film

    April 15, 2004

    Punish This

    The latest comic-book movie might just kill you

  • Culture

    November 28, 2002

    Out of the Chute

    The debut of Urban Cowboy is a rough ride indeed

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Thompson of Arabia

    The case for an American Al-Jazeera

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    A Midsummer Night's Scheme

    Miami Beach is a party town, so the party must go on -- no matter what

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    You Coulda Called Him Al

    Pirate radio terrorism claims its first victim

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Money Talks

    In our pure sales culture, the Latin Grammy protesters could learn a hip-hop lesson

  • Culture

    December 18, 1997

    Urban Contemporary

    In our pure sales culture, the Latin Grammy protesters could learn a hip-hop lesson

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    The following correction appeared in "Letters," Feb. 22:

    Erratum

  • News

    May 11, 1994

    The Need for Weed

    It's a unique source of fiber, a natural painkiller, a valuable fuel source. So when Jack Herer talks about legalization, there's a method to his reefer madness.

  • News

    March 16, 1993

    Lifestyles of the Rich and Paranoid

    It's a unique source of fiber, a natural painkiller, a valuable fuel source. So when Jack Herer talks about legalization, there's a method to his reefer madness.

  • Film

    September 23, 1992

    All the Candidate's Men

    It's a unique source of fiber, a natural painkiller, a valuable fuel source. So when Jack Herer talks about legalization, there's a method to his reefer madness.

  • News

    December 25, 1991

    The Art of Bankruptcy

    Southeast Bank's vast art collection awaits the auction block

  • News

    September 25, 1991

    Swelter

    Southeast Bank's vast art collection awaits the auction block

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