More Americans expected to hit the road for Memorial Day
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/highway%20congestion%202*100.JPG?v=1'>More Americans are expected to be traveling this Memorial Day, though they won?t be going as far. AAA said it expects about 34.8 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles over the holiday weekend. That?s an extra 500,000 drivers expected on the road between May 24 and May 28, up 1.2 percent over last year. While there should be more travelers to contend with on the highways, they also are projected to travel a shorter distance. AAA expects the average traveling distance to drop significantly,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=2VfdUEBJlQI:EQLE21LDVqQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=2VfdUEBJlQI:EQLE21LDVqQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=2VfdUEBJlQI:EQLE21LDVqQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=2VfdUEBJlQI:EQLE21LDVqQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=2VfdUEBJlQI:EQLE21LDVqQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=2VfdUEBJlQI:EQLE21LDVqQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Heart Association recognizes Memphis employee wellness programs
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/webTopoLargestEmplMethodist*100.jpg?v=1'>Healthy employees are happy employees ? at least, that?s the position the American Heart Association?s Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Program maintains. The national organization today announced it has added three Memphis-area companies to the ranks of its Fit-Friendly Companies, naming Memphis Light, Gas & Water and Methodist Fayette Hospital as Gold level members. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare joined as a Platinum level member. The pair of companies joins existing Gold members City of...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=IPJa3Ph-b6o:PxMZh4ixd_w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=IPJa3Ph-b6o:PxMZh4ixd_w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=IPJa3Ph-b6o:PxMZh4ixd_w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=IPJa3Ph-b6o:PxMZh4ixd_w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=IPJa3Ph-b6o:PxMZh4ixd_w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=IPJa3Ph-b6o:PxMZh4ixd_w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
MBJ presents Small Business Award finalists
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/SBAlogo32small*100.jpg?v=1'>The Small Business Awards have served as a way for Memphis Business Journal to recognize and reward some of the most successful small businesses in the Memphis area for more than three decades. MBJ presented its 32nd annual Small Business Awards finalists in this week's print edition. The winners in each category ? 1 to 20 Employees, 21 to 75 Employees, 76 to 350 Employees and Executive of the Year ? will be revealed at an event May 24. See the 2012 Small Business Awards finalists Through...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=wubr6bsHYEo:lntBShydgEI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=wubr6bsHYEo:lntBShydgEI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=wubr6bsHYEo:lntBShydgEI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=wubr6bsHYEo:lntBShydgEI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=wubr6bsHYEo:lntBShydgEI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=wubr6bsHYEo:lntBShydgEI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Top of the List: Physician Practices
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/TopoftheListLogoPhysicianPractices*100.jpg?v=1'>Memphis Business Journal's emphasis in this week's print edition is on Health Care and we're giving web readers the top five from our Physician Practices list. The list ranks the practices by local, full-time equivalent employees excluding physicians. See the top five physician practices in Memphis Research director Jason Bolton writes that acquisitions by Memphis' two largest hospital systems ? Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare ? have changed the complexion...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=ELmZ9imtwwg:z9QsOkFh1hY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=ELmZ9imtwwg:z9QsOkFh1hY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=ELmZ9imtwwg:z9QsOkFh1hY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=ELmZ9imtwwg:z9QsOkFh1hY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=ELmZ9imtwwg:z9QsOkFh1hY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=ELmZ9imtwwg:z9QsOkFh1hY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Behind the List: Physician Practices
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/TopoftheListLogoPhysicianPractices*100.jpg?v=1'>Acquisitions by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare have changed the complexion of local physician practice ownership. In a flurry of deals in 2011, Baptist added The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation PLC and Family Cancer Center Foundation, which are all among the top 25 physician practices in the Memphis area. Baptist Minor Medical Centers is also an annual fixture on the list. In February 2012, Stern made an acquisition of its...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=9ayyV3gVZRM:nyTOd_6doRc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=9ayyV3gVZRM:nyTOd_6doRc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=9ayyV3gVZRM:nyTOd_6doRc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=9ayyV3gVZRM:nyTOd_6doRc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=9ayyV3gVZRM:nyTOd_6doRc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=9ayyV3gVZRM:nyTOd_6doRc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
First-quarter housing affordability at record high
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/housing_affordability_price_550*100.jpg?v=1'>Though it?s been said many times before, consumers in the market for a new or existing home have the upper hand. According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, housing affordability hit an all-time high for the second consecutive quarter during the period ending March 31, 2012. Still, a familiar foe stands in the way of prospective home buyers. ?Homes in this year?s first quarter were more affordable than they have been at any time in more than...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=x6bmK5spIig:LktbmW3vLA0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=x6bmK5spIig:LktbmW3vLA0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=x6bmK5spIig:LktbmW3vLA0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=x6bmK5spIig:LktbmW3vLA0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=x6bmK5spIig:LktbmW3vLA0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=x6bmK5spIig:LktbmW3vLA0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Fitch downgrades Memphis airport
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Fitch Ratings downgraded Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's bond rating, but revised the rating outlook to Stable from Negative. The airport's $415.5 million worth of bonds were downgraded to "A" from "A+" mostly due to Delta Air Lines Inc.'s service decline at Memphis International Airport. Local passenger traffic is projected to drop below 4 million, which translates into a more than 30 percent enplanement loss from the peak levels in 2008, according to Fitch. Fitch also pointed out that...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=lxoj9v7vA34:iF2sKjZ9wNs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=lxoj9v7vA34:iF2sKjZ9wNs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=lxoj9v7vA34:iF2sKjZ9wNs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=lxoj9v7vA34:iF2sKjZ9wNs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=lxoj9v7vA34:iF2sKjZ9wNs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=lxoj9v7vA34:iF2sKjZ9wNs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
5 Memphis restaurants make Urbanspoon's high-end list
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Memphis is well represented on Urbanspoon's list of "America?s most popular high-end restaurants" as five local restaurants are among 250 across the nation. The Memphis restaurants named by the popular restaurant recommendation app Urbanspoon are: Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar, Acre, Houston's, Texas de Brazil and Restaurant Iris. The list was compiled using millions of reviews from professional food critics, the Urbanspoon community and diners. More than "600,000 restaurants, millions of reviews,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=b0B0P5w7x7U:LZ_l4BZJx80:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=b0B0P5w7x7U:LZ_l4BZJx80:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=b0B0P5w7x7U:LZ_l4BZJx80:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=b0B0P5w7x7U:LZ_l4BZJx80:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=b0B0P5w7x7U:LZ_l4BZJx80:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=b0B0P5w7x7U:LZ_l4BZJx80:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Commissioner Ritz says suburban Memphis schools will cost much more than advertised
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz says suburban Memphis residents are being lied to about how much creating independent school districts could cost, WMC-TV reports. Ritz questions the math on feasibility studies conducted for the various suburbs and says it could be off by as much as $1 million. Southern Educational Strategies, a school consulting firm, conducted all the surveys for six different municipalities around Memphis. There are three key errors in the SES studies, according to Ritz:...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=FXUzrkHmRYI:1G-algazCrQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=FXUzrkHmRYI:1G-algazCrQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=FXUzrkHmRYI:1G-algazCrQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=FXUzrkHmRYI:1G-algazCrQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=FXUzrkHmRYI:1G-algazCrQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=FXUzrkHmRYI:1G-algazCrQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Big Star member, Memphis financial planner Steve Rhea dies
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/Morning%20Call%20sun%20Memphis*100.jpg?v=1'>Steve Rhea, a rock 'n roll drummer who went on to a successful career as a Memphis banker and financial planner, died Wednesday, The Commercial Appeal reports. He was 62 and had been diagnosed with cancer last year. Rhea was a drummer in the legendary Memphis band Big Star, as well as several of the group's precursor bands. He also worked for Ardent Records before leaving the scene in 1970 to pursue a degree at Southern Methodist University. He was replaced in Big Star by drummer Jody Stephens. Rhea...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=q_ZnkCXZoG4:-AvoTEUfSWE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=q_ZnkCXZoG4:-AvoTEUfSWE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=q_ZnkCXZoG4:-AvoTEUfSWE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=q_ZnkCXZoG4:-AvoTEUfSWE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?i=q_ZnkCXZoG4:-AvoTEUfSWE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?a=q_ZnkCXZoG4:-AvoTEUfSWE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_memphis?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>


Sentences handed down in Memorial Healthcare bribery case
Four people who were convicted of defrauding the Memorial Healthcare System in a bribery scheme were sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra on Friday. Thomas Kennedy, of Davie, was sentenced to 42 months in prison. Richard Cohen, of Wellington, and Paul Chaiet, a CPA, were each sentenced to 18 months in prison. Thomas Pacchioli was sentenced to three years of probation and 180 days of home confinement. All must pay restitution for the $15 million scheme, in which vendors paid kickbacks...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=ZwvdpT8cIw0:O7p0M1_Kb5A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=ZwvdpT8cIw0:O7p0M1_Kb5A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=ZwvdpT8cIw0:O7p0M1_Kb5A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=ZwvdpT8cIw0:O7p0M1_Kb5A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=ZwvdpT8cIw0:O7p0M1_Kb5A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=ZwvdpT8cIw0:O7p0M1_Kb5A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
SouthBank hit with regulatory enforcement action
Federal regulators hit Palm Beach Gardens-based SouthBank with an enforcement action that raises its capital requirements and criticizes its loan quality. The consent order from the Comptroller of the Currency issued on March 28 and made public on Friday replaces a 2010 cease and desist order from the bank?s former regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision. Most importantly, it immediately raises the Tier 1 leverage capital ratio requirement for SouthBank to 9 percent, from 8 percent in the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=nUL39yZBOaQ:bqBM7kkZcUU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=nUL39yZBOaQ:bqBM7kkZcUU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=nUL39yZBOaQ:bqBM7kkZcUU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=nUL39yZBOaQ:bqBM7kkZcUU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=nUL39yZBOaQ:bqBM7kkZcUU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=nUL39yZBOaQ:bqBM7kkZcUU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
UM gets $7M award for AIDS research
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine were awarded a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct AIDS research. The five-year grant recognizes the medical school as Florida?s first and only Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). Only 20 programs around the country hold such a designation. ?The grant recognizes that the work we are doing at the Miller School and across the University is contributing significantly to understanding how the virus creates...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=c__WQUEsXDc:HJcB0xpIRWw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=c__WQUEsXDc:HJcB0xpIRWw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=c__WQUEsXDc:HJcB0xpIRWw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=c__WQUEsXDc:HJcB0xpIRWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=c__WQUEsXDc:HJcB0xpIRWw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=c__WQUEsXDc:HJcB0xpIRWw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Swire releases more detailed Brickell CitiCentre rendering
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/SFBJ-BrickellCitiCentre-B&W*100.jpg?v=1'>Brickell CitiCentre developer Swire Properties has released a detailed, black-and-white rendering of its $1.05 billion project, which is slated to begin construction next month in Miami. The rendering identifies all of the buildings on the 9.1-acre property, and what each contains in square footage. The project will include a mix of offices, residences, retail and hotel space. The Business Journal recently reported that Swire planned to launch construction on the project next month. It is expected...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=LeEENE9341Y:rMC4VBwaw38:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=LeEENE9341Y:rMC4VBwaw38:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=LeEENE9341Y:rMC4VBwaw38:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=LeEENE9341Y:rMC4VBwaw38:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=LeEENE9341Y:rMC4VBwaw38:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=LeEENE9341Y:rMC4VBwaw38:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Golden Sands Canyon Ranch project faces foreclosure
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/sfbj%20foreclosure%20Golden%20Sho*100.jpg?v=1'>Foreclosure Roundup is hitting the beach this week, first with two hotels and a stalled condo project in Miami Beach, and then to a retail strip in coastal Pompano Beach. An affiliate of Lehman Brothers wants to seize the site where WSG Development Co. hoped to build the Golden Sands Canyon Ranch hotel in Miami Beach. Miami Beach-based WSG, led by Eric Sheppard, lost the main Canyon Ranch Hotel &amp; Spa to Lehman Brothers in 2009 in a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The 0.92-acre site at 6901 Collins...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=cKVWMWOZfiI:piFzPqLfBII:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=cKVWMWOZfiI:piFzPqLfBII:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=cKVWMWOZfiI:piFzPqLfBII:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=cKVWMWOZfiI:piFzPqLfBII:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=cKVWMWOZfiI:piFzPqLfBII:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=cKVWMWOZfiI:piFzPqLfBII:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Miami's Camillus House completes first phase of new facility
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/sfbj%20Camillus%20building%201*100.jpg?v=1'>Miami homeless outreach program Camillus House on Friday celebrated the end of construction on the first phase of its new $84 million campus. The Norwegian Cruise Line Campus at 1603 NW Seventh Ave. has finalized construction on three buildings, which will offer long and short-term housing, mental health care services, retail space, a kennel and parking. Construction has begun on the second phase, which will provide more housing and a chapel.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=Dc5NEQQms_Q:lunpbbd5Peg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=Dc5NEQQms_Q:lunpbbd5Peg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=Dc5NEQQms_Q:lunpbbd5Peg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=Dc5NEQQms_Q:lunpbbd5Peg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=Dc5NEQQms_Q:lunpbbd5Peg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=Dc5NEQQms_Q:lunpbbd5Peg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Costa Concordia wreck removal plan presented
Costa Crociere S.p.A officials and the company tasked with the removal of the wreck of the Costa Concordia from the coast of Giglio Island presented their plan for the work Friday in Rome. Officials of Costa Cruises, which is owned by Miami-based Carnival Corp. &amp; PLC (NYSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), and the Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi, the winner of the contract to perform the work, gave details of the project, along with Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner Franco Gabrielli. Following...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=AfzaBawK0S0:PgeRGBdQ62U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=AfzaBawK0S0:PgeRGBdQ62U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=AfzaBawK0S0:PgeRGBdQ62U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=AfzaBawK0S0:PgeRGBdQ62U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=AfzaBawK0S0:PgeRGBdQ62U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=AfzaBawK0S0:PgeRGBdQ62U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Greenberg Traurig chair Alvarez apologizes to court
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/blog/picking_up_the_pieces/Donna%20Evans*100.jpg?v=1'>Ex-Greenberg Traurig attorney Donna Evans is expected to testify Friday afternoon in one of the strangest courtroom dramas in recent South Florida history. Evans is expected to explain her role in producing documents for a landmark trial that ended in a $67 million verdict in January against TD Bank. Friday?s contempt hearing is a continuation of a seven-hour hearing that began Thursday morning. Problems with the documents emerged during and after the trial: one document was altered and another...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=hjuB6tkp-yY:e-MPz_N2P_4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=hjuB6tkp-yY:e-MPz_N2P_4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=hjuB6tkp-yY:e-MPz_N2P_4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=hjuB6tkp-yY:e-MPz_N2P_4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=hjuB6tkp-yY:e-MPz_N2P_4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=hjuB6tkp-yY:e-MPz_N2P_4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
NIH awards $350,000 to UM for cocaine study
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $350,000 to a professor at the University of Miami (UM) School of Business Administration for a study aimed at uncovering cocaine abuse patterns to lead to more effective treatments. Yongtao Guan, a professor of management science at the UM School of Business, will use statistical methods to interpret and categorize data of cocaine users, specifically their patterns of use before, during and following drug rehabilitation, to better understand...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=R8xKba5d6q0:cv_04yFXhTA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=R8xKba5d6q0:cv_04yFXhTA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=R8xKba5d6q0:cv_04yFXhTA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=R8xKba5d6q0:cv_04yFXhTA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=R8xKba5d6q0:cv_04yFXhTA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=R8xKba5d6q0:cv_04yFXhTA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Florida's jobless rate drops to lowest since early 2009
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/Rick-Scott-Photo-small*100.gif?v=1'>Florida?s unemployment rate continued its decline, dropping to 8.7 in April ? the lowest since January 2009. The April rate was 1.9 percentage points lower than the April 2011 rate of 10.6 percent, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). Broward County made particularly impressive progress, as its April unemployment figure of 7.2 percent was the lowest since December 2008, when it was 6.7 percent. This rate was 1.6 percentage points lower than the region?s year-ago...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=lcx_oS4KwzM:3o7CV4UFA9Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=lcx_oS4KwzM:3o7CV4UFA9Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=lcx_oS4KwzM:3o7CV4UFA9Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=lcx_oS4KwzM:3o7CV4UFA9Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?i=lcx_oS4KwzM:3o7CV4UFA9Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?a=lcx_oS4KwzM:3o7CV4UFA9Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_southflorida?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>