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Despite its association with something everyone hates, Hormel's lunchmeat has not only survived, it's thrived more

The man who plans to relaunch the iconic 80s sports car is expanding the DeLorean brand into luxury, two-wheeled transportation more

President Obama’s campaign rhetoric undercuts the vision for bilateral affairs he laid out just 18 months ago more

Despite intensifying drama, Greece could still end up sticking with the euro more

For the first time, Venezuela's president has a real rival. And as Henrique Capriles grows more popular, the tension—and danger—mount more

A look back at some of the most successful tech IPOs ever, and some that didn't go as well more

The social network makes its long-awaited debut in the public market more

Rakuten's spending spree continues with a $100 million stake in photo-sharing site Pinterest more

The House speaker challenges the president to another budget showdown more

Obama's campaign attacks will be relentless and could upend the industry more

His affection for print isn't purely sentimental more

Gary Barnett builds luxury buildings for the global elite more

The JPMorgan chief who thought he had everything under control just lost $2 billion—and it could happen again more

This week the Seaway pipeline will start sending oil from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast. How will that impact the price of oil? more

A look at the daring decisions that took Facebook's price tag from $1 billion to about 100 times as much more

A British music industry school has named a course after the man—what might some of the lessons be? more

A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning more

Two small U.S. companies recently launched a line of footwear that uses a GPS device embedded in the heel to track seniors more

Find out if the owner was compensated and what's prompting her to sell. Then get an accountant to help you go through the company's books more

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A meticulously prepared portrait of how ExxonMobil sees itself as bigger than individual nation states more

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The celebrity chef and host of The Chew offers up a meal that costs $1.45 more

Papers lost $7 of print advertising for every $1 they gained in digital, a new study says more

Argentine officials told executives from about 20 companies to cut their imports of goods made in the U.K. as a protest over control of the Falkland Islands, said an official who declined to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak publicly. more

Asian stocks entered a bull market yesterday after central-bank easing from the U.S. and Europe to China and Japan fueled the fastest rally in more than two years. more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was blocked by a federal judge from requiring tobacco companies to put graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging. more

Davy Jones, the accidental pop-music star who gave voice to songs such as “I’m a Believer’’ and “Pleasant Valley Sunday’’ as lead singer of the made-for- television band the Monkees, has died. He was 66. more

The suspension of AIJ Investment Advisors Co.’s operations amid concerns hedge funds it manages had lost pension money may undermine plans by Japan’s retirement funds to boost returns to meet demand in an aging society. more

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., the billboard company controlled by Bain Capital Partners LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, plans to pay a $2.2 billion dividend, mostly to repay debt. more

Seven people in Texas billed U.S. government health programs for $374 million in services that weren’t provided or necessary in the largest at-home health-care fraud scheme, according to the Justice Department. more

Rivals aren't rushing to emulate the iPhone maker's decision to subject supplier factories to evaluations by the Fair Labor Association more

With volatility back to low, pre-crisis levels, safety is being shunned for excitement more

Among the basics for the Chinese market: Know who your regulators are more

Big improvements in conventional gasoline-powered cars narrow the mileage gap more

The world's biggest metals market has drawn multiple takeover bids and its board is meeting on Feb. 23 to review them more

When adjusted for volatility, the Tel Aviv TA-25 offers the best returns of any developed stock market more

Grads with high debt can't get mortgages, even if they can afford them—another block to a housing recovery more

Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation in to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said on Friday. more

The Securities and Exchange Commission staff plans to examine problems at the start of trading of shares of Facebook Inc. on Nasdaq to determine its cause and steps that will be taken to address it, a spokesman for the agency said Friday. more

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The Group of Eight leaders will focus on managing the euro zone crisis at their talks over the weekend, President Barack Obama said Friday. more

The European Commission and the European Central Bank are working on contingency plans in the event Greece exits the euro, Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said in an interview with a Belgian newspaper published Friday, news reports said. more

Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Adam Posen will step down from his post on Aug. 31 to become the next president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a Washington, D.C., think tank, the Bank of England said Friday. more

The number of long-term unemployed workers aged 55 and older has more than doubled since the recession began in late 2007. Getting back to work is increasingly difficult, according to a government report being released on Tuesday.

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New information hints that a growing number of Americans are getting back into the housing market, even though they went through a foreclosure, bankruptcy or short sale in recent years.

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Chinese new home prices showed a broadening slowdown in April, with fewer urban centers registering gains, according to official data released Friday. more

While more than a dozen busloads of protesters are reportedly expected to roll into Chicago later Thursday, Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the Chicago Police Department has the pre-NATO-summit situation completely under control and that the scarcity of violence and arrests so far this week do not merely represent a pre-storm calm. Thursday's protests, characterized by WMAQ-TV as uniformly peaceful, included an oil-smeared "die in" at the Canadian consulate and a separate march with stops at various NATO-member consulates and at President Obama's re-election headquarters. more

A local hardware store has joined the U.S. military, gumball machines and Canada in deciding that pennies just aren’t worth the bother. more

How gyrating gas prices affect consumer behavior, confidence, politics and the economy. more

Unemployment continues to drop in South Florida, though job growth is slowing. In Miami-Dade, the rate fell below 10 percent, while Broward’s manufacturing industry continued its rebound. more

Exploratory drilling has found precious metals worth potentially $20 billion below Haiti’s northeastern mountains. more

Germany’s finance minister predicted Friday that the crisis could last another two years. more

After all the hype, Facebook’s stock closed Friday at $38.23, just 23 cents above the IPO price, after flirting with the $45 mark during the day. more

As more students question taking on massive debt only to end up with degrees but no jobs, many private colleges are offering discount deals. more

Miami’s prominent Greenberg Traurig law firm issued a rare apology to a federal judge for failing to turn over key financial records on its client to investors fleeced by Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. more

American Airlines gets an early look at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which it plans to fly starting in 2014. more

Four defendants in a bribery scheme involving Memorial Healthcare System were sentenced at a hearing Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. more

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on Friday donated $1 million to the capital campaign for the Pérez Art Museum Miami, which is under construction in downtown Miami. more

MyTechHelp, a Margate-based business with a staff of U.S.-based technical support experts, said it is looking to hire 50 new employees and is hosting a job fair from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The company, which is a division of Saveology, will hold the event at 5259 Coconut Creek Parkway in Margate. more

Winn-Dixie’s transformation continues with the grand reopening of its Miramar and Davie stores more

In an operation that could take up to a year, salvage companies will refloat the wrecked Costa Concordia so it can be removed from Italian waters. more

A corporate relocation study gives South Florida high marks in terms of affordability. Low taxes and depressed real estate prices help. more

In an effort to stanch its gusher of red ink, the U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it will close two major mail-processing centers in Broward and send their work to Miami. more

Despite a decline in first quarter revenues and profits, Perry Ellis International exceeded analysts expectations as the company focused on restructuring and revamping its core brands. more

Like many Greeks left unemployed by their country's economic tailspin, Dimitris Spachos finds it easier to talk about his nation's problems than his own. more

Like many Greeks left unemployed by their country's economic tailspin, Dimitris Spachos finds it easier to talk about his nation's problems than his own. more

Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. more

Chrysler is recalling nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere due to a risk of fires. more

At least 20,000 people held a major rally of the local Occupy movement in Frankfurt on Saturday to decry austerity measures affecting much of Europe, the dominance of banks, and what they call untamed capitalism. more

Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come? more

Federal regulators have seized a small bank in Alabama, bringing to 24 the number of U.S. banks that have failed so far this year. more

HOT AND DRY: Wheat futures soared another 5.7 percent Friday as concerns persisted about hot weather in the Southern Plains and the Ohio River Valley. Wheat is now up 16 percent this week. more

Facebook's debut on the stock market was preceded by epic hype, delayed by a technical glitch and tracked minute-by-minute by investors around the world. In the end, the fuss was over a gain of 23 cents. more

Some investors who thought they had bought Facebook shares at the opening of trading were left without knowing for hours whether they had received the shares. more

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement went into effect Tuesday. A Miami event organized by Colombia’s Proexport agency marked the historic day. more

Booking a room at a “casa particular,” a Cuban bed and breakfast, is a way to see the island through the eyes of the people more

To ask if Cuban prison labor was used to make furniture for the Swedish giant more

As the Caribbean’s tourism market rebounds, Haiti hoteliers look to get a piece of the action. more

U.S. State Department launches $100,000 business competition to spur jobs in the Caribbean through partnerships with members of the Caribbean diaspora living the U.S., Canada and the U.K. more

Haitians in South Florida and elsewhere spent the day at a Miami conference exploring investment opportunities for Haiti. more

On a visit to Miami, Commerce Undersecretary Francisco Sánchez signed a document urging local trade organizations to work in partnership to boost U.S. exports more

As the communist government seeks to move massive numbers of people off state payrolls, Cubans are embracing self-employment — like it or not more

Her visit to Washington next week follows up on a trip President Barack Obama made to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro last year. more

Charlotte Gallogly is president of <a href ="http://www.worldtrade.org" target="_blank">World Trade Center Miami</a> and a director of the World Trade Centers Association. more

Miguel Caballero started making bullet-proof clothing in Colombia 19 years ago. Latin America’s surging crime wave is creating new markets. more

Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. more

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday. more

The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and profits are forever around the next bend. more

A watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out. more

Facebook is the hottest Internet company to hit the stock market since Google went public in 2004. The Silicon Valley companies, located seven miles apart, also happen to be locked in a bitter battle for Web surfers' allegiance and online advertisers' money. The duel is likely to intensify now that the IPO has given Facebook Inc.'s social network billions of dollars to battle Google Inc.'s dominant search engine. more

Ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe that the Internet threatens their way of life have rented the New York Mets' stadium for an unprecedented gathering on how to use modern technology in a religiously appropriate way. more

Facebook may have made social networking a worldwide cultural phenomenon, but it wasn't the first Internet company to connect people online. And it won't be the last. Here's a look at how social networking has evolved. Some companies have come and gone. Some are mere shells of their former selves. And others show promise, even as Facebook dominates the social Web. more

Facebook Inc. and its shareholders raised $16 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It is the largest IPO by far for an Internet company. The amount raised comes from how many shares were sold by the company and its early investors - 421.2 million - at the IPO price of $38. more

In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt. more

While Facebook's initial public offering Friday had all of Wall Street abuzz, its 900 million users had other things on their minds. They were busy sharing with the world their thoughts about the presidential election, Haitian Flag Day and the weekend. more

Facebook raised $16 billion in its initial public offering Thursday, pricing its stock at $38 per share. Its public debut was the most anticipated tech IPO since Google went public in August 2004. After an anxiety-filled half-hour delay, shares began trading Friday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. They closed almost unchanged, at $38.23. more

In an operation that could take up to a year, salvage companies will refloat the wrecked Costa Concordia so it can be removed from Italian waters. more

American Airlines wants to fly more flights to Brazil — and some of those would be from Miami. more

Between January and March, an estimated 23.4 million people came to Florida, according to Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing corporation. That’s a 2.4 percent increase over the same time last year. more

Museum hopping is more affordable than ever this May. more

American Airlines announced Tuesday that several groups belonging to the Transport Workers Union have agreed to the terms of the airline’s latest contract offer. more

Carnival Corp. held groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $65 million cruise center in the Dominican Republic on Monday. more

The president of Costa Cruises said data from the black box from the deadly Jan. 13 shipwreck of the Costa Concordia likely will be made public this summer and that he expects the case will come to trial by the end of the year. more

-- Even as it christened its new flagship Saturday, May 5, the venerable Costa Crociere line announced several changes in its safety procedures. The impetus for those changes was hardly noted during the christening, yet the tragic crash of Costa Concordia less than four months earlier had to be on most everyone's mind. more

The CEO of Spirit Airlines said a dying veteran who was refused a refund for his plane ticket will get his money back, along with “prayers and best wishes.” more

A worldwide sailing race is about to visit Miami — and, organizers hope, draw 100,000 people downtown to the race village. more

Norwegian Cruise Line posted a small profit in the first quarter of 2012, compared to a loss in the same quarter a year earlier. more

Four defendants in a bribery scheme involving Memorial Healthcare System were sentenced at a hearing Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. more

Jackson Health System has had two positive months, but the biggest challenges lie ahead. more

Private health insurance for a family of four costs more here than in New York and Chicago, according to a new study. more

Walgreens announced Tuesday an expanded Prescription Savings Club offering discounts on 8,000 brand and generic medications, including some generics for as low as $1 a week for a 90-day supply. more

What will the job cuts announced last week by the University of Miami do to research and scientific discovery in South Florida? A lot, say scientists. more

Jackson Health System reported Monday it finished April with a net surplus of $843,000 -- the first time in two years that it has had back-to-back months without losses. more

Four South Florida hospitals have started the process to get approval for transplant programs to compete against Jackson Memorial’s 40-year-old program. more

The University of Miami medical school plans to lay off up to 800 workers in administration and research to deal with reduced government and private funding. more

Jackson’s statistics show that quality of care has been good even during the layoffs, but a union leader questions the accuracy of the numbers. more

An insurer, a hospital group and a doctors’ practice have joined forces to create a group dedicated to “dramatically changing the way care gets delivered.” more

Commissioner Sally Heyman said Wednesday she was “satisfied” with a closed-door commission meeting on Tuesday to hear details of Jackson Health System’s strategic plan. more

Broward joins Miami-Dade in a recovery trend: a gain in businesses, rather than a loss. more

Miami-Dade is close to the top in Florida when it comes to adding jobs. Too bad the pay scales aren’t growing as quickly. more

Like many Greeks left unemployed by their country's economic tailspin, Dimitris Spachos finds it easier to talk about his nation's problems than his own. more

Like many Greeks left unemployed by their country's economic tailspin, Dimitris Spachos finds it easier to talk about his nation's problems than his own. more

At least 20,000 people held a major rally of the local Occupy movement in Frankfurt on Saturday to decry austerity measures affecting much of Europe, the dominance of banks, and what they call untamed capitalism. more

Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. more

Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come? more

Chrysler is recalling nearly 87,000 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere due to a risk of fires. more

Cheers greet activist Chen Guangcheng as he arrives in New York after finally boarding a flight out of China with his family after weeks of delicate diplomatic negotiations. more

Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, a senior administration official said. more

Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday. more

SpaceX's launch of the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station has been rescheduled for next week after the mission was aborted Saturday a half a second before liftoff, the company said. more

The United States and Pakistan will not reach a deal on opening NATO supply routes before coalition leaders meet on Sunday, two senior U.S. officials told CNN. more

An Illinois judge set bail at $1.5 million for each of the three suspects accused of traveling to Chicago "to commit acts of domestic terrorism" during the NATO summit. more

Mary Richardson Kennedy was remembered Saturday as a best friend who lived life to the fullest while battling depression. more

Six school buses bound for a metro Atlanta amusement park were involved in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday, sending 65 people to the hospital, including a seriously injured driver, Georgia authorities said. more

Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, is set to take the stage Saturday night and she says she's in it to win. more

At least one girl is killed and another six students are injured, two of them seriously, following a bomb blast outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi. more