Apogee Awards 2015
SFBW has honored nearly 200 with its Apogee Awards, which recognize top leaders in South Florida Business. The awards are unique in the region for featuring a variety of positions throughout the...
View ArticleAmazon Removes Holiday Ornaments With Images of Auschwitz After Criticism
A bottle opener, a mouse pad and other products displayed images of the Nazi concentration camp.
View Article‘Forbidden Broadway’ to Move to the York Theater Company
Expect “some new spoofs on the current theater season” following the departure from the Triad, the show’s creator, Gerard Alessandrini, said.
View ArticleThese Cocktails Are Garbage. Yum!
Fancy alcoholic drinks made with food scraps are Trash Tiki’s way of pushing a more sustainable bar scene.
View ArticleDavid Boies, a Star Lawyer, Faces Fresh Questions Over Ethics
David Boies’s association with hypothetical plans to extract money from wealthy men linked to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has raised concerns.
View ArticleThe Covers 2014
Well-known business leaders and rising stars have been featured on SFBW’s covers during its first five years. One special cover honored the lifetime achievements of the late H. Wayne Huizenga....
View ArticleFire Blight Spreads Northward, Threatening Apple Orchards
Growers in northern states are combating virulent outbreaks of a disease as seasons grow warmer, orchards have been reconfigured for higher yields and new varieties may be more vulnerable.
View ArticleConference Planners Seek Food Truck Experience (Actual Truck Optional)
Hotels and organizers bring in a taste of local fare. But sometimes, the food actually comes from hotel kitchens.
View ArticleTrump Expands the Trade Wars
The president threatened tariffs on French goods and on steel from Argentina and Brazil.
View ArticleBrooklyn’s Muslim Presence Goes Back Centuries. Here’s Proof From 1643.
The Brooklyn Historical Society acquires the deed giving 200 acres near Coney Island to Anthony van Salee, the first known person of Muslim origin to settle in America.
View ArticleRecent Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
View ArticleF.D.A. Nominee Clears Senate Panel
As a teen vaping and health crisis dominates public concerns, the Food and Drug Administration has been without a permanent commissioner since April.
View ArticleParking Lots, Once Asphalt Wasteland, Become Golden Opportunities
As more suburbanites move downtown, developers are seeking new land for housing and offices, creating opportunities for owners of empty parking lots.
View Article200,000 Uninsured Americans to Get Free H.I.V.-Prevention Drugs
A new government program will provide donated drugs through major drugstore chains.
View ArticleLabor Unions Team Up With Drug Makers to Defeat Drug-Price Proposals
A low-profile group, financed by the pharmaceutical industry, has hired former union officials to oppose drug-price proposals around the country.
View ArticleDeVos Proposes New Agency, Run by Someone Else, for Student Loans
Federal student loan financing has become an “untamed beast,” the education secretary said.
View ArticleTrump Inflames the Trade Wars, Again
In a series of moves and comments, the president has stirred new turmoil into financial markets and the global economy.
View ArticleReport Detailing PG&E’s Failures Raises New Hurdles for Utility
A California commission’s findings in the state’s deadliest fire could make a path out of bankruptcy and probation much harder.
View ArticlePeloton Ad Is Criticized as Sexist and Dystopian
The 30-second ad, which features a man giving a woman a Peloton Bike for the holidays, inspired parodies on social media and comparisons to “Black Mirror.”
View ArticleThis Woman Wants to Help Regulate Your Period With Food
Can dietary and lifestyle changes help women dealing with complex and confounding hormonal issues? Alisa Vitti thinks so.
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