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A Fight Brews Over Secure Wrap's County Contract at Miami International Airportnew
Secure Wrap's contract with MIA is up and things are getting interesting again. Secure Wrap has a squad of high-powered lobbyists to protect it from competitors who want in on the action. The company needs all the help it can get.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
03-23-2009 |
Business & Labor
New Tax Might Kill Miami's Cigar Rollersnew
Miami's cigar-makers are scrambling to survive past April 1, when President Obama's new State Children's Health Insurance Plan takes effect — and brings with it a 900 percent tax increase on every single cigar made or imported to the States.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
03-09-2009 |
Business & Labor
To Hell with the Economy! The Lawless Exotic Rental Car Industry Keeps Rollingnew
Many cars in South Florida's exotic-for-a-day trade are illegal. The cars' real owners make under-the-table deals with brokers, but most brokers don't have proper rental insurance, so the deal constitutes insurance fraud.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
12-08-2008 |
Business & Labor
Farm Workers Earn Nada in America's Green Bean Capitalnew
Miami-Dade County is the snap bean capital of America, harvesting 18,000 of the state's 33,000 acres of the long, stringy legume. In recent months, the broken, lawless state of bean picking has spawned federal investigations into unfair labor practices and extortion.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
03-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Man Behind the Bidetnew
Arnold Cohen's invention will spic-'n'-span you front to rear.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
09-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: bidet, business & labor
Hecho en Miaminew
These cigars look, smell and smoke like Cubans -- so why not sell 'em that way?
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
05-14-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Your Ad Herenew
We peek inside the newest VW campaign, in the name of, um, journalism.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
03-26-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Chalk's Crashnew
After questions about the famed airline's safety records arose, its seaplanes have been grounded pending a ruling by the FAA, and its fate is as fickle as the tradewinds.
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
03-26-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Cut and Runnew
Federal regulators say Focus Development bilked about six million dollars from 630 Haitian-Americans living in South Florida in a "Ponzi scheme."
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
01-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Rolex vs. Rollexxnew
A watch company and a famed Miami strip joint face off.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
01-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Boat to Perditionnew
Will 2006 prove friendlier to the casino cruise business?
Miami New Times |
Emily Witt |
01-24-2006 |
Business & Labor
Sick, Injured Cruise Workers Drown in Loopholesnew
Those who keep an eye on corporations such as Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International say that employees, especially foreign-born employees, are being funneled to cheap doctors in the Caribbean who provide sometimes inadequate care for cut-rate prices.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
11-16-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
