Recently added articles from South Florida CEO:
Up to the challenge.(editor's note)
Jan 01, 2008; Broder-Singer, Rochelle ... We are taking you into 2008 with some inspiration from the region's entrepreneur inventors. In "From Innovation to Incorporation," starting on page 36, they share with South Florida CEO's writers the genesis of their ideas, how they made the leap into selling their products and what they ...
45 feet under.(BURIAL)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... A re-creation of an underwater Lost City also will be a memorial site and eternal resting place for the dead. The Neptune Society Inc., a Fort Lauderdale-based cremation-only funeral services company, established Neptune Memorial Reef--where people can inter their loved ones' ashes 3.25 ...
Paw power.(ANIMAL HOSPITALITY)
Jan 01, 2008; Lluch, Oriane ... South Florida is going to the dogs, and apparently their owners want top-notch accommodations for them. VIP: Very Important Paws--a doggie daycare, spa, hotel and training facility--recently doubled the size of its West Palm Beach property to 24,000 square feet. The expansion, which ...
Project Ungaro.(FASHION)
Jan 01, 2008; Lluch, Oriane ... Paris fashion house Emanuel Ungaro has selected Colombia-born, Miami-bred Esteban Cortazar as its new chief womenswear designer. His first Ungaro collection is set to be presented during New York's Fashion Week this spring. South Florida CEO first wrote about Cortazar in June of 2002, when ...
Mega partnership.(REAL ESTATE)
Jan 01, 2008; Lluch, Oriane ... Already powerhouses in their own rights, two South Florida-based real estate companies--The Related Group and Fortune International--have come together to form a marketing and sales organization geared to the Latin American and Caribbean markets. Fortune Related International Sales ...
County cooking.(GOVERNMENT)
Jan 01, 2008; Shear, Robin ... Instead of slowing down for the holidays, the Miami-Dade County Commission threw some big decisions into high gear, quickly overriding (strong) Mayor Carlos Alvarez's earlier veto of its attempt to move the county's Urban Development Boundary further into the Everglades. Among the projects ...
Boca Raton-based Penthouse Media Group Inc. acquired California Internet networking giant Various Inc. (doing business as FriendFinder) and its subsidiaries for $500 million in cash and securities.(LOCAL ACQUISITIONS)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Boca Raton-based Penthouse Media Group Inc. acquired California Internet networking giant Various Inc. (doing business as FriendFinder) and its subsidiaries for $500 million in cash and securities ....
Expanding its presence in information technology, Fort Lauderdale-based Spherion Corp. agreed to acquire Arkansas-based personnel, engineering and consulting firm Technisource Inc. for $120 million in cash and $20 million in notes.(LOCAL ACQUISITIONS)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Expanding its presence in information technology, Fort Lauderdale-based Spherion Corp. agreed to acquire Arkansas-based personnel, engineering and consulting firm Technisource Inc. for $120 million in ...
North Palm Beach-based public company Bankrate Inc., which operates a consumer finance Internet site, plans to acquire Tennessee-based online credit card marketing company Nationwide Card Services Inc. for $26.4 million with additional $7 million in potential future payment.(LOCAL ACQUISITIONS)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... North Palm Beach-based public company Bankrate Inc., which operates a consumer finance Internet site, plans to acquire Tennessee-based online credit card marketing company Nationwide Card Services Inc. for $26.4 million with additional $7 million in ...
Publicly traded Getting Ready Corp. and Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Winston Laboratories Inc., both led by Miami-based entrepreneur Dr. Phillip Frost, are merging.(LOCAL ACQUISITIONS)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Publicly traded Getting Ready Corp. and Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Winston Laboratories Inc., both led by Miami-based entrepreneur Dr. Phillip Frost, are merging. The combined company, Winston Pharmaceutical, plans to trade on the American Stock ...
Miami-based Soroa Medical Services Inc. operator Reinel Pulido was charged with a six-count indictment for attempt to defraud Medicare for more than $15 million.(MEDICAL, TELECOM FRAUD)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Miami-based Soroa Medical Services Inc. operator Reinel Pulido was charged with a six-count indictment for attempt to defraud Medicare for more than $15 ...
Two former executives from Fort Lauderdale-based GlobeTel Communications Corp. are involved in a US Securities Exchange Commission lawsuit regarding $119 million in fake invoices.(MEDICAL, TELECOM FRAUD)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Two former executives from Fort Lauderdale-based GlobeTel Communications Corp. are involved in a US Securities Exchange Commission lawsuit regarding $119 ...
Dallas-based private investment firm Hunt Special Situations Group L.P. bought Fort Lauderdale-based Republic Services Inc.'s Living Earth Technology Co. (LOTC) for approximately $37 million.(DALLAS INVESTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Dallas-based private investment firm Hunt Special Situations Group L.P. bought Fort Lauderdale-based Republic Services Inc.'s Living Earth Technology Co. (LOTC) for ...
Private equity firms Venquest Capital Partners LLC and Wingate Partners, both in Dallas, purchased Fort Lauderdale-based Marlin Showcase Co. for $30 million.(DALLAS INVESTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Private equity firms Venquest Capital Partners LLC and Wingate Partners, both in Dallas, purchased Fort Lauderdale-based Marlin ...
University of Miami.(REAL ESTATE)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Effective Dec. 1, the University of Miami closed on the $260 million ...
Ashkenazy & Agus Ventures and Barrow Street Capital LLC.(REAL ESTATE)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... Ashkenazy & Agus Ventures and Barrow Street Capital LLC ...
ING Clarion Partners LLC.(REAL ESTATE)
Jan 01, 2008; Suarez, Yeleny ... New York real estate investor ING Clarion Partners LLC paid ...
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.(EXECUTIVE CHANGES)
Jan 01, 2008; Lluch, Oriane ... The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce appointed Karen E. Echols to the ...
Christopher A. Ciano has been named CEO of Vista Healthplans.(EXECUTIVE CHANGES)
Jan 01, 2008; Lluch, Oriane ... Christopher A. Ciano has been named CEO of Vista Healthplans, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coventry Health ...
Juan Carlos Bermudez.(EXECUTIVE CHANGES)
Jan 01, 2008; Lluch, Oriane ... Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez left his position as a principal at Juan Carlos ...
