21 infused with new UM stem cell
Written by Lidia Dinkova on September 17th, 2014
A partnership between University of Miami researchers and a Georgia-based biomedical company this month made a new type of stem cell commercially available for bone regeneration and healing. The marrow-isolated…
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Individual health insurance rates to rise 13.2%
Written by Susan Danseyar on September 17th, 2014
Florida residents will be paying an average increase of 13.2% for individual health care insurance in 2015, according to preliminary numbers from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. No data…
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Higher interest likely, impact unsure
Written by Lidia Dinkova on September 10th, 2014
An increase in interest rates would have varying impacts in Miami-Dade County, experts say. A local mortgage-lending firm said that, overall, a hike in interest rates would be negative for…
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Foreign cash flow diversifying
Written by Nina Lincoff on September 10th, 2014
Following a slowdown in foreign investment and deposits into domestic banks and stricter US tax regulations, international banking and investment is slowly returning to the area. A dip in foreign…
Gables finally getting downtown remake
Written by Susan Danseyar on September 3rd, 2014
After nearly a decade of trying, streetscaping of the heart of downtown Coral Gables could begin by next June, with property owners and the city splitting the $18.8 million cost.…
Firms shortchange airport, penalties on runway
Written by Lidia Dinkova on September 3rd, 2014
Miami-Dade might start penalizing airport contractors who swindle the county after a study of six firms showed that underreported revenues cost the county $1 million. The Aviation Department and an…
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Commercial, industrial loan pool grows
Written by Scott Blake on August 27th, 2014
As commercial and industrial lending continues to increase, some Miami bankers wonder if the industry might lending its way into trouble. They say competition has heated up as South Florida…
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Arsht Center seeks playhouse deal intermission
Written by Susan Danseyar on August 27th, 2014
Arsht Trust Chairman Mike Eidson wants Miami-Dade County to stop its process of choosing an architectural firm to design a renovated Coconut Grove Playhouse and wait until the end of…
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Florida becomes intellectuals’ burial ground
Written by Nina Lincoff on August 20th, 2014
Florida is known as a resting place for those in their twilight years. Now a study of cultural migration over two millennia illustrates the point. Researchers from Texas and Miami…
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