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MIAMI _ In a land gushing with promises of unwrinkled skin, smaller noses and a head full of hair, nothing caught attention quite like the pill that does away with […]

Noven Pharmaceuticals of Miami has patented a skin patch capable of administering a full day's dose of medicine to people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Noven said Wednesday that the […]

Albert Dunlap, whose slash-and-burn downsizing tactics symbolized callous corporate attitudes toward workers, was named in a federal fraud lawsuit Tuesday that accused the former Sunbeam Corp. executive of costing shareholders […]

MIAMI _ Andrx Corp., the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company that lost a federal lawsuit for cutting a $90 million backroom deal not to market its cheaper version of the high […]

In his career as a plumber, Abe Hertz of Delray Beach, Fla., battled with leaky pipes. In his retirement, he fought Medicare fraud. In death, he won his fight against […]

MIAMI _ While Marc Rich evaded U.S. tax-evasion charges by lying low in Switzerland, his oil products company in New York enjoyed unfettered sales to corporate America, particularly the nation's […]

MIAMI _ Facing the prospect of running two Arkansas prisons at a continuing loss, Wackenhut Corrections Corp. has elected to pull out of its contract on June 30. The nonrenewal […]

The case of the Cyprus Funds investment scam veered into respectable banking circles this week when a court-appointed trustee accused First Union National Bank of standing by while Cyprus defrauded […]

Eric Bartoli, accused of masterminding an investment scheme that owes about $35 million to people in the Midwest and Latin America, might have left the country, the court-appointed receiver in […]

Giving up efforts to reconcile a massive financial imbroglio inherited from former CEO Albert Dunlap, Sunbeam Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday and asked for the dismissal of all claims […]

It's common knowledge that you can make a living selling products on eBay, the Internet's most popular auction site. But how about an entire company with lenders, shareholders and 70 […]

MIAMI _ Just when it appeared the nation had become saturated with sport utility vehicles, five more automakers are making their debut in the SUV market. All will be on […]

MIAMI _ Floridians who take jobs as telephone psychics don't need licenses, but now recruits of the nation's biggest psychic hotline must sign a sworn statement _ that they really […]

As federal authorities investigate the safety of factory-equipped Firestone tires on Ford Explorers and one of the nation's largest retailers pulled them from its shelves, the maker of the tires […]

FPL Group, which provides electricity to one of every two people in Florida, has made a deal to become the biggest powerhouse in the nation. The parent company of Florida […]

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it has filed suit against Rexall Sundown, accusing the Boca Raton, Fla., company of bloating claims that its Cellasene pills reduce or eliminate cellulite. […]

MIAMI _ Union members from a closed Sunbeam Corp. coffee-maker plant in Ohio aired their displeasure at the company's annual meeting Tuesday and called the plant shutdown a throwback to […]

MIAMI _ Record high output, perilously low prices and a mountain of inventory are pushing Florida's sugar producers toward default on their federal crop loans for the first time since […]

The parent company of Florida Power & Light said Thursday it has pulled the plug on its efforts to sell electricity and related services to commercial customers in the Northeast. […]

AutoNation said Monday it will jettison its faltering $3.6 billion-a-year auto rental unit, a move that will make the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company solely an auto retailer, but which has […]

AutoNation is buying four dealerships in Fort Worth, Texas, from the Ford Dealer Network for an undisclosed sum of cash, a transaction triggered by a new Texas law barring auto […]

MIAMI _ State police arrested five Miami men Friday on charges they falsified loan applications to dupe a Miami mortgage lender into making more than $1.5 million in loans to […]

MIAMI _ Breaking the bacon-and-eggs or pancake routine in the morning can be as easy as spreading a little kumquat marmalade on your toast or bagel. And if kumquat doesn't […]

MIAMI _ Lining up with a reform movement backed by its chief executive, Sunbeam Corp. of Fort Lauderdale named to its board Thursday a Stetson University professor who has long […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Motorola announced a wireless programmable sign Wednesday that will flash news, stock prices and sports scores for people in waiting rooms, restaurants and stores. Dubbed the […]

BOCA RATON, Fla. _ Keep an eye on John Schwarz, the new chief at IBM Corp.'s software lab here. If he's still on the job in, say, three years, it […]

If this story sounds familiar, it should be. A small band of people huddle in hush-hush circumstances in a small lab in Boca Raton, Fla. Their secret mission? To introduce […]

IBM Corp. will make its big move to dent Microsoft's supremacy of the personal computer market Tuesday when it unveils a juiced-up version of its OS/2 operating system. The code-named […]

Another big day at the office. You put on a nice suit. Grab the briefcase and turn on the cellular phone. Oh, and don't forget the gun. Responding to the […]

MIAMI _ Try as she might to wear a stoic face at the Computer City counter, Dorene Potter had PC phobia written all over her. Potter didn't find what she […]

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. _ Calling it the most important news in its 27-year history, Sensormatic Electronics announced Friday that it will wire the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta with the […]

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. _ When the next generation of slot machines don't go ching-ching, management will hear a beep-beep. Through a deal announced Wednesday, Motorola Inc. said it has introduced […]

MIAMI _ Amid the sterile drudgery of office work, a computer screen beckons your wandering mind with the chance to escape. You send a message to a friend elsewhere in […]

The Thinkpad, IBM Corp.'s notebook-sized portable computer, was designed for use on dining tables, car seats and airplane flights. On Wednesday, researchers will find out if it works in space, […]

In David Garayua's list of bad days, April 21, 1993, ranks high. That was the day Garayua and an untold number of colleagues at IBM's Boca Raton, Fla., plant were […]

Lured by bargain prices and vastly improved technology, Americans are finally making the personal computer the household fixture it was intended to be. PCs now reside in a quarter of […]

DANIA, Fla. _ A thin curtain of fog is dropping on Newark Bay, and the narrow shipping channel around Bergen Point is jammed with big ships groping through the night […]