Politics

February 14, 2020
Tesla prices its second offering of stock at $767 apiece

Tesla priced its second offering of stock at $767 apiece Friday. An announcement Thursday that Tesla would put an additional $2 billion worth of stock on the market surprised almost...

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February 14, 2020
Esper defends shifting defense funds for Trump’s border wall

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday defended his decision to divert billions of dollars in funding for Navy and Air Force aircraft and other military programs to help pay...

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February 14, 2020
This Brickell office alternative is centrally located — and a relative bargain

With its financial offices and the sleek new 830 Brickell coming online, Brickell remains downtown Miami's prestige business address. But with lease prices around $65 per square foot, companies are...

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February 14, 2020
Warehouses are sprouting in some unexpected neighborhoods. Convenience is the key.

Companies looking to store consumer goods in Miami are searching for sites adjacent to the typical airport locations — closer to population centers. So, where are they going? Opa-locka and...

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February 14, 2020
A downtown Miami condo, partnering with Airbnb, has 38 percent of units under contract

Units in another condominium to dot the downtown Miami skyline is 61% reserved, with 39% under contract. And construction has yet to start. The downtown Miami-based development firm Newgard had...

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February 14, 2020
Former Miami Heat lawyer sues team, claims she was fired for taking maternity leave

A former attorney for the Miami Heat is suing the team, claiming she was harassed and then fired for taking maternity leave. Vared Yakovee is suing the Heat in federal...

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February 14, 2020
Consumers, confidence and the coronavirus

It has been more than a decade since Walmart stopped publicly reporting its monthly sales figures. At the time, the world's largest retailer reasoned that doing away with the monthly...

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February 14, 2020
Is doing well doing good?

Last summer, the Business Roundtable (BRT), a nonprofit association of major U.S CEOs, redefined the meaning of a company's purpose. The new gold standard, or maybe better stated, the new...

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February 14, 2020
Senior-level hires and promotions in Miami-Dade and Broward for the week of Feb. 17, 2020

CREATIVE | TELEVISION PRODUCTION At the newly created The A Team, a creative (co)lab, in Hollywood, four principals have been named. They were all previously at 2C Creative: ▪ Nikki...

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February 14, 2020
Sick days for Miami-Dade contractors? It’s not ‘Bernie Sanders world,’ Bovo says

Miami-Dade commissioners on Thursday stalled a proposal to force county contractors to give workers paid sick days and parental leave as the lawmakers questioned whether companies and the government could...

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February 14, 2020
There’s not a Harriet Tubman $20 bill yet. But a bank has a Harriet Tubman debit card

OneUnited Bank decided to do what the U.S. Treasury has talked about doing — putting Harriet Tubman's image on a way to pay. Limited-edition Harriet Tubman Visa debit cards got...

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February 14, 2020
RBS changes name to NatWest in bid to shed legacy of bailout

The majority state-owned U.K. bank RBS announced a name change on Friday as it tries to leave behind its near-collapse during the 2008 financial crisis. The bank said it will...

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February 14, 2020
German economy stagnates in sign of Europe’s difficulties

Growth ground to a halt at the end of the year in Germany, Europe's largest economy, as manufacturing remained in a slump and exports fell, official figures showed Friday. The...

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February 14, 2020
Projects to improve broadband internet planned in Tennessee

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $9 million on high-speed broadband internet projects in 10 rural Tennessee counties. USDA officials said in a statement Thursday that the broadband projects...

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February 14, 2020
French leader Macron loses his mayoral candidate in Paris

In a blow to French leader Emmanuel Macron, his former government spokesman pulled out of the race to become mayor of Paris on Friday, after French media reports of leaks...

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February 14, 2020
South Florida employers should brace for the potential impact of Covid-19

In South Florida, anxiety mounts over the increasing threat of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19. In the past month, Covid-19 has spread to at least 24 countries, and the World Health...

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February 14, 2020
SBA: Loans available for Virginia businesses hit by drought

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that loans are available to Virginia small businesses, agricultural cooperatives, and private nonprofit organizations as a result of a drought that began in...

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February 14, 2020
German economy stagnated in fourth quarter

Growth ground to a halt at the end of the year in Germany, Europe's largest economy, as manufacturing remained in a slump and exports fell. The figure underlines the challenge...

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February 14, 2020
Gold panning in northern Mali may be benefiting extremists

A gold rush is underway in an area of northern Mali where al-Qaida-linked fighters are active, raising concerns that profits from artisanal mining could benefit not only the local economy...

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February 14, 2020
Renault sales and earnings drop in tough market

France's Renault saw its sales and earnings drop last year and says 2020 will be tough due to the need for investment in new technologies at a time when the...

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February 14, 2020
With Britain out, the unwieldy EU faces major budget battle

The Brexit drama shook the foundations of the European Union for years and laid bare the need for much-delayed political renovations at the 27-nation bloc. But now that Britain has...

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February 14, 2020
India keeps lid on Kashmir’s internet 6 months into lockdown

Six months after India's government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout, it is heralding the restoration of limited, slow-speed internet as a step toward...

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February 14, 2020
Asian shares rebound from initial losses on virus count

Shares rebounded in Asia on Friday after an early sell-off, though Tokyo's benchmark declined as investors reacted to reports of a growing number of cases of a new virus in...

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February 14, 2020
AP Explains: Why Syria’s M5 is Assad’s highway to victory

It is arguably one of the most coveted prizes in Syria's civil war, and after eight years of fighting, Syrian President Bashar Assad has got it back. The Damascus-Aleppo highway,...

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February 14, 2020
First responders to get help with wireless communications

First responders in New Hampshire are getting help with their wireless communications. FirstNet, the national wireless communications platform designed to strengthen public safety communications, is launching some cell cites and...

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February 14, 2020
Residents of Maine city want to halt large salmon farm

Dozens of Maine residents told the state they're opposed to the building of a large salmon farm in the coastal city of Belfast. The proposal from Norwegian-owned Nordic Aquafarms would...

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February 14, 2020
Health system: Costs of doc’s murder defense aren’t covered

A Michigan-based health system and its insurer aren't responsible for the costs of an Ohio doctor's defense against murder charges in the deaths of 25 hospital patients, the businesses' lawyers...

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February 14, 2020
In the age of dating apps, an old-school matchmaker thrives

Erica Fultz has chased a woman down the street in Miami, chatted up a retired banker at Starbucks in Scottsdale and approached businessmen at a bar in Chicago. Her opening...

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February 14, 2020
General Mills chooses Kansas for restorative farming project

A major food corporation has selected Kansas wheat as the best in the nation for a three-year pilot project. The restorative farming project will discover ways farmers can save water,...

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February 14, 2020
Kansans struggle without high-speed internet

The internet service was so bad at Citizens State Bank in Cottonwood Falls that its computers could hardly handle a routine update from Microsoft. So not too long ago, bank...

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February 14, 2020
Virus renews safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals

China cracked down on the sale of exotic species after an outbreak of a new virus in 2002 was linked to markets selling live animals. The germ turned out to...

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February 14, 2020
Trump wants $1.5B over 10 years to revive US uranium mining

The Trump administration is asking Congress for $1.5 billion over 10 years to create a new national stockpile of U.S.-mined uranium, saying that propping up U.S. uranium production in the...

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February 14, 2020
Feds to track how private Medicare info gets to marketers

A government watchdog plans to launch a nationwide probe into how telemarketers may be getting hold of seniors' personal Medicare information, a red flag for potential fraud and waste. An...

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February 14, 2020
Determined: Ethiopian female migrants risk all for Saudi

They are among the most vulnerable of the tens of thousands of migrants making the long and perilous trek from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia in search of jobs: Women and...

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February 14, 2020
Ethiopians brave deserts and smugglers on the way to Saudi

“Patience,” Mohammed Eissa told himself. He whispered it every time he felt like giving up. The sun was brutal, reflecting off the thick layer of salt encrusting the barren earth...

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February 14, 2020
RK Pachauri, who led Nobel-winning climate panel, dies at 79

Indian environmentalist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, under whose leadership a U.N. climate change panel shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, has died after recent heart surgery. He was 79. Pachauri's death...

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February 14, 2020
India plans to get new frigates from Russia while the US threatens New Delhi with sanctions over purchase of S-400 missile system

Despite the modernization of India's defense industry, Indo-Russian military cooperation is still strong — and two Talwar-class frigates will be delivered to New Delhi in 2024. But could competition from...

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February 14, 2020
Frederick Koch, low-profile Koch brother, dies at 86

Frederick Koch, who kept a low profile as an arts benefactor rather than joining the family oil business that became Koch Industries, has died, according to the New York Times....

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February 14, 2020
China’s virus crackdown leaves millions working at home

In the middle of a phone call with a customer, an important visitor knocks on Michael Xiong's door: his 3-year-old son. Xiong, a salesman in Chibi, a city near the...

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February 14, 2020
2020 Democrats step up attacks to blunt Bloomberg’s rise

Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns increasingly took aim at Mike Bloomberg on Thursday, blasting their billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into the White...

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