Part One Of The Sunshine Economy Special Series: The Americas And Miami
THE AMERICAS AND MIAMIFrom world famous beaches to international trade flows, South Florida has become one of the world's most vibrant and diverse economies.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy Part Three: Real Estate
REAL ESTATEFrom world famous beaches to international trade flows, South Florida has become one of the world's most vibrant and diverse economies.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy Part Four: Who's A Tourist?
Tourist season is about over in South Florida, right? Hardly.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy Part Five: Technology
South Florida may be known for its sun and sand, but software? There is a burgeoning effort to grow, encourage and attract the technology industry to South Florida.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy Part Six On June 17: Hurricanes
L'Hermitage One Condominiums on Ocean Boulevard in Ft. Lauderdale is in an enviable location right on the beach. But when a hurricane is brewing, it's on the front lines of the storm.On Monday's...
View ArticleCitizens CEO: Insurance Giant Is Unprepared For The Next Big Storm
The largest home property insurance company in Florida is $4 billion shy of what its head honcho feels it needs if a major hurricane were to hit the state this season.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy August 5: Fashion
Rene Ruiz makes women's dresses. Fancy dresses. In the picture to the right, he is standing with a new spring 2014 design. Ruiz designs and makes them in Hialeah. Ruiz grew up here and as his fashion...
View ArticleVideo: How A Miami Designer Fashions His Workforce
Designing high fashion is an art. So is making those designs into dresses.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: We Are What We Wear
Pastels in Palm Beach? Parrot Head T-shirts in Key West? South Florida has an image of a very fashionable place. On August 5, the Sunshine Economy explored the fashion industry here, but what about our...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: Miami's 'Minuscule' Fashion Industry
Penguin, Perry Ellis and Jantzen are some of the global fashion brands that trace their corporate ownership to the Doral headquarters of Perry Ellis International.Over several decades George...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: It's Not Business But A Lifestyle
That's Spencer Antle in the picture to the left. He left South Beach for Palm Beach and has seen his lifestyle fashion business flourish.RELATED: The Sunshine Economy: Fashion
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy August 12: Energy
Flip a light switch, turn the ignition key or hit the start button. These are actions most of us do several times each day without thinking about where the power is coming from. Florida may have...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy Video: Tearing Down An Old Power Plant
A decade ago FPL burned more oil to make electricity than any other electric utility in the United States.But this year it expects to burn 99 percent less crude oil.RELATED: The Sunshine Economy:...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: Filling Up The Tank Less Often
We are burning less gasoline. That may sound strange but Floridians have less of a thirst for gas.
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: Plugging Into The Math Of An Electric Car
The sound of turning over the pistons in an internal combustion engine are familiar to just about everyone. The almost soothing feeling of that low rumble of a well-tuned engine in idle.RELATED: The...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: Fill 'Er Up With Natural Gas
How about a fill up for less than $20 a tank?That's the promise of compressed natural gas at recent prices.But good luck finding a passenger car than runs on compressed natural gas today but more...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: Fueling Florida's Power
The demand for electricity is growing in South Florida, but Florida Power and Light has been tearing down power plants.The power plants like the one in the slideshow above have been generating...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy August 19: Education
A new school year is underway for hundreds of thousands of children in South Florida. A new year brings with it the potential of new learning, new skills... and new challenges.Are our kids learning...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Economy: Profit Or Performance? Charter Public Schools
Jon Hage may be one of the most important school leaders you probably have never heard of. No one elected him to a school board or hired him as a superintendent.But his company, Charter Schools USA...
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