Thursday's Top Stories

THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 2009

SPECIAL REPORT:
Stronger International Markets Buoying Florida

A special report on international business in the sectors of real estate, exporting, small business, lending and trade ... [Source: Florida Trend]

Related:

• Slump in trade hits cargo carriers hard [Herald]

CORAL GABLES:
BankUnited Pins Comeback on a Cheeky Recruiting Campaign

BankUnited is making a bold grab for Florida banks' star executives -- and their customers. John Kanas -- BankUnited's new top dog -- has created full-page newspaper ads and launched a website, UnhappyFloridaBankers.com, to lure away competing banks' top performers. BankUnited, Florida's largest home-grown bank, launched the website Monday, inviting bankers with a solid book of business, strong relationships with commercial clients and a proven track record in Florida banking" to submit their résumés online. The promise: a happier and more profitable future. [Source: Miami Herald]

ORLANDO:
Air Jordans Cost UCF Future Deal with adidas -- and $3 Million

Marcus Jordan stuck to his guns and wore his father's iconic Nike Air Jordans, a decision that has cost the University of Central Florida its six-year, $3 million exclusive contract with adidas. [Source: Sentinel]

After Tuesday's elections, Florida looms as the next front in a war between moderates and conservatives that's dividing a Republican Party trying to surge toward the 2010 election. Florida voters can expect to see more anti-President Obama "tea parties" as conservatives nationwide turn their attention to the U.S. Senate race. Read on ... [Source: Miami Herald]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Bank of Florida Announces Public Offering [AP]
Bank of Florida Corporation (Nasdaq: BOFL) (the "Company") today announced that it has commenced an offering to sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is acting as the lead book-running manager for the offering.

› What Slump? For Some Realtors, Business Is Thriving [Herald-Tribune]
Prudential Florida Realty agent Charryl Youman is too busy to take notice of negative news. She has sold 41 homes in Sarasota County this year.

› Florida Missing 17,900 State-Owned Buildings [Palm Beach Post]
Nearly 10 months after they were ordered to create an inventory of all state-owned properties, state officials are unable to identify how many buildings the state owns and where they are.

› Ida Could Give Florida a Scare [Sentinel]
A tropical storm brewing off the coast of Nicaragua has been upgraded to a hurricane. See the potential path here.

› Richard Reynolds Named Fla. Builder of the Year [Bradenton Herald]
The Builder of the Year award is the highest-ranking honor bestowed upon a builder in the 10,000-member Florida Home Builders Association.

› Mickey, Minnie Headed to China [LA Times]
It will be Disney's fourth theme park outside the United States, after Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong, and the first in mainland China, the fastest-growing mass market in the world.

› FBI, IRS Search Rothstein's Law Firm [Sun Sentinel]
Investors say lawyer ran Ponzi scheme that runs into hundreds of millions of dollars. Also: Scott Rothstein's big Washington adventure

› UM Business School Dean Lays Out Ambitious Agenda [Herald]
Two years into her post as dean of the University of Miami's business school, Barbara Kahn is out to make her vision for the school a reality.

› Ray Sansom Is Left with Little to Do But Defend Himself [Times/Herald]
A special House committee will decide this morning whether to continue its investigation into whether Sansom broke the rules, a tribunal that could result in exoneration, reprimand or expulsion from office.

› Major Deadline in Suit on Drywall [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Homeowners in Florida and across the country whose homes were built with contaminated Chinese drywall manufactured by Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co. Ltd. will have a serious decision to make -- and quickly.


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