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| 9/17/2014

Florida health insurance rates to rise

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. According to the story in Miami Today, no data has been released yet on employer plans for 2015. However, Health News Florida says the 13.2% number is misleading, because it's an average based on all the Silver plans, but not based on how the public will actually buy (at the low-cost end of the spectrum.)


Consumer prices fall 0.2 percent in August

U.S. consumer prices edged down in August, the first monthly drop since the spring of 2013, as gasoline, airline tickets and clothing prices all fell. It was the latest evidence that inflation remains under control. More at the AP.


Lennar posts higher-than-expected profit as home sales rebound

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University of Miami is banking on brains

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The University of Miami’s “Brain Bank” is a brain tissue bank that forms a center of research into brain-related disease. The Brain Bank has about 500 living donors on its registry.

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Lennar Corp, the second largest U.S. homebuilder, reported a better-than-expected 47 percent jump in quarterly profit as it sold more homes at higher prices, and its shares rose as much as 6 percent in premarket trading. More from FOX Business and the AP.


Hotel Investors Find Treasure in the Florida Keys

The hottest hotel market in America may be at the lowest point on the map. As tourists flock to the Florida Keys, home to the southernmost geography in the United States, real estate investors are following, in search of a piece of the booming island action. More at the CNNMoney.


In the social media age, private actions are company business

In an era when people are working 24/7, we are being judged round the clock, too. Any behavior that embarrasses our employer and affects revenue or reputation has become a punishable — even fireable — offense, regardless of whether it takes place in a cubicle, online or in an elevator. More at the Miami Herald.

Business Profile
Propulsion Technologies International

aircraft repair Propulsion Technologies will be recognized this week as one of the South Florida Manufacturing Association’s 2014 Manufacturers of the Year. The others are Hotpie in Fort Pierce, PAC Seating Systems in Palm City and Techno Coatings in Miami. Propulsion Technologies’ revenues grew 28 percent in 2012 and 22 percent last year. The company increased staff by 6 percent in 2013 and will more than double that growth this year.

» More from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel


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