Lawyer Jose Baez didn’t start his professional career defending capital murder cases. Before he successfully got Casey Anthony off the hook for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, he was just another guy who couldn’t get admitted to the Florida Bar because he was a deadbeat dad — the Orlando Sentinal reported Baez had a…
Not all shoppers in Miami-Dade are feeling the heat of the area’s crappy economy. The Village of Merrick Park, the poshest shopping mall south of Bal Harbour, lately has been doing gangbusters. Sales are up 10 percent from last year, with figures rising over the past 11 months. Good to know…
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.Psalm 96:10-13Last Friday the Herald wrote a fawning article about Notre Dame…
With the player lockout putting the 2011-2012 NBA season into question, it’s only a matter of time before the league’s poor, mistreated multi-millionaires are forced to pick up second jobs for rent money, car payments and general “make it rain all over the poor people” supplies.But, without marketable skills that…
Here’s just another bit of info to pile on to illustrate the obvious: Miami’s Real Estate market is totally fucked. Excuse the profanity, but honestly is there any better way to describe? It is fucked. That’s what it is.Anyway, Business Insider compiled a not-so-cheery listicle, and determined that Miami will…
Governor Rick Scott wants to make Florida the best state to business in in the county, but a report by CNBC suggests he has a long way to go. In its annual rankings of business friendly states Florida came in at a respectable but not stupendous 18th place tie with…
Good news, Miami! LeBron James has not fled the country, nor does he appear to be too depressed for a few photos with some fellow squagillionaires. Apparently inspired by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s release of pictures to prove he’s not too dead, LeBron’s business manager Maverick Carter tweeted several pictures…
He’s a jerk. Filmmakers don’t want him in their LeBron-themed movies. He somehow pissed off Taiwan. The Decision, The Decision, The Decision. LeBron James, as Riptide has reported countless times, is the most hated man in sports.But damn, can the guy sell a shoe…
Surprisingly, Marlins interim manager Jack McKeon and 23-year-old outfielder Logan Morrison don’t see eye-to-eye when it comes to Twitter.On Saturday, the same day McKeon benched Morrison after a 4-for-33 batting slump, the Miami Herald quoted the 80-year-old McKeon telling him that he needs “to start spending more time on baseball…
Ever wonder how much you’re making in comparison to the rest of the workforce in Miami-Dade. Well, if you’re pulling in less than $57,034-a-year you’re below average, according to statistics compiled by The Business Journals. That makes Miami-Dade the fourth best compensated county on average in Florida, and the 116th…
Charlie Crist is still married to an actual lady, and even though he failed to make Carole Rome a D.C. power wife she just sold her apartment on fancy Fisher Island so she can live with Crist in St. Petersburg full time. Rome sold the apartment for $3 million according…
People started freaking out on Twitter Wednesday night over an “article” indicating that BET host Rocsi Diaz was arrested in Miami for “attempting to steal over two hundred dollars in undergarments and high heels.” Except the article exists only as a screen cap and was written by someone who seems to have…
Perhaps the solution to Miami’s economic problems is the same as your abuela’s solution to boredom: telenovelas! Telemundo plans to shoot about 1,100 hours of telenovelas in Miami-Dade this year. That represents an investment of about $35 million and 550 new jobs…
Apple might be one of the most powerful companies in the world, but it’s no match for the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board.Apple already has quaint little digs at 720 Lincoln Rd. but plans to move farther up the pedestrian mall to a location currently occupied only by the Gap…
Update 5:20 p.m.: McKeon is officially the team’s interim manager — he answered questions about his age at a press conference Monday and said he thought the Marlins had a shot to play in October even though he’s “not hip with the Twitter or Facebook or something like that,” according…
The unemployment rate in Florida has fallen for the fifth straight month in May, mirroring a national trend. Unfortunately, there isn’t much to celebrate in Miami-Dade. The local unemployment rate rose once again by 0.5 percent and is now the second highest unemployment rate of any county in Florida…
Banner Supply Company was ordered Tuesday to pay hundreds of Florida homeowners $55 million dollars for selling them Chinese drywall that emitted sulfurous gases, according to Reuters. The gas smells horrible and is believed to have damaged wiring and appliances and caused illnesses in the homes where it was installed.The…
Pornographers of Miami: Order more business cards.The XBIZ Summit — partially sponsored this year by the “PussyCash Affiliate Network” — is an annual three-day networking event for “online adult business professionals,” and it’s headed for the city next summer, according to adult industry news site XBIZ.com…
It’s one thing for a politician to twist facts and figures to support his own agenda. Unfortunately, it’s just business as usual for the political class. It’s quite another for a politician to have such little faith in the intelligence of his constituents that he straight-up lies about figures anyone…
A Miami business wants to take former Hurricanes star and current Washington Redskin player Santana Moss to the legal cleaners. The owners of a Miami Gardens shopping center claim that a dry cleaning business, operated by one of Moss’s relatives and partially owned by the football star, owes almost $25,000…
If you were considering putting in a call to a company advertising “Growth Spurt” pills on a local radio station, don’t.It sounds appealing — the company’s website, geared toward parents of children who are too small to succeed in sports, says it’s the “safest height advancement program … considered a…
Nevin Shapiro lived like a modern-day Caligula. He seemed to have it all: a luxurious Miami Beach mansion on the bay, parties that attracted local notables and sports superstars, fast cars, big yacht, women and the athlete’s lounge at the University of Miami named after him. It all came tumbling…
