PIP reform bill passes Florida House
The Florida House voted 85-30 Friday to reform personal injury protection insurance, Florida’s no-fault auto coverage that lawmakers and insurers say is riddled with fraud and costing the state’s drivers millions of dollars. The measure, HB 119, would restrict treatment options for motorists injured in automobile accidents — PIP pays up to $10,000 for injuries […]
Miami Valley crime lab losing business to state
Three area police departments have dropped contracts with the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory, and there is concern others will follow, threatening the viability of a lab that currently provides evidence analysis for 100 jurisdictions in southwest Ohio. The departures provide the first evidence that the downtown Dayton lab, which employs 26 other folks, is […]
Indicted Fort Lauderdale brothers facing new federal fraud charges
Already charged with running one of Florida’s biggest investment scams, Fort Lauderdale brothers Joel Steinger and Steven Steiner were arrested again Wednesday in connection with a new fraud conspiracy. A federal prosecutor known as Steinger a “serial” prison for allegedly conspiring along with his brother to create dummy companies that bilked $three million from health […]
How South Florida’s top 1 percent live
The top 1 percent have a household income north of $400,000 a year — $401,600 in Broward County, $456,206 in Palm Beach County and $413,372 in Miami-Dade, according to a national survey of household incomes by Washington-based Sentier Research. In the membership are some big names like LeBron James, who makes $44 million a year; […]
Terri Dial, former Citigroup exec, died in Miami
Terri Dial, whose work on the reshaping of Citigroup Inc. in 2008 culminated a three-decade banking career that made her a much-watched woman in business, has died. She was 62. She died Tuesday in a hospice in Miami, said a friend and family spokeswoman. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. In 27 years at […]
ISP launches broadband internet, business voip, dsl, cable and wireless services in Miami Beach
The future of communications has arrived in Miami Beach! In response to enormous demand from area business consumers, Sling Broadband is expanding its high-speed Broadband Internet service into Miami Beach. Sling Broadband is one of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, consistently ranked as one of the top ten networks in North […]
Twitter Just Fired A Cannonball At Facebook And Google+
Twitter is revamping the service with personal Twitter profile pages, a new timeline that includes rich media and other related information embedded into tweets, and easier search for information based on @ symbols (usernames) and hash tags. Talking at Twitter’s unfinished new headquarters building in San Francisco, founder Jack Dorsey and CEO Dick Costolo […]