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Card fraud at 10-yearlow

This is the third year card fraud losses have fallen, but consumers need to be vigilant about telephone and cheque fraud. Debit and credit card fraud slid to a 10-year low of £341m while online banking fraud dropped by 24% to £35.4m in 2011; but con- sumers need to be vigilant about increases in telephone and cheque card fraud.

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Business

Miami Herald Media Company moving headquarters to Doral

West pointe Business Park and adjacent six acre site in Doral, Florida will serve as the new home of South Florida’s largest news source. Read more

Mia sets new records for annual and daily passengers
Miami International Airport reached a new all-time high for annual passenger traffic in 2011 with…
US Competitiveness Ranking Continues to Fall; Emerging Markets Are Closing the Gap
Switzerland tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, released by the World…
Virtualization: The hot trend today’s organizations can no longer ignore
The use of virtualization and cloud computing is growing quickly among companies of all sizes.…

Consumer

FDA Targets Gastric Band Weight-Loss Claims

Ready to be the next weight-loss success story? Let your new life begin! I lost 90 pounds with the Lap-Band! Sounds tempting, doesn’t it? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seen... Read more

Book Fair makes Miami centre of the literary world
On the occasion of the Miami Book Fair month, Miami went literary. The entire city converged in Miami-Dade College, where…
The most fuel-efficient luxury hybrid in America
Lincoln’s first-ever hybrid – the 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid – is the most fuel-efficient luxury sedan in America, delivering an…
New study: growing demand for urban living
Downtown Miami’s appeal as one of the nation’s most viable residential real estate markets remains strong amid global economic volatility,…

Finance

Card fraud at 10-yearlow

This is the third year card fraud losses have fallen, but consumers need to be vigilant about telephone and cheque... Read more

Card fraud a worry when shopping with a mobile
Mobile shopping is poised to take off, but 60% of us worry about card fraud…
US Economy to Grow 2-3% in 2012, Says Treasury Secretary Geithner
US Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner agrees with the consensus forecast that the United…
Renewed B&F Marine Emerges from Bankruptcy
National restructuring and turnaround firm ACM Capital Partners announced that its client, B & F…

Investment

Brazil: is now the time for investors to score?

In football parlance, it’s been a funny old game in Latin America. Last year Brazil overtook the UK to become... Read more

Five Corporate Compliance Issues Confronting International Businesses and Investors
With its strong economy, Brazil today is one of the world’s most appealing markets for international businesses and investors. Many companies from North America, Europe, the Mideast and Asia are…
A Game of Dominoes
Inflation is too low and unemployment is too rampant. Neither of these economic indicators is at a level that ‘meets the standard’ that has been set by and for the…
Investment Banking
Their goals are driven by chance. Bad luck, he says, adding that “such paradoxes exist,” and alluding to other dangers. This brings to mind the billions injected by governments the…

International

Spain’s age-old problem

Government will need to change the health-care model to focus on long-term care rather than acute problems. The number of Spaniards over the age of 65 has doubled in the last... Read more

United Kingdom: close to face another economic crisis?
In an interview with the british newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, King said that he considered the reform one of an urgent matter. King said that “imbalances” in the banking system remain…
Cook your business
Last month Money Market UK joined forces with “Cook your business” to create a networking event on February 22nd. To do business opportunities around the globe, particularly those in…
Aftershocks of the Japan earthquake
SNL Financial Reports on the immediate impact felt across the global REIT market and identifies the international real estate companies with exposure to the five areas most affected. The epicenter…