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Financial Markets

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Feeling Burned by Facebook's IPO? Be Pissed Instead at the Stock Market, a True Sucker's Bet

    On May 9, Facebook's upper brass had a meeting with financial analysts to tell them the company's revenue should be on the low end of projections, according to the Associated Press. That was bad news, especially considering Facebook was about to sell stock publicly for the first time. The analysts f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete Idiot"

    This is one of those times when the documents speak for themselves; I could rewrite and paraphrase the claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but that wouldn't be better for either of us.The short version of the story: The SEC says Fort Lauderdale-based hedge fund managers Georg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    George Levin, Frank Preve Hit With SEC Charges in Scott Rothstein Ponzi Scheme

    The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed a complaint against two of the men who provided investors for Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.The SEC says George Levin and Frank Preve helped Rothstein raise more than $157 million in his billion-dollar scheme by getting invest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Ninety-Seven F-Bombs From Ozzie Guillen Won't Erase That Awful Stadium Deal

    Showtime released a 30-minute preview on Saturday to its show The Franchise: A Season With the Miami Marlins, which will chronicle the travails of baseball's version of a court jester. There's a scene near the start of the show where loudmouth manager Ozzie Guillen is addressing his new players for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Allen West Says Stock Market Is Up Because a Republican Will Be President

    ​Welcome to the inaugural post of our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality.Today's Fact Party analysis comes to you from the world of finance. Congressman Allen West was on Fox News o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Bourbon, Zuckerberg Inspires ROK:BRGR's Cocktail Revamp

    ​ROK:BRGR's new cocktail menu is in the works, a revamp of the current list that's focused on old-school recipes. The restaurant has been teasing Clean Plate Charlie for weeks on the menu redo, which is based around 30-plus bourbons new to the restaurant. We can't wait to sip some Bulleit over the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Florida Qualifies for List of Best-Run States in America for Simply Being a State in America

    ​Luckily for Florida, a new list of the best-run states in the U.S. of A. included all 50 states or it may not have made the cut.Based on what 24/7 Wall Street calls "the 10 most important measurements of financial and government management," Florida ranked 40th.In fact, a lot of those financial a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Broward Investment Manager Allegedly Sold $11 Million Worth of Imaginary Technology Stock

    bnet.comJust like Jim Cramer doesn't have access to stock from Iron Man, John Mattera didn't have access to multiple things he was allegedly selling.​As they say in South Florida: another day, another alleged multimillion-dollar scam.John Mattera, 50, was arrested at his Fort Lauderdale home yeste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Protesters Defy Rain as Hundreds Turn Out to Express Grievances

    ​Amid the unfavorable weather that hovered over Fort Lauderdale last night, a couple of hundred people still gathered near the Broward Main Public Library to express their distaste, distrust, and disdain for the state of the country.There's a common misconception that the Occupy movement is a rein ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Happy Hour: Duffy's Sports Bar On University Drive

    ​Duffy's on University Drive is the mega-center for mega-sports. Upon entering you're smacked by flat screens everywhere you look. I counted thirty, got dizzy and gave up (a hostess saw me struggling and informed me there are 70 ). Its decor is clean combination of football fanatic frat boy ... More >>

  • Film

    September 15, 2011

    In "I Don't Know How She Does It," Sarah Jessica Parker Does It All

    ​Duffy's on University Drive is the mega-center for mega-sports. Upon entering you're smacked by flat screens everywhere you look. I counted thirty, got dizzy and gave up (a hostess saw me struggling and informed me there are 70 ). Its decor is clean combination of football fanatic frat boy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    The Maltese Falcon, the World's Largest Floating Metaphor for the Financial Collapse, to Sail Into Port Everglades

    The Maltese Falcon stands for something, and it's something you can't afford.​Sometime this week, a giant, floating, three-masted metaphor will arrive in Port Everglades. Specifically, it's the Maltese Falcon, one of the world's largest and most expensive private boats. The 289-foot ship is every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Bernie Madoff Breaks His Silence, Says Banks and Hedge Funds Turned a Blind Eye

    via www.jamesallen.com​Bernard Madoff, the Ponzi villain with Palm Beach roots in real estate and scorned investors, told the New York Times that banks and hedge funds handling his fortune turned a blind (an perhaps unlawful) eye to his criminal schemes. The Times article is based on a prison inte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    New York Hedge Funds Strike Back In Rothstein Suit

    We've heard all about how the Centurion and Platinum hedge funds in New York sank hundreds of millions of dollars into Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.  Fort Lauderdale attorney Bill Scherer is suing them, claiming they were privy to the fraud and now must cough up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2011

    Spring Break for Wall Street to Descend on South Florida

    ​Looks like South Florida's spring break this year isn't going to be just where the boys are. Fort Lauderdale will also be the locale for some bonds gone wild with the top guns of Wall Street. LDV Capital Management will party with its own series of weeklong celebrations at its fourth G ... More >>

  • Film

    September 23, 2010

    "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" Lets the Bad Guys Off Easy

    ​Looks like South Florida's spring break this year isn't going to be just where the boys are. Fort Lauderdale will also be the locale for some bonds gone wild with the top guns of Wall Street. LDV Capital Management will party with its own series of weeklong celebrations at its fourth G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Morning Juice: Probation for Stacy Ritter's Pop; Prosecutors Wary of Traveling Salesman

    ​The local news for Friday morning:Five years of probation is the sentence for Ed Portner, former Tamarac commissioner, for pulling a gun on his daughter, Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter, at her Parkland home last October. That whole episode seems to me like it was some bizarre dream that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Analyzing Jeff Greene's New Campaign Videos

    Jeff Greene's ad campaign launched today, and despite his billionaire status, Pixar animations were left on the cutting room floor. Also absent from the two spots: Greene's "I took on Wall Street and won" slogan. With the campaign heating up, it looks like our badboy is reforming. "He's starting w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    State Ethics Commission, Broward Prosecutor Clear Hospital Commissioner

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is breathing a bit easier these days. He won't face criminal charges or disciplinary action in connection with a conflict of interest between his public role and his private-sector work.A few weeks ago, the Florida Commission on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Wilted Wall Street Protest Highlights Obama Fatigue

    Lisa Rab​The small crowd gathered outside the West Palm Beach courthouse at noon today was sweaty and subdued. Holding signs urging people to "Stand With the President: Support Wall Street Reform!" the ten protesters -- polite, mostly middle-aged, in shorts and sneakers -- drew mixed reactions."Ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Billionaire Jeff Greene's Campaign Slogan: "I Took on Wall Street and Won"

    Courtesy Jeff Greene's campaignJeff Greene also took on headshots and won.​Pulling away from last week's will-he-won't-he-gasp-he-did Crist frenzy for just a sec, I got an e-mail yesterday from Democrat Jeff Greene's campaign, in which Greene reminds voters that he "took on Wall Street and won and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Enthusiasm for Porn Found Lacking in Investors

    Flickr: Reans​Aren't investors supposed to be ruthless believers in the shallowness and depravity of the human race? That seems to be the bet that FriendFinder Networks was making when the Boca Raton-based website promoter decided to stage an initial public offering. The pitch: This could feed the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Dippolito Fraud Victims Get a Pittance for Their Trouble

    flickr user: bradipoNemeth lost $20,000 in Dippolito's scam.​Every month, George Nemeth gets a check in the mail from the Florida Department of Corrections. Sometimes it's for $8, sometimes $9.12. Once, the amount spiked to $10.18.At this rate, it will be 167 years before Nemeth recovers the $20,0 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Michael Dippolito's Fraud Scheme: Take Investors' Money, Buy Phone Sex

    Florida Department of CorrectionsDippolito is still on probation for the scheme.​Long before he made headlines as the victim of his wife's alleged plot to have him killed, Michael Dippolito had a scheme of his own.From a Boca Raton apartment, he ran a telemarketing business that preyed on stranger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Kahn Job: Lauderdale Woman Is Key Witness in Major Insider Trading Case

    A 51-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman named Roomy Khan is prepared to testify against her former boss at Galleon, a $3 billion hedge fund ensnared in one of the nation's largest-ever insider trading cases.But Khan will be taking quite a bit of baggage to the witness stand.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Another Palm Beach Snowbird Takes the Ponzi Plunge

    Flickr: b_cuzzIf there was graffiti in Palm Beach, it would look like this.​Do they still put you in jail for a Ponzi scheme of less than $25 million? Or is that the kind of crime that just gets you laughed out of a Palm Beach country club? Ask Tony Young, the investor who in Palm Beach was a next ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    More Money, More Drama

    Flickr: b_cuzzIf there was graffiti in Palm Beach, it would look like this.​Do they still put you in jail for a Ponzi scheme of less than $25 million? Or is that the kind of crime that just gets you laughed out of a Palm Beach country club? Ask Tony Young, the investor who in Palm Beach was a next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Eats for Under $7: Italian Combo Sub From Doris' Italian Market

    ​There's nothing like walking into an Italian market and finding it packed with customers debating the pronunciation of gabagool and capicola. Doris' Italian Market is that kind of place. Straight-off-the-boat Italians and hardcore Sopranos wannabes alike flock to Doris' to pick up freshly made It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Surf Rider Condo a Victim of Shark Attack?

    The alleged shark is named Pamela Lynn Csolkovits. A Broward Sheriff's Office statement says she admitted to stealing some $200,000 from her fellow residents of the Surf Rider Condominium Association on Ocean Boulevard in Pompano Beach. An audit allegedly found that the actual losses were more than ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    Pop In This Bubble

    The alleged shark is named Pamela Lynn Csolkovits. A Broward Sheriff's Office statement says she admitted to stealing some $200,000 from her fellow residents of the Surf Rider Condominium Association on Ocean Boulevard in Pompano Beach. An audit allegedly found that the actual losses were more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Does Kemp's Death Alter Deal for Panthers?

    Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 18, 2008

    A celeb chef's name is on da Campo's menu. But is Todd English really coming out of the kitchen?

    Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2008

    Put The Brakes On The Bailout

    Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    A Little Bellyaching

    Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    High Oil: Now It's Definitely A Bush Thing

    Flickr User: gojaysgo9293Jack KempAn investment fund chaired by longtime Republican Congressman and former Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp emerged last week as a potential buyer of the Florida Panthers and their handsome revenue-sharing lease at the BankAtlantic Center. Then this weekend, Kemp ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    First You Get the Money, Then You Get the Power,

    Then you get ze Jews!

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    Triple Play

    Then you get ze Jews!

  • Calendar

    February 21, 2008

    Maybe I’m Crazy? Probably.

    Then you get ze Jews!

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Daddy´s Dog

    Saying she´s treated like a stray cur, the wife of ¨Daddy´s Girl¨ millionaire Bruce McMahan breaks her silence

  • News

    June 22, 2006

    Chump Tower

    South Florida's housing bubble has popped, suckas! But the Donald still wants your millions for his condos.

  • Dining

    May 4, 2006

    Club Med

    La Cigale lightens up.

  • Dining

    October 6, 2005

    Cesar's Palace

    Hoboken Grill draws chi-chi crowds to the 'hood

  • Restaurants

    May 13, 2004

    Best Power Lunch

    Timpano Italian Chophouse

  • Subtropical Life

    May 13, 2004

    Best Place to Check Your E-Mail

    Goldfinger North

  • Dining

    December 18, 2003

    Italy in Hallandale

    The best pasta south of the Mason-Dixonetti

  • Dining

    July 12, 2001

    Foodstuff

    Padaria 2000

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    The Real Boiler Room

    Hollywood's International Currency Management specialized in trading foreign currency -- and helping clients' money disappear

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Her Word Is Not Her Bond

    Former Broward County financial adviser Teressa Cawley had a bright career… until the SEC passed judgment on her

  • Dining

    April 29, 1999

    Foodstuff

    Former Broward County financial adviser Teressa Cawley had a bright career… until the SEC passed judgment on her

  • Dining

    January 28, 1999

    Foodstuff

    Former Broward County financial adviser Teressa Cawley had a bright career… until the SEC passed judgment on her

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