Heico Corp., a niche technology company with headquarters in Miami and Hollywood, reported record numbers for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year Tuesday.Net sales jumped 16 percent for the quarter that ended Oct. 31 to more than $242 million; net sales for the full fiscal year increased 17 percent to more than $897 million, a record amountProfits increased 29 percent...
Dec
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Narcy Novack gets life in prison for killing her hotel heir husband
Label: World An epic family murder saga ended Monday when Narcy Novack, wife of Fontainebleau hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., was sentenced to life in prison.Three years after she and her brother, Cristobal Veliz, planned and helped execute Ben Novack and his mother Bernice, the convicted killers, who had remained loyal to each other throughout the trial, made it clear their family ties would...
Exclusive: Behind the Scenes of Tim McGraw's New Video
Label: LifestyleWith the release of his highly anticipated album Two Lanes of Freedom about a month away, Tim McGraw gave ET exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the shoot for his new music video single One of Those Nights."This is how you shoot a video, you just hang around and sing songs," Tim said, as he coordinated with the director and crew while shooting in Nashville. "We play the song over and over and over...
Family of slain 6-year-old Dylan Hockley releases statement
Label: Health Dylan Hockley.The family of Dylan Hockley, one of the 20 students slain in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school last week, released a statement earlier today.The full statement, obtained by NBC Connecticut, can be read below.We want to give sincere thanks and appreciation to the emergency services and first responders who helped everyone...
Millions face higher taxes real soon without fix
Label: Business While much of Washington is consumed by the debate over tax increases scheduled to take effect next year, big tax hikes have already gone into effect for millions of families and businesses this year. More than 70 tax breaks enjoyed by individuals and businesses expired at the end of 2011. If Congress doesn’t extend them retroactively back to the beginning of this year,...
Dec
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Doyle Conner, longtime Florida ag commissioner, dies at 83
Label: World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Doyle Conner, the youngest House speaker in Florida history who went on to spend 30 years as the state's agriculture commissioner, died Sunday. He was 83. Conner, who had been in poor health in recent years, died Sunday morning at the Cross Landing Nursing Home in Monticello. The Bevis Funeral Home in Tallahassee said it had received his body and...
Art for Wealth’s Sake: Art Basel Paints a Picture of Miami’s Separate and Unequal Worlds
Label: TechnologyIt’s 10 p.m. on a Friday night. A naked girl is splashing about in the swimming pool at the Standard Hotel Miami. She is from New York and runs a nonprofit for homeless teens. We’ll call her Liz: “You’re so boring!” she yells from the middle of the pool.It was a common refrain here during Art Basel Miami Beach—now the world’s largest contemporary art fair—where many of earth’s most privileged humans...
The Hobbit Breaks December Box Office Records
Label: LifestylePeter Jackson's feature film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit set a new box office record this weekend with an estimated $84 million in U.S. ticket sales.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey made history as the biggest December opening of all time for its first week. The flick also stands as the highest first-weekend earner among Jackson's Lord of the Rings films (without adjustments for inflation).Related:...
Man fires 50 shots at Calif. mall parking lot, sending crowds running for cover — then 'just gives up'; no one hurt
Label: Health APOrange County Sheriff deputies at the Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach, Calif., where a man fired some 50 rounds — hitting no one — just a day after the Newtown massacreNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A suspect who fired about 50 shots in the parking lot of a crowded Southern California shopping mall, sending shoppers sprinting for safety, was cooperative...
Miami in spotlight at AVCC, other entrepreneurship events
Label: Business Entrepreneurs from around the world took the stage during this packed week of entrepreneurship events in Miami: Florida International University’s Americas Venture Capital Conference (known as AVCC), HackDay, Wayra’s Global DemoDay and Endeavor’s International Selection Panel.The events, all part of the first Innovate MIA week, also put the spotlight on Miami as it continues...
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