Celia Ampel
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How a Plantation tech firm is helping companies prepare for climate change
Coastal Risk Consulting provides businesses, homeowners, mortgage lenders and municipalities with 30-year flood-risk predictions. → Read More
Mednax to acquire radiology firm vRad for $500M
Short for Virtual Radiologic, vRad allows customers to outsource radiology services. The company, which includes 350 physicians, interprets more than 5 million patient studies annually. → Read More
What new state drone laws could mean for South Florida businesses
Senate Bill 766, passed by Florida's House and Senate, would prohibit drones from capturing images of private properties or their owners or occupants as long as âa reasonable expectation of privacy exists.â → Read More
Skip the bar line: Fort Lauderdale startup launches order-and-pay app for drinks
SpeedETab is available at 12 bars and restaurants across South Florida, including Brick House Miami, RedBar Brickell, McSorleyâs Beach Pub in Fort Lauderdale and Honey in Delray Beach. → Read More
Feds approve ferry service between Florida and Cuba
Miami-based United Americas Shipping Services and Fort Lauderdale-based Havana Ferry Partners both told the BBC that they would provide ferry service to Cuba as soon as possible. → Read More
Legal Hero expands to Florida to help startups find attorneys
The New York City-based company vets local attorneys for on-demand, fixed-fee projects. → Read More
Google SEO expert to headline South Florida small biz conference
The companyâs search engine marketing manager, Anastasia Kudrez, will kick off the seventh annual SCORE Business Conference on May 9 at Lynn University. → Read More
eMerge Americas: How to increase diversity in tech
Corporations, governments and nonprofits should work together to tackle the tech sectorâs diversity problem, panelists said at the second annual tech conference, which attracted about 10,000 attendees from 50 countries. → Read More
Americaâs highest-paid female CEO shares vision of the future
Martine Rothblatt, the highest-paid female CEO in America, founded Sirius Satellite Radio before deciding to create United Therapeutics to cure her daughterâs rare disease. → Read More
eMerge Americas: 4 growing business opportunities in mobile devices
Leaders from Facebook, MasterCard and PayPal shared their insights Monday on how mobile devices are changing businesses. → Read More
Miamiâs eMerge Americas event draws 10,000 to hear tech, government leaders
Keynote speakers include Americaâs highest-paid female CEO, Martine Rothblatt of United Therapeutics; Square co-founder Jim McKelvey; bestselling author Deepak Chopra and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro. → Read More
Miamiâs eMerge Americas event draws 10,000 to hear tech, government leaders
Keynote speakers include Americaâs highest-paid female CEO, Martine Rothblatt of United Therapeutics; Square co-founder Jim McKelvey; bestselling author Deepak Chopra and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro. → Read More
Broward County passes new rules for Uber, taxis
The Broward County Commission voted 5 to 4 to require all for-hire vehicle drivers to pass Level 2 background checks that include fingerprints. → Read More
Investors avoid mutual fund managers with âforeign-soundingâ names, UM study says
"Our study suggests that if Barack Obama was a fund manager, his name could cost his fund more than $100,000 this year," said University of Miami finance professor Alok Kumar, who led the study. → Read More
How a Boca Raton education tech firm expanded its software to 2,000 campuses
The tech company's global expansion has focused on countries where higher education systems are still developing, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and various East African nations. → Read More
5 startups that aim to transform urban living
There are a few of nearly 70 urban innovations featured at Smart City Startups, a Miami conference running Thursday and Friday. → Read More
Citrix Q1 profit drops but worst effects of restructuring are over, execs say
âIt doesnât just happen one day, and the next day itâs perfect,â CFO David Henshall said during the company's first-quarter earnings call. → Read More
Citrix Q1 earnings fall after restructuring
"While I'm disappointed in our Q1 results, our confidence in the financial, operational and strategic initiatives that we announced last quarter remains strong,â Citrix CEO and President Mark Templeton said in a news release." → Read More
Citrix will bounce back after restructuring, analyst says
The Fort Lauderdale-based company's first-quarter earnings will be lower than expected, but its troubles won't last long, an analyst said. → Read More
Comcast rolls out its fastest home Internet across South Florida
The two-gigabit-per-second service will be available to Comcastâs 1.3 million customers in the tri-county area and Jacksonville. → Read More