Holland & Knight said Wednesday that a five-lawyer team from Broad and Cassel has joined its firm. Vivian de las Cuevas-Diaz and Barbara Ferrer are now partners in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, and will be based in Miami.Others joining the firm are Anna Marie Hernandez as senior counsel (and the sole litigator of the team); Isabel Diaz as senior counsel; and...
Dec
18
If Friday is really the end of the world...
Label: World Have you heard? According to the Mayan calendar, the end of the world, as we know it, is Friday.True or not, the possibility gives us the chance to gauge what’s really important to us.So, if the end was near, who would you want to be with when it happened? Who would you quickly send your last email or text to? What would be your final meal?For the rest...
Oscars Flashback '06: Weisz's Oscar and Baby Bump
Label: LifestyleActress Rachel Weisz may now be married to the reincarnation of 007 himself, but back at the 2006 Oscars she was pregnant with her beautiful baby boy, Henry.ET spoke to Weisz, who seven months along, ran into some issues getting a dress ready for the big night.Other stars talk red carpet maternity fashion: Claire Danes
"My friend Narciso Rodriguez... he made me two different dresses."Luckily for Rachel,...
School gunman spent hours in windowless basement playing violent video games: report
Label: Health APCrime scene tape surrounds the home of Nancy Lanza, where school gunman Adam Lanza lived.Before crazed gunman Adam Lanza slaughtered two dozen young kids and educators, he lived out bloodthirsty fantasies in his windowless bunker dedicated violent video games and gun worship, according to published reports.Lanza killed countless hours playing “Call Of...
Pipeline Brickell, a new co-working space, reaches 70% occupancy
Label: Business Pipeline Brickell, the shared workspace at 1101 Brickell Avenue that opened last month, announced it has reached 70 percent occupancy and is now home to dozens of startups, established companies and professionals. Company founders Todd Oretsky and Philippe Houdard said members of the 14,000-square-foot high-design co-working center include The Founder’s Institute, the world's...
Dec
17
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...
Massachusetts fines Morgan Stanley over Facebook research
Label: TechnologyBOSTON (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook Inc’s initial public offering, will pay a $ 5 million fine to Massachusetts to settle charges that its bankers improperly influenced its research analysts when the Internet company went public.Massachusetts’ top securities regulator, William Galvin, charged that Morgan Stanley improperly helped Facebook disclose sensitive financial...
Diet Pepsi adds new fake sweetener to formula
Label: Health Diet Pepsi secretly added a new artificial sweetener to its formula, in a desperate flavor-saving move to can declining sales.The Purchase, NY, beverage maker quietly added acesulfame potassium to Diet Pepsi, to boost its base sweetener aspartame -- which is sensitive to heat and is susceptible to breaking down. Cans of the newly formulated Diet Pepsi were...
Ryder CEO Greg Swienton retiring, COO getting promoted
Label: Business Trucking giant Ryder will get a new CEO in two weeks, as the Miami-Dade company announces the retirement of Gregory Swienton and the promotion of current COO Robert Sanchez to the top job. Ryder, which leases commercial trucks and manages supply operations for companies around the world, saw revenues and profits increase this year, but has also been cutting costs and selling...
Dec
16
Narcy Novack to be sentenced Monday in killing of Fontainebleau Hotel heir husband, mother-in-law
Label: World WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) – Fort Lauderdale resident Narcy Novack, convicted of arranging the killings of her millionaire husband and mother-in-law will hear her sentence Monday – if she's in the courtroom. A disgusted Novack, apparently certain she'd be found guilty, decided not to attend in June when a federal jury's verdict was read. “We all wondered, `Where's Narcy?“’ one...
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