2012 Economic Outlook
A replay of last year's slow economic growth looks likely this year according to DBR panelists who recently gathered to discuss the economic outlook for 2012, as well as their expectations for the region's key business sectors.
Finance Special Reports
Business Advisory Board: The casino debate
Nothing exemplifies the uncertainty and potential transformation South Florida faces than the debate over so-called destination resorts and the casinos their backers are campaigning to legalize. The casino issue was one of many topics up for discussion at the Daily Business Review's quarterly Business Advisory Board economic forecast roundtable.
Despite second chances, more struggles for bank customers
Even as South Florida community banks push to work out bad debt, nearly half the borrowers fall behind on their restructured loans. Community banks based in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties have restructured more loans, many of them secured by residential and commercial real estate, but almost half of these second-chance loans were past due at midyear, according to our annual survey.
Top Dealmakers 2011
Deals are back, and Top Dealmaker competition is tough. No one is so bold to say the economy is back, but dollars once stuck on the sidelines are starting to flow back into the marketplace.
Special Report: Community Banks
Most banks that emerged from the financial crisis stronger had one critical advantage: access to scarce capital, either through private equity or offshore sources.
Industrial Guide 2010
Leases, sales and development projects by federal and local government agencies could pump new life into the industrial sector, but closing a transaction with the government can be a lengthy, bureaucratic process.
Top Dealmakers 2010: Tough economy, big challenges raised the bar in selection process
Our annual special report on the players who make the biggest, toughest and most complex deals happen.
Retail Guide: Retailers wait for the bottom to come
There likely won't be any turnaround in South Florida's retail sector until there's a boost in hiring, and banks increase the number of loans they write off or step up foreclosure suits.
Bankers debate applying the Texas ratio
The Texas ratio, which has hibernated for two decades, is controversial for what is says and doesn?t say about a bank ? and for how accurate a predictor of failure it actually is.
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