http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss South Florida Business Journal : breaking news from South Florida http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily44.html?ana=from_rss An ownership group represented by Aventura-based Cabi Developers has turned over 53 buildings on 31 sites to Houston-based Hines, a spokesman said. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:37:56 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily43.html?ana=from_rss Miami-based Ocean Bank filed a $2.3 million foreclosure lawsuit against a developer who converted a 32-unit building in Hallandale Beach into condos. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:18:25 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily42.html?ana=from_rss Bank of America is seeking to foreclose on a 17.1-acre site in southern Miami-Dade County that was planned as a residential community by Miami-based Precious Homes. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:43:21 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily39.html?ana=from_rss The U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general in seven states filed an antitrust lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to block Fort Lauderdale-based Republic Services' proposed $4.5 billion acquisition of Phoenix-based Allied Waste Industries. (RSG) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:40:39 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily41.html?ana=from_rss U.S. automakers returned to Congress Thursday, asking for bridge loans totaling $34 billion to keep them in business while they continue their restructuring efforts. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:37:43 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily40.html?ana=from_rss Carnival Corp. & PLC said on Thursday that it will suspend fuel supplements for its six North American brands, effective Dec. 17. (CCL) (CUK) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:31:51 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily37.html?ana=from_rss K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh’s largest law firm, is in merger talks with Chicago-based Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLP, Peter Kalis, K&L Gates' chairman and global managing partner confirmed Thursday. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:23 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily36.html?ana=from_rss AT&T will layoff 12,000 of its employees, or 4 percent of its total workforce, in response to recent economic pressures. (T) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:28:40 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily35.html?ana=from_rss Claire's Stores reported net sales for the third quarter ended Nov. 1 were $333 million, down 6.8 percent from the same quarter last year. The company attributed the decline, in part, to a drop in same-store sales. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:18:52 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/12/01/daily34.html?ana=from_rss The developer of Wind by Neo, a 42-story, 498 unit condo along the Miami River is facing a foreclosure lawsuit from Wachovia Bank. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:41:08 GMT