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Double Dip Recession headed Our Way?
Broward accountant Shawny Reid’s use to adding up numbers. And she thinks the current numbers out of the U-S Economy all add up to the same thing. Reid says “Oh yeah, definitely, we’re going to go back...
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Holiday Hiring Starting Slowly
It’s a sign of the approaching Holiday Shopping Season: A Holiday Hiring Fair at Sawgrass Mills brought out some pretty good crowds. But like so many other local job fairs, there were long lines, lots...
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Local Jobs Improving?
The latest job numbers out of the U-S Labor Department and Private Employment Analysts show Unemployment dropped in about 2/3rds of the major Metropolitan Areas around the country. There are still 6...
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Al’s Fourth Quarter Financial Forecast/ Financial Strategies
If you haven’t checked your calendar lately, don’t be surprised to see we’re now in the Fourth Quarter and well on our way towards closing out 2011. And despite a rocky October start on Wall Street,...
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Fears of a Double-Dip Dropping
One of Wall Street’s biggest and oldest investment houses has joined the growing ranks of number-crunchers seeing steady improvements recently out of the U-S economy. Some are even forecasting it may...
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Weston Real Estate Gains the Best Nationwide
Weston resident Mary Ann Wardell’s all smiles over the latest news that home values in her city lead the nation according to the latest market surveys out of Business Week and Zillow-Dot Com. She...
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“Cloud Computing ” Identity Theft Storm Potential?
It’s the latest hi-tech buzz from computer and smart-phone makers. It’s called the Cloud. And it’s being built-right-in to some of the latest smartphone, tablets and home computers. According to...
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Something Olde that’s suddenly New Again
” I spend more, I spend more than last year” sighs Theresa Rodriguez as she walks thru the lanes of her neighborhood Super-Store. Like so many other careful shoppers, she has to save money. But she...
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Thru a Glass Darkly: Al’s 2012 Economic Forecast
Will we finally see the Economy improve here and around the country in 2012, and what will happen to our Investments, Homes and Jobs? That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds around South...
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New Year Trading’s Off to Good Start: Will it last?
Investors got a New Years’ boost out of the latest U-S Economic indicators showing solid gains for Construction Spending and Manufacturing. And that’s all it took to trigger a solid rally on the...
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Credit Card/ ID-Theft at Record Levels: Fight Back!
Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft is so bad in South Florida, we are one of the national focuses of a new campaign promoting Cyber-Safety by the U-S Department of Homeland Security. Just how bad is...
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National Unemployment Dropping: A Closer Look for South Florida
The Latest January National Employment numbers are looking better than last year. And it’s boosting Wall Street to levels not seen for several years. But is there a real hiring boom nationwide, how...
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Tax Refund Fraud Growing around S. Florida
There’ve been so many identity theft victims choking local IRS offices that the agency’s limited how many could come into their customer service offices earlier this week. Sunrise resident Vanessa Dowe...
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Local Gas Prices Keep Rising along with “Big Oil” profits
Al Sunshine Our recent spike in Gas Prices isn’t coming from the traditional “Supply and Demand” market forces, but rather “Investors” jumping into the commodities markets at the same time a major oil...
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Wall Street Gains: Spring Cleaning for Our Finances?
With Wall Street having one of its’ best weeks in years, and the Dow flirting with new record yearly highs almost every day, you might think local consumers are feeling a little bit better about the...
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S.Fla. Residential Real Estate Leading the Nat’l Recovery?
Nationally, home prices dropped to 2002 levels according to the latest real estate surveys. And that makes last year one of the worst in recent history for the national real estate markets. But it...
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Stopping Car Insurance Scams: Running Outta Time
Insurance fraud investigators in Florida have been seeing them for years: They look like a regular accident you might see around South Florida every day. It starts with a car getting clipped by an SUV....
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“CBS 4 Investigates” Findings quoted in Congress
Tax refund scams are costing Uncle Sam as much as $10-Billiion dollars a year and current laws are not strong enough to protect Taxpayers from sophisticated Cyber-Thieves: That according to Tuesday’s...
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Q-2: Al’s Financial Forecast for the coming Financial Quarter
We’ve seen some steady economic gains here in South Florida and across the country. Where we’ve been since the start of the year can give us solid clues where we’re heading for the second-quarter,...
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Last Minute Tax Tips
Tuesday April 17th BEFORE Midnight: We may have a little extra time for this years’ IRS deadline to file our 2011 Tax Returns. But there’s still plenty of taxpayers with last minute questions. The...
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College Grads’ Jobs Expected to Improve
Slightly better than last year, that’s how the job market’s being described for 1.7 million soon to be graduates in the class of 2012. The good news comes from a major labor market analyst, challenger,...
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Euro Politics Tank Wall Street Q-2 Gains
Al Sunshine Voters in Greece and France rattled global markets…by in effect..throwing out the politicians who were trying to cut government spending…to slow their national deficites. Voters rejected...
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Phony “Smishing Scams” Growing: New National Warning
It’s all part of today’s digital lifestyle..staying “connected” 24-7 on the ‘Net…with your latest digtal helper. But increasingly, cyber-thieves are turning to High-Tech Texts…to trick you with their...
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“Facebook I-P-O” Good Bet or Not worth the Risk?
MIAMI (CBS4) – It’s generating tremendous buzz in the investment community. Some insiders say Facebooks’ initial offering may already be oversold and may require a lottery to decide who gets in and who...
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Windstorm Crisis Worsens
Long-time Miami Beach resident Lidia Schwartzbaum says she’s hearing about more and more of her neighbors having to move out of their homes and explains ” They are going to sell the house and they are...
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Al’s Third Quarter Financial Forecast: More Slow Growth towards the Fall
Despite a global economic slowdown and some recent ups and downs, Wall Street’s seen steady gains thru the first half of the year. As we enter the 3rd quarter, starting July 1st, there are still signs...
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Rising Summer Gas Prices: Bad News for Consumers
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The latest Retail Sales figures for June show shoppers pulled back spending after continuing weakness in the national job market6s and stagnant paychecks. It was the third month of...
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Midwest Drought Worsens: Food Prices Forecast to Rise
As a small businessman with a family of 5, the last thing Doral’s Giovanni D’Angelo wants to hear about is higher food prices. The Home Inspector says “It’s rough, we’re a family of 5 and already as it...
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Finding Back to School Bargains
It’s the 2nd biggest retail “push” of the year right behind the holiday shopping season. Back-to-School spending’s forecast to be about 20% better than last year with consumers expected to spend about...
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43 Years Later, CBS4’s Al Sunshine Remembers Woodstock
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – I was flipping channels last night and saw the old movie “Woodstock “ on TV. It documented the historic music festival that branded the Woodstock Generation of Peace, Love &...
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“Andrew Aftermath” Cheap Insurance Gone with the Wind
Hurricane Andrew: A nightmare for anyone who went thru it and a life-changing event that’s not easily forgotten as we approach its’ 20th Anniversarry. South Miami Heights Homeowner Larry Jones...
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Post “Isaac” Gas Price-Gouging Widespread?
Hurricane Isaac may be well past South Florida..but the big storms’ impact is already hitting our budgets hard…gas prices are rising steadily. Cbs Miami found it’s “Goodbye ” to gas in the high threes,...
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August Job Growth Improving
Amanda Barba’s been looking for a full time administrative job for about a year. the Westchester mom of 2 finally found a part-time offer. She says “It’s too soon to tell but I have an inkling it’s...
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Possible Holiday Job Cuts for American Airlines Workers??
Since filing for Federal Bankruptcy protection last Fall, American Airlines has been busy planning how to return itself to profitability. According to the latest Filings with the Florida Department of...
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Al’s 4th Quarter Economic Forecast
At the start of the 4th Economic Quarter, there are encouraging signs the U-S Recovery continues to see limited gains. But there are also lingering signs some old problems are not going away soon...
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Who’s Killing Electric Cars Again?
Juan Cordero’s car shopping again. Business is good enough for the South Miami furniture designer, that he’s back checking out local showrooms. While he wants to save money at the gas pumps, he’s still...
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State Improperly Dumping Insurance Policies?
If you’re one of the thousands of South Florida Homeowners insured by the state-run Citizens’ Insurance Program, you may have gotten a letter from them recently. or from another Insurance Company that...
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Tax Return Fraud Delaying Local Refunds in “Tax Scam Capital of the U-S”
Tax Refund Fraud’s been keeping Federal Prosecutors busy around South Florida according to U-S Attorney Wifredo Ferre who explains, “Identity theft , tax refund scams are really no less than a Tsuname...
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Changing “Hurricane Victims” Into “Hurricane Survivors”
We were hiding in the closet as we heard what sounded like freight trains going over our home at about 2:30 in the morning. Shortly after that, we heard all the windows in the house explode. Suddenly...
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Making It A Safe Holiday
Finding the best deals, getting into the holiday spirit, decorating your home. It’s what keeps a lot of us busy for the rest of the year. But it’s the start of one of the years most dangerous...
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