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Articles in March, 2005 issue of South Florida CEO

• Q&A-The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce: Focus Brazil 2005 offers new ways for business to connect, says the Brazilian-American Chamber
• The aviator's repairman
• Push or play: Motorola's Plantation-based unit is the sole supplier of cell phones to Nextel, but a planned merger with Sprint could jeopardize that cozy relationship
  by Jaclyn Alcantara
• Hollywood beach
• Q&A-Nova Southeastern: Nova welcomes Brazilian delegates in cultural business mission
• Kill wrinkles, not yourself: defying your age through medical treatments is all the rage, but doing it safely is of increasing concern
  by Barbara Perkins
• Children at risk need advocates: few investments bring as high a return as volunteering to help South Florida's children
  by Robert F. Thorne
• Mayor Q&A: setting limits
• Q&A-Nerenhausen / Broward Center: culture, community and commerce meet at Broward Center
• Draw the line
  by William Plasencia
• Miami Beach-based marketing and public relations firm The Jeffrey Group hired Jorge A. Ortega as its new president
• Houston-based Weingarten Realty Investors purchased the Flamingo Pines Shopping Center
• Wellington-based Bainbridge Communities paid $44 million to Texas-based Fairfield Residential LLC
• B. Ben Baldanza: "low-cost carriers are the future …. But we've got less than 1 percent of the business. What we need to do is figure out how to grow that."
• On the Case: Rita and Rick Case have built an automotive empire from here to Ohio on the premise that obsessing over customers is a good thing
  by William Plasencia
• State to State, Business to Culture, focus '05 Brazil: Broward Center uses Culture to promote trade
• Roger that: waterfront food worth the trip
  by Barbara Perkins
• With benefits
  by Jaclyn Alcantara
• Popular demand: Puerto Rico's largest bank sees an opportunity to grow in South Florida by tapping the burgeoning Hispanic community in the area
  by Mike Seemuth
• Champagne anytime
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Home run: Terry Claus Jr. and Claudine Claus Wheeler continue to expand Home Financing Center into a South Florida mortgage-lending power-house
  by Jaclyn Alcantara
• Art & investing: private banks are offering would-be art collectors advice on what to buy and what it may be worth in the future
  by Barbara Perkins
• Out in the bush: think an African safari means roughing it? Hardly. Luxury camps in Botswana and Namibia can make game watching a truly lush experience
  by Valerie Nahmad
• Burger King CEO Greg Brenneman has added chairman of the board to his responsibilities at the Miami-based company, replacing Richard Boyce
• No longer a well-kept secret: with the Diplomat Resort and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino as bookends, has Hollywood finally become the hotspot it has always aspired to be?
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• In a $67 million deal, New York-based Tarragon Realty Investors purchased the Yacht Club on the Intracoastal, a 380-unit apartment complex in Hypoluxo
• Max Strang, 34
• Mobilized
  by Jaclyn Alcantara
• Sponsor profiles: three companies that are bridging Brazil and Florida culture and trade
• Business Leader of the Year
• Angelica "Angel" Langston-Balikos, 34
• The not-so-private bank: South Florida's community banks have entered the private banking fray and are competing for tomorrow's millionaires today
  by Jennifer LeClaire
• The bone collector
  by Barbara Perkins
• The Mutiny Hotel has a new general manager
• Yesenia "Yessi" Scheker, 30
• Extreme makeover, city edition: after years of planning for an ArtsPark, luxury condos and revitalized retail, the shovels hit the dirt for downtown Hollywood's redevelopment
• Ride & buy
  by Barbara Perkins
• Hola OLA: entrepreneur chef Douglas Rodriguez is set to open another South Florida restaurant but his eye is on expanding his culinary empire worldwide
  by Barbara Perkins
• State to State Project: focus '05 Brazil: Business Forum at Nova Southeastern University
• Adolfo Henriques: "this is really a good opportunity for me to be the CEO of a company whose history is intertwined with Florida's history," Henriques says
• One last transformation: can US-441 change from a gritty commercial corridor to a mixed-use boulevard?
• Starwood Urban LLP sold the final South Florida piece of its $500 million, 1.2-million-square-foot, mixed-use real estate portfolio
• Lisa Kauffman is the new senior vice president, director of marketing for Burdines-Macy's
• Brandless: Andrx reverses course and announces it is getting out of the brand name drug business to re-focus on generics
  by David Volz
• Other people's money: international banking is still going strong in South Florida despite challenges from bank regulators and patrons made anxious by tough efforts to thwart terrorism
  by Mike Seemuth