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Articles in March, 2003 issue of South Florida CEO

• Last call - Development
• Alicia Cervera. Jr. "the South Florida real estate market has proven to be resilient. … as for the future, we are all concerned. It would be silly to look at the world situation and be brash about it. But if you had to pick a place to be in the midd
• Over drive: AutoNation's founders set out to revolutionize the automotive retailing industry by sweeping up dealerships and creating a national brand. Instead, the industry changed AutoNation. In the end, it took two "car guys"—CEO/Chairman Mike Jack
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Losers - Quick Takes
• Down time: predictions of when Miami International Airport will return to pre-9/11 levels continue to stretch further into the future. Where once it was 2004, now it's 2006. So what's an airport to do? Finish a massive capital improvement program so it wi
  by J.P. Faber
• Power cliques
• Big deals: following the money
• The art of shipping; UPS is flexing its muscle with two new Latin American cargo facilities at MIA - state-of-the
• The Hialeah affair - Crime
  by Tina Wingate
• Brian E. Keeley: "we have a very atypical economic infrastructure in South Florida. … a lot of the people who live in South Florida don't show up in the labor statistics or don't show up in the census statistics because this could be their second or
• Security, please: from stolen cars to anthrax, the port police and customs agents are ready to save the day—and possibly a few lives - Sea///State of the Ports 2003
• Winners - Quick Takes
• Intro/contents - State of the Ports 2003
  by J.P. Faber
• Dining guide: tell me what you eat, and I shall tell you what you are
  by Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
• War, what is it good for? Well… - Manufacturing
  by James Broida
• Gamer's grog: creating a new beverage brand is a rare achievement, especially for an independent. But Miami Beach entrepreneur "Hoby" Buppert has managed to muscle into a unique niche with his mega-caffeinated soda - Entrepreneurs
  by Julio Garcia
• Downtown West Palm Beach: long considered just a professional service center for upper-crust Palm Beach across the intracoastal, West Palm Beach has come into its own as a younger, hipper urban setting. Now, new high-rise condos and apartment buildings ar
  by Tina Wingate
• Forget that water cooler - Food & Beverage
• Instant mansions: CEO Noah Breakstone's formula for creating custom-built, million-dollar homes is like a web site where you can pick out the components for your computer—except there is nothing virtual about it - Real Estate
  by Johanna Marmon
• Mangia Pranzo: travelers who have experienced the food of Tuscany will celebrate the fare at Boca Raton's Pranzo, where the quality of the ingredients is as important as their preparation - Executive Dining Pranzo
  by Johanna Marmon
• Better, not bigger - Editor's Note
  by J.P. Faber
• Big deals: commercial real estate
• Diversity time: the seas have been rough, with traditional trading partners buffeted by economic ills. But the Port of Miami managed nonetheless to record higher tonnage and revenues for fiscal 2002. Can growth continue this year? That depends on an array
  by J.P. Faber
• The buck stops here, literally - Government
  by Johanna Marmon
• When the price is right; broward-based Claire's Stores, Inc., with $1 billion in sales last year, has the right formula for uncertain times: low priced fashion accessories for care-free young girls - Retail
  by Scott Singer
• High square footage pushes sales to multi-million dollar heights - Real Estate Home Sales
• Where does Florida end? - Legal Matters
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Windfall: with its Venezuelan roots, Coral Gables-based Commercebank has had a stellar year of new deposits and soaring income. Now, chairman Guillermo Villar's biggest challenge will be deciding where to lend all that cash - Banking
  by Wendy Doscher-Smith
• Up, up and away: in the new world of airport anxiety and long hours of waiting for commercial flights, there is an alternative for busy executives: private aircraft. And you don't need to buy one to take advantage of the benefits - Travel Executive Aviati
  by Alex Krys