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The unemployment rate saw a gain in the latest report.

Job Creation Stagnant, Jobless Rate Ticks Up

The U.S. economy continued to plug along at a depressed rate in May adding 175,000 jobs, in line with what analysts had expected. However, the unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percent in May to 7.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

CBS Miami–2013/06/07

Spirit Comes In At Bottom Of Airline Rankings

The airline industry has undergone massive consolidation in the last few years and so far, the airlines that have merged aren’t producing good results when it comes to passenger satisfaction.

CBS Miami–2013/05/30

Consumer Confidence Growing In Sunshine State

The stock market rocketed higher Tuesday after strong economic indicators showed the American economy continues to move ahead. The economic outlook has sent consumer confidence up nationwide, including in the Sunshine State.

CBS Miami–2013/05/28

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (Source: royalcaribbean.com)

Royal Caribbean Passengers Return To U.S. After Fire

For the second time this year, a fire at sea has aborted a cruise ship’s voyage. This time, aboard Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas and the ship’s 2,200 passengers were expected back in Baltimore on Tuesday after being flown on charter flights from the Bahamas.

CBS Miami–2013/05/28

Yahoo! Takes A Tumble With New Investment

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer has opened up the company’s checkbook and made a huge investment in the online blogging site Tumblr. Yahoo! announced Monday that it had purchased the blogging site for an estimated $1.1 billion.

CBS Miami–2013/05/20

Visit Florida Reports Record Quarter For Travel

Florida’s tourism-marketing arm is reporting the highest-ever single quarter for visitors to the Sunshine State.

CBS Miami–2013/05/17

Gov. Rick Scott Rejects Amazon Deal

He’s the governor who has made job creation his top priority but Thursday, Rick Scott rejected a proposed deal to bring major Internet retailer Amazon to the state of Florida.

CBS Miami–2013/05/16

Cake topper at a divorce party. (Source: CBS4)

Splitting Couples Say “I Do” To Divorce Parties

For many divorcing couples the day the final papers arrive in the mail brings mixed emotions. But some are finding comfort in an unexpected place — parties.

CBS Miami–2013/05/14

Hertz Moving Offices To Florida

The Hertz corporation will move its headquarters from New Jersey to the Sunshine State over a two-year period.

CBS Miami–2013/05/07

Job Creation Remains Weak

While the unemployment rate has slowly been ticking downward across the country and in the Sunshine State, the number of new jobs being added to the economy continues to dwindle.

CBS Miami–2013/05/01

A Look At Apple’s iPhone 5

Lufthansa's Airbus A-380, the world's largest airplane, taxis in after landing for the first time at MIA on Friday, June 10, 2011. (CBS4)

World’s Largest Passenger Plane Arrives At MIA

The largest passenger airliner in the world is coming to Miami. Lufthansa has announced that it will be the first airline to offer scheduled Airbus A380 service to Miami with daily flights between Frankfurt and Miami beginning June 10, 2011.

A model poses with a humanoid robot called Geminoid-F, shaped to resemble the model at a press conference in Osaka, on April 3, 2010. Geminoid-F, designed and built by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro and Japan’s robot maker Kokoro, is equipped with 12 actuators, powered by air pressure, and her motion can be synched to imitate that of a real human being. (credit: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)

Japanese Robot Craze

Back in the 1970s, it was easy for the “Six Million Dollar Man,” Steve Austin, to spot a robotic person — or a fembot as the hip sci-fi show called them. In 2010, Japanese robotics makers have taken careful notes and are creating some of the most life-like robots ever — so life-like they can even be used for medical training. It seems the future is indeed now.

Mark Cuban is an American entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team, owner of Landmark Theatres, and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network. In 1995, Cuban and fellow Indiana University alumnus Todd Wagner started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in college basketball and webcasting. With a single server and an ISDN line, Audionet became Broadcast.com in 1998. By 1999, Broadcast.com had grown to 330 employees and $13.5 million in revenue for the second quarter. In 1999, during the Dot-com boom, Broadcast.com was acquired by Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in Yahoo! stock. Net Worth – $2.6 Billion

Web Billionaires

Founder Pierre Omidyar coded the first version of the site out of his Silicon Valley living room. The company’s headquarters in San Jose, California is definitely a step up! (Credit: CBS)

From Rags to Riches

Check out which companies started in garages and as tiny start-ups, and which heavyhitters owe their riches to a lucky break.

Top 10 Tech Towns

Here’s a look at the top 10 American cities for technological growth, according to Wired magazine.

Fame and big bucks make it good to be king for LeBron and other professional athletes, but your chances of making a living out of playing ball are pretty slim.

Top 10 Sexiest Jobs

It’s the question we’re all faced with when making small talk with strangers: “So what do you do for a living?” Here’s a list of the top ten sexiest occupations listed on a recent survey from Careerbuilder website.

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