Southland Mall, originally known as Cutler Ridge Mall, is a shopping mall in Cutler Bay, Florida. It opened in 1978 as an extension of the Cutler Ridge Shopping Center, which itself was opened in 1960. Subsequent additions extended the mall in the early to mid-1980s.
Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida, United States. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown Miami's Edgewater, and Wynwood sections to its north, Biscayne Bay to its east, the Health District and Overtown to its west, and Coconut Grove to its south.
Doral Financial Corporation was the holding company of Doral Bank located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1972. At the time the bank closed in February 2015, it had $5.9 billion in assets and 26 branches.
Dade Christian School is a private Christian school that enrolls kindergarten through 12th grade students in Miami, Florida.
U.S. Century Bank is a community bank in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with headquarters in the city of Doral. U.S. Century Bank is a Minority Depository Institution (MDI) operating in South Florida. As of March 2024, it has $2.5 billion in total assets, $195.0 million in equity capital, and a branch network that includes 10 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. It is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and rated five stars by Bauer Financial.
Carlos Prio-Touzet, is an architect in Miami, Florida. He is the son of Cuban President, Carlos Prio, who was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista in the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, and Celia Rosa Touzet Masfera.
Paul Bouche is an American television host, comedian, media personality and television producer. He is the host, creator and producer of a variety of television and radio programs as well as the face and producer of a YouTube Channel. He serves as Chief Creative Officer of Astracanada Productions, a Media Production Company based in Miami Florida since 1995. Bouche has worked as a TV and radio host and comedian in the United States and Latin America. He is best known for creating and hosting the television show A Oscuras Pero Encendidos from 1995 to 2001. He launched "La Boca Loca de Paul," in 2007, a daily variety show originated in Miami which continues to air in syndication in various markets in the United States, Puerto Rico and Latin America.
Banco de Crédito e Inversiones S.A.(BCI) is a Chilean bank specializing in savings & deposits, securities brokerage, asset management and insurance. BCI was the Latin American partner for Bear Stearns. BCI was formed and is still owned by the Yarur family.
The Americanos Poll, conducted pro bono by Encuesta, Inc., is an opinion poll whose purpose is to promote a better understanding of the U.S. Hispanic and Latino population. The surveys are conducted using a random sampling technique in order to provide an accurate representation of Hispanic public opinion in the United States. The polls often look at the U.S. population as a whole, in order to compare and contrast differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanics. The name of the poll, which means "Americans" in Spanish, was chosen to reflect the multicultural heritage of U.S. Hispanics.
Encuesta, Inc. is a U.S.-based marketing and opinion research company that specializes in customized quantitative, online qualitative, and ethnographic research focused on the U.S. Hispanic and Latino population. It is a privately owned company based in Miami, Florida, that was founded in 1989 by Martin Cerda. Specific areas of expertise include consumer habits and practices, brand awareness and usage, advertising tracking, brand equity market segmentation, and shopping research, to name a few, all generally focused on U.S. Hispanics.
Arab Chileans are Chileans from predominantly Arab ancestry. People from the Arab world arrived in Chile as early as the mid-19th century. Historically, the Arabs of Chile were called Turks, Moors, Syrians, Lebanese, or Palestinians.
Leonard L. Abess is an American banker, businessman, and former owner of the City National Bank of Florida, the second-largest financial institution in Florida with over $22 billion in assets as of 2018. CNBFL has 32 branches, from Miami-Dade County to the greater Orlando area, and nearly 1,000 employees.
Banesco Banco Universal C.A. is a Venezuelan financial institution whose principal branch is located in Caracas. The bank is part of the Asociación Bancaria de Venezuela.
Claudio Eleazar Osorio is a Venezuelan convicted felon and fraudster previously based in Star Island, Miami, Florida. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s due to the expansion of his company CHS Electronics, formerly a leading international distributor of microcomputers, peripherals, and software that went bankrupt after accounting scandals. The next company Osorio founded, Innovida, also went through receivership and, ultimately, bankruptcy. Osorio faced five separate lawsuits for fraud after investors claimed that millions had disappeared from Innovida's accounts. He and his wife, Amarilis, were also accused of defrauding a charitable effort to build homes in Haiti after the 2009 earthquake. Osorio filed for bankruptcy in 2011. In December 2012, Osorio was arrested and charged for his involvement in a $40 million fraud. In 2013 he was sentenced to 12-1/2 years in prison for fraud. Osorio was released from Federal prison on 13 January 2022 after serving 9 years. He is assigned Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate number 01273-104.
RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates strip clubs, nightclubs, sports bars/restaurants, and a media and convention company that serves the adult club industry. RCI went public with an IPO in 1995 is listed on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol RICK.
Peter Terrell Loftin was an American telecom entrepreneur who founded Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI) when he was only 25 years old and built it up to a multimillion-dollar company that was eventually merged with Deltacom.
HelloWallet is an online and mobile application for employees founded by former Brookings Institution scholar Matt Fellowes and based in Washington, DC. It provides personalized financial guidance to members and relies on behavioral economics to incentivize workers to implement its advice.
Bell Bank is a privately owned bank headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, with assets of $13 billion. Bell Bank, which employs more than 1,900 people, has 27 full-service banking locations in North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona, and mortgage locations in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. State Bankshares is Bell Bank's parent company.
Carol Wick is an activist and advisor on ending violence against women to politicians, business leaders, non-profits, and philanthropists. She serves on the UN Women Ending Violence Against Women roster.
Rob Thomson is an American business executive, realtor, and philanthropist based in Jupiter, Florida. He is the founder and managing partner of both Waterfront Properties, and Club Communities and Waterfront Yacht Brokerage. He is also the vice president of the Dog Ranch Rescue.
