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Articles in April 2004 issue of South Florida CEO

• Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems paid $225 million to acquire Expertcity, the privately held Web-based access service firm that owns GoToMyPC software
• Core revival: there are 15,000 condominium or apartment units currently planned for Miami's central business district. But no other project will be quite as pivotal as MDM's Metropolitan
  by J.P. Faber
• America's nightlife capital; perhaps the city's biggest International buzz generator is its clubs and restaurants—frequented by celebrities, tourists and South Florida residents with increasingly sophisticated tastes
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Innovative designs and visions of what is to come
  by Truly Burton
• Miami advertising agency Publicis Sanchez & Levitan has merged with San Antonio-based Bromley Communications
• Special delivery: if necessity is the mother of invention, then Universal Express CEO Richard Altomare is listening to mom very closely. His hope is that Congress will listen, too—along with the SEC
  by Barbara Perkins
• Heading northward: both prices and development in Miami Beach are heading northward, as South Beach's building boom begins to wind down, and attention shifts to North Beach
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Dewar's 12 mix & mingle: BASF members, hosted by Dewar's 12, celebrate the partnership between the Builders Association of South Florida and SouthFlorida CEO Magazine
• Cutting edge: Greater Miami's Chamber scores again with its Cutting Edge awards, and this year's speaker, Robert Johnson, the billionaire founder of the BET Network
  by J.P. Faber
• In a transaction valued at $3.1 billion, New York buy-out firm Blackstone Group will acquire low cost hotel chain Extended Stay America
• Dead reckoning: rollups were the flavor of the 1990s, but the model did not work for all industries. PAG knew that when it bought and unrolled the country's No. 5 funeral home operator
  by Barbara Perkins
• Top 101 global leaders; South Florida's cadre of influential leaders runs the spectrum from bankers, lawyers and shippers to CEOs, educators and government officials
• Membership
• A new international agenda: South Florida is on the edge of a new era of global trade and prestige. But to take full advantage of market opportunities, we must act now to unite the disparate efforts of our international community. The future is ours—
  by Charlotte Gallogly
• 2004 South Florida CIO survey
• The science of dead money: if there is a scandal in South Florida involving absconded money, you can bet Lewis Freeman is on the case—or should be
  by James Broida
• Lending a hand, protecting the fund
  by Toni Pacelli-Hinkley
• Get ready for the 3 sisters of Retirement Savings: LiSA, RiSA, and ERSA; the Treasury Secretary announces new Retirement Savings proposals
  by Robert Damigella
• Black hole U-Haul
  by Barbara Perkins
• Philip Blumberg
• The winning of the FTAA: the struggle to secure Miami as headquarters for the Free Trade Area of the Americas is now in full swing. Even with the backing of the state, however, it will not be an easy win—and the consequences are enormous. A look insi
  by Doreen Hemlock
• President's message
  by Oscar Barbara
• Waterfront bonanza: Coral Gables climbs, Fort Lauderdale surges on and it's high stakes in Highland Beach
• Getting greener
  by Barbara Perkins
• Anthony Seijas
• New models for wealth management: South Florida has long been a center for private wealth management, catering to the abundance of affluent families that own homes here. Now a new generation of wealth is being created, and a new array of managers is ready
  by Mike Seemuth
• The debate over raising impact fees and municipal building permit fees
  by Lani Kahn Drody
• The vanishing keys
  by Barbara Perkins
• Imagine that!
  by Barbara Perkins
• Kos Pharmaceuticals
• Mayor q&a: Miami Beach Mayor David Dermer, now serving his second two-year term in office, is a lifelong Miami Beach resident. Serving the community is part of the family legacy; his father was mayor of the city from 1967 to 1971. We sat down with Der
• Development impacts, building height restrictions and community councils
  by Joe Goldstein
• Rolling on the River
  by Barbara Perkins
• Soon to be a major motion picture
• Decorator Industries Inc
• Miami Beach modern; Miami Beach has gone through a series of transformations over the decades, from glamour days in the 1950s to retirement enclave in the 1970s. Today it has become an affluent community, rich in the arts, appealing as much to businesses
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• BASF seeking volunteers to Build Habitat house
• Surf's up
  by Barbara Perkins
• "Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters"
  by Bob Dylan
• The GEO Group
• Tourism's changing face; more domestic visitors and high-end hotels have helped Miami Beach tourism come roaring back since 9/11. The current hot buttons: will families come in the summer, and will the convention center be expanded?
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Six decades of building South Florida; in the 1940s, a home with "modern amenities" had a telephone and radio. In the 1960s, it was in a subdivision with a community pool. Today, it's a landscape of choices that runs from single-family spreads t
  by Richard Westlund
• Full sail ahead: few things are more magnificent than a tall ship in full sail, especially if it comes with luxury accommodations—and you are a passenger on a romantic cruise across the Western Caribbean
  by Barbara Perkins
• Good fortune
• Say cheese: Concord Camera CEO Ira Lampert is betting that our disposable culture will spread around the world—and ignite sales for his Hollywood-based company
  by Barbara Perkins
• Fashion scene: South Floridians and tourists alike hit Miami Beach to shop for fashions, but residents still have to go off-island for some basic necessities—though some of that should change
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• Government resources can help facilitate the building of lower-cost housing
  by Luis Rabell
• Power clicks