MIAMI, March 2 - A group of Florida homeowners filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday against a German drywall maker, its Chinese subsidiaries and several U.S. homebuilders, alleging they put toxic drywall in thousands of...
* Claudette not disrupting Gulf energy production * Tropical Storm Ana fades in Atlantic * Bill expected to become Category 3 hurricane (Updates with new positions, details, quote) MIAMI, Aug 16 - Tropical Storm Claudette...
* Regulators seize Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida * FDIC says Central Bank, in Minnesota, to assume deposits * Commerce Bank had one branch, $79.7 million in assets WASHINGTON, Nov 20 - The tally of...
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - Regulators seized two Florida banks on Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 122, the highest annual level since 1992. Bank regulators closed Orion Bank of Naples,...
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - Bank regulators closed Century Bank, Federal Savings Bank, of Sarasota, Florida on Friday. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said Century Bank, FSB had total assets of $728 million and total deposits...
* FBI, IRS ask bilked investors to come forward * Inquiry alleges Florida attorney ran Ponzi scheme * Investigators say believe others could be involved MIAMI, Nov 11 - Federal agents investigating a prominent Florida...
* Alleged fraud involved hundreds of millions of dollars * Scheme centered on bogus legal settlements MIAMI, Nov 10 - A prominent Florida lawyer whose assets were seized this week by federal agents is believed...
NEW YORK, Aug 12 - Florida has decided that Hartford Financial Services Group Inc, which took $3.4 billion of federal bailout funds, is making too much money. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Wednesday...
NEW YORK, May 28 - Three private equity firms are near a deal to inject $800 million into a small Florida bank, gaining a large minority stake in a lender that can then be used...
NEW YORK, May 28 - Fortress Investment Group, one of the world's largest private equity and hedge fund managers, and other investors are near an agreement to acquire control of a Florida retail bank, the...