Make your technology pay

Who among us can go without TV, cell phone and Internet service? The trick is making sure you don’t pay too much for any of it. The quickest and easiest way to cut down on all three bills is to combine your services.

No. 1 spot went to Miami-based Northern Capital Insurance

Fifteen South Florida businesses have made Inc. magazine’s 2009 list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in America.

Workshops, large toy truck involved

Little Tykes is voluntarily recalling 1.6 million of its workshop sets and trucks, some sold as long as 15 years ago, after an 11-month boy was hospitalized for choking on a plastic nail included with the toy, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

Trade drop is the seventh straight monthly decline

South Florida’s trade with the world shrunk by 19.6 percent in June to $6.3 billion, a faster drop than the previous month, new U.S. Census data shows.

But problem isn’t as severe in Palm Beach County

Broward County continues to be one of Florida’s hardest-hit areas when it comes to foreclosure; Palm Beach fares better.

36 stop-work orders issued

Florida’s new workers’ compensation whistle-blower website has produced hundreds of new complaints and more than $500,000 in penalties since its launch in June, state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said this week.