Vanderbilt Plans $520 Million Palm Beach Campus, Tapping into Migration of Wealth August 23, 2024 By Michael Smith and Janet Lorin Vanderbilt University is asking local Florida officials to approve its proposal to build a $520 million campus in the wealthy...
Palm Beach Elite Are Raising Money to Lure Vanderbilt to Florida April 3, 2024 By Michael Smith, Natalie Wong and Amanda Gordon Wealthy Florida residents and developers are looking to raise at least $300 million for Vanderbilt University to build a sprawling...
Nvidia’s $70M Florida Supercomputer Hobbled by DeSantis Law February 27, 2024 By Michael Smith (Bloomberg) — When Chris Malachowsky, a billionaire founder of chip giant Nvidia Corp., bankrolled one of the world’s biggest supercomputers...
‘Keep Delivering’: Amazon Tornado Tragedy Raises Emergency Safety Training Questions December 17, 2021 By Spencer Soper, Michael Tobin and Michael Smith The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one...
McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight December 12, 2019 By Michael Smith, Josh Eidelson, Lauren Etter and Hassan Kanu In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corp., he embraced a...
Florida ‘Dodged a Cannon’ as Irma Swerved and Weakened September 11, 2017 By Jonathan Levin , Michael Smith and Mark Chediak Florida is drenched, tattered — but fortunate. Hurricane Irma weakened as it moved past Tampa on Monday, leaving in its...
New York’s ‘Sixth Borough’ with Trophy Condos in Hurricane Irma’s Path September 8, 2017 By Katya Kazakina and Michael Smith Beyond the bar and the palm-fringed pool, past the gold-leafed columns and floor-to-ceiling murals, workers at the grand Faena Hotel...
Rolls-Royce, Qantas Settle A380 Engine Dispute for $100 Million June 22, 2011 By Balazs Koranyi and Michael Smith Rolls-Royce and Qantas have reached a settlement over an Airbus A380 engine explosion last year that forced a jet with...
BofA Sells Balboa Insurance Portfolio to Australia’s QBE February 4, 2011 By Michael Smith Bank of America agreed to offload its Balboa insurance portfolio to Australia’s QBE Insurance for more than $700 million, the...
Qantas Aiming to Settle with Rolls-Royce over A380 Engine Failure January 20, 2011 By Michael Smith Australia’s Qantas Airways is working towards a commercial settlement with Rolls-Royce over last year’s mid-air engine explosion, its chief executive...