Considered Vulnerable, Mobile Homes Are Battered but Largely Intact

by | Sep 14, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Florida, Florida Keys, Hurricane Irma (2017), Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, Mobile Homes and Trailers, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and HENRY FOUNTAIN September 14, 2017 KEY LARGO, Fla. — When Lorraine Tucker came back after Hurricane Irma to check on her two-bedroom mobile home, she expected the worst. She and her daughter had ridden out the...

Nursing Home Deaths in Florida Heighten Scrutiny of Disaster Planning

by | Sep 14, 2017 | Air Conditioning, Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Hurricane Irma (2017), Non-Bank Loans, Nursing Homes, Power Failures and Blackouts, Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, Working Capital

By NEIL REISNER and SHERI FINK September 14, 2017 HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — After an estimated 215 people died in hospitals and nursing homes in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, policy makers realized that the nation’s health care...

Frazzled Floridians in Search of a Balm

by | Sep 14, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Florida, Florida Keys, Fort Myers (Fla), Hollywood (Fla), Hurricane Irma (2017), Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, Key West (Fla), Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

By AUDRA D. S. BURCH September 14, 2017 HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Floridians stared at televisions as meteorologists pointed to a menacing storm marching toward their shores — along with scenes of hurricane-battered Houston. They heard Gov....