Business news

In these days, when often bigger means better and products are sized large, extra large and grande, there is one that proudly emphasizes its smallness. MinTech opened its doors July 1 at 5567 Taylor Road, in the industrial park area ...

A comprehensive listing of meetings, presentations and lectures scheduled for this week.

Making it through the first year of owning a restaurant has less to do with product and skills than it does a deep pocketbook and a willingness to lose money in the short term. Lasting for the long term takes ...

Is the United Farm Workers of America’s “Take Our Jobs” campaign, which is aimed at training U.S. citizens and legal residents who wish to replace farmworkers in the field, coming to Southwest Florida, too? Not quite yet. “In Florida the ...

Since taking over as the sector’s community policing officer in October 2006, Naples police officer Steve Walden, an unassuming 15-year veteran of the force, has committed himself to cracking down on crime at the mall, deterring thieves — both amateurs ...

Tropical storm Earl's worst damage in New England has been to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.

The EDC is championing an effort to bring the Maine-based Jackson Laboratory to eastern Collier to help move the local economy away from a sputtering base of agriculture, real estate and tourism. Considerable criticism has been lodged at the EDC ...

Monday is Labor Day. What do local experts say about finding a job in this down economy? Experts offer advice on how to work the tough job market

The 1.06 million unemployed Floridians and 14.6 million unemployed nationwide know that losing a job isn’t just a matter of paychecks and benefits. It’s a psychological scramble. In the Great Recession, there are more chronically unemployed people _ those unemployed ...

Real estate briefs

This year buyers are coming from a new region of the country, according to the sales representatives at the Reserve at Estero, a community of single-family homes by Toll Brothers.

D.R. Horton, the Texas-based homebuilder ranked No. 1 on Builder magazine’s Top 100 list for eight consecutive years, will soon offer single-family villas in two neighborhoods at Verandah, the 1,456-acre master-planned community located along the Orange River in Fort Myers.

New 2010 homeowners’ association laws enacted

Toll Brothers has purchased 120 acres in Bonita Springs for a new community of single-family homes.

South Lee County Real Estate Transactions from August 23 - 29, 2010