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LaBelle-based grower and land manager Alico Inc. has entered into a new credit agreement with Rabo Agrifinance Inc. for $100 million.

The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in two months, an encouraging sign that companies aren't resorting to deeper layoffs even as the economy has lost momentum.

Apple Inc. said Thursday that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store.

Collier County Commissioner Jim Coletta, a Jackson Laboratory backer, takes a "show me’’ attitude on why voters should decide on tax subsidies and says he is not even sure what the question would be.

After more than a year of sitting empty, the walls started to come down at the old site of the Naples Daily News on Wednesday with the help of a large excavator machine and a demolition crew.

A new company in Naples seeks to change the way people wear their socks. Instead of pulling all the way up and past a person’s heel, their socks fit over just half of a foot. Martha Bibby and Kathleen Fleming ...

Yet another spending plan has been hatched by the government as a jobs creator. It’s not a stimulus, mind you. That word has now been banned from talking points.

As signs have heralded for nearly two years now, Chipotle will open soon in Mercato, the upscale center near the corner of U.S. 41 North and Vanderbilt Beach Road in North Naples.

ABC's search for someone to preside over its news division comes as the Internet and cable television have made the job much different and more complex than what outgoing chief David Westin took over nearly 14 years ago.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and national nonprofit organizations said Tuesday they want Craigslist to be "a model for good policy" and officially get rid of its adult services section globally.

An advisory group for the Jackson Laboratory and biomedical park project has added a few more faces and will start meeting soon to help with the development of the long-term endeavor in eastern Collier County.

In Cape Coral-Fort Myers, hiring is expected to pick up in the fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31. From October to December, 17 percent of the companies interviewed plan to hire more employees, while 10 percent expect to cut their payrolls, ...

U.S. employers anticipate a slight gain in employment for the fourth quarter of this year.

This Lago Villagio home in Naples sold for $305,000 in August. E-mail your photo to news@naplesnews.com to be considered for this feature.

The Naples Airport Authority wants to hear from the public about a proposed runway expansion. A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Norris Community Center, 755 Eighth Ave. S., Naples. ...