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Arizona and Florida, two of the states hit hardest by the housing crisis, will join a nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses, officials with direct knowledge say. They will join more than 40 other states in approving a deal that would ...

Restaurant Opportunities Centers last week filed a federal lawsuit against Orlando-based Darden Restaurants, accusing its upscale Capital Grille chain in three cities of discrimination and violating wage laws. The New York-based group also is staging protests outside those restaurants in ...

This 2,056-square-foot Bonita Springs home recently sold for $1.45 million. Realtors can showcase their home sales by sending information, along with a jpeg photo, to dosborn@naplesnews.com.

A farmworkers' advocacy group has added a new company to its picketing list. About a dozen farmworkers will be pedaling from Immokalee to Florida's first-ever Trader Joe's.

The grocer – opening Friday, Feb. 10, – is replacing a Borders bookstore in North Naples that went dark last year. The store is off Creekside Boulevard, just east of U.S. 41 in the Granada Shoppes.

In May, Will Lawson will open Naples Beach Brewery, a small brewery at 4110 Enterprise Ave., Suite 217, in East Naples.

Thousands of car enthusiasts gathered at the corner of Goodlette Frank and US 41 in downtown Naples to view more than 500 muscle, exotic and classic vehicles Saturday February 4, during the Eighth Annual Car & Truck Show.

The owners of the historic Shangri-La Hotel and Resort in Bonita Springs want to close a portion of Industrial and Tennessee streets to develop their property, a move that would eliminate a shortcut connecting Old 41 and Bonita Beach roads.

Letter to readers: Editor Phil Lewis announces initiative, the Lighthouse Project

If time and space could be transformed, guests of “Oktoberfest in February” could have been seated in the dining room of a riverboat exploring the German Rhine. The transformation Thursday of Marco Island Yacht Club’s upstairs to a pleasure craft ...

Former Orion Bank President Jerry Williams pleaded guilty today, admitting for the first time in public his illegal activities to save the bank that ultimately caused it to fail.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks jumped sharply in morning trading on news that the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in 2 years. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 150 points.

The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.

Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years.

The economy likely produced another solid month of hiring in January, a promising start for 2012.