Sales of existing homes in Lee County rose sharply in September as prices continued to drop, according to statistics released this morning by the Florida Association of Realtors. There were 746 houses sold with the help of a Realtor in September, up 9 percent from 684 in August, the association r
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10/24/2008
Is your credit score whack? Then heed a little advice from the newest verbal gunslinger...Ed McMahon, who may lose his Beverly Hills home to foreclosure, is appearing online in a series of ads for Freecreditreport.com. McMahon, best known for co-hosting Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”, has taken
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10/18/2008
October 17th, 2008 News Spherion Corporation's Florida Employee Confidence Index continued its upward trend in September, increasing 2.2 points. The Florida Employee Confidence Index increased 4.2 points to 44.1 in August, according to the latest Spherion Employment Report. The monthly survey o
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10/17/2008
October 17th, 2008 News Florida leads the nation, not only in the number of passengers leaving on their cruises from the state's ports, but also in the number of residents who take cruise vacations, according to a study commissioned for Cruise Lines International Association.The study found that
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10/17/2008
October 17th, 2008 News NAPLES - When it comes to talking about land-use planning, density shouldn't be a dirty word. That was the consensus during an Urban Land Institute panel discussion on "The Politics of Density," held Wednesday at Pelican Preserve in Fort Myers. The event attracted about
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10/17/2008
October 17th, 2008 News Lee County broke ground this week on a $10.9 million complex to accommodate the tax collector, a new sheriff's office, an emergency services station and Iona-McGregor Fire District building. The Pine Ridge Government Complex at 15650 Pine Ridge Road in south Fort Myers
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10/16/2008
In our country, the most important issue in any crisis is figuring out who to blame. Refined distinctions are not a necessary part of this blame assignment process, and blame can be assigned indiscriminately. On the other side of the Atlantic, they are going about it completely diffently. Norther
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10/16/2008
U.S. accounting board says firms can use 'significant judgment' in marking to market The FASB ruling amplifies a statement it released with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 30, with examples of how companies should use their best judgment to value assets that have no active market
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10/12/2008
U.S. securities regulators gave the financial industry a reprieve from marking hard-to-value assets down to fire sale prices, throwing a lifeline to an industry beset by strained credit markets and the latest round of bank failures. In a letter to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox on Tuesday a biparti
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10/04/2008
This new, free plugin for Microsoft Outlook automatically organizes your contacts and delivers ZoomInfo's powerful search capability to find people outside of your network with instant access to more than 15 million business professionals.Plus you never have to leave Outlook.Organizes and update
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10/02/2008
