Collier Citizen Business

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

Global warming, also known as climate change, is the theory that the earth is warming rapidly (in relative historical terms) due to the growing concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases emanating from mankind’s burning of fossil fuels — coal and oil ...

It’s the campaign season. The modus operandi for those seeking political offices and their supporters is to vilify, castigate, accuse, embarrass, denigrate and marginalize the opposing party’s candidates.

The Naples Daily News has a new leader for its reporting teams and has promoted other editors.

After retiring from politics, ultraliberal Sen. George McGovern, who lost the 1972 presidential election to Richard Nixon by a landslide, fulfilled his dream of opening a small bed and breakfast inn in Vermont. But hammered by rules and regulations, the ...

“Our federal income tax system is senseless…and infused with complexity and uncertainty brought on by lobbyist influences, politically expedient compromises, social engineering objectives, industry promotion policies and punitive reasoning.”

Collier County homeowners will have the opportunity to see if Collier's new flood plain maps mean more insurance for them. The county staff will host two public meetings to give the public a chance to review the finalized flood insurance ...

The next 10 months will be ones of posturing, campaign slogans, slanted commercials, lies about the state of the union, promises that will not be kept, TV pundits opining on everything, Democratic talking points, Republican talking points, selections of candidates ...

As state lawmakers get ready for the 2012 legislative session, business leaders throughout Southwest Florida have prepared their list of what they hope is accomplished.

A previous column (Dec. 18, 2009) predicted that 2010 would be an interesting year, reflecting an old Chinese curse that says “may you live an interesting life” (or something like that). The word “interesting” is, of course, a subtle description ...

It was a year of ups and downs in business. High unemployment continued to rock the region in 2011. More local companies failed — including the high-end furniture retailer Robb & Stucky. Collier County's Economic Development Council folded.

Store employees rolled the security gates down Saturday evening as cashiers furiously rang up the merchandise bought by the most egregious of holiday shopping procrastinators.The final day of Christmas shopping put the finishing touches on what merchants nationally and locally ...

A year after falling into foreclosure, the Big Cypress Marketplace in eastern Collier County is making plans to reopen early next year. Plans call for the 87,000-square-foot entertainment venue on U.S. 41 East, four miles east of Collier Boulevard, to ...

Hotels will be stuffed like stockings for the holidays, with more visitors expected this year. With tourism looking up, hiring is stronger for the busy winter season. Visitors are making their reservations more in advance, a sign of more confidence ...

Just a few short years ago, Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) appeared to be consigned to the dustbin of used car lots in America. Gas prices were through the roof (above $4.25 per gallon) and the global warming Armageddon crowd had ...