NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks surged for a second day, putting the Dow on track for its highest close of the year.    The market rose on more evidence that the U.S. housing..

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Southwest Florida realtors say our local real estate economy is on the road to recovery. Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of local realtors met at the Harborside Event..

CAPE CORAL, Fla.– The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral is proud to announce that its Cape Coral Farmers’ Market is an authorized EBT/SNAP vendor.  Electronic Bene..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Boeing has developed a plan that it intends to propose to federal regulators to temporarily fix problems with the 787 Dreamliner's batteries that have kept the pl..

Carnival is facing a class action lawsuit over the disaster aboard the Triumph. The lawsuit states that the company knew or should have known that the ship could experience mechani..

NEW YORK (AP) - Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that would transform the $21.2 billion office supply retail sector. Boca Raton, Fla.-based..

WASHINGTON– The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 18,000 workers laid off in 48 states from 864 Hostess company locations are eligible to apply for ..

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's stock price topped $800 for the first time Tuesday amid renewed confidence in the company's ability to reap steadily higher profits from its dominance..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's tourism marketing corporation is reporting a record 89.3 million visitors came to the state in 2012.    Officials said Monday that..

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates.    Intruders recently infilt..

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Publix Supermarkets is about to take a huge leap into the world of digital couponing.    The grocery giant is launching an online system this w..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the U.S. Postal Services pleaded with Congress Wednesday not to thwart his plan to cut Saturday mail as a way to save money, but postal workers unions..

DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines and US Airways agreed Wednesday to a merger that will create the world's biggest airline. The deal caps a turbulent period of bankruptcies and conso..

LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) - Verizon Communications Inc. plans to open a finance and accounting "center of excellence" in central Florida that's expected to employ 750 by 2016. &nbs..

NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow is closing at its highest level of the year, coming within one percent of its record reached in October 2007.    The latest gain was powered ..

LAKELAND, Fla.- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Friday said its estimate of the 2012-2013 Florida orange crop decreased less than one percent to 141 million boxes. The de..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service says it lost $1.3 billion in the first quarter of the new budget year, following record losses last year.    Officials say ..

MIAMI (AP) - With tax filing season heating up, the Internal Revenue Service is mounting an aggressive crackdown against identity theft and tax refund fraud.    Offi..

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix won't miss Saturday mail delivery, even though the weekend service helped keep its DVD-by-mail subscribers happy.    The U.S. Postal Ser..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida could soon join the line of other states trying to get online retailers to collect the state's sales tax.    A Senate panel on Tuesd..