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Scott McIntyre/Staff Bart Bailey stacks the remaining stone crab traps after the last day of the stone crab season at Kelly’s Fish House on Tuesday May 15, 2012. Stone crabber Jim Miller was wistful as he pulled his last traps out of the water on the last day of stone crab season Tuesday and looked [...]
A rising tide of political uncertainty in Europe pushed U.S. stocks sharply lower Tuesday. Major indexes followed European markets down as newly-elected Greek politicians appeared unable to form a coalition government. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 169 points in morning trading. Greeces debate over austerity policies attached to its international bailouts turned combative, with [...]
Construction has started on homes in the final section at Firano at Naples, a Toll Brothers community of single-family homes off the Davis Boulevard corridor in Naples. “We have eight homes under way in this section,” said Ken Thirtyacre, president of Toll Brothers Florida West Division. “We’ve had great response from buyers eager to take [...]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court left little doubt during last weeks marathon arguments over President Barack Obamas health care overhaul that it has scant faith in Congress ability to get anything done. The views about Congress underlay questions from justices who appear to be on both sides of the argument over the constitutionality of the [...]
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) will leave interest rates unchanged for the foreseeable future should current economic conditions persist, economists predicted on Wednesday. Economists Chris Hart of Investment Solutions, Dawie Roodt of the Efficient Group and Azar Jammine of Econometrix made the comments ahead of reserve bank governor Gill Marcus’s Thursday announcement of a [...]
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