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The Naples-Marco Island market had 1,036 foreclosure home sales in the second quarter of this year, according to a report by Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac.

Collier County market has 1,036 foreclosure home sales

CallMiner Inc. — a leader in speech analytics based in Fort Myers — announced Wednesday that it has received another $3 million investment. This time from The Florida Growth Fund, a $250 million fund created by the Florida legislature in 2008 to encourage job growth in the state and to provide a good return to government employees in the state’s pension fund.

The construction of Lowe’s of South Naples is on target. The new store will open before the end of the year.

The Florida Medical Association has named the Lee Memorial Health System as the best hospital workplace in the state.

One of the government perpetuated myths of the “great recession” which, by the way, officially ended last year according to economists (who apparently still have jobs), is that deregulation of the financial industry allowed bankers to run amuck, taking on too much risk in their greedy pursuit of profit and concomitant bonuses.