Naples Networking

Yet another spending plan has been hatched by the government as a jobs creator. It’s not a stimulus, mind you. That word has now been banned from talking points.

A new company in Naples seeks to change the way people wear their socks. Instead of pulling all the way up and past a person’s heel, their socks fit over just half of a foot. Martha Bibby and Kathleen Fleming founded their company — called Toe’ds — online two years ago, and their half socks are already hot sellers, especially amongst golfers.

After more than a year of sitting empty, the walls started to come down at the old site of the Naples Daily News on Wednesday with the help of a large excavator machine and a demolition crew.

U.S. employers anticipate a slight gain in employment for the fourth quarter of this year.

In Cape Coral-Fort Myers, hiring is expected to pick up in the fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31.
From October to December, 17 percent of the companies interviewed plan to hire more employees, while 10 percent expect to cut their payrolls, according to a Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released Tuesday. That results in a positive employment outlook of 7 percent.