Coffee Talk: Business tax climate: We're one of the best: Florida might be one of the best states in the nation when it comes to business tax climates, but there's always room for improvement.Help us find the top tech companiesBigger fish to Swallow: A pair of infant technology companies based in Sarasota were recently sold to bigger players in their respective fields - but their fathers will still have a say in each firm's continued growth.Fort Myers airport seeks hotel developer: More than 7.5 million people passed through Southwest Florida International Airport last year and chances are many of them stayed at nearby hotels.Global Signal deal is a nice pay day: Wall Street gurus, investment bankers and investors weren't the only ones happy to see Sarasota-based Global Signal bought by rival cell phone tower company Crown Castle International in a $4 billion cash and stock deal Oct. 6. Bad-news press spins it negative again: A gloomy report, titled "Housing at the Tipping Point" by Moody's Economy.com, recently got a lot of press when it forecast double-digit percentage price declines for residential real estate in Southwest Florida.A chain of coffee stores that got its initial idea in Seattle is getting ready to take on the Sunshine state. Obviously, it isn't omnipresent Starbucks.
