Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from August 27 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from August 27 2004

Government reimburses Lehigh County, Pa., airport for land for expansion.
August 27, 2004

York, Pa.-based department store chain appoints CEO.
August 27, 2004

Allentown, Pa., hosts developers, hoping to spur renaissance.
August 27, 2004

Mack Truck's July deliveries increase 39 percent over a year ago.
August 27, 2004

The Stamford Advocate, Conn., Top Rung column.
August 27, 2004

Norwalk, Conn., Wal-Mart lets Dunkin' Donuts inside for sales.
August 27, 2004

Augusta, Ga., funeral homes are bought by Peachtree City funeral home operator.
August 27, 2004

Owens Corning considers $20 million expansion at its Aiken, S.C., plant.
August 27, 2004

Some Georgia SouthTrust customers will be banking under a new name.
August 27, 2004

Allstate call center workers in Hudson, Ohio, fear their jobs will head abroad.
August 27, 2004

Interstate 77 work proposed between Akron and Fairlawn, Ohio.
August 27, 2004

Blairsville, Ga.-based bank to buy Conyers' Liberty National.
August 27, 2004

Jobless-rate decline is part of mixed economic data in Georgia.
August 27, 2004

CFO of energy trading company Mirant is given second hat in restructuring.
August 27, 2004

South Carolina-based loan firm fined $400,000 by Georgia insurance official.
August 27, 2004

Best days are far in rearview mirror for soft drink 7Up.
August 27, 2004

UPS to use fuel-cell vehicles in three cities.
August 27, 2004

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
August 27, 2004

Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., Shop Talk column.
August 27, 2004

Boston venture capital firm partners with Santa Barbara, Calif., TV station.
August 27, 2004

Sikorsky to buy New York company that produces light helicopters.
August 27, 2004

Hurricane Charley delivers flood of new jobless claims.
August 27, 2004

Head of Mississippi home builders group says China triggering cement shortage.
August 27, 2004

Home prices in Biloxi, Miss., region rise 4.1 percent.
August 27, 2004

Uncle, nephew to open restaurant, sports bar in downtown Bakersfield, Calif.
August 27, 2004

Belleville News-Democrat, Ill., business beat column.
August 27, 2004... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--ONE-STOP EMPLOYMENT SHOP: You will soon find all of your employment needs under one roof. The Mid-America Workforce Investment Board has opened a...

Jobless rate in Illinois is no surprise to analysts.
August 27, 2004

Boulder, Colo.-based online ticket agency adopts new moniker to reflect change.
August 27, 2004

Survey says 57 percent of county residents shop outside Boulder, Colo.
August 27, 2004

Oneco, Fla., entrepreneur recycles discarded roofing shingles for asphalt.
August 27, 2004

Brownsville, Texas, charter amendment would allow utility rate increases.
August 27, 2004

Pikesville, Md., firm makes 'Welcome to New York' CD-ROM for GOP delegates.
August 27, 2004

Maryland governor makes hospital house calls to press for malpractice reform.
August 27, 2004

Prices for soft-shelled clams hit all-time high on Cape Cod, Mass.
August 27, 2004

Shopping centers to change hands in Walnut Creek, Calif.
August 27, 2004

North Carolina couple face 'humbling' experience being uninsured.
August 27, 2004

Loss of US Airways would change Charlotte, N.C.-area airport.
August 27, 2004

Jimmy Carter mediates debate for selecting next CEO of Habitat For Humanity.
August 27, 2004

Texas still leads nation in percentage of people with no health insurance.
August 27, 2004

Mercury hopes ads open doors to new customers.
August 27, 2004

Health coverage in U.S. drops third year in a row.
August 27, 2004

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland column.
August 27, 2004

Daily Mail, London, business briefs column.
August 27, 2004

Glaxo-SmithKline punishment amounts to half of chief's yearly wages.
August 27, 2004

Oil hike will knock output, says Confederation of British Industry.
August 27, 2004

Mediacom Communications to partner with Sprint for VoIP services.
August 27, 2004

Duluth, Minn. port authority assists two plumbing businesses.
August 27, 2004

Wal-Mart plans larger store in Superior, Wis.
August 27, 2004

Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation Systems gets locomotive development grant.
August 27, 2004

Demand is strong for Weston, Fla., firm's terror-fighting equipment.
August 27, 2004

Elizabeth Edwards is a hit with seniors in Boynton Beach, Fla., campaign stop.
August 27, 2004

Survey shows employers will shift burden of health benefits increase.
August 27, 2004

Irish company provides $110 million loan to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hotel plan.
August 27, 2004

American Airlines to test food sales on selected flights.
August 27, 2004

Chemical explosion at Ferris, Texas, aircraft plant hurts 11.
August 27, 2004

NFL's Cowboys to launch football team's own cable TV channel in Dallas.
August 27, 2004

Ethnic-oriented Houston grocery chain is bought by supplier in defensive move.
August 27, 2004

University of North Texas center will house research on biohealth, bioterror.
August 27, 2004

Quarter of Texas' population lacks health coverage.
August 27, 2004

Fayetteville, N.C., Good News Bureau now within business council.
August 27, 2004

Orangeburg, S.C., public utilities to start next phase of renovation project.
August 27, 2004

Applicants seem willing to cross line for Colorado Springs, Colo., grocery jobs.
August 27, 2004

Harrisburg, Pa.-based bank asks customers to remove hats, hoods, sunglasses.
August 27, 2004

Report focuses on Pennsylvania's flourishing surgery centers.
August 27, 2004

Bank of America has added 105 jobs, may cut 100 others in Connecticut.
August 27, 2004

Canadian bank's stake gives Banknorth clout to grow in Connecticut, beyond.
August 27, 2004

Puerto Rico trade touted at Hartford, Conn., expo.
August 27, 2004

Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky buying smaller aircraft company.
August 27, 2004

Glastonbury, Conn., software maker Open Solutions acquiring Canadian firm.
August 27, 2004

New Jersey lawyer spends his evenings as a concert promoter.
August 27, 2004

East Rutherford, N.J., development project faces environmental scrutiny.
August 27, 2004

2005 PGA Championship seen lifting North New Jersey's economy.
August 27, 2004

Marchers urge governor of New Jersey to resign now.
August 27, 2004

In New Jersey, 'lifestyle centers' may be shopping malls of the future.
August 27, 2004

Study links Merck's painkiller to heart risk.
August 27, 2004

Continental says pension safe, but union is wary.
August 27, 2004

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
August 27, 2004

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
August 27, 2004

Jacksonville, Fla., banking firm heads in direction of advisory services.
August 27, 2004

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Mathis network column.
August 27, 2004

Humana Medicare members in Jacksonville, Fla., to get free fitness membership.
August 27, 2004

Residential towers win first approval in Jacksonville, Fla.
August 27, 2004

North Carolina airport faces delay in regaining jet service.
August 27, 2004

The Kansas City Star, Mo., commodities column.
August 27, 2004... By Victoria Sizemore Long, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City wheat futures prices closed up slightly Thursday, while Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures declined....