Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 11 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 11 2005

Despite record revenues, HIV rapid test maker still loses in fourth quarter.
February 11, 2005... By Sam Kennedy, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Record revenues were not enough to lift OraSure Technologies out of the red. The Bethlehem, Pa., maker of the leading rapid HIV test said...

Mack Trucks has trouble keeping up with demand.
February 11, 2005... By Dan Shope, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Mack Trucks on Thursday reported its strongest number of deliveries since early 2001. The Allentown, Pa., company said it delivered 25,469...

Firm markets steel frames for homebuilding.
February 11, 2005... By Damon Cline, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Steel has been the framework in office buildings, stores and other commercial buildings for decades. So why are builders still framing homes with...

Caribou Coffee moves into Akron.
February 11, 2005... By Mary Ethridge, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--A new cafe has bubbled up on West Market Street in the Wallhaven area of Akron; and it will percolate your interest if you're a lover of a certain...

Economic developers say Southeast Texas region's leaders should work together.
February 11, 2005... By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--The future of Southeast Texas depends on the region's willingness to work together, three economic developers told a press forum Thursday. ...

Students land jobs at Sikorsky.
February 11, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--STRATFORD -- The assistant principal of the Stratford School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians had never seen anything like it: Sikorsky Aircraft...

Attorney General's new Web site lists prescription prices.
February 11, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal hopes a new prescription drug price Web site will give consumers the information they need to be...

Imagistics' income up 21 percent in fourth quarter.
February 11, 2005... By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Declining revenues from Imagistics International Inc.'s facsimile business were expected, the company said, but didn't keep the company's income...

TransMeridian Airlines extends service to San Juan.
February 11, 2005... By Patrick J. Powers, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Passengers flying out of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport will soon be able to fly on to Puerto Rico without changing planes, a TransMeridian...

More flowers are on the way for romantics in Belleville.
February 11, 2005... By Lisa P. White, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--BELLEVILLE -- So, Valentine's Day is Monday and you still don't have a gift. Don't panic. If you want to send roses to your beloved, there's...

TransCanada seeks oil pipeline into Illinois.
February 11, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--A Canadian company wants to run a crude oil pipeline through the metro-east but the company said the environmental impact would be a major...

Players Club closes; slow business, liquor troubles to blame, manager says.
February 11, 2005... Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--The Players Club on University Hill is no more. After a string of battles with neighbors and the liquor board, Nolan Addison, the bar's general manager, decided...

Planners back Parrish overlay district, but ask county to trim its size.
February 11, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--BRADENTON -- Amid concerns about stifling commercial development and letting a small but loud voice affect an area larger than Bradenton and...

Michigan firm buys Signs Now.
February 11, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--BRADENTON -- In a move that will funnel more financial resources to Signs Now and continues Allegra Network's business model of growth by...

School overcrowding concerns businesses.
February 11, 2005... By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Business owners are concerned that school overcrowding in East Manatee might dissuade top job candidates from relocating to the...

Counties at odds over mine taxes.
February 11, 2005... By Linda Halstead-Acharya, Billings Gazette, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Stillwater and Sweet Grass Counties share a mutual boundary, but a dispute over Stillwater Mine's taxes has created a chasm that both sides...

FCC votes to require cable firms to carry one signal per broadcast company.
February 11, 2005... By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--In a setback for Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. and other broadcasters, federal regulators ruled yesterday that cable companies would...

Fight to raise Maryland's minimum wage begins.
February 11, 2005... By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--In what promises to be a bruising political fight, state Democrats and low-wage advocates fired the opening salvos yesterday in their push to raise...

Legislators want all residents to carry health insurance.
February 11, 2005... By Judy Silber, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Two California legislators unveiled a radical health care package Thursday that would tackle the state's high uninsured rate by...

A lampost for Valentine's Day?
February 11, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Chocolates are for chumps, and roses are overrated. If you really want your sweetheart to swoon this Valentine's Day, how about a lamp...

Suit targets trust-mill schemes.
February 11, 2005... By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--An annuity-sales scheme that promised free estate planning advice to seniors was an illegal trust mill that cost victims $70 million,...

Sara Lee, apparel division to separate.
February 11, 2005... By Gillian Wee, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Consumer giant Sara Lee Corp. will spin off its apparel division, leaving Winston-Salem with a major corporate headquarters. The spinoff is part...

Bank of America to research slavery claim disclosure statement.
February 11, 2005... By Binyamin Appelbaum, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Bank of America Corp. will hire an outside firm to research whether any of its predecessors profited from slavery after a member of the...

Former bank owner plans startup in Charlotte.
February 11, 2005... By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--A year and a half after selling his first bank, Wes Sturges is looking to start another one in Charlotte. Sturges, 55, built First Commerce...

City's main orthopedic clinics finalize merger.
February 11, 2005... By Karen Garloch, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Charlotte's two major orthopedic practices, Charlotte Orthopedic Specialists and Miller Orthopaedic Clinic, have finalized the merger announced...

Charlotte needs work on minority recruiting.
February 11, 2005... By Mike Drummond, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Kwame Jackson swirled the chardonnay in his plastic cup and contemplated the question. How can Charlotte companies best recruit minority...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
February 11, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--BUILDING NEARLY COMPLETE IN NEW INDUSTRIAL CENTER: Withrow Properties plans to complete the first building in a new southwest Charlotte industrial...

U.S. trade deficit hits all-time high.
February 11, 2005... By Stella M. Hopkins, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--U.S. textile and apparel imports from China surged 25 percent last year, renewing demands for federal restrictions now that global imports of...

Clayton to resign as leader of UNCC research institute.
February 11, 2005... By Stan Choe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Deborah Clayton, charged with building UNC Charlotte and the city into a tech research hub, will resign as executive director of the Charlotte...

MUSC Hospital's profits rise in first half.
February 11, 2005... By Jonathan Maze, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--The Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Authority made nearly $11 million in profits through the first six months of its...

Cheap Chinese cars may remain dream.
February 11, 2005... By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--CHICAGO -- Malcolm Bricklin has a plan. Of course, Napoleon had a plan when he invaded Russia, and we all know how that ended: with the French army...

New models give Chrysler profits.
February 11, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Nine new products last year, especially the Chrysler 300, helped Auburn Hills-based Chrysler Group do a $2. 5-billion about-face. The local division...

Payout for DaimlerChrysler staff hits $1,500 on average.
February 11, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Ka-ching for Chrysler. About 68,000 U.S. employees at the Chrysler Group are to receive profit-sharing checks averaging $1,500 this March, a result of...

First lady makes push for youths in Detroit.
February 11, 2005... By Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--The idea came during a meeting of school chums in a northwest Detroit basement, but the day Think Detroit actually began was a Saturday in 1997 when Mike...

Health costs hurt GM, CEO says.
February 11, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--CHICAGO -- General Motors Corp. spends $4 billion a year more than its largest global competitor, Toyota Motor Corp., for employee and retiree health care, GM...

GM is cutting Walgreens as prescription provider.
February 11, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Calling the 4,700-store-chain "unreliable," General Motors Corp. and its prescription-drug management firm are pulling GM's business from Walgreens as...

Honda shows off high-powered concept version.
February 11, 2005... By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--CHICAGO -- The most powerful Honda Civic ever debuted at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday. The Civic Si concept is a very thinly disguised version of the...

Detroit Free Press outdoors column.
February 11, 2005... By Eric Sharp, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--IN SEARCH OF RIGHT GPS FOR YOU? START AT DETROIT BOAT SHOW: If you've been considering buying a handheld GPS, you couldn't do yourself a bigger favor this...

DTE's profit falls below expectations.
February 11, 2005... By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Blaming its problems on increased competition in Michigan, DTE Energy Inc. reported lower-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter and the...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
February 11, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--CHICAGO -- DODGE ON QUEST TO EVOLVE INTO GLOBAL BRAND: Why, I wondered, was a mariachi band hanging around a makeshift stage with a rumpled old bed, a Homer...

Admen rake in cash from agency sale.
February 11, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Founders of the advertising agency that made teller Howard Brown the star of Halifax's TV commercials will bank multi-million pound rewards after selling their business for...

Canadians hope to retaliate over U.S. lumber duties.
February 11, 2005... Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Canadians want to retaliate against the United States over the imposition of softwood lumber duties. Canada's international trade minister Jim Peterson on...

Allete Inc. predicts strong 2005 growth.
February 11, 2005... By Peter Passi, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Allete Inc. unveiled ambitious goals for the coming year in an announcement timed with Thursday's release of 2004 financial results. The...

South Florida customers balk at higher electric rates.
February 11, 2005... By Joseph Mann, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--South Florida residents and businesses reacted angrily Thursday to a move by Florida Power & Light Co. to collect an additional $180 million in...

American Media's chief skirts rumor about move.
February 11, 2005... By Alexandra Navarro Clifton, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Rumors of American Media Inc. moving its flagship National Enquirer tabloid out of Palm Beach County to New York City continued to swirl...

World Ag Expo to draw 100,000 visitors.
February 11, 2005... By E.J. Schultz, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--TULARE -- Two retired teachers laid out programs and maps in the early-morning fog. Terry Henry skewered the day's first few slabs of tri-tip over a...

Home builders plan subdivisions in Fresno area.
February 11, 2005... By Sanford Nax, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Two more out-of-town builders, including one of the nation's largest, have set their sights on the central San Joaquin Valley. The news that Beazer...

Lawmakers told of seniors under state care living in squalor or in cars.
February 11, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--AUSTIN, Texas -- Three judges whose job it is to appoint guardians for frail and elderly Texans at risk of abuse or neglect told lawmakers...

Caps on taxes could backfire, legislators are told.
February 11, 2005... By R.A. Dyer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--AUSTIN -- A proposal by Gov. Rick Perry to limit the "creep" in property tax appraisals would hurt local governments and result in unequal...

Illinois dean David Daniel named president at UT-Dallas.
February 11, 2005... By Patrick McGee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--AUSTIN, Texas -- An engineering dean for the University of Illinois has been named the fourth president of the University of Texas at Dallas....

State Hits Citizens Unit Over Annuities.
February 11, 2005... By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Massachusetts regulators yesterday said a financial consultant at Citizens Financial Group's investment arm placed elderly clients in inappropriate...

The Boston Globe Downtown column.
February 11, 2005... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--BOSTON SAMPLER: THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS' offensive coordinator, Charlie Weis, is leaving for Notre Dame. The team's defensive coordinator, Romeo Crennel, is...

Partners' Operating Profit Rises 32 percent.
February 11, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Partners HealthCare, the parent organization of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, said operating profit in the latest quarter...

Blue Cross To Take Back Oversight Of Some Magellan Health Patients.
February 11, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is scaling back its contract with Magellan Health Services, the national for-profit company that oversees mental...

Boston Medical Delays Fiscal 2004 Results.
February 11, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Boston Medical Center reported an operating profit in its fiscal first quarter, but in an unusual development, the hospital said it hasn't been able to...

Attorney general seeks to prosecute woman suspect in identity thefts.
February 11, 2005... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly is trying to arrest and prosecute a Philadelphia woman who allegedly stole the identities of eight Massachusetts residents. ...

The Blush Is Off As Consumers Pick Variety in Flowers for Valentine's Day.
February 11, 2005... By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Red roses are passe. Once the indisputable symbol of love on Valentine's Day, the red rose is falling out of favor as many women decry a bouquet of...

Microsoft, Pfizer Target Fake Viagra Spammers.
February 11, 2005... By Christopher Rowland, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Looking to put a dent in illegal Internet commerce, Pfizer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. teamed up yesterday to target elusive e-mail spammers who peddle...

Broadband law effects debated.
February 11, 2005... By David Dekok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--It was time for a bit of backslapping. The Pennsylvania Telephone Association and its legislative allies -- plus a few guests from the...

'Apprentice' runner-up shares advice on career development.
February 11, 2005... By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Kwame Jackson didn't sound like an apprentice last night when he shared his "Lessons from the Boardroom" with about 200 people in Leffler...

Former Rite Aid executive must start prison term.
February 11, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Franklin C. Brown, former vice chairman of Rite Aid Corp., has been ordered to report to prison by 1 p.m. Feb. 22 to begin serving a 10-year...

Aetna Flexes Fiscal Muscle: Posts 21 percent Profit Increase, Plans Stock Split.
February 11, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Aetna's stock took off Thursday on ballooning profits and announcements that the company would add about a million members this year and undertake...

Power Supplier Offering Renewable Energy.
February 11, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--The only competitive residential electricity supplier in Connecticut is offering a new "green energy" program that allows customers to have all of their power come...

Capitol Hill Insider Gets UTC Washington, D.C., Post.
February 11, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--United Technologies Corp. said Thursday that it has named Lisi Kaufman, chief of staff to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, as the new head of its Washington, D.C.,...

Federal Reserve helps economy through 'inflation targeting'.
February 11, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Because inflation makes the economy less efficient, among other things, keeping it in check is a vital job of the Federal Reserve,...

Ocwen finds company to take over its Fort Lee bank.
February 11, 2005... By Richard Newman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Mortgage loan service company Ocwen Financial Corp has made a deal to unload its Fort Lee bank to the U.S. subsidiary of a Greek bank. In a...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., openings and expansions column.
February 11, 2005... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--EYE DEALS OPTICAL is now at 463 Passaic St., Hackensack, next to the 7-Eleven and at the Maywood border. Closed Wednesday and Sunday, the shop is open the rest of...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., business people column.
February 11, 2005... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--DR. CHRISTINE L. TOCK of Englewood Cliffs has joined The Dermatology Group, Paramus. Tock specializes in general, pediatric and advanced technology in dermatologic...

Pfizer, Microsoft fighting Viagra spam.
February 11, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Pfizer and Microsoft got tough Thursday on an issue almost anyone with an e-mail address can rally behind: stopping illegal spammers. The...

Pfizer, Microsoft announce legal effort to stop spammers.
February 11, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Pfizer and Microsoft got tough Thursday on an issue almost anyone with an e-mail address can rally behind: stopping illegal spammers. The...

Former Duke trader admits to falsifying books, will cooperate with prosecutors.
February 11, 2005... By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--A former Duke Energy trader pleaded guilty Thursday to falsifying the company's books, and will cooperate with prosecutors against two former co-workers. ...

Analysts see value in HP printer unit being diluted.
February 11, 2005... By John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--During her tenure as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina fought to keep the company together at all costs. But in the wake of her ouster, many...

Tiny devices blend electronic, mechanical parts.
February 11, 2005... By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--When Input/Output decided to create a new generation of sensors for seismic works, it also had to figure out how to make the little devices that are an...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
February 11, 2005... By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--OPERATIONS CHIEF WORKED HIS WAY UP AT HALLIBURTON: Andy Lane, 45, the chief operating officer at Halliburton, first worked for the company as an intern and...

New system advances search for oil, gas deposits.
February 11, 2005... By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Better than eight years ago, seismic equipment maker Input/Output wanted to make the next generation of sensors -- the ears that help geologists detect oil...

Armor Holdings ends strong fiscal year.
February 11, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Armor Holdings Inc. Thursday reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, completing a year of strong growth fueled in part by...

Florida East Coast making changes at top.
February 11, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Florida East Coast Industries Inc. announced Thursday that chairman, president and chief executive officer Robert Anestis will step down...

Jacksonville-based Winn-Dixie's losses continue to mount.
February 11, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.'s stock fell to another record low Thursday after the company reported a big loss and a sharp drop in liquidity in...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
February 11, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--READERS HAVE SEVEN MORE TURNING POINTS: On Saturday, I wrote about 10 Jacksonville turning points and invited readers to share...

InMotion Pictures buys airport music retailer.
February 11, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Jacksonville's airport movie rental company, InMotion Pictures, now wants your ears as well as your eyes. The six-year-old...

MPS Group sees earnings double.
February 11, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--MPS Group Inc. Thursday said fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled, as the Jacksonville-based information technology and professional...

Wal-Mart buys disputed grocery site in Jacksonville.
February 11, 2005... By Ryan Geddes, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Despite being rejected by a Florida administrative judge and Governor Jeb Bush's Cabinet over a plan to build a Wal-Mart in Arlington, the...

Chief executives are on the move.
February 11, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--CEO turnover in January reached its highest level since 2001. According to a national survey by the outplacement firm Challenger Gray &...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster column.
February 11, 2005... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--MARKETPLACE MUSINGS: Marketplace musings for readers who enjoy rounding stray thoughts as much as Uncle Fearless: The folks at tax-assistance...