Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 21 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 21 2005

Columbia County, Ga., surges forward in commercial construction in 2004.
January 21, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Richmond County outpaced Columbia County in new home construction last year. However, Columbia County surged far ahead in commercial...

Forecast for home sales in 2005 not as rosy as 2004 proved to be.
January 21, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Nationwide, sales of new and existing homes were up in 2004 as more people took advantage of low mortgage rates. But analysts say 2005 doesn't...

Ninni's Bakery owner sifts options to save family business.
January 21, 2005... By Candace Goforth, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Like every struggling small business owner, Tony Ninni, owner of Ninni's Bakery in Akron, has the pressures of paying the rent, keeping the...

Federated, May in talks on a merger.
January 21, 2005... By Renee DeGross, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Reports of a potential blockbuster merger in the retail industry come as department store chains try to shed costs and gain size to fight...

Doraville firm finds niche in metals market.
January 21, 2005... By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Two square feet of aluminum plate. That's all Georgia Tech needed. The inch-thick metal would be cut into small squares, drilled...

Phone cards connect world.
January 21, 2005... By Robert Luke, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Mariana Mayer is one reason the number of phone calls made from the United States to other countries has increased some 30-fold since 1980....

Profit a bright spot for SunTrust.
January 21, 2005... By Peralte C. Paul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--SunTrust Banks Inc., currently facing an investigation into its accounting practices, said better controls on expenses, higher fee income...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
January 21, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--The stock market's New Year correction is beginning to get on investors' nerves, the latest sentiment indicators show. Investors didn't get...

Amtrak raises its bid.
January 21, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--STAMFORD -- Amtrak, looking for a big payday from Connecticut, is cutting a deal to lease eight used locomotives to the state Department of...

Bic sales up for shavers, stationery.
January 21, 2005... By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Bic Group reported Thursday that net sales in two of its three business lines -- stationery and shaver -- rose in the fourth quarter of 2004,...

Students now buyers with Fairfield University ID.
January 21, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--FAIRFIELD -- Will that be cash, credit or StagBucks? That's the question some Fairfield merchants will ask Fairfield University students...

Long Beach bakery adds queen cakes for Mardi Gras.
January 21, 2005... By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--LONG BEACH -- Move over, Mardi Gras kings. Your queens can now get their share of attention with a queen cake patented and copyrighted by a...

Winning bid of $82 million for Mississippi casino resort may be record for land.
January 21, 2005... By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--BILOXI, Miss. -- W.C. "Cotton" Fore and Roy Anderson III came out on top in the bidding for the President Casino Broadwater Resort on Thursday...

Long Beach, Miss., approves condominium development ordinance.
January 21, 2005... By Melissa M. Scallan, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--LONG BEACH, Miss. -- After months of debate, it took the Long Beach Board of Aldermen about five minutes to unanimously approve an...

Jackson County, Miss., seeks land for operators to practice using new dredge.
January 21, 2005... By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Jackson County is looking for a few good acres to hit with its newly purchased dredge. It needs a place to practice...

Mississippi Gaming Association to merge with casino operators group.
January 21, 2005... By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--BILOXI, Miss. -- The Jackson-based Mississippi Gaming Association is closing shop and merging with the Biloxi-based Mississippi Casino Operators...

Mississippi wants Harrison County to borrow funds to begin link with I-10.
January 21, 2005... By Anita Lee, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--State transportation officials want Harrison County to borrow up to $70 million to start work on an interstate highway that would eventually run...

Gulfport, Miss., law enforcement warn of linoleum scam.
January 21, 2005... By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--GULFPORT, Miss. -- If two men knock on your door and offer free linoleum at a later time, don't let them in. The offer is a scam, a...

Jackson County plans road, bridge upgrades.
January 21, 2005... By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--PASCAGOULA -- Extending Mississippi 57 south from Old Spanish Trail to the St. Andrews area is the star project among a list of road and bridge...

Gold's Gym opens new fitness center -- but it's still not quite ready to go.
January 21, 2005... By Todd Eschman, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Gold's Gym opened its new O'Fallon fitness center Saturday with stacks of unpackaged equipment, no furniture in the locker rooms and a...

Southwest Bank offers health savings program.
January 21, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--St. Louis-based Southwest Bank, which has a branch in Belleville, now offers health savings accounts. Made possible by the Medicare...

Appeal to mediator could be a breakthrough.
January 21, 2005... By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Stalled negotiations between 17,500 unionized store workers and the state's main grocery chains could give way to progress now that the companies...

Black & Decker rolls out 'SiteLock' system to foil job-site tool thefts.
January 21, 2005... By William Patalon Iii, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Eric G. Regelin, president of Atlantic Builders Group in Rosedale, knows just how big a problem theft at construction sites can be. Several years...

Hunt Valley Towne Centre signs several new retail, restaurant tenants.
January 21, 2005... By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--The developers of Hunt Valley Towne Centre said they have signed nearly two dozen new tenants and that the first stores and restaurants will begin...

Fourth-quarter profits soar 33 percent for Provident Bankshares.
January 21, 2005... By Laura Smitherman, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Provident Bankshares Corp. of Baltimore reported yesterday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 33 percent in the fourth quarter, as consumer and...

Cockeysville, Md.-based steel wire products maker to shut down.
January 21, 2005... By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--A Cockeysville maker of steel and nickel-based wire products said it will permanently close -- the latest victim of the pressures befalling traditional...

Fed official upbeat on economy.
January 21, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bay Area economy is likely to cruise ahead at a healthy pace in 2005 but may have to navigate past the shoals...

Bank of America shareholders to elect new board members.
January 21, 2005... By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Bank of America Corp.'s mutual fund family is asking shareholders to elect a revamped board of trustees to oversee the funds after last year's...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
January 21, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--CHARLOTTE COMPANY MAKES GOOD SCENTS: To find Charlotte's newest company headquarters, just follow your nose to South Point Business Park. ...

Lofty sights, erratic fight.
January 21, 2005... The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Does US Airways look like it will survive? It depends on the day the question is asked. In the four months since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection,...

Bush sworn in for second term amid tight security, protests.
January 21, 2005... By G. Robert Hillman, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--WASHINGTON -- Embarking on a second term with the nation at war abroad and divided at home, President Bush vowed on Thursday to foster freedom...

High costs, low fares fuel Delta, Continental losses.
January 21, 2005... By Eric Torbenson, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--The airline industry's tide of red ink swelled Thursday as Delta Air Lines Inc. and Continental Airlines Inc. both reported fourth-quarter losses....

Automakers to pay more profit shares.
January 21, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--It may not be the thousands of dollars some of them were used to in the 1990s, but UAW members at all three Detroit automakers will see higher...

Comerica exceeds projections.
January 21, 2005... By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Citing positive loan growth and improved credit quality, Comerica Inc. said Thursday it recorded better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings,...

Delphi loses; outlook bleak.
January 21, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--A combination of higher steel, oil and health-care costs with lower sales and production at General Motors Corp. pushed auto supplier Delphi Corp. to...

Vendors will fill tummies with plenty of comfort food.
January 21, 2005... By Sylvia Rector, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Nineteen metro Detroit restaurants and food purveyors are fixing to feed folks right at the Motown Winter Blast this weekend with offerings that range...

Ford's full-year profit up seven-fold from '03.
January 21, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Buoyed again by record profits at its lending business, Ford Motor Co. met analysts' expectations in the fourth quarter and posted full-year net profits...

Ford sounds Visteon benefits alarm.
January 21, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Accounting might not be the most scintillating discipline in business, but sometimes it forces bold statements to be made -- even if that boldness is not...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
January 21, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DETROIT CAN LOOK WEST FOR INSPIRATION: Grand Rapids is only 149 miles from Detroit, but it might as well be on another planet, so stark are the differences...

The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C., business briefs column.
January 21, 2005... The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DURHAM BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRM METABOLON INC. is partnering with a New York foundation to study Huntington's Disease, a degenerative brain disorder with no effective...

Bill would protect archaeological sites.
January 21, 2005... By Drew Volturo, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DOVER, Del. -- Last year's discovery of an offshore cache of centuries-old artifacts in Lewes has prompted a Delaware lawmaker to consider...

Markell bulks up coffers with own funds.
January 21, 2005... By Joe Rogalsky, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DOVER, Del. -- When the state elections office releases year-end campaign finance reports today, state Treasurer Jack Markell's filing will show...

Delaware Lottery says it's on the ball.
January 21, 2005... By Joe Rogalsky, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DOVER -- Some lawmakers want to change the way the state lottery office picks the daily winning numbers. But lottery officials say their...

School secretary is charged in theft.
January 21, 2005... Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DOVER -- The Delaware Department of Justice said Thursday that a former employee at F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School in the Caesar Rodney School District was...

Request for Delaware nominees' files denied.
January 21, 2005... By Joe Rogalsky, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--DOVER -- The U.S. Attorney's office Thursday turned down a request from three state senators for information about two men Gov. Ruth Ann Minner...

Radio station's billboards of bin Laden, others get plenty of feedback.
January 21, 2005... By Chris Vaughn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Most advertising talk this time of year centers on the Super Bowl and whether that body part is acceptable or this beer spot is too racy. ...

Bush's goal is to 'end tyranny in our world'.
January 21, 2005... By Dave Montgomery, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush, sworn in to a second term as the 43rd president, outlined an aggressive new course in U.S. foreign...

Judge dismisses lawsuit to stop state payments to Vegas firm.
January 21, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--AUSTIN, Texas -- A lawsuit seeking to bar the state from paying nearly $400,000 in legal fees to a Las Vegas law firm hired to write gambling...

Coke looks at improving the way it works with schools.
January 21, 2005... By Jim Bainbridge, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Conceding that "mistakes were made," Coca-Cola has adjusted its inventory and is already considering how best to redesign its...

Bradley airport traffic rises after 3 years of decline.
January 21, 2005... By Paul Marks, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Bradley International Airport has reversed a three-year downward trend in air travel triggered by the September 2001 terrorist attacks, reporting...

Profits up 61 percent at People's Bank.
January 21, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Fourth-quarter net income rose 61 percent at People's Bank as the Bridgeport-based bank reaped the benefits of shedding its unprofitable credit card business. ...

State suing insurer, broker.
January 21, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, launching what he said would be a series of lawsuits against the insurance industry, plans to sue broker...

AT&T to cut spending, jobs.
January 21, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--AT&T will cut costs further this year and eliminate more jobs as it focuses on selling communications service to medium and large business...

Cleaning contractor ordered to increase 25 workers' pay.
January 21, 2005... By Hugh R. Morley, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Twenty-five cleaners and janitors who maintain a Rutherford office building will get a pay increase of 20 cents per hour as the result of an...

Continental loses $206 million.
January 21, 2005... By Richard Newman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Continental Airlines lost $206 million in the fourth quarter as fare wars and fuel prices continue to wreak havoc on the nation's largest...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
January 21, 2005... By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--POLITICS PERVADE WORLD OIL BUSINESS: James A. Baker IV was recently named partner in charge of Baker Botts' Washington office. The fifth-generation Baker...

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
January 21, 2005... By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--AUSTIN -- GOAL IS CONSISTENT INCOME: Gary Anderson isn't exactly an investment guru. You won't see him touting his market-beating returns in some...

Nation's economic outlook brighter than Jacksonville, Fla., area's.
January 21, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--The national economic outlook brightened in December but Jacksonville's local outlook dimmed a bit, according to indexes of leading...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
January 21, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--OPPORTUNITIES EXIST HERE, SAYS CONSULTANT: Business site selector Ed McCallum attended last year's Super Bowl in Houston, courtesy...

Jacksonville, Fla., development agency OKs deal for Tampa steel firm.
January 21, 2005... By Ryan Geddes, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--As a Tampa-based steel company's board of directors met in downtown Jacksonville Thursday to discuss the future of its regional mills,...

Verizon Wireless expands high-speed service.
January 21, 2005... By Timothy J. Gibbons, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Verizon Wireless has rolled out its high-speed wireless Internet service throughout Jacksonville, expanding upon the foothold it...

Retail merger rumors escalate.
January 21, 2005... By Joyce Smith, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--The Jones Store's corporate parent saw its shares soar almost 9 percent Thursday amid mounting speculation that the retailer is in preliminary talks...

Big business is spending millions to promote Social Security privatization.
January 21, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--As President Bush begins his second term, one of his key economic goals -- privatization of some part of Social Security -- has earned top...

Area fund-raising efforts for tsunami relief put creativity on display.
January 21, 2005... By Debra Skodack, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Kansas City children designing and selling T-shirts. An Overland Park widow requesting memorial donations. A Rosedale pancake breakfast. A...

Salina, Kan., schools' director of facilities submits resignation.
January 21, 2005... The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Paul Stewart, the Salina School District's director of facilities for the past five years, has submitted his resignation to take a position at Pittsburg State...

Security Bank buys metro Atlanta's SouthBank.
January 21, 2005... By Delawese Fulton, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Macon-based Security Bank Corp. has bought a metro Atlanta community bank for more than $32 million, bank officials said Thursday. Rett Walker,...

Snellgrove tops Warner Robins Chamber awards.
January 21, 2005... By Mark Vanderhoek, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE -- Larry Snellgrove, developer and longtime Houston County political figure, took home the top award Thursday night from the...

Bibb County, Ga., residents remain upset by Bass Pro plans.
January 21, 2005... By Linda S. Morris, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--More than a week after Bass Pro Shops and Fickling & Co. announced plans for a large commercial development in Bibb County, some nearby residents...

SABMiller may buy brewer.
January 21, 2005... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--SABMiller PLC, the world's fourth-largest brewer, may offer to buy Bavaria Business Group, South America's second-biggest brewer, to catch up with rival InBev in...

Harley-Davidson revs up profits.
January 21, 2005... By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Harley-Davidson Inc. reported a record fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, boosted by rising motorcycle sales in the United States but dampened by...

IRS says Menard Inc. must pay millions.
January 21, 2005... By Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Menard Inc. owes the government $5.9 million in back taxes and penalties because it paid owner John R. Menard too high a salary in 1998, the...

Humana to reintroduce Aurora Heath Care to HMO network.
January 21, 2005... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--More than four years after Humana Inc. dropped Aurora Health Care from its Premier HMO network, the HMO is again including the large health care system under a new...

Wisconsin's jobless rate stays at 4.2 percent.
January 21, 2005... By Joel Dresang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Wisconsin's unemployment rate held steady at 4.2 percent in December to bring the monthly average for 2004 below 5 percent for the first time...

Delta posts $2.2 billion loss in fourth quarter.
January 21, 2005... By James Bernstein, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Delta Air Lines, which narrowly escaped bankruptcy last year before it won large wage concessions from pilots, yesterday said it racked up a...

Newsday and Hoy continue sparring in court with 4 small advertisers.
January 21, 2005... By James T. Madore, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Nearly a year after four small advertisers filed suit against Newsday and the Spanish-language paper Hoy over inflated circulation numbers, both...

Cablevision to exit Voom satellite TV service by selling satellite to EchoStar.
January 21, 2005... By Harry Berkowitz, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Defying chairman Charles Dolan, Cablevision Systems Corp. announced last night it will disband its Voom satellite TV service by selling the failed...

New York wine industry hires Napa Valley consultant to study impact on economy.
January 21, 2005... By Alan J. Wax, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--New York's wine industry, seeking the sober facts about its impact on the state's economy, has hired a Napa Valley consultant to conduct a study. ...

Maine forestlands in times of change.
January 21, 2005... By Misty Edgecomb, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--ROCKPORT, Maine -- Maine's North Woods are in a time of transition with huge swaths of land changing hands almost weekly, paper mills struggling...

People Bank reports good year for earnings.
January 21, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--People's Bank, which has numerous branches across eastern Connecticut, reported strong earnings Thursday for both its fourth quarter and full...

Foxwoods Resort and Casino adds some soul to the menu.
January 21, 2005... The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Soul food will be on the menu at Foxwoods Resort Casino next month when the Mashantucket Pequots open an Amy Ruth's restaurant. The...

Chamber builds warchest for BRAC fight.
January 21, 2005... By Robert A. Hamilton, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--LEDYARD, Conn. -- The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut has set aside $35,000 to organize the business community to fight the...

Factory pays workers a 7-week bonus.
January 21, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--MONTVILLE, Conn. -- The Thomas G. Faria Corp.'s employees were all smiles this week as the local manufacturer distributed a profit-sharing bonus...

New Haven Register, Conn., earnings column.
January 21, 2005... New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--Here is a roundup of earnings reports filed Thursday by local companies: --PEOPLE'S BANK: Bridgeport-based People's Bank reported net income of $28 million, or...

Fire alarms become part of artwork in New Haven, Conn., exhibit.
January 21, 2005... By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Standing between two walls paneled with Honeywell Fire Solutions alarms at a new art exhibit Thursday, engineer Ed Mazeiko...