Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 7 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 7 2005

TransMeridian Airlines to join Lehigh Valley airport in Pennsylvania.
January 7, 2005... By Jeanne Bonner, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Lehigh Valley International Airport today will announce the addition of low-cost TransMeridian Airlines to its roster of carriers. ...

Pier 1 Kids to soon furnish rooms of Augusta, Ga., children.
January 7, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Bunk beds, daybeds and child-sized desks soon will be a common sight at the Augusta Exchange shopping center. Pier 1 Kids, a subsidiary of Fort...

Skateboard shops can't manage to stay open in Augusta, Ga.
January 7, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--With the X-Games on ESPN, Viva La Bam on MTV and Tony Hawk making guest appearances on shows such as The Simpsons and LAX, it's safe to say...

University of Georgia program's stock rises with its latest cloning effort.
January 7, 2005... By Jennifer Moore, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--KC is a nurturing mother to her lively, curious calf. When Sunshine wanted to nurse, KC showed her how. And like most mothers, KC is very protective...

Ordinance revamped to include project size requirements in Oconee County, Ga.
January 7, 2005... By Mike D'avria, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--WATKINSVILLE, Ga. -- After 13 approved developments with hundreds of units and dozens of controversial county commission meetings, Oconee County will...

University of Georgia won't consider race as part of admissions policy.
January 7, 2005... By Jennifer Moore, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The University of Georgia's admissions process will remain race-neutral this year. After much discussion Wednesday, the recently created Freshman...

As payment windows shrink, late fees expand for credit card users.
January 7, 2005... By Peralte C. Paul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--You've sobered up from your shopping binges and New Year's Eve soirees. Now read the fine print on your post-holiday credit card bill. ...

Air Force clears Raptor to fly weeks after crash in Nevada.
January 7, 2005... By Dave Hirschman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Air Force cleared its fleet of F/A-22 Raptor fighters to resume flying Thursday, less than three weeks after one of the planes crashed in...

Late price cuts salvage holiday season for retailers.
January 7, 2005... By Renee DeGross, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--It was a tale of Christmas past for retailers during the holiday season. As in the previous year, shoppers clamored for luxury goods at...

Sugar makers to fight back with new ads.
January 7, 2005... By Scott Leith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Sure, the U.S. population is getting fatter and fatter. Must be time to start pushing more sugar. The U.S. sugar industry is going on the...

Former Coke chief joins board of Wal-Mart.
January 7, 2005... By Scott Leith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Doug Daft had a rough run atop Coca-Cola, but he still landed a key job with one of the beverage maker's biggest customers. Daft, Coke's...

Campaign finance reform veto override attempt dies in Mississippi House.
January 7, 2005... By Geoff Pender, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--JACKSON, Miss. -- An effort to override Gov. Haley Barbour's veto last year of a campaign finance reform bill died in a House committee on...

Bistro to open new restaurant location in Bay St. Louis, Miss.
January 7, 2005... By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Old Coffee Pot, a down-home bistro in the French Quarter, will likely open the doors of its new restaurant in Bay St. Louis sometime next...

Pascagoula, Miss., officials may pitch proposed hotel tax for soccer fields.
January 7, 2005... By Quincy C. Collins, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- City leaders will soon be making a pitch to voters and community leaders to use a proposed hotel-motel tax to pay for an...

Mississippi House panels pass bill to fund Medicaid with cigarette tax.
January 7, 2005... By Geoff Pender, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--JACKSON, Miss. -- A bill that would raise taxes on cigarettes by $1 a pack to help fund Medicaid passed two House committees Thursday evening and...

Gulfport, Miss., officials get promise on retiree health insurance bill.
January 7, 2005... The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--JACKSON, Miss. -- Harrison County lawmakers on Thursday promised Gulfport officials they will push for a bill allowing the city to continue paying part of retirees'...

Mississippi lawmakers consider waiting on teacher pay raises.
January 7, 2005... By Geoff Pender, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--JACKSON, Miss. -- In order to spare school districts debilitating cash shortages and prevent major local tax increases, the final year of a...

South Mississippi shrimpers look for tariffs on imports in wake of trade probe.
January 7, 2005... By Elana Schor, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--WASHINGTON -- The International Trade Commission ruled Thursday that a flood of low-priced shrimp imports has caused injury to U.S. shrimpers,...

Harlem Globetrotters to get look at new Edwardsville, Ill., YMCA.
January 7, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters plan to practice at the Edwardsville YMCA this morning before playing tonight in St. Louis. The team is...

Auto racing gets approval, Broomfield, Colo., man moves service station.
January 7, 2005... By Alicia Wallace, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Start your engines Broomfield, you just got two businesses connected to the auto-racing industry. Last month, the...

Maryland Health Care Commission voices concerns about malpractice reform.
January 7, 2005... By M. William Salganik, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Maryland Health Care Commission warned yesterday that an HMO tax included in the recently passed malpractice reform bill was likely to increase the...

MedImmune's FluMist sales to be disappointing, analysts predicts.
January 7, 2005... By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Though flu season is not over, a report by one Wall Street analyst suggests sales of FluMist, the nasal spray flu vaccine made by Gaithersburg-based MedImmune...

Dutch court orders new probe of Royal Ahold's management practices.
January 7, 2005... By Paul Adams, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Dutch shareholders of Royal Ahold NV, the world's third-largest retailer, have succeeded in forcing a new inquiry into management practices that led to...

Baltimore, Md.-based seafood firm brings food, water to tsunami survivors.
January 7, 2005... The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--In devastated villages of southeast India yesterday, the head of Phillips Foods Inc.'s India division spent the day on a truck, delivering rice and water. The head of Phillips...

Drug discount plan proposed in California.
January 7, 2005... By Judy Silber, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Voluntary discounts pledged by pharmaceutical companies and pharmacists will be the cornerstone of a proposal to significantly lower...

Holiday sales results are nothing to celebrate.
January 7, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Bay Area retailers posted mostly mediocre holiday sales Thursday, mirroring nationwide results. Overall, 2004 holiday sales...

Regulator revamp plan raises concerns in California.
January 7, 2005... By Dan Laidman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Groups representing professionals as diverse as doctors, architects, accountants and exterminators expressed concern Thursday about Gov....

American Airlines offers version of simpler fares.
January 7, 2005... By Eric Torbenson, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--American Airlines Inc. detailed its own version of simpler airfares Thursday, but some of the changes weren't as aggressive as those announced a day...

Dallas County officials hope to stop Medicaid plan.
January 7, 2005... By Sherry Jacobson, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--A group of Dallas County elected officials, hospital executives and business leaders will launch a lobbying effort today to try to stop or delay a...

Gadget firms seek better digital dialog.
January 7, 2005... By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--LAS VEGAS -- The technology industry has a communication problem. Consumer electronics makers have built digital machines that can play...

Intel, SBC, TiVo tout visions for future at Consumer Electronics Show.
January 7, 2005... By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--LAS VEGAS -- Tech companies dazzled crowds Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show with new digital entertainment options. Among the developments:...

Detroit Free Press cars column.
January 7, 2005... By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--AT LAST, PRODUCT MATCHES SERVICE: For most of its brief existence, Saturn has been a great brand in search of a decent product line. Owners actually look...

Former Auburn Hills, Mich., leasing firm executive pleads guilty in fraud case.
January 7, 2005... By David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The former chief operating officer of an Auburn Hills employee leasing firm pleaded guilty Thursday in an $83-million fraud case that left dozens of...

General Motors catches up to Volkswagen as Chinese sales climb 27 percent.
January 7, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--General Motors Corp.'s sales in China grew by more than one-fourth last year to almost 500,000 vehicles, while sales by rival Volkswagen AG slipped to...

Auto executives' outlook on U.S. brands better, KPMG survey says.
January 7, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Global auto executives are growing less pessimistic about the prospects for the traditional Detroit brands like Dodge, Chevrolet and Lincoln, according to...

New drug from Pfizer may be a blockbuster.
January 7, 2005... By Kim Norris, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--A new drug with the potential of helping millions of people battle chronic nerve pain, epileptic seizures and, possibly anxiety disorder was developed in the...

Michigan lets phone rates float for year.
January 7, 2005... By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Michigan Public Service Commission said it will cede its regulation of business telephone rates in Detroit, Royal Oak and Southfield for a...

GM's Saturn gets sporty as it seeks sales resurgence.
January 7, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--General Motors Corp. will take the first step in an expensive effort to turn around its lackluster Saturn brand Sunday at the North American...

Detroit Free Press technology buzz column.
January 7, 2005... By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--AROUND THE SHOW: It's nice, but... Some people have called Sony's PlayStation Portable, coming to North America sometime this year, the iPod killer. ...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
January 7, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER TRIUMPHS AMID FRUSTRATIONS: It's been 10 years since Dick Blouse migrated north from Greenville, S.C., to take over what was then the...

The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C., business briefs column.
January 7, 2005... The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--DURHAM'S NEWEST STARBUCKS is set to open a kiosk at the American Tobacco campus today, with free coffee and half-priced cappuccinos and espressos for the day. ...

Senator says JetBlue may service airport near Middletown, N.Y.
January 7, 2005... By Tim Logan, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--STEWART AIRPORT, N.Y. -- Are JetBlue skies in this airport's future? Sen. Chuck Schumer says they might be. New York's senior...

Low-fare carriers may be growing too fast and too big for their own good.
January 7, 2005... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Low-fare granddaddy Southwest Airlines plans to challenge bankrupt US Airways at its Pittsburgh stronghold beginning in May, furthering its encroachment into the...

Judge upholds key charges against former brokers of Prudential Securities.
January 7, 2005... By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--A federal judge yesterday upheld some of the main charges against former brokers at the Boston office of Prudential Securities who securities regulators said...

Some retailers win, some lose during 2004 holiday season.
January 7, 2005... By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Gift cards were hot; department stores were not. The pricier the goods, the better they sold. American Eagle Outfitters was the store to shop; Aeropostale was so...

Absenteeism jumps among U.S. shift workers.
January 7, 2005... By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The shift employees who fuel the nation's 24-hour economy were more likely to be absent from work last year than other employees, costing US employers an...

Verizon Wireless will offer fast Internet service.
January 7, 2005... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Verizon Wireless is bringing its fastest broadband wireless data service -- with triple the capacity its rivals offer -- to metropolitan Boston and the...

Dillsburg, Pa., eatery's owners change.
January 7, 2005... By T.W. Burger, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--DILLSBURG, Pa. -- For the second time in four years, one of Dillsburg's best-known eateries has been sold. Baker's Restaurant, along Route 15...

Massachusetts attorney general expands insurance probe.
January 7, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Massachusetts attorney general's office is expanding its investigation into the lucrative commissions insurers pay brokers and consultants who promote...

The Boston Globe Downtown column.
January 7, 2005... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--BOSTON SAMPLER: Downtown we're getting more and more tall towers with fewer and fewer homegrown companies in them. Radical concept: What if we let one of our...

Fayettville, N.C., Web-hosting company sues Ohio man it says hurts business.
January 7, 2005... By Michael Clinebell, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- A Fayetteville technology company is suing an Ohio man, accusing him of steering customers away from its business. ...

American Airlines passengers wonder how long discounts will last.
January 7, 2005... Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--American Airlines passengers flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on Thursday were happy about the company's announcement that it will cut fares, but some were...

Higher-end retail chains do well during holidays.
January 7, 2005... By Heather Landy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The nation's retail chains reported a strong finish to the holiday period, as a much-hoped-for rush of last-minute customers rescued the...

GameStop retail chain expects to fall short of quarterly estimates.
January 7, 2005... By Heather Landy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Citing a severe shortage of video game systems, including Sony's PlayStation 2, the GameStop retail chain said that December sales failed to...

Texas governor lays out $300 million plan for child protection services.
January 7, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Saying Texas' child protection safety net has become dangerously frayed, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday called for spending...

Fresno, Calif., shopping center is sold again.
January 7, 2005... By Sanford Nax, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Fig Garden Village has been sold for the third time in eight years in one of the priciest deals in the central San Joaquin Valley. Donahue Schriber of...

Fresno County, Calif., farm bureau to be recognized at national event.
January 7, 2005... By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Fresno County Farm Bureau will be showcased at a national farm bureau convention Sunday and Monday for bringing together about 100 Asian immigrant...

Fresno, Calif.-based department store chain blames storms for December sales.
January 7, 2005... The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Gottschalks Inc. on Thursday reported that same-store sales in December were even as the same month in 2003. The department-store chain's total sales dipped 0.5 percent...

Audit clears Florida State University in social service contracts.
January 7, 2005... By Megan O'Matz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--A sweeping internal audit by Florida State University found no impropriety in the way the university secured more than $4 million in state social...

White sugar may be imported into India, official claims.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI, India -- Concerned over rising sugar prices in the country, the Centre on Thursday warned sugar mills and traders of action if they did not accelerate supply...

Tsunami waves hit Indian seafood exporters.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI, India -- The Tsunami wave has left seafood exporters at sea. Already suffering from charges of dumping shrimps in the US, the largest seafood exporters such...

OPINION: Don't take the stock market rally for granted.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The stock markets delivered a rather scary nightmare to dreamy-eyed investors on Wednesday and Thursday. The BSE sensex closed 192 points down on January 5, after...

OPEC to review crude price band.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI -- The OPEC price band for crude oil, which ranges between $22 and $28 per barrel is under watch, and a review will be made after studying the cyclical,...

Saudi Arabia to do its bit for stable oil prices.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI -- Saudi Arabia -- the central bankers of the petroleum world -- has said it loud and clear. The world's largest oil producer has assured its commitment to...

Asian nations working to form oil bloc.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI -- It could easily be described as a diplomatic coup. Major Asian oil producer and consumer countries crossed geographical boundaries on Thursday as they came...

Limited liability partnerships fail to pass muster in India.
January 7, 2005... By Gireesh Chandra Prasad, The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI, India -- Professionals such as chartered accountants and lawyers hoping to group together in a limited liability partnership may...

India's finance ministry will not let in unregulated hedge funds.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--NEW DELHI: The finance ministry today made clear that it would be difficult to let unregulated hedge funds invest in India in wake of the stock market scams that...

UK grocer to hire 770 workers for Bangalore, India, centre.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--BANGALORE, India -- Tesco, one of the five largest retailers in the world, inaugurated its development centre in Bangalore on Thursday. The centre is dedicated to...

Gold in India defies global trend, follows dollar to end higher.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--MUMBAI, India -- Domestic bullion market ignored overseas trends and extended gains for the second straight day on Thursday on some stockists' buying. The market...

Electronic design automation firm to double India strength to 75 in a year.
January 7, 2005... By Kalpana Shah, The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--BANGALORE, India -- CoWare, a leading supplier of system-level electronic design automation (EDA) software and services, is growing its India employee...

India cement maker to sell off Andhra unit.
January 7, 2005... The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--MUMBAI, India -- In a move to get rid of its unremunerative assets, cement major ACC has decided to sell off its 0.3m-tonne Mancherial unit in Andhra Pradesh. The...

Superior, Wis., firm to provide lighting, sound equipment for inauguration.
January 7, 2005... By Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--A Superior, Wis., company will be responsible for lighting, sound and video at Independence Ball, the second-largest of nine inaugural balls that...

Employees ponder plans to close Harrisburg, Pa., hospital.
January 7, 2005... By Bill Sulon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Christean Walker and Shelly Purdie know their jobs are at risk, but they care more about what will happen to their patients. The two...

Hartford, Conn., may get new daily newspaper.
January 7, 2005... By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Readers could see a new daily newspaper in Hartford if a wealthy Colorado businessman establishes a general circulation paper in the city with...

Power line inaction costly in Connecticut.
January 7, 2005... By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--It may cost about $1 billion to build a proposed Middletown-to-Norwalk power line, but it will cost Connecticut ratepayers more than $300 million a...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., openings and expansions column.
January 7, 2005... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--PASS THE CHUTNEY: Indian Chef in Lodi serves lunch and dinner seven days a week and offers catering. The new restaurant is in the International Food Warehouse. ...

December's overall retail sales are lackluster, despite late surge.
January 7, 2005... By Joan Verdon, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The nation's retailers received a mixed bag of sales results in December. Luxury retailers got richer, discount chains held their own, stores in the...

N.J. microcap companies' stocks soar.
January 7, 2005... By Kathleen Lynn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--You may never have heard of these small companies. Their stocks trade on the south side of $5 a share. Their products vary: high-end television...

Verizon to expand high-speed wireless Internet service in New Jersey.
January 7, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Verizon Wireless is expected to announce an expansion of high-speed wireless Internet service in Northern New Jersey today. The high-speed...

Continental Airlines seeks $500 million in wage cuts.
January 7, 2005... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Continental Airlines warned Thursday it could run out of cash if employees don't agree to $500 million in wage reductions by the end of February. The...

Miami Dolphins owner buys 18,000-square-foot estate.
January 7, 2005... By Patrick Danner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--Fort Lauderdale billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga has bought himself some new digs along the New River. The Miami Dolphins owner paid an undisclosed price for...

Former head of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based security firm dies at 85.
January 7, 2005... By Beatrice E. Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--George Wackenhut, whose small Coral Gables detective agency grew to be a leader in the security industry, died New Year's Eve of heart failure. He was...

Miami publishing company ends alternative tabloid.
January 7, 2005... By Christina Hoag, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--The Miami Herald Publishing Co. announced Thursday it is folding its alternative tabloid Street Weekly with the current issue due to financial losses. ...

Colonial Williamsburg, Va., foundation commits $3 million to Jamestown 2007.
January 7, 2005... By April Taylor, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--RICHMOND, Va. -- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has committed $3 million to help sponsor Jamestown 2007, joining Norfolk Southern as a...