Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from July 16 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from July 16 2004

Boyertown, Pa.'s National Penn Bancshares posts 13th straight record profit.
July 16, 2004

Wachovia teller in Augusta, Ga., calls it quits at age 76.
July 16, 2004

Procter & Gamble's Augusta, Ga., detergent plant illustrates firm's philosophy.
July 16, 2004

Atlanta airport's finances rated high.
July 16, 2004

Atlanta-based auto, industrial parts maker sets records for sales, profit.
July 16, 2004

Atlanta convention center tries to get GRIP on its future.
July 16, 2004

Election ads fill TV coffers.
July 16, 2004

Georgia's jobless rate increases to 4.6 percent in June.
July 16, 2004

Summer unemployment rate in Southeast Texas increases in June.
July 16, 2004

Motiva disputes refinery equipment's assessed value in Jefferson County, Texas.
July 16, 2004

Shrimpers hail opening of season in Gulf of Mexico.
July 16, 2004

Kern County, Calif., planners stay busy with building boom adding more work.
July 16, 2004

Pacific Gas and Electric files application for electric rate changes.
July 16, 2004

Fast-growing paulownia tree is central to Wasco, Calif., business venture.
July 16, 2004

St. Louis area's MidAmerica airport may attract cargo tenant.
July 16, 2004

Home builder picks Manatee County, Fla., for headquarters.
July 16, 2004

Manatee County, Fla., business leaders band together to target county growth.
July 16, 2004

Tropicana's low-carb juices fuel PepsiCo's surge.
July 16, 2004

Washington state official rejects Premera Blue Cross for-profit conversion plan.
July 16, 2004

Baltimore's proposed convention hotel wins preliminary approval.
July 16, 2004

Martha Stewart faces sentencing.
July 16, 2004

Power-grid operator gets approval for $87 million in upgrades.
July 16, 2004

Senators seeks to protect Cape Cod, Mass.-area residents from insurance hike.
July 16, 2004

Hyannis, Mass., hospital receives $3 million in 1 week.
July 16, 2004

Officials must curb job loss in Walnut Creek, Calif., area, firm urges.
July 16, 2004

North Carolina casino to benefit from Caesars purchase, Harrah's says.
July 16, 2004

Cornelius, N.C., salon sees beauty of teamwork.
July 16, 2004

Wachovia earnings rise 21 percent in second quarter.
July 16, 2004

Wachovia settles with IRS over past controversial leases.
July 16, 2004

American, Qualcomm unveil service to allow use of cell phones during flights.
July 16, 2004

Some experts favor broad alternative to Consumer Price Index.
July 16, 2004

Nokia shares drop on weakening sales, earnings.
July 16, 2004

Southwest Airlines earns $113 million in second quarter but misses expectations.
July 16, 2004

Head of Southwest Airlines abruptly retires at 57.
July 16, 2004

Detroit-based business empire faces succession war.
July 16, 2004

University of Michigan health system unit finishes year with profit.
July 16, 2004

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland column.
July 16, 2004

The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C., business briefs column.
July 16, 2004... The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--Central Carolina Bank's parent company, Memphis, Tenn.-based National Commerce Financial Corp., reported net income for the second quarter of this year of $85.1...

Borders Books & Music store to come to Middletown, N.Y., mall.
July 16, 2004

Duluth, Minn., property owners advance special services business district.
July 16, 2004

Retired Duluth, Minn., port director receives honor.
July 16, 2004

Duluth, Minn., firm restores old windows.
July 16, 2004

Florida's CyberGuard may sweeten rejected bid for Secure Computing.
July 16, 2004

Former Florida elections official says she's not getting fair day in court.
July 16, 2004

Florida Power & Light makes pitch for license renewals at nuclear plants.
July 16, 2004

LexisNexis buys counterterror software maker Seisint for $775 million.
July 16, 2004

Florida Supreme Court says minimum-wage proposal should go to voters.
July 16, 2004

Senior officials resign from Florida agency, apologize for ethical 'lapses'.
July 16, 2004

Judge gives striking Miami truck drivers time to seek counsel.
July 16, 2004

Fresno, Calif., small business group targets Spanish-speaking companies.
July 16, 2004

Controversial airport screening program stalls.
July 16, 2004

Cell phone connectivity at 30,000 feet is coming to airlines in near future.
July 16, 2004

Southwest Airlines' CEO shocks many with resignation.
July 16, 2004

Cambridge, Mass.-based Biopure changes direction on blood substitute.
July 16, 2004

BJ's Wholesale Club settles dispute with Labor Department.
July 16, 2004

Web tool aims to ease search for hospital.
July 16, 2004

As rivals gain, Nokia hustles to offer cell phones with coveted features.
July 16, 2004

Tenants in Massachusetts may have to pay for water.
July 16, 2004

Women-only fitness club evicted from Colorado Springs-area shopping center.
July 16, 2004

Tampering claims rebutted by government in former Rite Aid executive's case.
July 16, 2004

Shares of Bristol, Conn.-based aerospace parts maker dips 6 percent.
July 16, 2004

Profits rise at two Connecticut banks.
July 16, 2004

Mortgage rates keep sliding; week's decline is fourth in a row.
July 16, 2004

Breuners liquidation affects Huffman Koos furniture stores in New Jersey.
July 16, 2004

Harrah's Entertainment bets $5.2 billion Caesars gamble will pay off.
July 16, 2004

New Jersey governor to tap new commerce boss.
July 16, 2004

New Jersey Democratic fund-raiser pleads not guilty.
July 16, 2004

Drug-benefits manager based in Franklin Lakes, N.J., begins ad campaign.
July 16, 2004

Grocer A&P nears deadline in New Jersey-New York labor talks.
July 16, 2004

Partners parlay onion roll into $5 million-a-year business in Paterson, N.J.
July 16, 2004

Police say Elmwood Park, N.J., man linked sex and gambling in online racket.
July 16, 2004

New Brunswick, N.J., toy company bases new game on Snapple cap trivia.
July 16, 2004

Court approves plan of reorganization for Enron.
July 16, 2004

Former Enron trader, banker reach settlements.
July 16, 2004

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
July 16, 2004

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
July 16, 2004

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, In the Pipeline column.
July 16, 2004

Jacksonville, Fla.-based trucking firm's earnings expand 30 percent.
July 16, 2004

Aquila electric rates in Kansas surge more than 50 percent.
July 16, 2004

Former employee takes over Kansas City, Mo., deli.
July 16, 2004

EDITORIAL: More flaws emerge in Medicare reform.
July 16, 2004

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster column.
July 16, 2004... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--CLOSE LOOK AT JOBS DATA IS REVEALING: The debate over the quality of jobs being created as the labor market has strengthened this year usually has...

Doctors assail Missouri for soaring malpractice premiums.
July 16, 2004

Kansas City, Mo.-based SCS Transportation sees higher second-quarter earnings.
July 16, 2004