Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 7 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 7 2004

Ravenna, Ohio, Manufacturing Startup Enjoys Success with Custom Rubber Mixing.
May 7, 2004

Fairlawn, Ohio, Technology Company Abruptly Closes.
May 7, 2004

Delta Air Lines' Stock Is at Lowest Ebb in Decades.
May 7, 2004

Official at Power Plant Operator Mirant Defends Bonuses for Executives.
May 7, 2004

Expedia Cuts Reliance on Atlanta-Based Travel Reservations Firm.
May 7, 2004

Home Depot to Buy California Company.
May 7, 2004

Highflier Kohl's Hits a Tailspin; Retailer Suffers Sales, Profit Slump.
May 7, 2004

Umbrella Partnership REIT Post Properties, Williams Duel for Investors' Hearts.
May 7, 2004

Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., Business Briefs Column.
May 7, 2004

Santa Barbara, Calif., Couple Opens Pet Service Business.
May 7, 2004

Portable Air Inspections under Way in Southeast Texas.
May 7, 2004

Beaumont, Texas-Area Legislators Reject School Finance Bill That Passes.
May 7, 2004

High-Tech Science, Visitors Center in Mississippi to Be Investment in Future.
May 7, 2004

Ag Futures Field Day in Shafter, Calif., Gives Students Glimpse of Farm Life.
May 7, 2004

Job Market Is Starting to Open Up for Graduates in Boulder, Colo.
May 7, 2004

Gaithersburg, Md., Biotechnology Firm Posts $2.5 Million in Quarterly Earnings.
May 7, 2004

Bush Administration Touts Medicare Drug Discount Cards.
May 7, 2004

Experts Say Rising Oil Prices Threaten Economic Recovery.
May 7, 2004

Columbia, Md., Real Estate Firms See Stock Price Drop, despite Strong Profits.
May 7, 2004

Baltimore Celebrates New Inner Harbor Visitor Center.
May 7, 2004

Executives Gain Confidence in Economy in Walnut Creek, Calif., Area.
May 7, 2004

Group Seeks to Stop Ikea Development in Dublin, Calif.
May 7, 2004

Safeway Chief Loses Support of Institutional Shareholder Services.
May 7, 2004

Food Lion to Try Convenience-Store Concept in Charlotte, N.C.
May 7, 2004

Charlotte, N.C., Company Will Buy More Existing Hospitals, Build Fewer.
May 7, 2004

Winter Ratings Seesaw in Charlotte, N.C., Adult Urban Radio Market.
May 7, 2004

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith Column.
May 7, 2004... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 7--Uptown is a tough place to make a living in retail. Berhan Nebi discovered that 14years ago when she started her costume jewelry and gift shop in...

Global Communications Forum Opens at University of Texas, Dallas.
May 7, 2004

Increasing Use of Private Contractors in Intelligence Services to Be Probed.
May 7, 2004

Slow April Sales Build Backlog of Light Vehicles.
May 7, 2004

2 Board Members Resign from Troy, Mich.-Based Auto Supplier.
May 7, 2004

Retailers Report Disappointing April Sales.
May 7, 2004

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland Column.
May 7, 2004

Daily Mail, London, Business Briefs.
May 7, 2004

Daily Mail, London, Alex Brummer Column.
May 7, 2004

State University of New York-New Paltz Business School Adds to Hall of Fame.
May 7, 2004

Verizon Goes after Name-Recognition in Bid for Wireless Customers.
May 7, 2004

Ispat International Reports Rise in First-Quarter Earnings.
May 7, 2004

New Pension Rule Proposed.
May 7, 2004

Business Park Gets Its First Tenant in Meadville, Pa.
May 7, 2004

Erie, Pa., Airport Officials Unfazed by US Airways' Pittsburgh Plans.
May 7, 2004

Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton Column.
May 7, 2004

Quarterly Sales Up, but Florida-Based Appliance Maker Post Loss of $4.5 Million.
May 7, 2004

Bush Orders Harsher Rules against U.S. Relatives' Travel to Cuba.
May 7, 2004

Fresno, Calif.-Area Gasoline Prices Set New Record.
May 7, 2004

Fresno, Calif., 'Fres-Yes' T-Shirts Become Popular Buy.
May 7, 2004

Fresno, Calif., Airport Launches Wi-Fi Internet Access.
May 7, 2004

The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind., Business Digest Column.
May 7, 2004

Expanded Gold Mine in Colorado Not Producing at Rate Owners Hoped.
May 7, 2004

Colorado Springs, Colo., See Rise in Sales Tax Collections over April 2003.
May 7, 2004

York, Pa.-Based Department Store Sales Drop in April.
May 7, 2004

Motions Denied in Former Rite Aid Official's Conviction.
May 7, 2004

US Airways' Plan to Restructure Systems May Help Harrisburg, Pa., Airport.
May 7, 2004

Cendant Executives to Be Placed on Trial for Accounting Fraud.
May 7, 2004

U.S. Senate Committee's Defense Spending Plan Has Billions for Connecticut.
May 7, 2004

Thirty-Year Mortgage Rates at Eight-Month High.
May 7, 2004

Insurers Reduce Claim Estimates for Sept. 11, 2001 to $30 Billion-$35 Billion.
May 7, 2004

Summer Job Market Tight Nationally, but Teens in Connecticut May Have Luck.
May 7, 2004

Exports Drive Rebound in Demand for Shipping Containers.
May 7, 2004

Fort Lee, N.J.-Based Drug Maker Restates Earnings for Second Time.
May 7, 2004

Exports, Demand for Containers Up in New Jersey.
May 7, 2004

Labor Agents Stage Benign Sweep in Hackensack, N.J., Area.
May 7, 2004

Chairman Quits Edgewater, N.J.-Based Mail-Order Firm.
May 7, 2004

4.4 Percent Increase in April Retail Sales Misses Forecast.
May 7, 2004

New Jersey Assembly Panel Hears Testimony on Security Preparedness.
May 7, 2004

Halliburton's Tab at Kuwait City Hotel Is Questioned by Coalition Officials.
May 7, 2004

Housing Market in Houston, Area, Should Hang Tough.
May 7, 2004

Saudi Oil Experts Fire Back at Analyst's Supply Claims.
May 7, 2004

High Point, N.C., Officials Aim to Meet Needs of Furnishings Market Visitors.
May 7, 2004

Krispy Kreme Donates to Troops.
May 7, 2004

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, In the Pipeline Column.
May 7, 2004

Jacksonville, Fla.-Based Fashion Retailer's Sales Up 4.5 Percent in April.
May 7, 2004

Two Florida Medical-Staffing Firms Merge.
May 7, 2004

Arlington, Va., Company Gets Contract for Marine Corps Communication Systems.
May 7, 2004

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Commodities Column.
May 7, 2004... By Victoria Sizemore Long, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 7--GRAINS, BEANS CLOSE LOWER: Chicago corn and soybean futures prices closed down sharply Thursday, pressured by good weather and rapid planting....

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster Column.
May 7, 2004... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 7--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Though related, the global oil-price problem and the U.S. gasoline-price problem aren't necessarily opposite sides of the same...

Sprint Ready for New Ad Campaign.
May 7, 2004

Florida-Based Viatical Company Shut Down by Government.
May 7, 2004

Efforts to Clear Up Missouri's Concealed Weapons Law May Have Stalled.
May 7, 2004

Ellsworth County, Kan., Board OKs Resolution to Regulate Adult Businesses.
May 7, 2004

PODS Containers Offer Alternative to Traditional Storage, Moving Options.
May 7, 2004

Antitrust Report Fuels Speculation about Brown & Williamson's Merger Plans.
May 7, 2004

Rio Grande Valley of Texas Sees Gas Prices Go up Again.
May 7, 2004

Sports, Job and Love Are Mission, Texas, Working Woman's Mother's Day Wish.
May 7, 2004