Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from December 20 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from December 20 2004

The Miami Herald business book review column.
December 20, 2004... By Richard Pachter, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--"Zingerman's Guide To Giving Great Service." Ari Weinzweig. Hyperion. 128 pages. $16.95. "Customer service is a joke," the woman said. "These...

The Miami Herald business briefs column.
December 20, 2004... The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--PARADE OF DEVELOPERS DISCUSS KNIGHT RIDDER LAND ON THE BAY: Knight Ridder is wasting little time in its effort to sell the 10 acres surrounding The Herald's headquarters on...

The Miami Herald Looking Ahead column.
December 20, 2004... The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--TODAY BROWARD --Micro-Business, USA: How to jump-start or expand your business without credit or collateral; 6:30 p.m.; through Wednesday; Micro-Business, USA, 5460...

The Miami Herald business people column.
December 20, 2004... The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--ACCOUNTING --Carl M. Gadinsky has been named tax supervisor at Kane & Co. in Miami. His responsibilities include reviewing and preparing income tax returns, corporate...

The Miami Herald International Business column.
December 20, 2004... By Jane Bussey, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--SHOPPING ON ROAD CAN MEAN BIG BAGGAGE FEES: Business travelers should be wary of airline baggage limits and fees for exceeding them, especially if they plan...

Chicago Tribune Owner's Manual column.
December 20, 2004... By Rob Kaiser, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--WOMEN'S CHAMBER PRESSING HARDER FOR MORE CONTRACTS: The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce is turning up the heat on government officials to ink more contracts...

UFJ Bank begins Portuguese-language remittance service.
December 20, 2004... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--TOKYO -- UFJ Bank on Monday kicked off a joint service with Banco Bradesco S.A., a top private financial institution in Brazil, allowing Brazilian residents in...

Fire-damaged Mazda plant to stay dormant at least until year-end.
December 20, 2004... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Mazda Motor Corp. said Monday it has given up restarting operations by the year-end at a factory in Hiroshima Prefecture where a fire broke...

Moody's hikes Omron's issuer rating to A1 from A2.
December 20, 2004... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--TOKYO -- Moody's Investors Service said Monday it has raised the issuer rating of Omron Corp. to A1 from A2 on expectations that earnings of the control...

Palmdale, Calif., council approves plans for 20-screen movie theater.
December 20, 2004... By Jim Skeen, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--PALMDALE, Calif. -- A 20-screen movie theater has been approved for a proposed commercial development that would also place a hotel, restaurants and...

The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Bob Shallit column.
December 20, 2004... By Bob Shallit, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--NO HARD FEELINGS: VENTURA WILL SPEAK: This had all the makings of a political disaster. Back in October, Metro Chamber folks quietly signed on...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, business meetings column.
December 20, 2004... Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--WEDNESDAY --Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce meets at noon at the Moose Lodge in Palmer. Harold Heinz, chief executive of Alaska Natural Gas Development...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, business people column.
December 20, 2004... Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--WELLS FARGO named Joe Crosson III business development officer of the company's Alaska Commercial Banking Group. Crosson will be responsible for offering business...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, business seminars column.
December 20, 2004... Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--THIS WEEK --CompuCom offers training in Access 2000, Forms and Reports; Excel 2002/2003, Formulas; Access 2002/2003, Forms and Reports; Project 2002/2003,...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., retail report column.
December 20, 2004... By Leigh Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--FEWER BARGAINS EXPECTED THIS YEAR: If you're not finished with your shopping by the Monday before Christmas, how hard is it to get good deals at...

Broward County, Fla., phone card program puts troops in touch with families.
December 20, 2004... By Lisa J. Huriash, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--For $10, Broward County residents can send personal cheer to U.S. soldiers in Iraq in time for the holidays. The U.S. Postal Service has...

Fort Worth, Texas, operations center keeps American running through storms.
December 20, 2004... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--FORT WORTH, Texas -- As Hurricane Frances stormed toward Florida, American Airlines' massive operations center in Fort Worth bustled like...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, O.K. Carter column.
December 20, 2004... By O.K. Carter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Just about every time that a lot of people in Arlington began deciding that maybe being the only top-100 population U.S. city to not offer...

Bells continue to ring for Salvation Army, despite Target ban.
December 20, 2004... By John Gutierrez-Mier, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Holding tight to a dollar bill that her mother had just handed her, Sierra Black did what other children have done for generations...

Massachusetts snowplow drivers acknowledge effectiveness of GPS technology.
December 20, 2004... By Sasha Talcott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--When a snowplow driver spraying salt on frozen roads in Hyannis cracked the window of a parked car in March, state highway officials knew whom to blame....

Muslims find haven amid storm at Cambridge, Mass., school.
December 20, 2004... By Angelica Medaglia, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--CAMBRIDGE -- The hour commute from Lynn is a long way to drive to take their son to preschool, and the $550 monthly tuition is a lot to pay. But Amina...

Businesses' traditional holiday bonuses are giving way to merit-pay systems.
December 20, 2004... By Rachel Osterman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Kelly Moulis is part of a disappearing group: employees who receive extra cash in time for the end-of-year turkey. Moulis works as a graphic...

Mortgages closed online with fewer signatures.
December 20, 2004... By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--On contract-signing day for his three-bedroom, two-bath home in Palo Alto, Roland Vogl said it felt like he wrote his signature "about 200...

Proximity, prices attract Caribbean shoppers to South Florida.
December 20, 2004... By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Before Christmas every year, bank employee Sherland Ritchie and her family travel from their home in Nassau, Bahamas, to shop in South Florida....

For joint replacement implants, DePuy, Inc. put Warsaw, Ind., on map.
December 20, 2004... By J.K. Wall, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Doubt persists as to whether Guidant Corp. will retain any presence in Indiana, after Johnson & Johnson Inc. agreed last week to buy the medical device...

Indianapolis, NFL Colts agree on $500 million stadium.
December 20, 2004... The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Slot machines in Indianapolis would be the key to financing a $500 million, retractable-roof stadium proposed Sunday night by the mayor and the owner of the Indianapolis...

Chicago Tribune Worklife Queries column.
December 20, 2004... By Carol Kleiman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--IN-PERSON DIALOGUE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN PRINT RESUME: QUESTION: Dear Coach, At a recent job interview I asked members of the committee interviewing me if...

For Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-area ski resorts, there's no business like snow business.
December 20, 2004... By Steve Mocarsky, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Snow sport fanatics who were chomping at the bit to slide down the slopes since Thanksgiving finally got their chance this weekend at...

Bethlehem, Pa., may boost workers' tax.
December 20, 2004... By Josh Drobnyk, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Bethlehem Township has joined the long line of Lehigh Valley municipalities to propose raising the occupational privilege tax from $10 to...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, business briefs column.
December 20, 2004... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--QATAR GAS TRANSPORT IPO, JAN. 16: The initial public offering for the Qatar Gas Transport Company is set to launch on January 16. The company is...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, financial briefs column.
December 20, 2004... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--TAX WARNING TO UK EXPATS: UK expatriates may face taxation on their global income if the Labour Party is re-elected, warned Conservative MP and...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, motoring briefs column.
December 20, 2004... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--BAD DRIVERS LOOSE THEIR CARS: Dubai Police are confiscating the cars of bad drivers for one week as a penalty for weaving through busy traffic, for...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, oil and gas briefs column.
December 20, 2004... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--OIL BACK ABOVE USD46: Oil prices held above USD46 a barrel in overnight trading, supported by freezing weather in the US and renewed threats by...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, real estate briefs column.
December 20, 2004... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--MORE VIEWS FROM EMAAR: Emaar Properties is taking registrations online at www.una-emaar.com for its Una Riverside Residence, part of The Views...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, travel briefs column.
December 20, 2004... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--BA, CALGARY CODESHARE: British Airways has expanded its oneworld alliance with American Airlines to offer GCC customers a codeshare route to...

Naval station in Pascagoula, Miss., headed for downsizing.
December 20, 2004... By Patrick Peterson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Naval Station Pascagoula is headed for downsizing regardless of any decision by the Base Realignment and Closure...

Antique shop closes in downtown Belleville, Ill.
December 20, 2004... By Scott Wuerz, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- An antique and interior design shop that was expected to bring new high-end shoppers to downtown Belleville has closed its...

Belleville News-Democrat, Ill., retail roundup column.
December 20, 2004... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--DAY SPA OPENS IN COLUMBIA: Two business partners from Steeleville are placing their bets on Columbia to support the metro-east's newest day spa....

The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif., business briefs column.
December 20, 2004... The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--AD CLUB SEEKS NOMINATIONS: The Inland Empire Ad Club has issued a call for entries for its 2005 Inland Empire Ad Club/American Advertising...

The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif., executive summary column.
December 20, 2004... By Bob Dixon, The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--A RATIO TO WATCH: A specific measure of growth caught my attention at First American Title Insurance Co.'s recent 2005 Southern...

The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif., real estate and retail column.
December 20, 2004... By Joseph Ascenzi, The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--FANS WEIGH IN FOR CHEESECAKE FACTORY: The Cheesecake Factory is coming to the Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, one of...

Montana biomedical research efforts are boosted by $2 million in grants.
December 20, 2004... By Barbara LaBoe, The Montana Standard, Butte Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Three Montana Tech researchers have received $2.24 million in grants that they hope will have far-reaching implications for both the school and...

The Montana Standard, Butte, Business Snapshots column.
December 20, 2004... The Montana Standard, Butte Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--WASHINGTON GROUP GIVES TO BIGS: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butte are the recipients of a $2,500 grant from the Dennis R. and Phyllis Washington Foundation. ...

The Montana Standard, Butte, local snapshots column.
December 20, 2004... The Montana Standard, Butte Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--MERDI APPROVED TO MARKET TIFID: A $30,000 proposal has been OK'd to pay MERDI to market the county's Tax Increment Finance Industrial District, or TIFID. The...

EPA releases cleanup plan for Butte, Mont., site.
December 20, 2004... By Roberta Forsell Stauffer, The Montana Standard, Butte Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--After nearly 20 years of studies and piecemeal cleanup actions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finally come out with its...

EPA censures 7 Michigan counties for harmful soot.
December 20, 2004... By Hugh McDiarmid Jr., Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Soot particles one-thirtieth the width of a human hair float in southeast Michigan's air in unsafe quantities, prompting a federal directive issued...

Dubai Ports eyes more terminals in India.
December 20, 2004... By Anto T Joseph, The Economic Times, India Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--MUMBAI, India -- Fresh from the $1.5bn deal to take over the global port assets of Hong Kong's CSX World Terminals, Dubai Ports International...

Oregon governor's budget is a warning to Lane Community College.
December 20, 2004... By Greg Bolt, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--What was expected to be a modest budget problem at Lane Community College next year could balloon into a big one if the Legislature adopts Gov....

Job numbers are mixed for Lane County, Ore.
December 20, 2004... By Christian Wihtol, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Lane County's economy held to a predictable course in November, with the retail sector adding jobs for the holidays, while builders and...

Lane County, Ore., lawmakers win new committee seats with majority status.
December 20, 2004... By David Steves, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--SALEM, Ore. -- Democrats' elevation to the Senate majority translated Friday into a bevy of chairmanships for Lane County's Democrat-heavy...

Rapid growth on McKenzie riverfront encourages Vida, Ore.-area entrepreneurs.
December 20, 2004... By Joe Mosley, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--VIDA, Ore. -- Joyce Fry's tiny Double JJ Motel can be described by all the adjectives usually associated with such McKenzie River...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel technology column.
December 20, 2004... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--IBM CONSIDERS OFFERING PC SECURITY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: IBM Corp. has been showing off an intriguing fingerprinting security feature on its ThinkPad...

Right contacts help Florida vision therapy firm attract scarce venture capital.
December 20, 2004... By Marcia Heroux Pounds, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Stroke victims who suffer from visual impairment watch dots on their home computer screens. The dots appear and disappear, stimulating...

North Dakota university engineers, local firm design 'drone' launching device.
December 20, 2004... By David Dodds, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--NORTH OF PARK RIVER, N.D. -- Ralph "Brian" Johnson shakes his head as he looks over the gigantic puzzle of steel and rope. "It kind of looks like...

Many appointees remain from Connecticut's scandal-tainted former governor.
December 20, 2004... By Jon Lender, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Gov. M. Jodi Rell's first public spat with a legislative leader erupted last week over an unexpected issue: Senate President Pro Tem Donald E....

Pfizer's Celebrex withdrawal prompts review of entire class of pain relievers.
December 20, 2004... By William Hathaway, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--The withdrawal of the popular pain reliever Celebrex from a cancer prevention trial may mean that an entire class of widely prescribed drugs...

New Jersey reports decline in filings for bankruptcy.
December 20, 2004... By Amy Klein, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Are better times just around the corner? Bankruptcy filings, which swamped federal courthouses around the country in recent years as families and...

Blast paves way for Ford plant demolition in Edison, N.J.
December 20, 2004... By Jerry Barca, Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--EDISON, N.J. -- A series of bangs, a series of booms and a black cloud in the overcast dawn light. There went one of the last...

The Indianapolis Star Bob Kravitz column.
December 20, 2004... By Bob Kravitz, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Peyton Manning had not yet thrown a touchdown pass Sunday night. Heck, Manning had not even attempted a pass against the Baltimore Ravens. And yet,...

Online gambling drains money from Maine's off-track betting parlors.
December 20, 2004... By Chris Churchill, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Mainers who play the horses are increasingly gambling on the Internet, draining the state's five off-track-betting parlors of revenue. ...

Small business issues to get more attention from Maine legislature.
December 20, 2004... By Susan M. Cover, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--AUGUSTA, Maine -- Small business issues are likely to get significant attention from the Legislature during the upcoming session, lawmakers...

Las Cruces, N.M., police urge shoppers to be mindful of thieves.
December 20, 2004... By T.S. Hopkins, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Nothing will spoil the holidays faster than a home burglary or someone breaking into your vehicle and stealing presents. As traumatic as these...

Last-minute shoppers in Las Cruces, N.M., feel Christmas pinch.
December 20, 2004... By Diana M. Alba, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--So you're starting to sweat? With five days left until Christmas, you haven't bought a single gift, and now you're beginning to worry. You glare...

Some of Georgia's disabled Medicaid patients may lose their independence.
December 20, 2004... By Don Schanche Jr., The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Edwin McWilliams Jr. can't move his arms or legs, can't feed himself, can't scratch his head if it itches. Paralyzed from the neck down, he...

Retailers seek to move beyond products, provide customers with entire lifestyle.
December 20, 2004... By Steve Rothaus, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--The next time someone tells you to get a life, no problem: Just go to the store and buy one. Today's retailers -- from Wal-Mart to Williams-Sonoma --...

Higher percentage of Wisconsin bank robbery cases lead to arrests.
December 20, 2004... By Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--When a man wearing a Santa Claus hat and carrying a bag walked up to the teller windows of Guaranty Bank in a Wauwatosa supermarket recently, it was...

Extended shrimp season fills Maine fisherman with hope for good catch.
December 20, 2004... By Walter Griffin, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--NEW HARBOR, Maine -- The shrimp boats left the docks hours before sunrise Sunday, steaming offshore with fishermen's dreams of returning to port...

It pays to comparison shop for asthma drugs in New York City.
December 20, 2004... By Adam Lisberg, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Shopping around for asthma drugs can pay off, according to a new report that found large variations in prices at pharmacies around the city. "There...

Vaccine for diabetes to get test on humans in Britain.
December 20, 2004... By Leo Standora, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--A promising vaccine against the worst form of diabetes will be tested on humans in Britain next year. But experts cautioned yesterday that it might...

Minority hiring is tied to film-TV industry tax cuts in New York City.
December 20, 2004... By Frank Lombardi, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--The new tax break the city is giving the film and television industry has led to an agreement to increase minority hiring, according to City Council...

Federal health panel says drop flu shot age limit to 50.
December 20, 2004... By Paul H.B. Shin, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Not-so-senior citizens -- now's your chance. A federal health panel recommended yesterday that flu shots be made available to people age 50 or...

Online retailer eFashionSolutions designs Web success.
December 20, 2004... By Tom Van Riper, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Online holiday shoppers looking to give the gift of hip, urban fashion can choose plenty of places to buy -- and all of them make Ed Foy smile. ...

Wal-Mart eyes Brooklyn, N.Y., building for second New York City store.
December 20, 2004... By Lore Croghan, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--While Wal-Mart plans to make its New York City debut in Rego Park, Queens, its second city store could wind up in Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Street...

New year will bring new look to Central Florida banking landscape.
December 20, 2004... By Richard Burnett, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Central Florida banking is changing, with mergers, acquisitions and expansions reshaping the landscape. Add a smattering of new community...

Central Florida canker outbreak to continue to claim citrus trees into 2005.
December 20, 2004... By Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Thousands of citrus trees will continue to fall victim through the New Year to what has grown into the largest citrus canker outbreak Central...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Healthcare column.
December 20, 2004... By Greg Groeller, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Empire Financial Group raised $57,400 for the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute after the hospital successfully treated one of its employees for...

Pencil maker Dixon Ticonderoga strikes deal with Italian counterpart.
December 20, 2004... By Christopher Boyd, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Pencil maker Dixon Ticonderoga said Friday it has agreed to be acquired by an Italian counterpart for $23 million. The Heathrow-based...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., real estate column.
December 20, 2004... By Jack Snyder, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--CONDOMINIUM BOOM SPARKS FEARS OF AN OFFICE-SPACE GLUT: The surge in condo office development in downtown Orlando could bode ill for the leasing...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., technology column.
December 20, 2004... By Christopher Boyd, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--MIDERA SOLUTIONS JOINS BUILD-YOUR-OWN-WEB-SITE RACE: The bursting dot-com bubble put countless Web masters and Internet page designers out of...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., tourism column.
December 20, 2004... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--EXHIBIT COMPANY SETS ASIDE WORK TIME FOR CHILDREN'S PLAY: For most of the year, employees of Czarnowski Inc.'s Orlando branch are busy designing, building,...

McCracken County, Ky., to grant taxpayers more time.
December 20, 2004... By Anne Thrower, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--With New Year's Day falling on Saturday and the McCracken County Courthouse closed from Dec. 31 until Jan. 4 that weekend, residents will have a few...

Fremont County, Colo., poised to begin $10 million airport expansion project.
December 20, 2004... By Tracy Harmon, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--FLORENCE, Colo. -- Fremont County is gearing up for nearly $10 million in expansion work at the airport to accommodate corporate jets and a U.S....

Campbell Soup taps markets beyond home.
December 20, 2004... By Harold Brubaker, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Edward Gleason thought the Campbell's portobello mushroom and barley soup he was sampling tasted "a little more refined" than the usual fare at...

For some, holiday buying can lead to financial disaster.
December 20, 2004... By Stacey Burling, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Maybe getting a job in a department store at Christmastime wasn't such a great idea for a compulsive shopper. The Delaware County woman, who is...