Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from December 4 2000

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from December 4 2000

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Inside Alaska Business Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 2--ALASKA CRUDE PRICE SLIPS: Alaska oil prices on Friday closed at $29.12 a barrel on West Coast open markets, the first close below $30 since Oct. 6. The price was down $1.80 for the day as crude prices around the globe plunged as...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Tim Bradner Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 3--I never cease to be amazed at the diversity of our state and its regions and how things can be going relatively well in one part of Alaska and utterly down the tubes in other parts. This came home to me again during this year's...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Business People Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--MARLENE BEYNON, a registered health information technician and certified coding specialist, has joined Southcentral Counseling Center as clinical record coordinator. Beynon has 18 years of experience working in medical records....

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Business Seminars Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--TUESDAY The Mat-Su Borough Small Business Development Center, along with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor, are offering a seminar on "Year End Information Returns," from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Veterans of...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, New Business Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 2--SHABBY CHIC FURNITURE: Shabby Chic, a used furniture and accessory shop, has begun operation at 163 Herning St., behind Nobody's Inn, in Wasilla. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week, said owners Norma Marshall and...

The State, Columbia, S.C., Computing Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--PHOTOSHOP 6.0 IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL: Every so often, a product or a person comes along that becomes the measure for all other products or people, such as Michael Jordan in the NBA. Photoshop is the Michael Jordan of picture-editing...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Gadget, Gizmos, and Gossip Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--NEW MOTOROLA TIMEPORT BRINGS SPLASH OF COLOR TO VERIZON WIRELESS PHONE: Is a color-screen wireless phone on your holiday shopping list? If it is, Verizon Wireless has a new Motorola Timeport P8767 that may fit your needs. ...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Jim Fuquay Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--TEXAS JET LANDS SPOT ON AN EPISODE OF SMALL-BUSINESS SHOW: Texas Jet will fly onto local TV screens next year when the Fort Worth aviation business is the focus of an episode of "Small Business 2000." The company, based at Fort...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Worklife Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--FRIENDSHIPS BLOSSOM AT THE OFFICE, BUT AT QUITTING TIME PEOPLE GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS: Long, busy hours spent toiling in the office may challenge a worker's ability to balance work and a personal life. But a new poll shows that...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Business Book Review Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--DRUNK ON SUCCESS HOW A SWEDE SOLD A BOTTLE BEFORE HE HAD ANYTHING TO PUT IN IT: ABSOLUT Biography of a Bottle By Carl Hamilton Texere, 309 pages, $24.95 A business book shouldn't be as much fun to read as Carl...

The Miami Herald Professions Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 2--Ervin Gonzalez, known for his million-dollar verdicts in personal injury cases, has landed another big win. He's joining Colson Hicks & Eidson, a small Miami firm with a large profile. Gonzalez, president of the Dade County Bar...

The Miami Herald Promotions Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. * Urecoats Industries, in Pompano Beach, has named Paul B. Andreassen executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer. He was with Renaissance Cruises. Urecoats develops universal sealant and...

The Miami Herald Technology People Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--BROWARD * ParkStone Medical Information Systems has named John Mora senior vice president of corporate development and Mike Walters senior vice president of provider services. Mora was with Pharmacia, as senior director of global...

The Miami Herald Florida Business Briefs Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--Internet Coast makes a splash in Forbes There's a 15-page spread about South Florida in the Dec. 11 issue of Forbes magazine. No, it's not about the economics of vote recountings, pregnant chads or dimples. The...

The Miami Herald Gregg Fields Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--The suspense is building at Barry University's Andreas School of Business. For six years now it has been slogging its way through the excruciating accreditation process of the AACSB (once known as the American Association for...

The Monterey County Herald, Calif., Business Briefs Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 5--LUNCHEON, TOY DRIVE TO BE HELD: The Monterey County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and First National Bank of Central California are sponsoring a free holiday luncheon and a yearly toy drive. The free lunch will be served from noon...

The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C., Rooftops Rising Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 4--Commercial redevelopment along East Main Street might be a slow train coming, but at least a dozen people will be able to call downtown their home by this time next year. Several buildings within a stone's throw of 100 E. Main St....

The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C., Business Items Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
December 4, 2000... Dec. 3--Much of the discussion at a workshop Monday between the Rock Hill City Council and the Rock Hill Economic Development Corp. centered on the validity of RHEDC continuing to develop industrial parks for the city. Councilwoman...