Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 21 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 21 2005

Negative workers make company less productive.
February 21, 2005... By Candace Goforth, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--It didn't take a scientist to figure out that grumpy people make others feel lousy, and feeling lousy makes them less productive at work. ...

Spray Park captures state award.
February 21, 2005... By Gene Zaleski, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Orangeburg's Edisto Memorial Gardens Spray Park made a splash with state development leaders for its environmentally friendly,...

Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore., Homegrown Business column.
February 21, 2005... By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Owner: Elizabeth Bretko Age: 33 Address: 130 Graham St., Jacksonville Phone: 541-899-5640 Employees: 1 Web: heartsongchai.com...

Woman's Medical Hospital workers set to lose benefits.
February 21, 2005... By Josh Goldstein, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Hospital workers at Woman's Medical Hospital will lose their health benefits on March 6, unless the hospital pays the $494,000 it owes the...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Job column.
February 21, 2005... By Jane von Bergen, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Thirty-five years ago, Loretta M. McLaughlin, 57, chief operating officer of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, was a nun. Presumably, she's kept...

Aviation pioneer focuses on road safety these days.
February 21, 2005... By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The cast of characters in this story is almost as colorful as the one in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator." To name a few, there are Learjet creator...

Las Vegas Review-Journal The Online Guy column.
February 21, 2005... By Al Gibes, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--HE AIN'T SPAMMING, HE'S MY BROTHER: Several years ago a popular anti-drug campaign used the catchphrase "Just Say No." A physician friend didn't like...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Real Estate column.
February 21, 2005... By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--PARKVIEW CENTER SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: It's getting harder to find industrial buildings for sale in Las Vegas, especially with yards, Danny...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Lori Becker column.
February 21, 2005... By Lori Becker, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--ST. LUCIE OUT TO WOO SITE SCOUTS: St. Lucie County is bringing in site scouts this week, hoping to persuade them to bring business to the Treasure...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Moving Up column.
February 21, 2005... By Mary Thurwachter, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--NAME: Scarlet Weiss POSITION: Director of sales and marketing at Hilton Suites of Boca Raton RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: When the Boca Raton...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., real estate column.
February 21, 2005... By Paul Owers, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--DEVELOPER SUES ORDER OF PRIESTS OVER FAILED LAND DEAL: Michael Construction badly wanted to buy 7 waterfront acres at the Our Lady of Florida...

Malls under pressure.
February 21, 2005... By Dan Higgins, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--CLIFTON PARK -- The concourse of Clifton Park Center echoed with the footsteps of mall-walkers on a recent Thursday afternoon. The walkers were...

Medical school receives $5.5 million largesse.
February 21, 2005... By Lisa P. White, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--TRENTON -- Hilda Niess was well-known around Trenton. For years she was a fixture at the Trenton House restaurant directly across U.S. 50...

Houston Chronicle Your Money column.
February 21, 2005... By Shannon Buggs, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The complications of buying and selling a home extend past the closing date and into tax season. Everyone always wants to know how real estate can be...

'Muffin lady' opens a restaurant.
February 21, 2005... By Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Barbara Romney is known by a couple of names in Las Cruces. Whether she is called the "muffin lady" or the "bagel lady" many of the denizens...

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.
February 21, 2005... By John Kostrzewa, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--RETIRING WELL: A TOUGH JOB THAT WILL ONLY GET TOUGHER: The work ethic of Americans is second to none. People work hard, earn a living, try...

Brockway nailed down $800 million in '04 investments.
February 21, 2005... By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--When you're trying to make money, stay busy. That's certainly the motto at Brockway Moran & Partners, where the leveraged buyout firm nailed...

Palm Beach County homes are overpriced, study says.
February 21, 2005... By Jeff Ostrowski, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Palm Beach County has one of the nation's hottest housing markets, but is it also one of the most overpriced? Yes, according to a recent study...

Boca publisher launches cosmetic-surgery quarterly.
February 21, 2005... By Stephanie Horvath, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Last month, a California woman walked into a dentist's office and scheduled a $40,000 smile makeover on the spot. Not unusual, given La-La...

Commerce banks on the holidays.
February 21, 2005... By Sharon Smith, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--In a competitive industry, every bank has its own strategy for growing its customer base. Commerce Bank's strategy is convenience. Part of...

Appeals panel told: Allow questions.
February 21, 2005... By Paul Muschick, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The Northampton County Revenue Appeals Board should start permitting school districts and municipalities to question property owners during...

City struggles to fit zoning to the times.
February 21, 2005... By Nicole Radzievich, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board members last year spent a record 19 meetings, sometimes stretching into the early morning hours, sorting...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, business briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--INVESCO AT DIFC: Invesco, part of independent global investment management business, Amvescap, has applied for a licence to operate from the Dubai...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, financial briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--CITIBANK FAMILY PLANS: Dubai based Citibank has introduced a comprehensive family orientated programme for its UAE customers. Families will have the...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, motoring briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--FORD BRINGS BACK LINCOLN: Ford Motor Company has relaunched its luxury brand of Lincoln cars in the Middle East, with the SUV 2005 Lincoln Navigator...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, real estate briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--DI USD200M GLASS VENTURE: Dubai Investments PJSC is building a USD200m manufacturing plant for float glass. Emirates Float Glass plant will convert...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, technology briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--HP PROCURVE NETWORKING: HP's ProCurve Networking has unveiled a secure and cost-effective branch office router and security system. ProCurve is...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, travel briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--LUFTHANSA TECHNIK DUBAI OFFICE: Lufthansa Technik is opening its first office in the Middle East in Dubai, as part of a regional expansion strategy....

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, travel briefs column.
February 21, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--AIR ARABIA PROMOTION: Sharjah based airline Air Arabia is offering prizes to passengers who use its services between February 18 -- April 18. A...

Bill allows driving on road shoulders.
February 21, 2005... By Janet Frankston, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Lawmakers in the state House have come up with a quick-fix solution to metro Atlanta's traffic woes. A proposed bill would open to...

Fastest-growing schools could get more state cash.
February 21, 2005... By Mary MacDonald, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Legislation that could give Georgia's fastest-growing school systems more money for construction is dividing the leaders of some booming...

Executives fear traffic could hurt growth.
February 21, 2005... By Janet Frankston, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The biggest challenge to doing business in metro Atlanta -- no surprise here -- is traffic. Atlanta business leaders, while bullish on...

DOT wants to ease traffic.
February 21, 2005... By Janet Frankston, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--David Doss is declaring a new day at the Georgia Transportation Department, the agency he oversees as board chairman. In the future,...

UGA approved pay raise in secret.
February 21, 2005... By Kelly Simmons, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--ATHENS --- The University of Georgia Real Estate Foundation's president received a 40 percent pay increase at a time when UGA was laying off...

A tough winter at local auto parts plants.
February 21, 2005... By Fred O. Williams, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The one-day strike that flared up a year ago at American Axle and Manufacturing left one issue hanging: A lower wage for new workers was supposed...

SCORE opens office in Summit Park Mall.
February 21, 2005... The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--SCORE, a group of executives who aid start-ups and other small businesses, has set up a regional office in the Summit Park Mall providing free one-on-one counseling and...

Stew Leonard Jr. to talk on the art of entrepreneurship.
February 21, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Stew Leonard Jr. will be sharing his insights on the craft of entrepreneurship as part of a speaker series sponsored by the University of...

Reinventing public relations.
February 21, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--NEW YORK -- The European Union is planning to repeal a ban on the sale of weapons to China that has been in place since the Tiananmen Square...

MSE's NASA manager leaving for California.
February 21, 2005... The Montana Standard, Butte Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Ying-Ming Lee, longtime staff engineer and NASA program manager for MSE Technology Applications in Butte, is leaving to take a position with an aerospace company...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., retail report column.
February 21, 2005... By Leigh Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Would-be entrepreneurs can take heart from the story of the folks behind Mountain Khakis. Even in the ultracompetitive retail world, not all the...

Big stores on agenda again.
February 21, 2005... By Lee Powell, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Sprawling big-box stores -- Plano calls them super stores -- may get slapped with new regulations under a proposal being considered by the Plano City...

Visits can help you choose best college.
February 21, 2005... By Ieva M. Augstums, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--You already know that college tuition is wildly expensive. But how much more expensive will the experience be if your college student doesn't...

The Dallas Morning News Danielle DiMartino column.
February 21, 2005... By Danielle DiMartino, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--On banking holidays like today, retailers comfort themselves with the fact that ATMs never close. If you're blithely shopping today,...

EDS on charm offensive.
February 21, 2005... By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Electronic Data Systems Corp. campaigns this week to win back the hearts of investors, trying to convince them it can still win big technology...

The Dallas Morning News personal finance column.
February 21, 2005... By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--You have until April 15 to make a contribution to an Individual Retirement Account for the 2004 tax year. While you're at it, wish your IRA a happy...

Aramco will deliver.
February 21, 2005... By Sudeep Reddy, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--More than any other company in the world, the oil markets take their cues from Saudi Aramco. When the market runs low, consumers expect Saudi...

Aramco chief dismisses fears of nonprofessionals.
February 21, 2005... By Sudeep Reddy, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Abdallah Jumah, president and chief executive of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, sat down with a reporter from The Dallas Morning...

The Dallas Morning News Angela Shah column.
February 21, 2005... By Angela Shah, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Could Texas' perennial battle to come up with an equitable school finance system finally be hurting its "Best in Business" reputation? Texas A&M...

Frisco native is top dog at U.S. veterinary corps.
February 21, 2005... By Linda Stewart Ball, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Whether dog, dolphin, lab rat or mule, the medical needs of military animals are the business of Michael B. Cates. The Frisco native is the...

Pilot program at U-M combines efforts to improve service for elderly.
February 21, 2005... By Kim Norris, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--An attack of West Nile virus in 2002 almost killed Lucia McAllister more than once. But the 71-year-old Chicago native lived to tell about the mosquito-borne...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor column.
February 21, 2005... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--THE REPORT IS FREE, BUT THE SCORE HAS FEE: A bunch of readers had just one question now that free credit reports will be available next week for folks in...

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland column.
February 21, 2005... By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--MEMORIES OF OLD DETROIT DEPOSITED ON WEB SITE: If you've been on the Internet for any length of time, you've probably received an e-mail that says...

Delaware tenants eye rent protection.
February 21, 2005... By Joe Rogalsky, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--DOVER -- The General Assembly passed a large bill in 2003 rewriting the state law governing the manufactured housing industry. Homeowners...

Investors promise to clean up troubled Glen Cove condos.
February 21, 2005... By Toni Marshall, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--LAUDERDALE LAKES -- Residents complain of backed-up sewage oozing from the pavement and sending a familiar stench throughout Glen Cove...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel technology column.
February 21, 2005... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--IS TELECOM EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY NEXT TO MERGE?: It took a while -- probably too long -- but the big consolidation that telecom observers have been...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Manager Minute column.
February 21, 2005... By Cindy Kent, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--NAME: David Scism David Scism, 46, grew up in Phoenix, wanting to be in show business, like dancing actors Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Following...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel hospitality notes column.
February 21, 2005... By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--BROWARD TOURIST COUNCIL GETS NEW MEMBER: Stepping down from the Tourist Development Council in Broward County is Philip Goldfarb, who served on...

Signs put Pembroke Park on map for I-95 drivers.
February 21, 2005... By Edgar Sandoval, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--PEMBROKE PARK -- When callers ask for directions to Ray Hawkins' antique store, he provides the landmarks: next to Interstate 95, near the...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel international business column.
February 21, 2005... By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--INVESTING WITH CAUTION IN LATIN COMPANIES: Latin America posted its best economic results in decades during 2004, but that doesn't mean...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, O.K. Carter column.
February 21, 2005... By O.K. Carter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Whether the subject is business, religion or politics, the mind of former Arlington Councilman and current Kennedale Mayor Jim Norwood...

Group aims to restore immigrant care at JPS.
February 21, 2005... By Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--FORT WORTH -- The issue of whether illegal immigrants should receive charitable preventive health care in the JPS Health Network clinics...

FedEx, Kinko's still building.
February 21, 2005... By Sean Wood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--FedEx Kinko's has 1,200 locations and counting. A year after the shipping giant bought the Dallas-based printing services retailer, the...

There's help in sight.
February 21, 2005... By Jan Jarvis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Phil Reid used to wear a watch to bed because he could not see the clock on the nightstand. "Now when I wake up in the morning, I don't have...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Watchdog on Patrol column.
February 21, 2005... By Heather Landy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--FORT WORTH -- For more than a decade, people who work on Cold Springs Road in Fort Worth have griped about the street's minefield of...

Graffiti dreams take shape for North Dakota artist.
February 21, 2005... By David Dodds, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Rich Patterson held the spray can tightly, looking over his shoulder and back again, as he threw up sweeping puffy designs that would seem more at...

Internet Explorer concerns university security experts.
February 21, 2005... By David Dekok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--It's not that Kathy Kimball dislikes Microsoft Corp. She just believes that its Internet Explorer browser provides an expressway for harmful...

Texas can take a lesson from other states hit by hurricanes.
February 21, 2005... By Richard Stewart, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Hurricane Ivan reached Category 5 status -- the biggest of the big storms -- three different times as it spread death and destruction through the...

City no longer on AAA's national bottleneck list.
February 21, 2005... By Rad Sallee, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Houston drivers may not notice much difference, but the city no longer holds a place on AAA's national list of 10 really annoying traffic bottlenecks. ...

Congressional Furnishings Caucus members put No. 1 priority on keeping jobs.
February 21, 2005... By Paul B. Johnson, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Congressman Howard Coble doesn't yet know the details of the steps planned by the Congressional Furnishings Caucus during the next two years...

Longtime racing fans debate commercialization of NASCAR.
February 21, 2005... By Nick Maheras, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--For all true racing fans, there was only one place to be Sunday afternoon -- glued to the tube to watch the big race. There's races and then,...

Alderman focuses on the future.
February 21, 2005... By Heath E. Combs, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The building that houses the Alderman Company's photo studios looks about the same as it did when President Jeff Williams began working there...

Singer gets professional music offer sooner than expected.
February 21, 2005... By Erica Kinnaird, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Aseelah Battles always prayed about having a professional music career, but she never dreamed it would happen so fast. On Feb. 11, though,...

IY Bank to install new ATMs to protect against counterfeit cards.
February 21, 2005... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--TOKYO -- IY Bank said Monday it will switch to new automated teller machines that can read IC cards as early as April next year in an effort to protect...

Convenience store sales fall 1.7 percent in January.
February 21, 2005... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--TOKYO -- Sales at convenience stores in Japan shrank 1.7 percent in January from a year earlier on a same-store basis to 513.36 billion yen, for the sixth...

Fujitsu gets order to quadruple capacity of submarine optical cables.
February 21, 2005... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--TOKYO -- Fujitsu Ltd. said Monday it has won a contract from a global telecom consortium to quadruple the data transmission capacity for the world's longest...

Yahoo Japan to start Web music download service.
February 21, 2005... Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--TOKYO -- Yahoo Japan Corp. said Monday it will shortly start offering an Internet-based music download service on a fee basis. The service, known as "Yahoo!...

Small pharmacies getting squeezed as bigger retailers keep moving in.
February 21, 2005... By Felix Sanchez, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--LONG BEACH -- Stroll into Hunter Drug in Belmont Heights and it's like discovering a living history museum of the corner drugstore. ...

Getting small-town feel on film.
February 21, 2005... By Susan Abram, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--PIRU -- When "War of the Worlds" converged on Piru, the residents just shrugged it off. Sure, seeing Steven Spielberg was pretty cool. And spotting...

The Miami Herald business book review column.
February 21, 2005... By Richard Pachter, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Sometimes first impressions are the most telling. Often, one can tell a lot by observing only a small portion of an interaction. And frequently you can...

Lake Express ferry adds amenities on land and lake.
February 21, 2005... By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--The Lake Express is getting a little more luxurious. Milwaukee's high-speed ferry is upgrading its "premier-class" cabin to provide some extra...

Merger panel eyes firefighting units.
February 21, 2005... The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Walter Newsom, a 70-year-old semiretired salesman, still remembers the fear when he watched neighbors lower children and pets from a balcony onto a stack of...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Mike Lafferty column.
February 21, 2005... By Mike Lafferty, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--COUNTY LINES BLUR IN FACE OF ECONOMIC TIES: Greetings from the newly christened Volusia & State section. For me, this Monday gig is a...

The Philadelphia Inquirer business briefs.
February 21, 2005... The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--A SURPRISE OFFER from Mayor Street drew whoops of joy at a reception for 75 first-year law school students hosted by an association of law-firm recruiters Thursday...

Wine collectors' service getting better with age.
February 21, 2005... By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 21--Can't find that bottle of 1964 Petrus? Stumped about what kind of wine to serve for a spring afternoon gathering? Want to know how much your...