Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 12 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 12 2003

Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Datebook Column.
May 12, 2003... Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MEETINGS: The General Assembly's Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Capitol Annex, Room 131. The meeting...

Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Personnel Changes Column.
May 12, 2003... Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--ENGINEERING: Knight Engineering: TIM KNIGHT has been named senior design engineer for the Lexington firm. FINANCE: Bank One: JIM SPANO has been named...

The Miami Herald Business Book Review Column.
May 12, 2003... By Richard Pachter, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--HOW WOULD YOU MOVE MOUNT FUJI? Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Company Selects the Most Creative Thinkers. William Poundstone....

Miami Entrepreneur's Business Turns Raw Data into Multicultural Maps.
May 12, 2003... By Christina Hoag, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Cesar M. Melgoza is fascinated by maps, captivated by cultures and addicted to technology. So he formed Geoscape International, a research firm that combines...

The Miami Herald Financial Question and Answer Column.
May 12, 2003... By eg Green, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--QUESTION: I have a Roth IRA account with T. Rowe Price, and I'm losing my money, which is being deducted from my bank account every two weeks. I want to transfer...

The Miami Herald Promotions Column.
May 12, 2003... The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Accounting: BARRY MUKAMAL, a director with Rachlin Cohen & Holtz in Miami, will serve as a private panel trustee in the Southern District of Florida under the United States...

The Miami Herald Real Estate Deals Column.
May 12, 2003... By Michael Y. Cannon, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--TOYS R US SELLS PALM BEACH STORE FOR $3 MILLION: Store at 4663 Okeechobee Blvd., Palm Beach County. SELLER: Toys R Us Delaware, represented by David B....

The Miami Herald Technology Law Column.
May 12, 2003... By Mark Grossman, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--My clients frequently have questions about trademark law -- sometimes because they're launching a new venture online; other times because they realize that...

The Miami Herald Technology Queries Column.
May 12, 2003... By Tim Henderson, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--QUESTION: I have a PDA and I've tried unsuccessfully to sync it to receive e-mail from AOL. I even attempted to set up and use Outlook Express, but still no...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Business Advice Column.
May 12, 2003... By J. Robert Parkinson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--During the past few weeks, a series of events led me to the conclusion that a new and important pattern is developing in American business. That...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Small Business Question & Answer Column.
May 12, 2003... By Jan Norman, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--QUESTION: I found a really good article about my industry (financial planning), including some useful calculations tools. I want to put it onto...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Bankruptcy Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--CHAPTER 7: Central Florida individuals and businesses that have filed for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code include: --Four Seasons Vacations...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business Insider Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--CONDOMINIUMS, NOT APARTMENTS, NOW PLANNED: The owners of land on North Orange Avenue where a former car-detail business once operated now say they will develop...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business Events Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--CONSTRUCTION: Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Central Florida chapter, 5:30-7 p.m. May 20, Sheraton Orlando North Hotel, 600 N. Lake Destiny Drive, Maitland....

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Central Florida Business Memo.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--REMEMBERING OLD TIMES: The souvenir Walt Disney World CD called Where The Magic Lives, named for the attraction's latest marketing campaign, is a sort of travelogue on...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business People Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Architecture: FRANK MOYNIHAN has joined Project Controls/Management Inc., Orlando, as principal and chief electrical estimator. Dan Radcliff has joined the firm as...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Conventions Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--NEXT WEEK: Society of Government Meeting Professionals, May 23, Orange County Convention Center, 1,200 delegates UPCOMING: Florida Cosmetology Association, June...

Three Orlando Businesses Take Chance on Downtown Revitalization Plans.
May 12, 2003... By Jack Snyder, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--One company decided to stick with a family decision made more than seven decades ago. Another sought and received government assurances that better...

Orlando, Fla.-Area Business Index Predicts Faint Growth in May.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Central Florida's economic growth is expected to continue this month, but at a nearly imperceptible pace. The CFB Index, a basket of leading indicators designed to...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Patents Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--A utility patent protects how something works and what it does. Central Florida inventors who have recently received utility patents include: Yih-Feng Chyan,...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Real Estate Column.
May 12, 2003... By Jack Snyder, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--2005 BUILDERS CONVENTION TO DRAW 100,000 TO ORLANDO: The home builders are coming. In 2005, as many as 100,000 builders, suppliers, manufacturers and...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Real Estate Transactions Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MELBOURNE BUILDING CHANGES HANDS: A 26,500-square-foot commercial building at 4150-4160 Dow Road in Melbourne in south Brevard County sold for $1.16 million. The buyer...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Resource Directory Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--ORGANIZATIONS: Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce: Offers mentorship programs and business fellowships; 407-847-3174, Ext. 232. The National Association of...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Idea Bank Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--QUESTION: The unsecured debt in my business has risen to the point where cash flow will no longer pay the bills and I am unable to borrow any more from the bank. Is...

Entrepreneurial Spirit Can Both Help, Harm Small Business Efforts.
May 12, 2003... By Barry Flynn, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--For former first-grade teacher Sharon Bergin, opening a private tutoring center was a welcome return to working with children who needed help. She...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Small Business Calendar.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--TEE PARTY: Swing by the Orlando Regional Chamber's gold tournament for networking and golfing. The tournament tees off at noon today and runs until 6 p.m. at the Grand...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Insider Trading Column.
May 12, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Insider Trading is a weekly report of stock transactions involving officers, directors and owners of 10 percent or more of a publicly held company. Corporate...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Tourism Column.
May 12, 2003... By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--When the new Hard Rock Vault memorabilia attraction opened on International Drive last year, the tour guides were able to impress tourists from...

Survey Finds Wealthiest Americans Are Spending Less on Travel.
May 12, 2003... By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--More bad news on the weak tourism front: Even the wealthy have cut back on travel, and many say they will do so again in the coming year. ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel Column.
May 12, 2003... By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--We normally put the puzzles in another section of the newspaper. But here's a brain-teaser you can chew on all day, courtesy of last week's...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Insider Trading Column.
May 12, 2003... By Dan Lee, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Three top executives from Linear Technology exercised options and sold shares in April, days after the maker of integrated circuits reported...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Mike Langberg Column.
May 12, 2003... By Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Silicon Valley works so hard inventing the future that sometimes we forget even the recent past, and President Bush stumbled into our collective...

San Antonio-Based Supermarket Chain Applies Experience to Mexican Expansion.
May 12, 2003... By Melissa S. Monroe, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Butt Grocery Co. is winning the hearts and minds of its Mexican customers, including Rafaela Galvan, a San Antonio resident who regularly shops at...

Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.
May 12, 2003... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--CHICAGO--It was only a few weeks ago that Ford President and Chief Executive Nick Scheele casually noted that Thunderbird was going to be a four-year-and-out...

Chicago Tribune Ask Jim Column.
May 12, 2003... By James Coates, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--QUESTION: We have five systems on an Ethernet network all running Windows XP and are puzzled at how sometimes one of these machines suddenly will stop seeing...

Chicago Tribune Technology Notebook Column.
May 12, 2003... By Jon Van, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--PCTEL FELLS BARRIERS TO WI-FI HOOKUPS: Marty Singer wants to make high-speed wireless connections to the Internet--or Wi-Fi technology--as cheap and easy to use as...

North Carolina Pushes Broadband Access for All.
May 12, 2003... By Kristi E. Swartz, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--By the end of the year, everyone in North Carolina should have access to the Internet at high speeds and at low costs. The Rural Internet...

California Wedding Chapel Appeals to Lower-Income, Laid-Off Couples.
May 12, 2003... By Lisa Fernandez, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Just because Will and Lora Allen were low on cash doesn't mean their wedding day was void of ambience. The Allens were married at a Las...

Alaska Nonprofit Group Coordinates Two-Day Collection of Obsolete Electronics.
May 12, 2003... Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--It was cutting edge technology when IBM introduced it about 20 years ago. On Friday, it was just another hulking, faded, beige box on its way to the scrap heap. ...

Federal Reserve Officials See Deflation Clouds, But Some Economists Doubtful.
May 12, 2003... By Danielle DiMartino, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Alan Greenspan is worried about deflation. Should you be? Last week the Federal Reserve Bank, which Mr. Greenspan leads, said it was concerned...

New Engineering Dean at University of Texas at Dallas Eyes Research Budget.
May 12, 2003... By Alan Goldstein, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--The University of Texas at Dallas' engineering school has come a long way since its launch in the late 1980s, but it still carries grand ambitions....

Two Neiman Marcus Stores Display Catalog Items; Showrooms' Future Is Unknown.
May 12, 2003... By Maria Halkias, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is testing the concept of a catalog showroom inside two stores -- in Plano and suburban Chicago -- as part of an ongoing...

Investors Are Still Spooked by Stock Market, Remain Suspicious of Recent Rally.
May 12, 2003... By Bill Deener, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--The stock market has made fraidy cats of us all. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 15 percent since early March, yet many investors have greeted...

The Dallas Morning News World View Column.
May 12, 2003... By Brendan M. Case, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MEXICO CITY--TEXAS FARMERS HURT BY U.S.-CUBA CONFLICT: Texas farmers and ranchers need all the export opportunities they can get, even when...

Land Sales, Ad Revenues Boost Discretionary Funds for Los Angeles City Council.
May 12, 2003... By James Nash, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Beyond $4 million in discretionary funds they split, the 15 Los Angeles City Council members can tap into nearly that much in accounts that give them half...

Dog Helps Lead Woodland Hills, Calif., Pet Bakery to Brink of Major Success.
May 12, 2003... By Brent Hopkins, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--Blade Gluck's pink tongue guides a business. He lends his name to Blade's Bakery Doggone Heavenly, a home-based supplier...

San Diego-Based Book Distributor Advanced Marketing Services to Post Loss.
May 12, 2003... By Frank Green, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Advanced Marketing Services, which distributes best sellers to warehouse clubs such as Costco, warned yesterday it will post a loss for its fourth...

The BizSmart Column, Street Fighter Inc.
May 12, 2003... By Jeff and Marc Slutsky, Street Fighter Inc. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--As a business owner, you're motivated to find new customers because you see an immediate payoff in sales and profits. Yet, what you do for your...

Morningstar Column.
May 12, 2003... By Debbie S. Wang, Morningstar Column Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--QUESTION: When should I sell a stock? ANSWER: Investors often spend a great deal of time researching stocks and when to buy them, but not enough time...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Business Briefs Column.
May 12, 2003... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--NCB PRIVATIZATION NEXT YEAR: The National Commercial Bank will be privatized next year with the sale of a 50 per cent stake in the largest Saudi bank,...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Motoring Briefs Column.
May 12, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MAYBACH ARRIVES IN ABU DHABI: The DaimlerChrysler supercars, the Maybach 62 and 57, arrived in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. Al Fahim...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oil and Gas Briefs Column.
May 12, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--IRAQ PUTS BACK PRODUCTION TARGET: Iraq's new oil sector ceo Thamir Ghadhban told reporters that Iraq was pushing back its oil...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Real Estate Briefs Column.
May 12, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--JUMEIRAH RENTS SET TO FALL: Villa rentals in Jumeirah will fall due to the competition posed by the freehold proposition, Nakheel...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Technology Briefs Column.
May 12, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--COMTRUST HOLDS PKI SEMINAR: Comtrust, has concluded its first e-business security training course at the Etisalat Academy in Dubai....

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Travel Briefs Column.
May 12, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--DUBAI DUSIT HAS SUMMER RATES: The Dubai Dusit is offering double rooms from USD82 until August 31 inclusive of tax and service...

High-Tech Maverick Develops Ideas at Austin, Texas, University.
May 12, 2003... By Kirk Ladendorf, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Mark McDermott's office on the fourth floor of the drab engineering science building at the University of Texas is as bleak and barren as a...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, In the Pipeline Column.
May 12, 2003... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--DEVELOPER PLANS SHOPPING CENTER: A Tampa developer is negotiating a fair-share agreement with the city to develop an almost...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Health Report.
May 12, 2003... By Sarah Skidmore, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--BAPTIST MEDICAL MERGES CREDIT UNION: Baptist Medical Center Credit Union merged into Jacksonville-based Health Services Credit Union,...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Real Estate Report.
May 12, 2003... By Earl Daniels, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--BUYER HAS CONTRACT ON VACANT RAMADA: The owner of the vacant Ramada Inn Conference Center hotel property in Arlington, Orix Capital Markets...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Retail Report.
May 12, 2003... By Gregory Richards, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--NORTH BEACH CENTER GAINS TENANTS: North Beach Center, a new shopping center being built in the former Pic 'N Save store in Atlantic...

Empowerment Zones Bring Tax Breaks to Jacksonville, Fla., Businesses.
May 12, 2003... By Earl Daniels, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--When Randall Ginzig hired Renee Sanders and her brother, Rodney Sanders, he didn't know that they would mean a $6,000 windfall for his...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Transportation Report.
May 12, 2003... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--UNIVERSITY PLANS WEST AFRICA TRADE SYMPOSIUM: The University of North Florida is scheduled to host a daylong trade symposium this...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Ms. Office Etiquette Column.
May 12, 2003... By Susan Funk, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--DEAR MS. OFFICE ETIQUETTE: How would a man deal with a senior colleague who deliberately mispronounces his name? As you might expect, this...

Wellington, Fla.-Based B/E Aerospace to Hold Annual Meeting in Ireland.
May 12, 2003... By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--WELLINGTON, Fla.--B/E Aerospace will have its annual shareholders' meeting next month at the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle in County Down,...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Business Notes Column.
May 12, 2003... By Susan T. Port, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--STUART, Fla.--BOAT FIRM ANCHORS AT NEW SPOT: After scouting locations for nearly a year, Roger Dunshee has finally found a building big enough for his...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Business People Column.
May 12, 2003... The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--LORI PETERSON has been named managing vice president of Creative Directors/Chavin Lambert Advertising, a real estate advertising agency in Stuart. Peterson brings...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Moving Up Column.
May 12, 2003... By Mary Thurwachter, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MOVING UP: David Albright PLACE OF BUSINESS: Lantana RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: After two months as president and chief operating officer of...

Study Slams Cost Estimates for Mandatory Country-of-Origin Food Labeling.
May 12, 2003... By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Mandatory country-of-origin labeling for produce, meats, fish and peanuts that will let consumers know what country their food comes from takes...

March Was Busiest Month of 2002 for Palm Beach, Fla., Home Sales, Report Shows.
May 12, 2003... By Linda Rawls, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--PALM BEACH, Fla.--The busiest month for home sales in Palm Beach last year was March, according to the Evans Report from Lesley Robert Evans &...

New College Graduates Find Jobs Are Elusive.
May 12, 2003... By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Andrew Greber is a seasoned job applicant. At 26, he's in the middle of his second major job search. In the first one five years ago, he endured...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Lona O'Connor Column.
May 12, 2003... By Lona O'Connor, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--NEW BOSS FACES POSSIBLE TURNOVER: A couple of longtime employees are getting restless and the boss worries that their dissatisfaction will spread to...

Boca Raton, Fla., Entrepreneur Says Belize Could Be New Spot for Prescriptions.
May 12, 2003... By Phil Galewitz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--BOCA RATON, Fla.--Americans are increasingly seeking lower-cost drugs from Canada to take advantage of price controls on medications in that country....

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Residential Real Estate Column.
May 12, 2003... By Linda Rawls, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--PALM BEACH WHITE HOUSE SOLD: Nearly every big developer in the country looked at the property during the four years the Palm Beach White House was on...

Spring Holiday Season Keeps on Giving for Boca Raton, Fla., Tourism Businesses.
May 12, 2003... By Linda Rawls, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--BOCA RATON, Fla.--Hotels, restaurants and other businesses that depend on tourism got a twofold gift this season. Easter and Passover came late in...

Despite Tech Industry Slump, Video Game Sales Remain Hot.
May 12, 2003... By Bob Keefe, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--LOS ANGELES--While much of the tech industry is still in its worst slump ever, one segment is growing by leaps and bounds: the business of fun and games....

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Business Calendar Column.
May 12, 2003... The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--TODAY: Denise Ost of Goodwill Industries will address the 9 a.m. meeting of the Professional Resource Network. The meeting will be at 5405 N. Pershing Ave., Suite A,...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Cathi Schuler Column.
May 12, 2003... By Cathi Schuler, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Symantec has long been a trusted name in security and utility tools. Among its premier products are Norton AntiVirus, Norton Utilities, Symantec...

Newspaper Ranks Ball Corp. among Colorado's Top Public Companies.
May 12, 2003... By Dan Luzadder, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--The nation's No. 2 chief executive guided the world's No. 1 beverage-can maker to a fifth-place ranking among Colorado's top 100 publicly traded companies this...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
May 12, 2003... Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--LIBRARY DISTRICT NAMES TRUSTEES: The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District named Aldo Aguirre and Verlia Davis Hoggard to its board of trustees. Aguirre fills the...

Las Vegas Review-Journal The Online Guy Column.
May 12, 2003... By Al Gibes, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--ONLINE EVOLUTION KEEPS ON COMING: The Internet and the way you and I use it has evolved a lot in the last five years. Thank goodness. When I wrote my...

Regulators' Proposal on Rate Case Is Mixed Bag for Nevada Power.
May 12, 2003... By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--A key state regulator is proposing that Nevada Power lower its rates by 5.3 percent over the next year while raising the possibility of even further...

The Miami Herald Chatroom Column.
May 12, 2003... By Bea Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--EXPERTS AT FUNDINGPOST.COM UPBEAT ABOUT START-UPS: It was the same story all over again. The first-quarter Money Tree survey, done by...

Atlanta Airport a Mixed Blessing for Neighbors.
May 12, 2003... By Kevin Duffy, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Hartsfield International Airport is a sort of Jekyll and Hyde for its immediate neighbors. It's a job magnet where nearly 45,000 toil, making...

Mystery over Groundbreaking for Atlanta Aquarium Deepens.
May 12, 2003... By David Pendered, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--Mystery continues to swirl around development of the Georgia Aquarium that Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus is giving metro Atlanta on...