Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 19 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 19 2003

Mogodore, Ohio, Mom's Cool Idea Launches Idea, Company.
May 19, 2003... By Mary Ethridge, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Six years ago, one of Pam Moore's most nagging frustrations was trying to force a square ice cube into the narrow, round top of her son's water...

Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Compound Interest Column.
May 19, 2003... By Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Ice Tubes Inc. founder Pam Moore was almost frozen out of much-needed bank financing. A bank loan and a revolving line of credit had fallen through...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Retirement Planner Column.
May 19, 2003... By Steve Butler, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--George Bernard Shaw, the philosopher and playwright, once said, "Men lead lives of quiet desperation." I was reminded of this quote...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor Column.
May 19, 2003... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--An I Bond is enough to prove that savers are sick of stocks and low interest rates. After writing about I Bonds last month, I received more than 50...

Greenwich, Conn.-Based Financial Data Supplier Prospers in Bear Market.
May 19, 2003... By Matthew Lubanko, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--It's hard for investors to dislike FactSet Research Systems Inc. The Greenwich-based supplier of financial data has no debt. Earnings have...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business Calendar Column.
May 19, 2003... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--TODAY Institute of Management Consultants, What Is Hot in Consulting?" 6 to 9 p.m., Doral Forrestal Hotel, College Road East, Princeton. Speaker: Jesse Scheer...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, In the Pipeline Column.
May 19, 2003... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Downtown's chief negotiator told a business group last week that the city's 10-year goal for downtown housing is 10,000 units. ...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Health Report.
May 19, 2003... By Sarah Skidmore, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--A new drug and alcohol rehabilitation program, Partners In Recovery, begins operations today. The facilities are in Jacksonville Beach...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Port Column.
May 19, 2003... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Miami-based Frontier Liner Services started weekly cargo service from the Jacksonville Port Authority's Blount Island Marine...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Real Estate Report.
May 19, 2003... By Earl Daniels, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--The developer of Laterra, a resort and spa community at the World Golf Village in St. Johns County, recently sold 48 condominiums. ...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Gregory Richards Column.
May 19, 2003... By Gregory Richards, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--The Third Street Village shopping center, on Florida A1A between Beach and Butler boulevards in Jacksonville Beach, is now fully...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Trade Report.
May 19, 2003... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Imagine a monthly parking bill of $12,973. That's what one car rental agency operating at Jacksonville International Airport...

Miami Barber Sees Tourist, Community Value in Local Barbershops.
May 19, 2003... The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Barbershop, the movie starring Ice Cube, offered a snapshot of the importance hair cutteries wield in black communities. In the film, people bantered, joked and philosophized...

OPINION: Urban Cultural Tourism Can Work in Miami.
May 19, 2003... By Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Before she began researching this week's cover story on urban cultural tourism, reporter Cara Buckley had driven through but never gotten out of her car...

The Miami Herald Promotions Column.
May 19, 2003... The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--ACCOUNTING: Bonnie Schweiger has relocated to the West Palm Beach office of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz. She will head the expansion of the firm's accounting and business services...

The Miami Herald Technology Queries Column.
May 19, 2003... By Tim Henderson, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--QUESTION: If I go to the character map and click on a musical note, then copy it and paste it into an e-mail message, it comes out as a musical note. But...

Miami Entrepreneur Sees City's Urban Areas as Cultural Tourism Destinations.
May 19, 2003... By Cara Buckley, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Ten miles separate Miami Beach's Ocean Drive from Liberty City's Northwest 54th Street, where Trudy Ellis has run her Bahamian Pot restaurant for the past 15...

Indiana Economic Education Program Teaches Financial Realities to Teenagers.
May 19, 2003... By Sharon Porta, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Teenagers typically think that by 28 years of age, they will be making a good wage, living in their dream house and driving a fabulous car. But...

New York Real Estate Trust Sells Fashion District Building for $60 Million.
May 19, 2003... By Eric Herman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--S.L. Green sold a Garment District building known for its fashion showrooms last week, the Daily News has learned. Sitt-Sutton, a group of local...

Daily News, New York, Peter Siris Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter Siris, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--I have a simple investment philosophy -- buy low and sell high. I can hear you groan. "I can't believe that drivel." Well here's the shocker. Few...

Los Angeles-Area 7-Eleven Franchisee Prospers by Trying New Products.
May 19, 2003... By Andrew Galvin, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--When 7-Eleven Inc. decided it ought to be renting videos, franchisee Herb Dome?o tried to make the doomed idea work. When the...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Banking Column.
May 19, 2003... By Richard Burnett, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Many banks have been rolling in dough amid the stock market turmoil of recent years. At least that's what the industry's bottom line indicates....

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business Awards Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Dr. George F. Ellis received the Physician Political Leadership Award at the Florida Medical Business 14th Annual Medical Business Awards. Send announcements of...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business Insider Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--BUILDER GREEN-LIGHTS 3 PROJECTS: When the Federal Reserve Board recently decided to keep interest rates at low levels -- even hinting an additional cut might be...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business Events Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--CONSTRUCTION: Associated Builder and Contractors Inc., Central Florida Chapter, 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sheraton Orlando North Hotel, 600 N. Lake Destiny Drive,...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Central Florida Business Memo.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Today Pickles Original New York Deli will open its fifth Central Florida outlet in the bottom floor of the Orange County Courthouse. The Orlando-based chain...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Business People Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--ARCHITECTURE: Genesis M. Humphrey has joined Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin Lopez Rinehart Inc., Orlando, as an ecologist and Mary Jane Lim has joined the firm as...

Texas-Based Burger Chain to Enter Crowded Orlando, Fla.-Area Restaurant Market.
May 19, 2003... By Sarah Hale Meitner, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Whataburger, whose bright orange `W' is as famous out West as McDonald's golden arches, is preparing to ride into Orlando with plans to open...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Conventions Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--FRIDAY: Society of Government Meeting Professionals, Orange County Convention Center, 1,200 delegates NEXT WEEK: Florida Cosmetology Association, June 1-2, Orange...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Healthcare Column.
May 19, 2003... By Greg Groeller, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--The University of Central Florida launches a doctoral nursing program in August to address a shortage of nursing educators in Florida. The...

NASA Engineers Lend Expertise to Small Business Owners.
May 19, 2003... By Barry Flynn, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Whenever a space shuttle roars off the launch pad at nearby Kennedy Space Center, the workers at tiny Majestic Boat Corp. dash outside to watch. ...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Real Estate Transactions Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--3 APARTMENT COMPLEXES SOLD: The 176-unit The Palms apartments at 1365 W. Donegan Ave. in Kissimmee sold for $6.47 million. Pearson Properties of Blaine, Minn., was...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Resource Directory Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--ORGANIZATIONS: Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce: Offers mentorship programs and business fellowships; 407-847-3174, Ext. 232. Seminole Community College's...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Idea Bank Column.
May 19, 2003... By Michael A. Okaty, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--QUESTION: When is a worker considered an employee rather than an independent contractor for wage withholding purposes? ANSWER: In...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Small Business Toolbox Column.
May 19, 2003... By Barry Flynn, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--NEW PRESIDENT: The non-profit Hispanic Business Initiative Fund has named a new president and chief executive, just as it is facing a possible...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Small Business Calendar.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--IT'S A PLAN: The UCF Small Business Development Center is offering a six-week course that can help gear your small or medium-sized business for changing business...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Insider Trading Column.
May 19, 2003... The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--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 19, 2003... By Jerry W. Jackson, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--While the overall tourism and travel sector has been limping along and recovering slowly, time-share sales in the past year posted double-digit...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel Column.
May 19, 2003... By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Of course people tend to overestimate inflation; how could we do otherwise? Think about it. We notice when prices rise for goods or services we...

Conveyor-Belt Manufacturer to Relocate to Reading Eagle, Pa.
May 19, 2003... By Christopher Hinz, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--A California-based company plans to increase its work force to more than 200 employees next spring when it moves to a new 121,000-square-foot plant in...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Insider Trading Column.
May 19, 2003... By Dan Lee, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Executives at Yahoo sold shares worth a combined $37.5 million last month, the largest batch of insider sales at the Internet search engine company...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Mike Langberg Column.
May 19, 2003... By Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Brian G. Swift has been to every one of the 33 annual spring investment conferences staged by the American Electronics Association in Monterey,...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Business Calendar Column.
May 19, 2003... The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--TODAY Greg Parrett of Valley Management Group will address the 10 a.m. meeting of the Professional Resource Network. The meeting will be at 5405 N. Pershing...

Stockton, Calif., Engineering Firm Lays Groundwork for San Francisco Bridge.
May 19, 2003... By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--There's a new plant in Stockton turning out building blocks, not unlike a child's toys. But they're on entirely different scale. Precast...

Developer Opens Stockton, Calif., Coffee Shop.
May 19, 2003... By Scott Smith, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Most know Mike Atherton as the "A" of AKF Developers -- the trio that has built 3,000 homes in Manteca and turned the old Spreckels Sugar plant...

Compensation Packages for San Antonio Execs Take Hit in Hard Times.
May 19, 2003... San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Life was good for the CEOs of San Antonio's biggest public companies when the economy was as fast and high-flying as the private jets most of them traveled in. In...

The BizSmart Column, Street Fighter Inc.
May 19, 2003... By Jeff and Marc Slutsky, Street Fighter Inc. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--There are a dozen key reasons why salespeople fail according to Sylvia Allen of Allen Consulting in Holmdel, New Jersey. She is the coauthor of...

The Dallas Morning News Angela Shah Column.
May 19, 2003... By Angela Shah, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--WILL A WEAKER DOLLAR LIFT U.S. EXPORTS? Much ado surrounds the declining value of the trusty U.S. greenback. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow set...

Charter Backers Watch Los Angeles School's Shift.
May 19, 2003... By Helen Gao, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--After winning a hard-fought political battle for independence last week, Granada Hills High now finds itself in the national spotlight representing a...

Adding More Freeway Lanes May Dislocate Hundreds of Los Angeles-Area Residents.
May 19, 2003... By Lisa Mascaro, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--With handcrafted tiles and a garden of fruit trees, art teacher Lynn Coleman's Woodland Hills home has been a labor of love -- one threatened by plans...

Morningstar Column.
May 19, 2003... By Emily Hall, Morningstar Column Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--QUESTION: Most, if not all, of the material that I read about bond funds focuses on the total return and concerns about interest rate risk. This would seem...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Business Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--KING FAHD SAYS REFORMS TO GO AHEAD: King Fahd vowed that Saudi Arabia would continue its reform programme on Sunday in a statement carried by the...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Financial Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--STANCHART, LE MERIDIEN DINING OFFER: Standard Chartered Gold Cardholders now get a one-year membership of the Le Meridien Par...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Motoring Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--BOSCH UP 20 PER CENT IN MID EAST: Bosch has recorded a growth of more than 20 per cent in the automotive aftermarket in the Middle...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oil and Gas Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--JDC GETS USD180 MILLION SOUTH PARS CONTRACT: The Japan Drilling Company has signed a contract worth USD182 million to build two...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Real Estate Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--DUBAI, SHARJAH LAND SALES SURGE: Dubai real estate transactions totaled more than USD40 million last week, despite the holiday to...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Technology Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--SIEMENS PRESENTS NEW MOBILE PHONE: Siemens has unveiled the SL55 its most compact mobile phone to date, weighing just 79 grams, and...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Travel Briefs Column.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--BA TO RELAUNCH EXECUTIVE CLUB: British Airways is to simplify its popular Executive Club programme from July 1. Customers will be...

Internet System Bolsters Ability to Contain New Diseases in Florida.
May 19, 2003... By Nancy McVicar, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--If SARS or some other deadly new infectious disease began making people sick in Florida today, a new state Internet-based alert system is...

More Funding, Challenges Characterize Effort to Fight AIDS.
May 19, 2003... By John Donnelly, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--WASHINGTON--President Bush is expected to sign into law as soon as this week the start of his historic $15 billion, five-year effort to fight AIDS. In the...

The Boston Globe Automobilia Column.
May 19, 2003... By Royal Ford, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Spend a week driving the car that James Bond drove, and you come away not at all shaken, but certainly stirred -- the opposite of 007's martinis. Welcome...

Campaign Donations Are Adding Up for Massachusetts Governor.
May 19, 2003... By Raphael Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Governor Mitt Romney rose to power vowing that his administration would be impenetrable to special interests lurking in the marble lobbies of the State...

The Boston Globe Upgrade Column.
May 19, 2003... By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Lately, Bob Metcalfe has been thinking a lot about nanofur, an ultrasticky artificial material that might make an excellent substitute for Velcro. The...

Developer Chooses Revere, Mass.-Area Site for New Residential Project.
May 19, 2003... By Anthony Flint, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--REVERE, Mass.--In a project that Malden and Revere officials say is a joint effort to put housing on land that was bulldozed for other purposes, the old...

Massachusetts Rules Favorably on High-Tech Firm's New-Facility Site.
May 19, 2003... By Anthony Flint, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--The state environmental secretary has cleared the way for an expansive new research facility for the technology company EMC Corp. off Interstate 495 on the...

The Boston Globe High-Tech Sector Report.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--VERIZON CUSTOMERS SEE INTERNET COST DIP: With Verizon Communications slashing prices and raising speeds for its high-speed digital subscriber line Internet...

Housing Specialists, Boston Convince Homeowners to Offer Rooms for Rent.
May 19, 2003... By David Abel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--The seven children raised by Mary and Elbert Vines are all gone. There are cobwebs in the bedrooms where they slept, and pockmarked walls where their pictures...

Maynard, Mass., High-Tech Firm Purchases Key Telecommunications Unit.
May 19, 2003... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--After a five-year journey through multiple owners, a key telecommunications business has come back under the corporate umbrella of Stratus Technologies Inc.,...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
May 19, 2003... Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--LIBRARY WILL HOLD FREE AUTHOR TALK: The Economic Community Board Community Business Library, 1951 Stella Lake St., Suite 32, will hold a free talk by author Harold...

Las Vegas Review-Journal The Online Guy Column.
May 19, 2003... By Al Gibes, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--TALE OF MICROSOFT ILOO ISN'T TRUE. PHEW!: The Internet-equipped portable outhouse was an idea that stunk from the beginning. Earlier this month, a...

Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Business Awards Column.
May 19, 2003... Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--EKUBusiness, located in Eastern Kentucky University's College of Business and Technology, has received accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate...

Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine Column.
May 19, 2003... By Neil Downing, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--BUYING SAVINGS BONDS IF YOU DON'T OWN A COMPUTER: This is the second of a three-part MoneyLine series responding to reader questions about changes in...

Buyers of U.S. Savings Bonds Will Lose the Paper Trail Soon.
May 19, 2003... By Neil Downing, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--When he was deciding what to give his newborn grandnephew about three years ago, Joe Terry chose U.S. Savings Bonds. ...

Army Buys Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-Based Tech Firm's Fingerprint Scanners.
May 19, 2003... By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--The U.S. Army is the latest government agency to buy fingerprint scanners from Cross Match Technologies. The...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Business Notes Column.
May 19, 2003... By Susan T. Port, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--STUART, Fla.--Judy Culpepper got an unusual request from Stef Mathes the other day. "Stef called and asked, 'Judy, will you do me a favor?' I...

Small Businesses' Optimism Grows, April Index Shows.
May 19, 2003... By David Sedore, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Small businesses are brimming with confidence, according to the April Index of Small Business Optimism, released Thursday by the National Federation...

Boca Raton, Fla.-Based IBA Consultants Are Building Problem-Solvers.
May 19, 2003... By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--BOCA RATON, Fla.--Mark Baker is a building dermatologist. "We give advice on the building's skin," Baker says. Baker, 40, head of IBA...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Moving Up Column.
May 19, 2003... By Mary Thurwachter, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--MOVING UP: Dr. Yunhee Lee PLACE OF BUSINESS: Palm Beach Gardens; Miami RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During two decades in Boston, attending...

Jupiter, Fla., Woman Receives 'Nurse of Year' Award from Healthcare Foundation.
May 19, 2003... By Phil Galewitz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--JUPITER, Fla.--Anne Swan loves being a nurse. And she loves educating people about the important role nurses play and how to become a nurse. ...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Lona O'Connor Column.
May 19, 2003... By Lona O'Connor, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Absenteeism is starting to get out of hand. The boss feels misused, but the employees feel entitled to take time off. Here is what one boss is...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Real Estate Column.
May 19, 2003... By Paul Owers, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Less than a month before he was forced out as head of the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority, Bill Fountain penned a memo prioritizing 14...

Restaurant Chain Houlihan's Seeks Palm Beach County, Fla., Rebirth.
May 19, 2003... By Paul Owers, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--Houlihan's isn't through with Palm Beach County. The Kansas City, Mo.-based restaurant chain is scouring the area for a franchisee who can open...

Video Game Industry Increases Use of Movie Tie-Ins.
May 19, 2003... By Bob Keefe, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--LOS ANGELES--It's no coincidence that the video game industry's annual coming-out party takes place close to Hollywood: Games are becoming more like...

Boca Raton, Fla.-Based Rexall Sundown Offering Super-Hero Children's Vitamins.
May 19, 2003... By Phil Galewitz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--BOCA RATON, Fla.--Watch out Fred Flintstone: Here comes Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Captain America. Rexall Sundown is using vitamins in...