Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 19 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 19 2005

Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Mad Shopper column.
February 19, 2005... By Mary Ethridge, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--In Parent World, there is nothing quite so daunting as the prospect of taking small children to the mall. (OK, besides giving a teenager the car...

West Side block coming down.
February 19, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--A block of property in Bridgeport's West Side has been marked for demolition, but it is unknown what, if any, development plans are in store...

Rell's request on MTA seat now 3 months old, but still no response.
February 19, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--It's been nearly a month since Gov. M. Jodi Rell petitioned New York for a seat on the board that controls the railroad the two states share...

Belleville News-Democrat, Ill., business beat column.
February 19, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--SCOTT CREDIT UNION GETS NEW LEADER: The board of directors at Scott Credit Union has chosen Frank Padak as its president and chief executive...

Homestyle diner set to open.
February 19, 2005... By Scott Wuerz, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--BELLEVILLE -- Jim McGuire plans to open a restaurant where the words "do you want fries with that?" will never be spoken. The 63-year-old...

Brownsville nation's third most stressful city, study shows.
February 19, 2005... By Gilberto Salinas, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--BROWNSVILLE -- The city that boasts a "By the Border, By the Sea" slogan might actually be a difficult place to unwind. Brownsville ranks...

Pension fight shaping up with NorthWestern.
February 19, 2005... By Jan Falstad, Billings Gazette, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--On the last day of January this year, NorthWestern Corp. filed bankruptcy papers explaining why it stopped supplemental pension payments to 110...

Chief mutual-fund regulator, Paul Roye, resigns.
February 19, 2005... By Laura Smitherman, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The nation's chief mutual-fund regulator, who spearheaded an overhaul of the industry after a wave of scandals, resigned yesterday to return to the...

Shoppers plans to open grocery store in Baltimore.
February 19, 2005... By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Shoppers Food Warehouse plans to open its first new Baltimore City supermarket in a shopping center to be built in East Baltimore, an area targeted by...

Speaker-service founder tapped her inner orator.
February 19, 2005... By Dan Laidman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--SAN RAMON -- Some people overcome their obstacles. Sharyn Abbott hijacked hers. Abbott did not stop after she expunged the...

PG&E's revenues, profits grow.
February 19, 2005... By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Higher rates and cold weather translated into increased revenue from the sale of electricity and transportation of natural gas and into...

Exxon again the world's biggest publicly traded company.
February 19, 2005... By Sudeep Reddy, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Exxon Mobil Corp. already holds the 2004 prize for the largest profit among the world's publicly traded corporations. Now the energy giant has...

Witness describes sharing of Compuware's knowledge.
February 19, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Former Compuware Corp. employees shared information with rival IBM Corp. that helped the computer giant develop a competing software product, witnesses...

DCX donations up in Chicago since suits alleging loan bias.
February 19, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--At last year's Chicago Auto Show, protesters descended on DaimlerChrysler AG's exhibit. They carried signs, passed out leaflets, sang civil rights songs...

Detroit Free Press shopping column.
February 19, 2005... By Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--What do you do when the very hip, handsome and smart object of your affection flirts and flirts, finally says he wants to make a commitment, and then...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
February 19, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--EX-KELLOGG CEO TAKES STATE'S HEALTH PERSONALLY: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez made his first trip back to Michigan Friday since taking his new...

Sharpened Knives for annual reports coming out.
February 19, 2005... By Alex Brummer, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--It is amazing to see what a difference strong profits for 2004 make. Much of the noise about corporate governance has died away although we can expect the...

Astra Hits Back After Seroquel Drug Attack.
February 19, 2005... By Lauren Mills, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Drugs giant AstraZeneca struck back against claims that the company's antipsychotic drug Seroquel, frequently given to Alzheimer's sufferers, actually...

Winning from profit bonanza.
February 19, 2005... By Alex Brummer, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The giants of British banking, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland, will report next week amid a predictable storm over profits. The most international of our...

Daily Mail, London, business briefs column.
February 19, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--EUROTUNNEL'S CHIEF IS STEPPING DOWN: Eurotunnel (down 1/2p at 1 6 3/4p) said Jacques Maillot is stepping down as chairman and will be replaced by nonexecutive director...

Go-Ahead draws up new route to growth.
February 19, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Transport group Go-Ahead is driving into the English regions to expand its bus business as growth in London hits the brakes. Chief executive Chris Moyes thinks he can put...

Seven Reasons To Get Smart On Dividends.
February 19, 2005... By Brian O'Connor, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--During the dotcom boom, it was fashionable to deride dividends. What did they matter when share prices were trebling? Income was for fuddy-duddies. But...

Brown's Tax Bounce.
February 19, 2005... By Alex Brummer, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The rapid turnaround in the public finances in January is something to behold. Corporation tax receipts have jumped by a whopping 31pc, fuelled by...

Sainsbury's Price 'Could Be Overripe'.
February 19, 2005... By Lucy Farndon, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Sainsbury's shares are at a 12-month high as bid rumours refuse to go away. The Sainsbury family, who own 36pc of the shares, are thought to want 350p...

Money Experts' Shares Could Be A Risky Punt.
February 19, 2005... By Charlotte Beugge, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Investment companies are quick to boast of their expertise in managing your money. But what if, instead of buying their funds, you buy shares in the...

Daily Mail, London, market report column.
February 19, 2005... By Geoff Foster, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--SSL Left SPRAWLING WHEN BID ACTION FAILS TO KICK OFF: What have Reckitt Benckiser, Energizer, Boots, Johnson & Johnson and Kimberly-Clark all got in common?...

Sudan deal Keeps White Nile Suspended.
February 19, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Shares in oil explorer White Nile are likely to remain suspended until Wednesday while it seeks to satisfy the London Stock Exchange about a deal in the Sudan. The...

Insurers in fight to keep LSE under British rule.
February 19, 2005... By James Ashton, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Some of Britain's biggest shareholders have threatened to quit the London Stock Exchange unless bidders promise to keep the regulation of share trading in...

Booming UK leaves chancellor on target.
February 19, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The Chancellor promised that he would meet his borrowing targets after figures showed that his accounts are being boosted by tax receipts from booming British businesses. ...

Why Orange sees red.
February 19, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Orange and easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou are calling their lawyers. Despite six months of talks, the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement over trademarks...

Jittery Woolies may call in watchdog.
February 19, 2005... By Lucy Farndon, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Woolworths is poised to call in the Takeover Panel to ask stalker Apax to put up or shut up. The sweets and toys chain reckons Apax is getting cold feet...

Direct selling companies continue growing for 19th consecutive year.
February 19, 2005... By Meghann Cotter, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--For 19 years, Judy Welsh has partied for a living. She makes about $30,000 a year, has 85 consultants working under her and still...

Finding a good franchise.
February 19, 2005... By Cathy Jett, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Peter Stalteri wanted to chuck his commute and start a home-based business after the birth of his first child last year. Karen Booth...

Security firm raises $1.5 million to expand.
February 19, 2005... By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Buoyed by success in helping boost security at seaports, a Fort Lauderdale-based consulting group has raised $1.5 million in a private placement...

FPL's quarterly dividend rises 4.4 percent.
February 19, 2005... By Joseph Mann, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--FPL Group Inc. Friday increased its quarterly dividend by 4.4 percent and approved a two-for-one stock split. The decision by FPL Group, the...

Developer wants to bring shopping center with Walgreens to Fresno.
February 19, 2005... By Sanford Nax, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--An Irvine company plans to develop a Walgreens-anchored shopping center at the southwest corner of Herndon and Willow avenues in Fresno. SilverCreek...

Still-Walter Tool & Manufacturing sold to aircraft component maker Fabritech.
February 19, 2005... The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Orangeburg's Still-Walter Tool & Manufacturing Company Inc. announced Friday it has been purchased by Illinois-based aircraft component manufacturer...

$50 million to help nonprofits buy church sites.
February 19, 2005... By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations said yesterday that $50 million will be available to nonprofit community groups to...

Activists sue Merck, Pfizer over drug marketing.
February 19, 2005... By Christopher Rowland, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Healthcare activists in Massachusetts sued Merck & Co. Inc. and Pfizer Inc. in separate lawsuits over marketing campaigns for their arthritis pain...

Caritas Chief Sees System Improving.
February 19, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The chief executive of the state's large Catholic hospital system has laid off about 170 workers in a reorganization effort to stem a large loss last year,...

eBay program helps users recycle gadgets.
February 19, 2005... By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Many home electronic devices never die. They just get thrown away, or buried in an attic. It's a waste of good gadgets and good money, according to the...

Adelphia to increase some cable rates in Colorado Springs area by 3 percent.
February 19, 2005... By Andrew Wineke, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Cable television rates are rising next month in Colorado Springs when Adelphia Communications bumps up rates 3 percent for its most...

King Soopers workers to vote on proposed contract.
February 19, 2005... By Wayne Heilman, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Colorado grocery worker Ron Wilson doesn't find a whole lot he likes in the latest labor contract proposal from King Soopers, but he still...

Lawsuit-shopping reform debated.
February 19, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--A law signed Friday by President Bush -- and designed to reduce lawsuits against businesses -- has generated the predictable division between...

Executive Pay Packages Reported.
February 19, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The Hartford's chief executive, Ramani Ayer, pulled in a pay package of more than $5.75 million for 2004, plus stock-related awards that could mean...

Phoenix Selling Properties To Cut Costs.
February 19, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The Phoenix Cos. plans to sell its customer service center in North Greenbush, N.Y. and a smaller Prospect Street building in Hartford as the...

Deadline Set For Travelers Job Status.
February 19, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--MetLife will tell Travelers Life & Annuity employees by April 4 whether they will lose their jobs after the company is acquired, and will offer...

Canadian Target's Shares Rise As SS&C Pushes Takeover Bid.
February 19, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Shares of a Canadian maker of financial software rose sharply Friday after Windsor-based SS&C Technologies Inc. offered a takeover bid that was higher than an...

Blockbuster 'no late fees' ads a fraud, New Jersey charges.
February 19, 2005... By Kevin G. Demarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--NEWARK -- Blockbuster Video customers are being "ambushed" by charges hidden in the company's "no late fees" program, New Jersey's attorney...

Phone deal wins tentative approval.
February 19, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--A Superior Court judge gave preliminary approval Friday to a settlement agreement between GE Capital and former customers of bankrupt phone...

Developers plan to preserve piece of history at Imperial Sugar refinery site.
February 19, 2005... Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The sprawling Imperial Sugar refinery, once the center of Sugar Land's economic and social life, is being sold to developers who hope to return it to that status with a...

Oil giant lumbers back into top spot.
February 19, 2005... By Lynn J. Cook, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Energy is officially king -- again. Exxon Mobil, the Irving-based behemoth of oil barrels, overtook General Electric as the biggest publicly traded...

Longtime owner passes the torch at unique garage.
February 19, 2005... By David Kaplan, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--After Sybren and Kathryn van der Pol bought Adolf Hoepfl & Son Garage, the outgoing owner, Eugene Hoepfl, agreed to stay around for the transition. A...

Downtown Hyatt returned to lender.
February 19, 2005... By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Houston has been given back to its lender in what people involved are calling a "friendly foreclosure." The Hyatt...

Reliant Energy, consumer groups reach agreement.
February 19, 2005... By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--An agreement between Reliant Energy and consumer groups could mean a small drop in electric bills this spring, but only if natural gas prices stay where they...

Food Lion expands in Carteret County.
February 19, 2005... By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- Food Lion is replacing the old with the new at two locations in Carteret County. Two larger stores that will...

Downtown ballpark plan hasn't seen sunset yet.
February 19, 2005... By Kevin Collison, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Downtown ballpark supporters prepared a financing concept that included a quarter-cent city sales tax increase and $50 million from the Royals...

Pact between Wal-Mart and Wage and Hour Division will be reviewed.
February 19, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The U.S. Labor Department's inspector general said he will review an agreement between Wal-Mart and the department's Wage and Hour Division that...

Lawyers for defendants in Westar case ask judge to disqualify herself.
February 19, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--In bristling motions filed Friday, lawyers for Westar Energy Inc.'s former top two executives asked the judge to disqualify herself from their...

Horton to build homes in Byron subdivision.
February 19, 2005... By Mark Vanderhoek, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--BYRON -- D.R. Horton Inc., the nation's largest home builder, is moving into the Middle Georgia market. Horton agreed to purchase all the lots...

Lithia Motors sees total revenue grow 9.2 percent in 2004.
February 19, 2005... By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Lithia Motors Inc. continued to balloon financially and geographically in 2004 as its total revenue grew 9.2 percent to $2.746 billion. Net...

FPL plans 2-for-2 stock split.
February 19, 2005... By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--While its utility seeks an increase in its base rate and more money for its storm fund, FPL Group announced Friday it was increasing the quarterly dividend...

Target store undergoes transformation to hospital office space.
February 19, 2005... By Maria Burnham, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The hardest challenge facing workers, who began this week reshaping the former Whitehaven Target store into Class A office space for...

Hearings wrap up on plan for Mitchell power plant.
February 19, 2005... By Keith Benman, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--In three weeks, the City of Gary and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. will have to lay a plan before state regulators for transferring the...

Alliant buys Mexican resort development.
February 19, 2005... By Thomas Content, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Madison-based Alliant Energy Corp. said Friday it has acquired a resort development in Mexico that it invested in more than five years ago. ...

Wisconsin bankers seek tougher laws on fraud.
February 19, 2005... By Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Saying state laws need to keep up with tech-savvy criminals, Wisconsin bankers plan to push for tougher statutes concerning fraud and other crimes...

Brillion, Wis., entrepreneur's import, export business focuses on China.
February 19, 2005... By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--BRILLION -- Jeffrey Plitt works from home, a one-minute stroll from Main St. and a 15-hour flight from China. You could say he walks in both worlds,...

Cybersquatter confuses ThedaCare hospital system Web site users.
February 19, 2005... By Avrum Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--A so-called cybersquatter from California had Northeast Wisconsin patients scratching their heads. Some people looking for personal medical...

Investment firms have capital available, survey reveals.
February 19, 2005... By Avrum Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Money to buy medium-sized private companies is very plentiful, according to a survey released Friday by Robert W. Baird & Co. The poll of 56...

Cactus League baseball sees boom in ticket sales.
February 19, 2005... By John Yantis, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Steroid controversy. Randy Johnson in pinstripes. Sammy Sosa going to the birds. Barry Bonds being day-to-day. And rain in the Valley of the Sun. ...

More office/shopping space being developed.
February 19, 2005... By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--A Scottsdale-based luxury office developer is digging up dirt at the northeast corner of Priest Drive and Warner Road in Tempe for an office and...

Dobson Ranch mater-planned community starts system to charge owners who rent.
February 19, 2005... By Lynn Ducey, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Faced with residents' perceptions that a growing number of rentals were sprouting up in Mesa's first master planned community, the Dobson Ranch HOA has...

New Jersey attorney general goes after Blockbuster late fee claims.
February 19, 2005... By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Blockbuster's new "no late fees" policy is not getting rave reviews from state attorneys general, and on Friday one of them said he has sued the...

Board opposes change to homestead exemption.
February 19, 2005... By Rachel Rice, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--PRESQUE ISLE -- Citing major negative effects on local farmers and potato industry businesses, officials with the Maine Potato Board this week opposed...

Personal chefs a growing trend for couples on the go.
February 19, 2005... By Wendy M. Fontaine, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--When Tammy Boynton is making the hourlong trip home after work, she is thinking about what card games she might play later with her husband and...

Mohegan chief Sturges honored by Chamber.
February 19, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--LEDYARD -- The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut on Friday named Mohegan tribal chief Ralph Sturges, who led the tribe's pivotal federal...

Customer savvy and Southern hospitality are paying off for popular grocery.
February 19, 2005... By April Taylor, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--The voice on the other end of the line was energetic, warm and accommodating: "This is Bobby Ukrop." Nothing in the voice hinted that Ukrop,...

Jimmy Carter attack submarine commissioned.
February 19, 2005... By Peter Dujardin, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--When Navy higher-ups decided about five years ago to dramatically expand the submarine Jimmy Carter adding a 100-foot section in the forward...

State battling to attract Verizon jobs.
February 19, 2005... By Chris Flores, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Virginia is in a dogfight with New Jersey over high-paying Verizon jobs, but don't expect the commonwealth to do what the Garden State did last...

Employment firm to open branch in Wallingford, Conn.
February 19, 2005... By Cara Baruzzi, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--WALLINGFORD -- Coming off a year in which it more than doubled its client base, a Massachusetts employment firm serving the construction and...

Sen. Clinton in Iraq on fact-finding mission.
February 19, 2005... By Thomas M. DeFrank, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Clinton has begun her second fact-finding trip to Iraq, congressional officials said yesterday. A member of the Senate...

In Fallujah, hundreds turn out to apply for jobs on police force.
February 19, 2005... By Mark Mooney, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--FALLUJAH, Iraq -- When word went out yesterday that the U.S. was looking for 250 applicants for a new Fallujah police force, the turnout was so big it...

Pentagon to investigate soldiers suspected of rape.
February 19, 2005... By Corky Siemaszko, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Stung by reports of serial rapists in the ranks, the Pentagon said yesterday it would investigate the soldiers identified by a watchdog group. One...

Toy Fair participants hope to reverse years of decline.
February 19, 2005... By Tom Van Riper, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Let the games begin. Tomorrow kicks off the 2005 Toy Fair at the Javits Center, where the industry lays out the latest child-oriented creations to try...