Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 5 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 5 2005

Stamford, Conn.-based HVAC firm hires turn-around experts to salvage business.
February 5, 2005... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A veteran heating, ventilating and air conditioning company headquartered in Stamford has dramatically cut its staff and hired a New Jersey...

Crime-scene cleanup offers opportunity for growing industry.
February 5, 2005... By Adrian Burns, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Sometimes death is messy. And when it is, it can prove lucrative for the companies charged with cleaning it up. The bio-recovery industry,...

KMC Telecom departs Augusta, Ga., phone-service market; sells to TelCove.
February 5, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--KMC Telecom is hanging up on Augusta. The company that provides local and long distance phone service to business customers is selling its $23...

Super Bowl advertisers walk fine line.
February 5, 2005... By Mary Ethridge, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Pity those Super Bowl television ad folks -- well, just for a moment. Within 30 seconds flat, or maybe 60 seconds if they have a big-spending...

Kern County, Calif., almond growers fight mites that destroy critical bee hives.
February 5, 2005... By Steve E. Swenson, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The buzz in Kern County almond orchards is honeybees that have survived the newly indestructible varroa mite. Boxes of bee hives are being...

Bakersfield, Calif., sees new restaurants opening.
February 5, 2005... By Matt Phillips, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A steak, ribs and beer joint is planned for a vacant California Avenue restaurant. Logan's Roadhouse, a casual steak house concept from...

Belleville News-Democrat, Ill., business beat column.
February 5, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--PEST CONTROL CONSULTANT TO VISIT ARCH: Next week, pest control consultant Bill Currie will inspect the Gateway Arch grounds for potential insect...

Employees want city to negotiate.
February 5, 2005... By Patrick J. Powers, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--O'FALLON -- A group of City Hall union employees is looking to the Illinois Labor Relations Board to force city leaders back to the...

U.S. Steel worker dies in accident; man struck by train at Granite City plant.
February 5, 2005... Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--GRANITE CITY -- A veteran employee at U.S. Steel's Granite City Works died Thursday night when he was hit by a train inside the mill. David Prengel, 46, was...

Broomfield eyes facelift for plaza.
February 5, 2005... By Alisha Jeter, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--BROOMFIELD -- A second major renovation has been proposed here along the 120th Avenue corridor. Managers of the Broomfield Plaza, a shopping...

For local hangouts, 'super' is missing from this edition of Bowl game.
February 5, 2005... By Kurt D. Schultheis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--MANATEE -- Except for Patriots and Eagles fans, this big game is not creating the buzz even that restaurants and sports bars see during the...

Retailers welcome Valentine's Day gift binge.
February 5, 2005... By Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--MANATEE -- It has "sell, sell, sell" written all over it in foil-wrapped chocolate hearts. And people are buying. Valentine's Day brings...

LabCorp buys new laboratory.
February 5, 2005... By Keren Rivas, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--LabCorp has completed the acquisition of an anatomic pathology and oncology laboratory on the West Coast, reaffirming the company's desire to...

County staff recommends taking over landfill.
February 5, 2005... By James Moffat, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A proposal that would have the county take over operations at the Austin Quarter Landfill could cost more than $2 million. In a memo to the...

City cool on proposal to redevelop old Arrowhead Golf Club.
February 5, 2005... By Isaac Groves, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--MEBANE -- A Florida development company is the first to officially ask the city to give up on industry at the old Arrowhead Golf Club off Mebane...

Civil suits merge in major bank fraud case.
February 5, 2005... By Laura Smitherman, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Three years after one of the largest bank frauds in history foreshadowed the end of Allfirst Financial Inc., the "rogue" trader at the center of that...

Changes in tax laws mean changes in preparation.
February 5, 2005... By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Last fall, Congress passed two major tax bills with big names that are easy to forget. But taxpayers should remember that there are new tax breaks...

Attorney withdraws from BJ's Wholesale project in Hyannis, Mass.
February 5, 2005... By David Schoetz, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--After more than four years of work, attorney Patrick Butler has resigned as an attorney for the BJ's development project in Hyannis,...

Richmond executives abused city credit cards, preliminary report says.
February 5, 2005... By Rebecca Rosen Lum, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Richmond executives have abused city credit cards, paying for big-ticket items, wracking up $20,000 in late fees, eating out in...

Bush appointee pushes technology for health system.
February 5, 2005... By Judy Silber, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--STANFORD -- Appointed a year ago by President Bush to serve as the nation's first national coordinator for health information...

PMI posts positive earnings.
February 5, 2005... By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--PMI Group Inc. of Walnut Creek posted net income of $80.5 million, or 79 cents a share, for the quarter that ended Dec. 31, just about...

Bush's first term adds 119,000 jobs.
February 5, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Herbert Hoover can keep his place in the history books, because President Bush's first term produced a gain in jobs -- barely. ...

US Airways stops hot food on domestic flights during vendor switch.
February 5, 2005... By Tony Mecia, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The latest complaint about airplane food: No hot meals on US Airways domestic flights, even in first class. Starting this week, US Airways says...

Bank of America grows as credit card lender.
February 5, 2005... By Binyamin Appelbaum, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest retail bank, posted strong growth as a credit card lender in 2004 but continued to lag well...

Davidson man to lead Habitat for Humanity.
February 5, 2005... By Jeri Fischer Krentz, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The fired founder of Habitat for Humanity hopes a public outcry -- including peaceful protests this morning at Habitat work sites across...

Hospitals plan safety campaign to reduce preventable deaths.
February 5, 2005... By Mike Stobbe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The N.C. Hospital Association plans to enlist hospitals for a campaign to prevent unnecessary and accidental patient deaths. The association is...

FairPoint Communications becomes Charlotte's newest publicly traded company.
February 5, 2005... By Stan Choe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--FairPoint Communications Inc. became Charlotte's newest publicly traded company Friday, when the rural-phone company raised $462.5 million in an...

Earnings, cost cuts lift Wachovia stock.
February 5, 2005... By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Wachovia Corp.'s stock is off to a good start this year, helped by strong earnings and a cost-cutting initiative, analysts say. Shares in...

Wal-Mart to build another store in Columbus, Ga.
February 5, 2005... By Tony Adams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The world's largest retailer is planning to expand into the Midland area, making it the first major commercial development in Columbus' northern...

Tower Automotive has high hopes entering bankruptcy.
February 5, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The chief executive of the latest mammoth auto-parts supplier in metro Detroit to fall into bankruptcy says her firm should be able to avoid the...

Delphi demands discarded records.
February 5, 2005... By Kim Norris, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--FLINT -- The country's largest auto-parts supplier has taken legal action against a tiny alternative newspaper over sensitive employee records the paper says...

Detroit Free Press Undercover Fan column.
February 5, 2005... Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- I've been there for you, Detroit. All week long, while thousands of other reporters trod like burdened cattle to Super Bowl news conferences and player...

Edison asks to cut business rates, lift home ones.
February 5, 2005... By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Detroit Edison asked the Michigan Public Service Commission Friday for permission to lower business electric rates and raise residential rates...

Daily Mail, London, business briefs column.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Allders is set to be broken up -- leaving thousands of jobs and pensions at risk after a [pounds sterling]70m bid from Alchemy was rejected as too low. Administrator Kroll...

Chancellor in pledge to promote business.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Gordon Brown promised to fill the pre-election Budget with incentives for companies to make Britain the most business-friendly country in the world. The Chancellor said...

RHM pension benefits sliced.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Hovis bread group RHM is slicing benefits and raising contributions at its pension scheme, one of the largest in industry with 50,000 members. Trade union Amicus may...

Boost for BA as it lashes American carriers.
February 5, 2005... By Russell Hotten, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--British Airways' slow recovery inched ahead yesterday as Europe's second-largest airline forecast an improvement in revenues despite a collapse in...

Daily Mail, London, Broker Buys and Sells column.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--BROKER BUYS: Black Raven Properties: SQC Research says buy at 5p (now 15 3/4p). It will expand in a joint venture with a major construction firm and a leading...

Eisner is hanging on tight as storm gathers.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Michael Eisner was once the king of the US entertainment business -- a living legend who was admired by New York moneymen and loved by the entertainment world in Los...

King highlights danger to UK from volatile dollar.
February 5, 2005... By Edmund Conway, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Bank of England governor issued a stern warning about the dangers that the volatile US dollar poses to the economy, saying that the G7 leading...

Homebase's freebie grab exchange: FSA wades in.
February 5, 2005... By Lucy Farndon, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--DIY chain Homebase is under fire for ordering its suppliers to help finance the cost of new stores. The retailer, which is owned by GUS, is demanding...

An inflation-busting home for your cash.
February 5, 2005... By Sylvia Morris, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Higher-rate taxpayers seeking a lucrative home for the cash part of their portfolio should look at the Index-linked Certificates offered by National...

Pernod puts more fizz in Domecq.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Allied Domecq is in high spirits after hopes of a French bid sent its shares up 22 1/2p to 514 1/2p, boosting its market value to [pounds sterling]5.7bn, writes Brian...

Daily Mail, London, market report column.
February 5, 2005... By Geoff Foster, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--"Five thousand here we come." That was the shout in dealings rooms as the fabulous Footsie advanced a further 33.2 points to 4941.5. It confidently...

Oriel opens the window to lands of opportunity.
February 5, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--From Russia with love -- nuclear physicist Sergey Kurzin arrived in Britain in 1990 with just a suitcase, in pursuit of Jennifer, an Englishwoman he met on the Moscow Metro....

Perils of digging deep for miners.
February 5, 2005... By Brian O'Connor, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--An extraordinary boom is taking place under our noses. A flood of money is being poured into mining and oil exploration stocks. The sums are smaller than...

British regulators express concern over German bid for London Stock Exchange.
February 5, 2005... By Lucy Farndon, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Financial Services Authority waded into the debate over the ownership of the London Stock Exchange by pointing out that a foreign takeover could...

Daily Mail, London, Ruth Sunderland column.
February 5, 2005... By Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Financial Services Authority has lobbed a grenade into the bid battle for the London Stock Exchange. It came in the form of an extraordinary open...

Durham, N.C., drug firm goes public, raises less than recently expected.
February 5, 2005... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--DURHAM -- Icagen Inc. made its public debut Thursday, raising $37.2 million and marking Durham's first initial public offering in more than four...

Bill would force vote on raises.
February 5, 2005... By Joe Rogalsky, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--DOVER -- General Assembly members wouldn't be able to avoid voting themselves a pay raise in the future if legislation filed Friday becomes law....

Cell phone provider declares bankruptcy.
February 5, 2005... By Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The parent company of Windsong PCS, a firm that provides cellular phone service in the Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Wis. area, has filed bankruptcy,...

Andover workers to learn wage rates.
February 5, 2005... By John Bartlett, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--MEADVILLE -- Workers at financially troubled Andover Industries -- who are on notice that their jobs could be gone April 1 unless the company is sold --...

Majority of Americans are online.
February 5, 2005... By Meghann Cotter, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Ninety-year-old Ruth Heyne got her first computer last fall. Her son, Tom Strong of Spotsylvania County, hooked her up with a...

Fredericksburg business named one of the fastest growing value-added resellers.
February 5, 2005... By Cathy Jett, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Ellie Nazemoff's business came to a screeching halt a week after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The federal government was canceling...

Spas luring more male customers.
February 5, 2005... By Meghann Cotter, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Doctors told Dale Baxter that pills and steroid injections were the solution for his excruciating headaches and joint pain. The...

Banking on big game business.
February 5, 2005... By Portsia Smith, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Tomorrow will be one of the biggest days of the year for local restaurants, bars and pizza delivery shops as they gear up for a super...

Companies locally, nationally are still collecting tsunami relief money.
February 5, 2005... By Portsia Smith, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Kelly Lenahan paid $55 for a brownie-bottom chocolate-chip cheesecake made by one of her co-workers at Lockheed Martin in Dahlgren. ...

Suit against Bank of America to highlight cybercriminal issues.
February 5, 2005... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A Miami businessman is suing Bank of America over $90,000 he says was stolen from his online banking account in a case that will highlight the thorny...

Mardi Gras makes a great hook now and throughout the calendar for party stores.
February 5, 2005... By Diwata Fonte, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A championship football game might be a good reason to celebrate once a year, but party supply, decorating and rental businesses find that Mardi Gras...

California State University chancellor to create advisory group on farming.
February 5, 2005... By Robert Rodriguez, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--California State University Chancellor Charles Reed will create an agricultural advisory group to help him strengthen the university system's...

Texas inventor touts gas-pump lottery ticket device.
February 5, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--AUSTIN, Texas -- As long as you can pay at the pump, Michael Hall thinks you should be able to "play" at the pump. Play the Texas lottery,...

New location lets YMCA North Branch double its size.
February 5, 2005... By Shirley Jinkins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--ARLINGTON -- Members and employees are fidgeting with excitement over the Saturday opening of the YMCA North Branch's spacious new facility...

Postmark deadline changes at Orangeburg Post Office.
February 5, 2005... The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Orangeburg Post Office has rolled back its weekday postmark deadline time to 5 p.m., effective immediately. The change, which was made official...

Colorado Springs, Colo., firm produces heat sensitive ink for CD packaging.
February 5, 2005... By Jim Bainbridge, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A Colorado Springs company had a strong imprint on the record-breaking launch of Nirvana's multiplatinum box set "With the Lights Out."...

Insurance advocate to define her role.
February 5, 2005... By David Dekok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Cynthia Fillman, the state's first insurance consumer advocate, knows she faces some challenges. Some legislators tried for 15 years or...

Job gains fall short of forecasts.
February 5, 2005... By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--U.S. employers added 146,000 jobs in January, but the gains still fell nearly 30 percent short of forecasts and underscored that the country...

Travelers jobs worry Rell, Senators.
February 5, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Connecticut's U.S. senators, expressing concern about potential Hartford layoffs, are pressing MetLife for some indication...

At NU, A Strong Quarter.
February 5, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Northeast Utilities' earnings soared in the fourth quarter of 2004, but the company eked out only a tiny gain for the full year, NU reported Friday. Most of...

Helenans voice concerns to committee over utility costs.
February 5, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--"We're one of the energy-richest states in the United States, and here we are crying before our elected officials, begging for help. That...

Hamilton, Ohio, technology park plans to open within 30 days.
February 5, 2005... By Chris Dumond, The Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--HAMILTON -- The Vora Technology Park could be open for business within 30 days, Managing Director Mahendra Vora said Friday morning. ...

Chavez sets off energy worries; Citgo sale talk could be politics.
February 5, 2005... Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Aftershocks from Venezuela's energy earthquakes are being felt in Houston. Rumors are ricocheting around the industry that Citgo, the Houston-based refining and...

Judge gives settlements preliminary approval to Enron settlement deal.
February 5, 2005... Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--PURVA PATEL -- A federal judge on Friday granted preliminary approval to three settlements between Enron shareholders and the company's former outside board members, Bank of...

CSX fined $298,000 for crossing violations.
February 5, 2005... By Gregory Richards, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--CSX Transportation was fined $298,000 by the federal government for multiple highway-railroad crossing violations near Rochester,...

Dunkin' Donuts eyes more outlets.
February 5, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Patriots will leave Jacksonville after the Super Bowl, but another New England icon plans to raise its profile here during the...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
February 5, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--SUPER BOWL IS ANOTHER TURNING POINT: Sunday's Super Bowl marks a turning point in Jacksonville. As the host of Super Bowl...

Cummer Museum to buy Women's Club facility.
February 5, 2005... By Alison Trinidad, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens announced Friday that it plans to buy the historic Woman's Club of Jacksonville, making it the...

JSO trying new security software.
February 5, 2005... By Timothy J. Gibbons, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is using a newly developed $75,000 software package to help coordinate the 53 agencies that are...

MFC on dolphin rules.
February 5, 2005... By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH -- The state Marine Fisheries Commission gave the National Marine Fisheries Service the raspberry Friday. The reason?...

US Airways to expand service at Albert J. Ellis Airport.
February 5, 2005... By Bernhardt Dotson, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--US Airways will expand its service at Albert J. Ellis Airport, operating one daily 70-seat and five daily 50-seat jet flights between...

Caution greets Bush's pitch.
February 5, 2005... By Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--OMAHA, Neb. -- President Bush offered warm words to Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson on Friday, telling an arena full of Nebraskans that their senator was...

Super Bowl ads back away from the edge.
February 5, 2005... By Jennifer Mann, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tame is the name of the game when advertisers take to the airwaves Sunday for Super Bowl XXXIX. After last year's fiasco of...

Brown Mackie College building changes hands.
February 5, 2005... By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The downtown Brown Mackie College building that has been vacant since 2000 has a new owner. Jim Ravenkamp, owner of General Air in downtown...

County jury awards company less for land than state had offered.
February 5, 2005... By Sharon Montague, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--Foley Equipment took a gamble and lost. A Saline County jury Friday awarded the Wichita-based company less than it had been offered by the...

Purchase of YWCA building may be a dead issue.
February 5, 2005... By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--If the city of Salina is to again consider buying the former YWCA building at 651 E. Prescott, it apparently will be another city commission that...