Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 8 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 8 2005

Employment outlook for Augusta, Ga., shows slow hiring pace in first quarter.
January 8, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Some Augusta employers will be hiring during the next three months, but not as many as during the first part of 2004. According to the latest...

Akron, Ohio, adhesives factory to close.
January 8, 2005... By John Russell, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A longtime Akron adhesives factory will close by September 2006, throwing more than 100 employees out of work. German chemical giant Henkel Group...

Luxury fur retailers enjoy another year of strong sales.
January 8, 2005... By Mary Ethridge, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--This holiday season, the fur was flying out of the doors of retailers across the country. Although it was a disappointing Christmas for many...

Work at Atlanta airport to be done by summer.
January 8, 2005... By Kirsten Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Gaping holes in the roads -- and detours -- at the Atlanta airport will be gone before the summer travel rush. Construction of underground...

Coca-Cola to launch Lime brand.
January 8, 2005... By Scott Leith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Coca-Cola plans another run at boosting sales of its biggest brand, this time by adding a little lime. Coca-Cola with Lime is set to debut in...

Job growth best since 1999.
January 8, 2005... By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The economy produced modest job growth in December, capping a year of fickle expansion that still ranked as the best since 1999. About...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution retailing column.
January 8, 2005... By Renee DeGross, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--TRADER JOE'S LOOKS FONDLY ON ATLANTA: In the evolving world of retailing, there's always some hot retailer with expansion feelers out. And...

Ring tones ring up big sales in Atlanta.
January 8, 2005... By Robert Luke, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A ringing phone has become a fashion statement. Not just any phone, but a wireless one with the latest ring tones, ring tunes and ring backs....

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
January 8, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--INFLATION CONCERNS UNDERCUT MARKET: The stock market ended the first week of 2005 with a loss on Friday, spooked in part by hawkish remarks about...

New port authority in Arizona to consolidate visions.
January 8, 2005... By Thomas Stauffer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The newly formed Greater Nogales and Santa Cruz Port Authority hopes its combined strength will lead to more lobbying clout, improved port...

Companies compete to win contract to design Biloxi, Miss., convention center.
January 8, 2005... By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--BILOXI, Miss. -- Firms responsible for modern architectural landmarks, including the Denver International Airport, are vying to design the new...

Bakersfield, Calif., aviation services company keeps planes flying safely.
January 8, 2005... By Steve E. Swenson, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Bakersfield attorney J.J. Gianquinto has a compelling reason for going to Bakersfield Aviation Services at Meadows Field for the last 24 years....

Downtown Bakersfield, Calif., shoe store closes after 35 years in business.
January 8, 2005... By Erin Waldner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Martin's Family Shoe Stores, a longtime staple in downtown Bakersfield, has closed its doors. Store owner Sherman Gross joked that he was only in...

Belleville News-Democrat, Ill., business beat column.
January 8, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--CREDIT UNIONS SEEK END TO FEES: Illinois' credit unions want an end to what they have dubbed "excessive" regulatory fees that the state has...

Albums on the Hill stands alone as Boulder, Colo., neighborhood's music store.
January 8, 2005... By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Andy Schneidkraut bought Boulder's Albums on the Hill in 1987 after the record store had been open for just over a decade. He left a career as a...

Boulder, Colo., program paid parking tickets, plugged meters during holidays.
January 8, 2005... By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Despite crowds of holiday shoppers, there may never have been a better time than December to park in downtown Boulder. Downtown merchants --...

Burlington, N.C., vintage barbershop will close after 77 years.
January 8, 2005... By Jim Wicker, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--It's not what he'd planned to do, and certainly not the thing he wants to do, but on today barber Al "Jack" Leonard will close Queen Ann Street...

Christian station hits airwaves in Burlington, N.C.
January 8, 2005... By Brandee Hayhurst, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Burlington Christian Radio is not "officially" on the air yet, but locals have been hearing the Gospel and gospel music since Christmas Eve....

North Carolina counties' land dispute might have solution.
January 8, 2005... By James Moffat, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A land dispute between Alamance County, Guilford County and an area homebuilder might soon have a resolution. Guilford County commissioners are...

Dead shrimper's family reaches settlement with boat owner.
January 8, 2005... By Sergio Chapa, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--An out-of-court settlement was reached earlier this week with the family of a shrimper who was allegedly brain damaged by a reaction from a...

Optical electronics firm to buy Maryland-based defense-serving company.
January 8, 2005... By Paul Adams, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Essex Corp., a fast-growing optical electronics company that caters to the intelligence community, has signed a letter of intent to buy Annapolis-based...

Gourmet grocer closes its only Baltimore-area store.
January 8, 2005... By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The meat counter is empty and the bakery shelves bare. The sushi station is oddly quiet, too. After 14 years of offering Pikesville shoppers fancy...

New Massachusetts law allows higher insurance rates on Cape Cod homes.
January 8, 2005... By Ethan Zindler, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A law passed just before Christmas makes it easier for the state insurance commissioner to raise rates on the nearly 30,000 Cape and islands...

Sacramento, Calif.-area grocers approve deal.
January 8, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--After nearly a year of negotiations, Sacramento area grocery workers have, by an 83.2 percent margin, ratified a three-year labor...

San Francisco Bay-area grocers to let labor pacts expire.
January 8, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--In a bid to push bargaining forward, the three supermarkets engaged in contentious Bay Area labor negotiations said they will allow the...

U.S. job growth seen as healthy in 2004.
January 8, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The nation's labor market ended the year on a healthy note, adding enough jobs in December to enable 2004 to be the best year for job...

Columbus, Ga., has potential for hiring spurt as car-hauling firm locates there.
January 8, 2005... By Tony Adams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--As jackhammers reverberated through an old industrial building off 10th Avenue Friday, Mikell Fryer could only smile. For him, the teeth-jarring...

Former marshal in Columbus, Ga., ordered to return property.
January 8, 2005... By Kelli Esters, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A temporary restraining order was filed against former Marshal Ken Suddeth, demanding the return of property issued to him while he served as...

U.S. firms create over 2 million jobs in 2004.
January 8, 2005... By Angela Shah, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--U.S. companies boosted payrolls by more than 2 million jobs in 2004, the highest rate since the heyday of the tech boom in the 1990s. Still, Friday's...

Acting city manager's salary returns to council's agenda in Dallas.
January 8, 2005... The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Dallas City Council members will vote Wednesday on whether to increase Acting City Manager Mary Suhm's annual salary to $250,000 -- a departure from an earlier decision...

Consumer Electronics Show proves digital gadgets are everywhere.
January 8, 2005... By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--LAS VEGAS -- This year's Consumer Electronics Show has had no big-bang product, nothing that stunned attendees with its revolutionary potential. ...

World's automakers bring high-stakes hopes to Detroit show.
January 8, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Fusion. Charger. Ridgeline. They are the three most important new cars and trucks debuting at this year's North American International Auto Show, which...

Detroit's international auto show gets more media coverage.
January 8, 2005... By John Smyntek, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The televised coverage of Detroit's North American International Auto Show formally began its rise to major league status Friday. The auto show's new...

Detroit mayor talks up growth plans for Cobo Center during auto show tour.
January 8, 2005... By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's annual walking tour of the North American International Auto Show Friday was more than a chance for reporters to try again to get...

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland column.
January 8, 2005... By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--GENERAL MOTORS ROCKETS INTO INTERNET BLOGOSPHERE: General Motors has gone to the blogs. The automaker that once epitomized the Type A business world of...

Daily Mail, London, business briefs column.
January 8, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--DEBT FREEZE TO AID TSUNAMI VICTIMS: Chancellor Gordon Brown unveiled an agreement by finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations to support the freezing of...

Daily Mail, London, Broker Buys and Sells column.
January 8, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--BROKER BUYS: Urbium: Teather & Greenwood says buy at 605 pence (now 627 pence). Highly attractive and a stock for 2005. Biotrace: Evolution says buy at 79 pence (now...

Daily Mail, London, Alex Brummer column.
January 8, 2005... By Alex Brummer, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--MARKS NEEDS A MAGIC TOUCH: The Marks & Spencer Christmas has had the smell of trouble over it for weeks. Yet Stuart Rose and his advisers appeared to be in a...

Daily Mail, London, market report column.
January 8, 2005... By Geoff Foster, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--NXT COMES OVER LOUD AND CLEAR AFTER SPEAKER DEAL: After promising so much for so long and coming up with so little, dealers hope that NXT has finally cracked...

Virgin Mobile USA mulls expansion into US stock market.
January 8, 2005... Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--American investment banks are queuing up to take Sir Richard Branson's US mobile phone joint venture onto the stock market. Virgin Mobile USA will hold a "beauty parade"...

North Carolina's largest architectural firm designs Durham offices' event space.
January 8, 2005... By Paul Bonner, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--One of American Tobacco's newest tenants also had a hand in the project's new event space. Little & Associates, the state's largest architectural...

Higher milk prices may be on horizon in New York.
January 8, 2005... By Tim Logan, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Milk certainly does the body good. But the wallet? These days, not so much. Milk prices have been climbing for months. Recently,...

Pilot delivers aid, captures images in tsunami's disaster areas in Sri Lanka.
January 8, 2005... By Nancy Hernandez, The Frederick News-Post, Frederick, Md. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Many of the world's first images of Sri Lanka after the Dec. 26 tsunami's destruction were captured from a helicopter flown by a man...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., event auctions off classic cars.
January 8, 2005... By Joseph Mann, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Fort Lauderdale's War Memorial Auditorium turned into an automotive time machine Friday as cars dating from the 1950s, 60s and 70s -- many looking like...

Cotton grower Boswell Co. seeks to develop Yokohl Valley near Exeter, Calif.
January 8, 2005... By Diwata Fonte, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--J.G. Boswell Co., the cotton-growing giant that also builds master-planned communities, is turning its attention to Yokohl Valley east of Exeter for a...

Nanny businesses see rapid growth in Fresno, Calif., region.
January 8, 2005... By Robert Rodriguez, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--New residents, large families and busy professionals are keeping Fresno's nanny industry busy. "This is very much a growing industry," said...

Footwear retailers struggle for footing in Fayetteville, N.C.
January 8, 2005... By Rebecca Logan, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- It's a big shoe shake-up, so try and keep up. The Footaction store at Cross Creek Mall closed last week. ...

Orangeburg, S.C., restaurants, hotels cater to hunting dog crowd.
January 8, 2005... By Gene Zaleski, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Woof! Woof! The weather may feel more like spring, but the calendar reads Jan. 8; and for Orangeburg's hospitality industry, the...

Group plans assisted living center for West Greeley, Colo.
January 8, 2005... By Sharon Dunn, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--West Greeley could soon be home to a $10 million senior citizen living campus, potentially the first of other similar developments across the Front Range....

Little bills expected to cause more harm, Colorado business lobbyists say.
January 8, 2005... By Sharon Dunn, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--While the state's budget woes are expected to be the dominant topic in this year's legislature, business lobbyists worry about the little bills -- ones...

Chuck E. Cheese to open in Greeley, Colo., mall.
January 8, 2005... By Sharon Dunn, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The Greeley Mall may soon become more of a place where a kid can be a kid. Entertainment giant Chuck E. Cheese's, which some have called the kids'...

Job gains fall short of forecasts in December.
January 8, 2005... By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The nation's employers added 157,000 workers to their payrolls in December, but the gains fell 10 percent short of forecasts and left...

Court documents link St. Paul to Marsh insurance bid-rigging case.
January 8, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--The St. Paul Cos. -- now part of The St. Paul Travelers Cos. -- was among the insurers that benefited from alleged bid-rigging by broker Marsh Inc.,...

Montvale, N.J.-based supermarket chain's loss increases threefold.
January 8, 2005... By Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Flat sales and hefty restructuring charges added up to a quarterly loss of $75.3 million -- three times higher than a year earlier -- at the...

Continental joins other airlines in cutting walk-up tickets.
January 8, 2005... Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Ticket prices dropped Friday on some Continental Airlines flights out of Houston in the midst of fare restructuring efforts by the nation's big airlines. The lower fares...

Former outside Enron directors to part with $13 million as part of settlement.
January 8, 2005... By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Ten of Enron's former outside board members will pay $13 million out of their own pockets as part of a $168 million settlement with shareholders suing over the...

Senators seek answers to high natural gas costs.
January 8, 2005... By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--WASHINGTON -- Growing concerns about the nation's supply of natural gas will shape the debate as lawmakers take another crack at an energy bill. In...

Consumer Electronics show buzzes over what's not there.
January 8, 2005... By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--LAS VEGAS -- If you make gadgets that are cool, digital and pretty to look at, you're among the 129,000 or so attending the International Consumer...

Jacksonville, Fla., medical center plans to build more offices.
January 8, 2005... By Alison Trinidad, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--St. Vincent's Medical Center has submitted plans to the city to build more doctor's offices and overnight suites for its out-of-town...

Commercial bluefin tuna fishing season ends.
January 8, 2005... By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- This year's commercial bluefin tuna season just ended, but some are already thinking about how to make next year's...

GM unveils a different kind of Saturn.
January 8, 2005... By Randolph Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Introduced by General Motors as a no-haggling, "different kind of car company," Saturn had an original line of cars that would have looked at home...

Cass County, Mo., phone executive admits role in con.
January 8, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A Cass County telephone executive pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy charges stemming from telephone "cramming" and Internet pornography schemes that...

Supporters prepare to support Kansas slogan for the long haul.
January 8, 2005... By David Klepper, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Now that Kansas has a "brand" -- "Kansas, as big as you think" -- officials behind the effort say millions of dollars will be needed every year to...

Salina, Kan., school board to decide on artificial turf for stadium.
January 8, 2005... By Michael Strand, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Later this month, Salina School Board members are scheduled to decide whether or not to push ahead with installing artificial turf at Salina Stadium....

Kansas launches tourism campaign with new slogan.
January 8, 2005... By Tim Unruh, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Attempting to capitalize on an image that Kansas is flat with wide-open spaces, Salina and state economic development officials Friday announced a new...

Salina, Kan.-based convenience store to try to raise money for tsunami victims.
January 8, 2005... The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Officials of the Salina-based Green Lantern convenience store chain are expected to announce next week a communitywide effort to raise $100,000 to aid Indian Ocean...

Kentucky Geological Survey works on 'land-use' maps for state's counties.
January 8, 2005... By Emily Hagedorn, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Lee Meyer knew about the sinkhole not far from his property. What he didn't know about was the flooding that came with it. Meyer learned...

Perry, Ga., to consider billboard restrictions.
January 8, 2005... By Mark Vanderhoek, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--PERRY, Ga. -- The city might soon be tightening its restriction on billboards. Perry's Planning Commission will hold a hearing on an amendment...

Air passenger traffic sets record for Medford, Ore., airport.
January 8, 2005... By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Medford air passenger traffic not only topped the half-million mark for the first time last year, but surpassed the previous year by more than 50,000...

Lawyer for Miami-area healthcare group seeks dismissal of price-gouging suit.
January 8, 2005... By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Buoyed by other hospitals' victories in similar lawsuits around the country, lawyers for Baptist Health South Florida argued Friday before a federal judge in...

Growers, food processors aim to meet new California air, water standards.
January 8, 2005... By Tim Moran, The Modesto Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Farmers and food processors, the acknowledged economic drivers of the San Joaquin Valley economy, are under the gun to meet a variety of new air and water...

The Modesto Bee, Calif., Wine Notes column.
January 8, 2005... By Tim Moran, The Modesto Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--When people get to be a certain age, many tend to start fudging about how old they are. The California wine industry may be reaching that age. The...

Microsoft's market entry is threat to anti-virus software players.
January 8, 2005... By David Williams, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Where a software giant treads, doesn't market dominance naturally follow? Maybe not when it comes to Microsoft and its plans to begin...

Riviana Foods consolidates distribution at Memphis, Tenn., industrial park.
January 8, 2005... By Jane Roberts, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Riviana Foods, which has been processing rice here since 1965, is consolidating distribution operations in the Memphis International...

Legislature makes waves for Indiana casino industry.
January 8, 2005... By Susan Erler, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--If the first few days are any sign, the 2005 legislative session promises some shake-ups in the casino industry. Gov. Mitch Daniels has indicated he...

West Allis, Wis., manufacturers' representative changes with the business.
January 8, 2005... By Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--WEST ALLIS, Wis. -- In 2000, Jim Hunter knew that he had to change how he did business. Since 1976, he had built MII Industries Inc. to $6 million...

Kraft Foods smeared by Google link on white-supremacist Web site.
January 8, 2005... By Jason Gertzen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Internet searches that wrongly implied that Kraft Foods Inc. was a sponsor of a white supremacist Web site raised alarms recently about the...

Mining equipment maker nearing decision about expanding Milwaukee operations.
January 8, 2005... By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Bucyrus International Inc. is close to making a decision on whether to expand its South Milwaukee operations, which have been one of the area's...

Honeywell names new CEO for its Phoenix-based aerospace division.
January 8, 2005... By Ed Taylor, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Honeywell International named a president and chief executive Friday for its $9.8billion Phoenix-based aerospace business unit. Robert J. Gillette,...

Mesa, Ariz., food market caters to those with special dietary needs.
January 8, 2005... By Donna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--A new kind of food store is scheduled to open Jan. 17 at the Promenade shopping center in Scottsdale, Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Scottsdale Road....

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser's stock nosedives on negative stun-gun reports.
January 8, 2005... By Edward Gately, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Scottsdale-based Taser International's stock took a beating Friday when investors learned about the Securities and Exchange Commission's inquiry into...

Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Saul Friedman column.
January 8, 2005... By Saul Friedman, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--BATTLE OVER SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM IS RAGING: The new Congress has barely been seated, President George W. Bush's second term hasn't yet begun, and...

U.S. adds 2.2 million jobs in 2004.
January 8, 2005... By Randi F. Marshall, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Marking the best year since 1999, the nation's employers added 2.2 million jobs in 2004 -- a solid performance but still a relatively slow one for...

Former New York police commissioner scheduled to give speech despite scandal.
January 8, 2005... By Dan Janison, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Less than a month after his nomination as U.S. homeland security chief exploded in a wide-ranging scandal, Bernard Kerik is due on Monday to deliver...