Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from July 17 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from July 17 2004

New Virginia-based low-cost airline may still add Augusta, Ga., service.
July 17, 2004

Northeast Ohio machine-tool firms say sales picking up.
July 17, 2004

Web site spoofs Jefferson County, Texas, entertainment park's financial woes.
July 17, 2004

Sempra Energy LNG open house features Jefferson County, Texas, terminal plans.
July 17, 2004

Texas teachers' salaries lag behind national average.
July 17, 2004

Biloxi, Miss., boat designer competes for Coast Guard contract.
July 17, 2004

Mississippi governor delays Medicaid cuts until September in reform plan.
July 17, 2004

California oil producers fear report aimed at protecting culture, history.
July 17, 2004

California pistachio growers predict record-breaking crop.
July 17, 2004

Baltimore workers say Martha Stewart's sentence surprising but lenient.
July 17, 2004

Dennis, Mass., leaders may not allow yoga teacher to conduct business on beach.
July 17, 2004

Albertsons' closure of distribution center may cut California jobs.
July 17, 2004

Housing market in San Francisco Bay area still sizzles.
July 17, 2004

Work halted at Los Alamos Laboratory in wake of security breach.
July 17, 2004

Wealthy North Carolina tobacco farmers stand to gain most from buyout.
July 17, 2004

Working for U.S. in Iraq proves risky.
July 17, 2004

Southwest Airlines' new CEO plans to do more with less.
July 17, 2004

Golf communities take off as niche market in Michigan residential real estate.
July 17, 2004

SaveMartha.com calls for an appeal to Bush.
July 17, 2004

Kmart vows to stand by its retail partner.
July 17, 2004

Late 2003 holiday spending was up over same period 2002 in Durham County, N.C.
July 17, 2004

Wallkill, N.Y., mall to repay customers of furniture store that didn't deliver.
July 17, 2004

Cranberry grower in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., reports third quarter decline.
July 17, 2004

Chicago firm to buy failed Babbitt, Minn., pool table manufacturer.
July 17, 2004

So far, so good for tourism in Pennsylvania.
July 17, 2004

Broadband technology makes inroads in Fredericksburg, Va., area.
July 17, 2004

Fredericksburg, Va.-area bus tours pick up pace.
July 17, 2004

Fredericksburg, Va.-area workers share some common office complaints.
July 17, 2004

Storm damage shouldn't delay Wal-Mart's opening in Spotsylvania County, Va.
July 17, 2004

Carnival to take 200 jobs from South Florida as company relocates Cunard Line.
July 17, 2004

Jobless rate bumps up in South Florida, but numbers improve from last year.
July 17, 2004

Florida wildlife officers feel backlash from tiger killing.
July 17, 2004

Unilever to end hair-spray production, cut 130 jobs at Raeford, N.C., plant.
July 17, 2004

Massachusetts' jobless rate holds at 5.2 percent in June.
July 17, 2004

Inspired by Linux success, group aims to share software programs.
July 17, 2004

Colorado Springs, Colo., leaders hope Intel brings prosperity.
July 17, 2004

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to get medical center's neurosurgeons.
July 17, 2004

Nissan dealer in Harrisburg, Pa., plans move.
July 17, 2004

PNC agrees to buy troubled Riggs Bank.
July 17, 2004

The Hartford Courant, Conn., auto answers column.
July 17, 2004

The Hartford Courant, Conn., auto review column.
July 17, 2004

Shares of Wilton, Conn.-based Greenfield Online soar in IPO.
July 17, 2004

Federal mediator guides A&P, union to tentative pact for 8,500 workers.
July 17, 2004

Shares of Kenilworth, N.J.-based pharmaceutical rise as end of probe in sight.
July 17, 2004

New Jersey jobless rate falls, but cost of living climbs.
July 17, 2004

Unsuccessful job search leads man to open new car wash in Hamilton, Ohio.
July 17, 2004

Pizza Palace expands again with Riverside, Fla., store.
July 17, 2004

Jacksonville, Fla.-area land owners fight for just compensation.
July 17, 2004

CPI for Jacksonville, Fla., shows prices rising at annual rate of 1.55 percent.
July 17, 2004

The Kansas City Star, Mo., workplace column.
July 17, 2004... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 17--IF MARTHA HAD BEEN MARTIN: When news of Martha Stewart's prison sentence hit the wires Friday morning, some men in the newsroom mused that if she'd...

Unemployment climbs in 9 Ohio counties, especially Hardin and Allen.
July 17, 2004

Kentucky's First Federal Savings, Frankfort First Bancorp to merge.
July 17, 2004

Larry Flynt's brother opens adult store in Lexington, Ky.
July 17, 2004

The Sun, Lowell, Mass., business Careers column.
July 17, 2004

Family-owned Macon, Ga., Lincoln Mercury dealership sold to Atlanta firm.
July 17, 2004

Myrtle Beach, S.C., monitors cafe for evidence of nuisance laws violations.
July 17, 2004

Jackson County, Ore., unemployment rate moves up in June.
July 17, 2004

Carnival Corp. to relocate Cunard cruise line, costing 180 jobs in Miami.
July 17, 2004

Sunrise, Fla., online diamond, jewelry retailer files an IPO.
July 17, 2004

Florida PBS TV stations in ratings battle.
July 17, 2004

Teamsters rally at GE warehouse in Munster, Ind.
July 17, 2004

Brass Ring Capital raises $13.7 million to form private equity fund.
July 17, 2004

Medicare, Medicaid fall $1.1 billion short in Wisconsin, hospital group says.
July 17, 2004

Berbee of Madison, Wis., to buy Cleveland computer consultancy.
July 17, 2004

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Historical Perspectives column.
July 17, 2004

Milwaukee-based Sensient proposes annual elections for its directors.
July 17, 2004

Two Wisconsin utilities to buy power from planned wind-farm project.
July 17, 2004

Phoenix airport begins 3-year renovation that will bring more shops, eateries.
July 17, 2004

Motorola spinoff goes public with shares advancing on first day.
July 17, 2004

Stock in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia soars on news of founder's sentence.
July 17, 2004

New Bangor, Maine, hotel owner courts Korean clientele.
July 17, 2004

Greenville, Maine, steamship cruises to 90th birthday.
July 17, 2004

Mount Desert, Maine, residents support Martha Stewart, their part-time neighbor.
July 17, 2004

University of Maine's 13th president dies at 79.
July 17, 2004

Mortgage rates still fall, despite Fed's move to increase interest rate.
July 17, 2004

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's revised revenue projection drops stock price.
July 17, 2004

Virginia's Farm Fresh grocery stores brew plan to add Starbucks shops inside.
July 17, 2004

Colonial Williamsburg, Va., landscape is filled with vacancies, weedy lots.
July 17, 2004

Connecticut businesswomen get negotiating tips at annual conference.
July 17, 2004

New Haven, Conn., contractor pays workers after subcontractor skips town.
July 17, 2004

Hamden, Conn.-based food services firm buys electronics installer.
July 17, 2004

Omnimedia hopes Martha Stewart's woes will fade from the headlines.
July 17, 2004

Daily News, New York, Wall Street column.
July 17, 2004

The Orange County Register, Calif., business briefs column.
July 17, 2004