Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 27 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 27 2005

Insurers encourage healthy living to cut costs of care.
February 27, 2005... By David Wenner, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--The best health insurance plan in the world can't hold down health care costs for people who smoke or don't watch their weight, Mike...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Careers column.
February 27, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--HERE'S THE DRILL IF YOU FEEL A CHILL: Have co-workers made it clear they don't particularly enjoy having you around? You're not asked to join...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster column.
February 27, 2005... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--LET'S LOOK BEYOND THE BABBLE: As the debate over Social Security reform intensifies, the proliferation of proposals to make the transition to...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., kids and business column.
February 27, 2005... By Steve Rosen, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE: I love the Rolling Stones' song "You Can't Always Get What You Want." The title and some of the lyrics are right on the...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Paul Wenske column.
February 27, 2005... By Paul Wenske, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--IDENTITY THEFT MOST OFTEN STARTS OFFLINE: One dark and rainy evening this past month, a reader of this column was returning to her car after...

Wahlen's experience helps with Weber's 'crown jewel'.
February 27, 2005... By Jeff DeMoss, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--OGDEN -- Blake Wahlen has hashed out zoning issues in city council meetings, designed complex infrastructures and directed the development of...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Steve Massey column.
February 27, 2005... By Steve Massey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--MANUFACTURING STILL MATTERS, AND SHOULD MATTER, TO PITTSBURGH: The latest forecast from PNC Financial Services Group economists doesn't offer a lot...

After the holidays comes the dreaded exercise: inventory.
February 27, 2005... By Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--At 6:30 a.m. on a recent chilly morning, the crew arrived to count every candlestick, every rug, every knickknack scattered artfully around...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel column.
February 27, 2005... By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Even Alan Greenspan can't figure it out. The U.S. economy is growing briskly. Prices for important commodities are rising. The American dollar...

The Philadelphia Inquirer personal finance column.
February 27, 2005... By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--If you ran a snow-blower over the driveway Friday morning, you probably had the thought that occupies many of us when we shovel or mow the lawn:...

Catching up with Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO.
February 27, 2005... By Dawn C. Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has made a career of defying his skeptics. Hastings launched his online DVD movie rental...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus column.
February 27, 2005... By David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--SMALL FUND FOUNDER IS A VICTIM OF TIMING, UNFORGIVING MARKETS: DeWayne Wiggins abandoned his version of the American dream last month, a victim of...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Dave Beal column.
February 27, 2005... By Dave Beal, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Are blogs good for business? While online journals have taken politics by storm, firms are slower to embrace new medium Two years ago, a...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Real World Economics column.
February 27, 2005... By Edward Lotterman, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--LEAVE MARX'S ECONOMIC LABELS IN PAST: People should stop using the word "capitalism." It is a poorly defined, much misunderstood word and...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Eye on Money column.
February 27, 2005... By Gail MarksJarvis, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--'GREEN' ETFS LIKE MINNESOTA FIRMS: Minnesota looks green to socially responsible investors. It's not because of buds on the trees -- which...

Chicago Tribune auto letters column.
February 27, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--AUTO SHOW A REAL EDUCATION: QUESTION: I used to be one of the auto show's biggest fans. I'd go three or four times. Perhaps I'm a slow learner, but it gradually...

Chicago Tribune business outlook column.
February 27, 2005... By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--JOB MARKET STABILIZES, GROWTH SLOWS: Job seekers are faced with a dilemma over how fast the economy can grow. With expansion currently running at less than...

Chicago Tribune Jim's Driveway column.
February 27, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Jim's Driveway is capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews. 2005: --CHEVROLET COBALT LT SEDAN: Base price: $18,195; Engine: 2.2-liter, 145-h.p....

Chicago Tribune New Cars column.
February 27, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--REPUTATION ONLY STYLE TOP-SELLING CAMRY NEEDS: The Toyota Camry was the best-selling car in the industry for 2004. Ditto 2003. Ditto 2002. In fact,...

Hired guns join fight over Wright.
February 27, 2005... Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--When it comes to lobbying on the Wright Amendment, American Airlines and Dallas/Fort Worth Airport have Southwest Airlines outnumbered in Washington -- not...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Mitchell Schnurman column.
February 27, 2005... By Mitchell Schnurman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--DEFICITS MAY SQUEEZE LOCKHEED: Twenty years ago, the United States cut defense spending for the first time since Ronald Reagan had...

Input sought on changing school zones.
February 27, 2005... By Eva-Marie Ayala, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--MANSFIELD -- The school district will have a public forum on proposed elementary school attendance zone changes Tuesday evening. More...

The Boston Globe Consumer Beat column.
February 27, 2005... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--PRO TEAMS FIND A HOT TICKET IN SECONDARY MARKET: Professional sports teams are slowly accepting the secondary ticket market rather than fighting it. Most...

The Boston Globe Economic Life column.
February 27, 2005... By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--TAKING LONG VIEW HASN'T HELPED GERMANY, JAPAN: In international economic circles, the United States is often depicted as the grasshopper from the fable...

Moms share insight on today's business world.
February 27, 2005... By Scott Donnelly, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Kathy Juckett remembers well the cultural chasm that yawned between "office girls" and "factory men" during her early years at Telescope...

Interest in health savings accounts increases.
February 27, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Patrick Williams lives by his own advice. The financial adviser has been recommending health savings accounts, or HSAs, to clients as a...

From the movie business to the coffee business.
February 27, 2005... By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Sometimes expertise pays the bills and sometimes it opens the door to lucrative opportunities. Had you asked John Foote 10 years ago if his...

Driver learns tough lesson at body shop.
February 27, 2005... By Steve Higgins, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--In January 2004, Laura Earley made an unsafe left turn, causing another car to collide with her 2002 BMW 325. The dealership told the...

Lawmaker takes on auto insurance 'steering'.
February 27, 2005... By Steve Higgins, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--When state Sen. Leonard Fasano's white SUV was rear-ended on Interstate 91 in New Haven four months ago, no one was hurt. But what followed...

Control of all profits will shift in Oct. 2006.
February 27, 2005... By Jeff DeMoss, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--OGDEN -- The owners and managers of Business Depot Ogden are eagerly anticipating 19 months from now when they take control of profits from the...

Piecing together the US Airways puzzle.
February 27, 2005... By Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Odds are good that US Airways will make it out of bankruptcy again this summer, defying predictions of its imminent demise. But if it...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Eric Grunder column.
February 27, 2005... By Eric Grunder, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--If you're hankering to come face-to-face with the reality of escalating home prices, spend a few hours today visiting San Joaquin County model...

San Antonio Express-News G. Chambers Williams III column.
February 27, 2005... By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--ON THE MOVE FOR MARKET SHARE: NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Small wagons are making a big comeback in the United States, so much so that most...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., entrepreneur column.
February 27, 2005... By Gita Sitaramiah, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--HUDSON GETS COOKING: Sheryl Grover learned the hard way that the low-carb craze is on the way out. She offered cooking classes aimed at...

Chicago Tribune Bill Barnhart column.
February 27, 2005... By Bill Barnhart, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--CURRENCIES ARE WORTH INVESTOR CONSIDERATION: The worst day in the stock market in nearly seven months had very little to do with stocks. Tuesday's...

Chicago Tribune Real Estate column.
February 27, 2005... By Mary Umberger, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--CHICAGO -- Who says all real estate news has to be about housing starts? Read on. Unintended Consequences Dept. Lawsuits are flying in Springdale,...

Chicago Tribune transportation briefs column.
February 27, 2005... Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Transportation in brief is compiled from the notebooks of Jim Mateja and Rick Popely AUTOS: --Prices for the 2005 Nissan Xterra sport-utility vehicle start at $20,800...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Technobuddy column.
February 27, 2005... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Some guys get into trouble because of drink; others fall victim to topless bars. With me, it's always been technology. My latest lapse at...

New health center begins fundraiser on Wednesday.
February 27, 2005... By Michelle Dynes, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--CHEYENNE -- Public fundraising for the Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center in south Cheyenne will kick off on Wednesday. Last October the Health...

Manager dedicated to safety at D/FW.
February 27, 2005... By Bryon Okada, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--D/FW AIRPORT -- Training and knowledge are the most valuable possessions a person can have, says Brenda Jones, program manager for Dallas/Fort...

Consultant says doctors' offices need to get friendlier.
February 27, 2005... By Kathleen Lynn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--What's wrong with this picture? You get a postcard from your eye doctor: Time for a checkup. You go into the office and wait for the...

Houston Chronicle Nancy Sarnoff column.
February 27, 2005... By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--TV SHOW TO HAVE LOCAL FLAIR: Houston's real estate wars are about to go prime time. Hollywood trade publications report that the NBC network is moving...

Memphis duo among the rare breed of timepiece repairmen.
February 27, 2005... By David Williams, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--They arrive from all over the world, small boxes in which time has stopped. They arrive from Wausau, Wis., and Punta Gorda, Fla.,...

Water utility battles Nashua.
February 27, 2005... By Karen Spiller, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--MERRIMACK -- If you know of a place to play platform tennis, give Bill Patterson a call. Not that he has time to play. The 50-year-old...

Producer has his hands full with Oscars.
February 27, 2005... By Paul Hodgins, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Think of the preparations for tonight's annual Oscars telecast as a hurricane: a swirling pinwheel of stars, egos, demands, timetables,...

Couple gives up on discount grocery store, wishes they hadn't.
February 27, 2005... By Bruce Spence, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Less than 2 years ago, Wiley and Shawn Chandler paid $1.2 million for a decrepit 68,800-square-foot south Stockton warehouse with a top that...

Farm families find new ways to live off their land through all four seasons.
February 27, 2005... By Lee Egerstrom, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--BURTRUM, Minn. -- This time of year, the more curious of Bob Lanners' cattle stand around their barnyard, look up through the oaks and watch...

Credit reports to help consumers fight ID theft rise.
February 27, 2005... By Lorene Yue, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Identity theft has been called the fastest-growing crime in the nation, but experts say the cops have a long way to go to catch up with the robbers. ...

Radio days fade; Net turns.
February 27, 2005... By Leon Lazaroff, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--NEW YORK -- Not long ago, the radio industry was enjoying something of a renaissance. Station valuations were high, buyers were everywhere and every...

Cooking in their own kitchens.
February 27, 2005... By Lisa Davis, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--The sheer number of restaurants that have opened in Grand Forks in the past six months is noteworthy in itself -- but what may be even more intriguing...

Harrisburg Regional Chamber chairman sees 'huge' potential.
February 27, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Russ Ford personally doesn't have big plans for the regional chamber of commerce, but he sees great potential for the area, nonetheless. ...

Rodeo thrives with mix of good works, marketing.
February 27, 2005... By Dan Feldstein, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--When George Strait demanded $1.1 million to play a single night at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, leaders of the nonprofit organization paid the...

Sights of rodeo detailed for sightless.
February 27, 2005... By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Jacob Garza liked the horses, the country singers and the floats, but his favorite part of the 2005 rodeo parade was the cheerleaders. He wondered if any...

Star-News, Wilmington, N.C., Bonnie Eksten column.
February 27, 2005... By Bonnie Eksten, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO DEAL: What do ESPN, department stores and Shuffle Master have in common? They are riding high on the popularity of...

Federal Loan Consolidation Program can help students repay loans.
February 27, 2005... By Steve E. Swenson, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--You got mail. You -- the college student or the parent of the college student -- have taken out student loans. Now you get mail from...

Genetic counselor helps expectant parents face the unexpected.
February 27, 2005... By Linda Halstead-Acharya, Billings Gazette, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Susan Landgren's job can be a roller coaster ride. On any given day, she could face tears of grief or tears of relief. Landgren is a...

Kellogg Co. to fortify products with omega-3 fatty acid.
February 27, 2005... By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--The Kellogg brothers were always ahead of the pack when it came to nutrition. A century ago, John Harvey Kellogg was a staunch vegetarian who ran a...

Attraction's contract renewal no fairy tale.
February 27, 2005... By Martin Snapp, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Willie the Whale, the Jolly Trolly, and the other attractions at Children's Fairyland will live happily -- if not ever after, at...

Dog food maker builds motorcycle to market fake pig ears.
February 27, 2005... By John Bartlett, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--MEADVILLE -- Dad's dog food has fed more than a few growls of hunger in its day, but nothing like this. This is the growl from the hearty exhaust of...

Employee vs. employer.
February 27, 2005... By Gene Zaleski, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--"There is an alphabet soup of laws out there that one way or another may come up. There is a mixed bag of good news and bad news, but...

US, Russia seen lagging on securing weapons stocks.
February 27, 2005... By Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--WASHINGTON -- President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia pledged last week to work together to lock up vulnerable nuclear material, biological...

Investment clubs are about fun, profit.
February 27, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--They do it for fun. They do it for friendship, and they do it to learn about investing. And yes, the members of several investment clubs...

Nobel name markets product.
February 27, 2005... By Anne Belli, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--A Houston doctor who won the Nobel Prize for medicine is allowing his name and the award to be used to sell an over-the-counter nutritional supplement. But the...

Cablevision chairman faces deadline for finding financing for Voom.
February 27, 2005... By Harry Berkowitz, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Monday is D-Day for Cablevision chairman Charles Dolan. That's the board's deadline for him and his son Tom to come up with financing so they...

Mayoral candidate gets boost from congresswoman.
February 27, 2005... By Maggie Haberman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--City Council Speaker Gifford Miller will pick up support from a familiar corner in his quest to be mayor today -- his old boss, Congresswoman Carolyn...

Lack of materials, labor, slows building, increases costs.
February 27, 2005... By Harriet Daniels, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--OCALA, Fla. -- Home construction around Marion County is starting to bottleneck or in some cases come to a standstill as builders send out...

Ocala Star-Banner, Fla., Harriet Daniels column.
February 27, 2005... By Harriet Daniels, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--OCALA, Fla. -- A statewide building boom combined with repair construction following four back-to-back hurricanes last year and material shortages...

Mobile-home owners await hearing to fight for homes.
February 27, 2005... By Susan Gill Vardon, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--DANA POINT -- It's getting harder for Robert and Colleen Traphagen to capture the sense of community that brought them to their Dana...

BB&T Corporation declares dividend.
February 27, 2005... Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--The board of directors of BB&T Corp. has declared the 2005 second quarter dividend of $0.35 per share, a 9.4 percent increase over the $0.32 paid in the...

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., business briefs column.
February 27, 2005... Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--QUALITY ENGINEERS MEET MARCH 8: The Evansville/Owensboro Section 0915 of the American Society for Quality will meet at 6 p.m. March 8 at Schnitzbank...

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., business people column.
February 27, 2005... Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Independent Insurance Agents of Owensboro-Daviess County have elected officers for 2005. Larry R. Hayden of E.M. Ford & Co. was elected president. He is...

Surprise: California transplant finds Pittsburgh appealing.
February 27, 2005... By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--As his California law firm prepared to merge with Pittsburgh's Reed Smith LLP in 2002, attorney James Martin had a strong inkling that he might be...

PSU officials say medical programs may face big cuts.
February 27, 2005... By Mike Joseph, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Gov. Ed Rendell's reach for federal money and President Bush's unwillingness to give it could add to pressure to increase Penn State...

Business park keeps Las Vegas couple coming back to Santa Fe.
February 27, 2005... By Bob Quick, The Santa Fe New Mexican Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Dan and Jan Wood's CheckTech was the first major tenant in Turquoise Tail Business Park, and even though they sold that business and moved to Las...

Cuts may leave some out in the cold.
February 27, 2005... By Jeffrey Tomich, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--For Betty Jenkins and thousands of other Missourians, juggling grocery, utility and medical bills on a fixed income is a day-to-day struggle. The...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Repps Hudson column.
February 27, 2005... By Repps Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--The solution's so obvious, yet so hard to follow sometimes. When we're coughing, sneezing, running a fever and just feeling rotten, we should...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jack Naudi column.
February 27, 2005... By Jack Naudi, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--The question: How much company stock should I own? You've been working for three years at Encom Inc., the world's leading dealer of disposable...

Unions at the crossroads.
February 27, 2005... By Stephen Franklin, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Leaders of the nation's 58 largest unions will gather in Las Vegas next week to talk about leadership, shrinking membership and ways to reinvigorate the...

Decode your car.
February 27, 2005... Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--In the March issue, Popular Science magazine's "Ask a Geek" solves one of the biggest mysteries of life. The question is whether a car owner can see what that pesky "check...

Investors fueling home-sales heat.
February 27, 2005... By Mary Umberger, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--On Valentine's Day the first of about 600 hopefuls began to line up for a three-day vigil outside the sales tent of a Boynton Beach, Fla., developer, where...

Victoria Advocate, Texas, business people column.
February 27, 2005... Victoria Advocate, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Blan Bauer Willoughby was recently elected to the board of directors of Seaport Bank. Willoughby has been employed by First National Bank, Port Lavaca for 11 years in...

Texas sheriffs push for new laws, reform.
February 27, 2005... By Robin M. Foster, Victoria Advocate, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--KARNES CITY -- Karnes County's sheriff is beset with managing court dates for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and with holding some of...

Bringing national retailers to town can take years.
February 27, 2005... By Thomas Doyle, Victoria Advocate, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--To get one national retailer to open in a town like Victoria, professionals in many fields can invest up to five years of work behind the scenes....

County wants state to take over more of school tax burden.
February 27, 2005... Victoria Advocate, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--Victoria County commissioners will consider asking the state Legislature to cut the school tax burden on local taxpayers but not to lower the cap on property...