Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 16 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 16 2005

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., business listing column.
January 16, 2005... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--The following individuals or corporations filed fictitious-business-name statements in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The Times makes every effort...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., people in motion column.
January 16, 2005... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--JOHN FANELLI has joined Wind River Systems Inc. in Alameda, a leader in device software optimization, as vice president, product planning and...

California expects higher workers' compensation costs.
January 16, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--The state has a $159 million workers' comp mystery. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his allies often trumpet the savings that...

State farm show seeds Harrisburg, Pa.-area economy.
January 16, 2005... By Mary Klaus, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--In some cities, business comes to a standstill in January. Not in Harrisburg. Thanks to the Pennsylvania State Farm Show, which opened Jan....

Harrisburg, Pa.-area consumers face inflation as gas, utility prices climb.
January 16, 2005... By Bill Sulon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--The Federal Reserve, determined to keep a short leash on inflation, made clear at its last meeting that it will continue to raise interest rates...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., business calendar column.
January 16, 2005... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--MONDAY --Valley Toastmasters, "Overcome Public Speaking Fear," 8 p.m., United Congregational Church, Haworth. Free. Call Adam Strobel, (201) 385-2514, or visit...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., business bulletin column.
January 16, 2005... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--TUESDAY, JAN. 18 --Richmond Works Career Center holds an orientation on its free employment, training, and services available, 2-3 p.m. at the...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Technobuddy column.
January 16, 2005... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--YOUR BRAND NEW COMPUTER'S BIGGEST ENEMY IS... YOU: Lately I've been hearing from readers who got a new computer as a holiday gift. Most of...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution technology queries column.
January 16, 2005... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--MANY COLLEGES ANNOUNCE COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS: QUESTION: I have a nephew who is a freshman in college, without a computer for now. I...

It's not too late to make 2004 IRA contributions.
January 16, 2005... By Hank Ezell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--If you have an account with a stockbroker or a mutual fund company, you've probably already found in your mailbox the annual sales pitch about...

Chicago Tribune transportation briefs column.
January 16, 2005... By Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Transportation in brief is compiled from the notebooks of Jim Mateja and Rick Popely AUTO --Ford and Harley-Davidson first teamed up to...

Chicago Tribune Real Estate column.
January 16, 2005... By Mary Umberger, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--I've always wanted to write one of those columns where everybody's name appears in boldface. This would appear to be the day. --California Gov. Arnold...

Chicago Tribune New Cars column.
January 16, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--RELAY RUNS FIRST LEG OF SATURN'S PRODUCT RACE: The name is significant. Relay. It suggests that the newest offering from Saturn is going to help...

Chicago Tribune Jim's Driveway column.
January 16, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Jim's Driveway is capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews. --CADILLAC CTS-V: Base price: $49,300; Engine: 5.7-liter, 400-h.p. V-8; Fuel economy: 15 m.p.g....

Lenders, consumers feel the sting of an increase in home loan fraud.
January 16, 2005... By John Handley, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--CHICAGO -- Victimizing both home buyers and lenders, mortgage fraud is a big problem and it's growing, a by-product of a go-go real estate market and...

Chicago Tribune business outlook column.
January 16, 2005... By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--The biggest drop in new construction in 10-plus years sent a shudder through the real estate sector shortly before the holidays, but most analysts dismissed...

Chicago Tribune auto letters column.
January 16, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--TRADE-IN WORTH DEALER'S OFFER: QUESTION: I'm contemplating trading in my 2003 SUV for another sport-utility vehicle. But when I visited a dealership and saw the...

Chicago Tribune auto notebook column.
January 16, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--CHRYSLER BELVIDERE PLANT TO PREPARE FOR NEW SMALL CAR: DETROIT -- Chrysler Group will announce plans in a couple of weeks to temporarily close its Belvidere,...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., entrepreneur column.
January 16, 2005... By Scott Carlson, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--At Orbit Systems, business is skyrocketing. The Eagan-based provider of information technology outsourcing services has seen a tenfold...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Investor's Eye column.
January 16, 2005... By Gail MarksJarvis, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--SMALL CAPS HEADING FOR DOWN CYCLE: As you review your year-end statement for your mutual funds, you are likely to be delighted by your small...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Dave Beal column.
January 16, 2005... By Dave Beal, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--"I just decided I had to get out," she says. "I was so unhappy." Last April, she left her job at the Open Cities Health Center in St. Paul to...

San Antonio Express-News G. Chambers Williams III column.
January 16, 2005... By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--AUTO SHOW'S WILD CARS ARE IMPRESSIVE, BUT SOME WILL NEVER HIT THE MARKET: DETROIT -- Concept cars. They're the exciting elements of...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner column.
January 16, 2005... By Bob Rayner, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--THE FACTS, NOT THE FUROR, ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY: With the tree branches bare and the sky flip-flopping between dingy gray and brilliant blue, we're...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch column.
January 16, 2005... By Iris Taylor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--EVEN DEATH DIDN'T STOP CELL BILLS: Jeb Hockman of Richmond said his father, who was a Sprint PCS cellular customer, passed away in July. A year...

The Philadelphia Inquirer personal finance column.
January 16, 2005... By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--President Bush cranked up his sales pitch for Social Security "reform" last week while continuing to dodge the most important question: If workers...

Rising home prices not hot enough to cool sales in Milwaukee area.
January 16, 2005... By Michele Derus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Purchasing a typical house in metro Milwaukee cost roughly $12,000 to $30,000 more in 2004 than 2003, but 20,427 buyers did it anyway. "It was...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Careers column.
January 16, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--THOSE WHO LACK A JOB GET JOBBED: One of the most unfortunate truths in the work world is that "it's easier to find a job while you have one." ...

Yellow Roadway workers in Akron, Ohio, enjoying renewed optimism.
January 16, 2005... By John Russell, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Vickie Rist was about to sign a deal to build a new house 18 months ago when she heard that Roadway Corp., the giant Akron trucking company where...

Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, consumer column.
January 16, 2005... By Betty Lin-Fisher, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--LAURA CROSSGROVE'S Christmas present to her husband was a $50 gift certificate from Highlander Golf & Tennis Inc. for some golf supplies. ...

Camera-maker Olympus tries to see if it can carry a tune.
January 16, 2005... By Sam Kennedy, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Olympus Corp., best known as a camera manufacturer, has thrown its hat into the portable digital music player arena. The Japanese company,...

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
January 16, 2005... By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--PILOTS WORRY: WHEN WILL IT ALL END? Last week, about 250 Continental Airlines pilots filed into a meeting to listen to an independent assessment of the...

Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Networking 101 column.
January 16, 2005... By Patricia Kitchen, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--We hear so much these days about people looking for their calling, searching for their voice, hunting out that line of work that is in sync with who...

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., business people column.
January 16, 2005... Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--JIM MONANTERAS, for the fifth consecutive year, has been named Salesperson of the Year at Champion Ford, Lincoln/Mercury, Mazda, where he has worked since...

US Airways troubles linger.
January 16, 2005... By Tom Belden, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--US Airways received good news last week when a federal agency extended a loan guarantee that should help keep the airline aloft. But some of the...

The Providence Journal, R.I., business calendar column.
January 16, 2005... The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--TUESDAY --The Newport County Chapter of Business Network Int'l (BNI) meets weekly from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at the Foodworks, Portsmouth. For information call (888)...

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.
January 16, 2005... By John Kostrzewa, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--RISDIC CRISIS SECRETS REMAIN: State officials gathered 13 months ago to declare the official end of the credit union crisis -- the financial...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.
January 16, 2005... By Neil Downing, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--STATE MAILING TAX BOOKLETS LATE THIS YEAR: Wondering where those Rhode Island income-tax booklets are? They're running late this year. The...

Boca Raton, Fla., hospital closes outpatient surgery site.
January 16, 2005... By Stephanie Horvath, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Boca Raton Community Hospital Outpatient Surgery Center closed Friday because the center was losing money, hospital officials said. The...

Sale of insider shares may test Google's stock.
January 16, 2005... By Michael Bazeley, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Google broke with convention last year by letting insiders begin selling their shares shortly after its August initial public stock offering,...

The Boston Globe Economic Life column.
January 16, 2005... By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--SOCIAL SECURITY IS JUST THE TIP OF A VERY LARGE ICEBERG: In a memo he wrote recently to build the case for a major overhaul of Social Security, Bush aide...

Frequent-flier miles harder to redeem.
January 16, 2005... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Frequent-flier miles are easier to come by as airlines sell more miles to partners like credit card companies and hotels, but they're harder than ever to redeem....

Virginia focus of battle over gay marriage.
January 16, 2005... By Nina J. Easton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--RICHMOND, Va. -- The post-election chapter in America's culture wars opened here Thursday, inside a corner office overlooking the state capital designed by...

The Boston Globe Starts & Stops column.
January 16, 2005... By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--AN ON-RAMP TURNS OFF, AND DRIVERS TURN ANGRY: The screams echoed from the South End to Back Bay, off the bricks of SoWa (South of Washington) to the glass in...

New York developers complain of high cost of workers compensation insurance.
January 16, 2005... By Scott Donnelly, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--In 17 years, developer Richard Schermerhorn has never had an employee file a workers' compensation claim. "I don't think we've had more...

Independent Record, Helena, Mont., business briefcase column.
January 16, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--NAMES AND FACES: American Chemet Corp. in East Helena recently announced a pair of promotions. Dan Tiefenthaler has been promoted to...

Hewlett-Packard blends printers, PCs into one consumer unit.
January 16, 2005... By Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Hewlett-Packard said Friday that it is combining its printer and personal computer groups into a single division that will help carry out its...

Cost of land continues to skyrocket in greater St. Paul, Minn., area.
January 16, 2005... By Gita Sitaramiah, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Developer Rick Packer remembers when he and his peers easily befriended farmers to buy land in the Twin Cities area. Now, landowners demand...

Seminars offered to help small businesses in Columbia, S.C., area.
January 16, 2005... By Tanya Fogg Young, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--A group of consultants is setting out to help existing and aspiring small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses in the Midlands. Starting...

The Dallas Morning News Robert Miller column.
January 16, 2005... By Robert Miller, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--LUNCHEON WILL REWARD AREA'S TOP VOLUNTEERS: Event chairwoman Kate Rose Marquez says Feb. 14 is the perfect day for the Hearts of Hope Awards because...

Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Portfolio column.
January 16, 2005... Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--NEW STORES --CRESTVIEW, Fla. -- Clippendale's, a pet grooming shop, has opened at 881-A W. James Lee Blvd. Owners Sherry Brewer and Gail Pate...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Mitchell Schnurman column.
January 16, 2005... By Mitchell Schnurman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--OUTGOING CEO HAS PROMISING FUTURE: One of Len Roberts' signature lines is "Stay tuned." It's his way of telling the RadioShack...

The Boston Globe Consumer Beat column.
January 16, 2005... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--TERMINALLY CHALLENGED AT LOGAN AIRPORT: At 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 29, travelers walking into the American Airlines terminal at Logan International Airport had an...

Tomato prices rankle Florida growers.
January 16, 2005... By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Florida's tomato growers say they are letting tomatoes rot in the fields because high retail prices across much of the nation have slowed demand...

Consumer-electronics vendors keep a cautious eye on Circuit City's future.
January 16, 2005... By Gregory J. Gilligan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--A growing number of manufacturers supplying televisions, DVD players and other electronics to Circuit City Stores Inc. are concerned about...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Michael Kinsman column.
January 16, 2005... By Michael Kinsman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--ALL EMPLOYEES NEED TRAINING ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT: By this time next year, all supervisors at California companies with 50 or more employees...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Eric Grunder column.
January 16, 2005... By Eric Grunder, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Five years ago last week, a lot of us thought that by now we'd be sitting on a beach sipping pina coladas, smug in the knowledge of our own...

Chicago Tribune Binary Beat column.
January 16, 2005... By James Coates, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Gateway's MP3 player lacks iPod's fame, little else Just about everybody involved with reporting about the computer industry thinks it's great news that Apple...

Tyler Morning Telegraph, Texas, business notes column.
January 16, 2005... Tyler Morning Telegraph, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--NEW ASSIGNMENTS --Kevin A. Stephens was appointed to vice president of sales and marketing at Middle America Cox in Tyler, Janet Barnard, MAC vice president...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, business briefs column.
January 16, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--EGYPTIAN POUND GAINS ON USD: The Egyptian pound traded at 5.8785-5.8965 per US dollar today and has gained more than 5 per cent over the last three...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, financial briefs column.
January 16, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--CITIBANK, EMIRATES CARD: Citibank and Emirates Airlines have issued Bahrain's first co-branded airline credit card. The card carries automatic...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, oil and gas briefs column.
January 16, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--EGP JOIN WITH SHELL AND BP: Emirates General Petroleum company has signed a deal with BP and Shell to establish Emdad Aviation Fuel Storage in Dubai's...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, real estate briefs column.
January 16, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--RAIL LOSES ONE BIDDER: One of the five pre-qualified consortia has dropped out of the tendering process for the Middle East urban rail project. French...

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, travel briefs column.
January 16, 2005... AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--GULF AIR, AD PASSENGERS UP 22PC: Gulf Air flew a record 3.25 million passengers through Abu Dhabi airport in 2004, an increase of 22 per cent on 2003....

Mercer County State Bank moves branch from Meadville, Pa., mall location.
January 16, 2005... By Jim Martin, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--MEADVLLE, Pa. -- Employees at Mercer County State Bank's Meadville Mall location logged their final deposits and closed the door for the last time on...

Court ruling could promote change in New York's workers compensation law.
January 16, 2005... By Scott Donnelly, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Workers compensation is just one of the insurance challenges faced by general contractors in New York. A piece of state legislation...

The Hartford Courant, Conn., Dan Haar column.
January 16, 2005... By Dan Haar, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--TSUNAMI VILLAGES DESERVE FUTURE: When the tsunami hit south Asia on Dec. 26, Art House thought of the human suffering from his perspective as a former...

Las Vegas Review-Journal business calendar column.
January 16, 2005... Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--HOTELIERS --The Las Vegas Chapter of the International Executive Housekeepers Association and the Las Vegas Hotel Managers Association will hold a joint meeting at...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Gaming column.
January 16, 2005... By Rod Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--MERGERS MAY MULTIPLY FOR CASINOS: Just when you'd thought all the gaming mergers that could be done have been done, financial analysts on both coasts say...

Members of video-game generation transfer skills to workplace.
January 16, 2005... By Patricia Kitchen, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--When Aaron Foss was in college, he dreamed of working for a big company where he could apply the skills he was developing in information...

Independent Record, Helena, Mont., Open for Business column.
January 16, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--As of early next month, a Missoula-based convenience store chain that once had five locations in the Helena area will turn over the keys to...

Bad weather gives Helena, Mont., retailers time to work on inventory, taxes.
January 16, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--As the snow continues to fall, and the mercury hides below zero for days on end, Helena's small business owners gamely plow the parking...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Your Money's Worth column.
January 16, 2005... By Kevin DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Excessive credit card debt by students is a legitimate problem, but legislation making its way through the state Assembly is overkill. ...

Moscow-based Lukoil oil company establishes presence among U.S. gas stations.
January 16, 2005... By Kevin G. Demarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Say da'svidaniya to Mobil and Getty, and privyet to Lukoil. The prominent Russian oil company -- the second biggest in the world, if...

Houston Chronicle Nancy Sarnoff column.
January 16, 2005... By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--DEVELOPER CALLS OFF HIGH-RISE PROJECT: After months of opposition from neighborhood residents, an Atlanta-based apartment and condominium developer has...

Stock market slumps in first weeks of 2005.
January 16, 2005... By Pradnya Joshi, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--A fresh year hasn't helped the stock market gain momentum yet. The Dow Jones industrial average finished lower for a third straight week -- the...

Donations earmarked for specific disaster recovery can cause controversy.
January 16, 2005... Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--An advertisement for a group seeking contributions for its relief efforts for tsunami victims in Asia came with a disclosure: "In cases where donations exceed what is...

Attending an international auto show is not so glamorous as one might think.
January 16, 2005... By Donald I. Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--DETROIT -- Every year, when I tell people I'm going to the Motor City to cover the prestigious North American International Auto Show, they think...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette car review column.
January 16, 2005... By Donald I. Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--DETROIT -- Let's just say it straight: This year's North American International Auto Show was a bit off pace . There simply weren't any...

Drugs' switch to over-the-counter status can help and hurt consumers.
January 16, 2005... By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Switching prescription drugs to over-the-counter status can be a mixed bag for consumers. For those who lack drug benefits through health...

Safety concerns could impede companies' efforts to sell drugs over-the-counter.
January 16, 2005... By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--Heightened concerns about the overall safety of prescription drugs could be a fly in the ointment for companies looking to catapult more of...

Publisher of 'Exceptional Parent' faces legal feud with former editor.
January 16, 2005... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--It started as a noble enterprise. Thirty-five years ago -- a time when disabled children were often excluded from public schools and two decades before...

The Palm Beach Post, Fla., Alexandra Clough column.
January 16, 2005... By Alexandra Clough, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--PALM BEACH PRIVATE BANKERS ON MOVE: It used to be that you could count on your banker, particularly your private banker, to reliably stay in the...

Florida utility FPL must divide huge recovery costs among consumers, investors.
January 16, 2005... By Kristi E. Swartz, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--The clash of wills over the storm fee Florida Power & Light Co. wants to collect from its hurricane-battered consumers comes down to this: Wall...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Repps Hudson column.
January 16, 2005... By Repps Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 16--TOP EXECUTIVES SET THE TONE FOR TREATING EMPLOYEES WELL: Robert Levering has been scoring U.S. companies for more than 20 years on how they treat their...