Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 30 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 30 2005

Consultants teach how to survive being a hostage.
January 30, 2005... By Tammy Joyner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--SPOKANE, Wash. -- A coloring book may have just saved Lynda Nutt's life. A cultural blunder nearly costs Dave Christiansen his. The pair,...

Delta gambles on changes in schedules, procedures.
January 30, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Tomorrow, Delta Air Lines raises the ante on its recovery effort by changing the inner workings of its giant Atlanta hub and rewriting half...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution technology queries column.
January 30, 2005... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--CHEAPEST MACHINES CAN SATISFY MOST HOME USERS: QUESTION: I am in the market for an IBM-compatible PC. I currently have a Gateway 2000 (powered...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Technobuddy column.
January 30, 2005... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--COMPUTERS CAN HELP WITH (SOME) RAVAGES OF OLD AGE: I got a traffic ticket the other day. The whole thing has depressed me. I'm not depressed...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., people in motion column.
January 30, 2005... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Thoratec Corp. in Pleasanton, a maker of products to treat cardiovascular disease, has added senior executives to its management team. They include...

Hybrid meets muscle.
January 30, 2005... By David Kaplan, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--America is of two minds: Save or step on the gas. In one corner, it's "Save the Earth." In the other, "Eat my dust." It's green versus mean, and the auto...

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
January 30, 2005... By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--IS PRINTING ON THE WALL FOR FIORINA? SPINOFF COULD BE BEST MOVE: Printers are the one market segment HP dominates, the one area where it consistently makes...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Careers column.
January 30, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--TAX CREDITS ARE THERE FOR THE TAKING: This is for low-income workers -- especially families with children -- who are beginning to get 2004 W-2...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., kids and business column.
January 30, 2005... By Steve Rosen, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--WHEN THE PRICE IS RIGHT: Leave it to my 12-year-old to cash in on an economics lesson. In this case, his big score was three candy bars. And my...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., At Your Service column.
January 30, 2005... By Angela D. Curry, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--DISMISSED SECURITY GUARD IS ASKING FOR PAY: At Your Service: I have 31 1/2 years experience as a security guard with the Whelan Security Co. ...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Paul Wenske column.
January 30, 2005... By Paul Wenske, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--GIVE AND TAKE ON GIFT CARDS: A year ago for Christmas, Gilbert Marshall's kids gave him a $400 gift card. So generous was the gift that he was not...

The Miami Herald Money Matters column.
January 30, 2005... By Harriet Johnson Brackey, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--TAX SEASON IS HERE, AND NOW'S THE TIME TO FILL OUT W-2S: By now you have it or you soon will. The one thing that most people need to get to their...

Real estate rent, vacancy rates don't always tell the story.
January 30, 2005... By Elwin Green, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--At first glance, office space in the Pittsburgh market seems to violate the law of supply and demand, which says that the greater the supply of...

Sony says picture bright.
January 30, 2005... By Jim McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--America's growing appetite for high-end digital televisions with huge screens is keeping Sony Corp.'s factory in Westmoreland County humming despite...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel column.
January 30, 2005... By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. That's in the short term. Farther along, the market will mature, your...

Biotech firm founded by ex-Genentech scientist thrives.
January 30, 2005... By Paul Jacobs, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--After 15 years at Genentech, scientist Jennie P. Mather was ready to leave. The pioneering biotech company, the oldest in the business, had...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Eric Grunder column.
January 30, 2005... By Eric Grunder, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--If you really think Interstate 5 and Highway 99 around Stockton are going to be widened to 10 lanes each or that there will be an...

Anheuser-Busch gets back to basics of fun, humor.
January 30, 2005... By Gregory Cancelada, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--A beer-guzzling robot and a snowball fight among the Clydesdale horses are expected to be a few of the ten 30-second advertising spots that...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Repps Hudson column.
January 30, 2005... By Repps Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--WORK AREA CLUTTER IS NOT A PROBLEM UNLESS IT'S A PROBLEM: If you struggle mightily with mounds of clutter in your work area, take heart. These are...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus column.
January 30, 2005... By David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--SPATE OF MERGERS MIGHT SIGNAL RETURN OF CONFIDENCE: After hoarding its cash for a few years, corporate America seems to be embracing again the art of...

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Dave Beal column.
January 30, 2005... By Dave Beal, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--BUSINESS AID TAKES HITS FROM LEFT AND RIGHT: Critics say public subsidies and tax breaks -- often dubbed "corporate welfare" -- are proliferating....

Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn., Real World Economics column.
January 30, 2005... By Edward Lotterman, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--STATE WEIGHS HOW TO RATION HEALTH CARE: Should one give the same help to fewer people or less help to the same number of people? That is...

Chicago Tribune auto letters column.
January 30, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--ID ETCHINGS CRAFTY ADD-ON: QUESTION: It might interest readers considering a new car to know that some dealerships are etching an ID number on the side window...

Chicago Tribune Bill Barnhart column.
January 30, 2005... By Bill Barnhart, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--SCANDALS DRIVE INVESTORS TO THE NUMBERS: CBS is attempting to boost its prime-time lineup this winter with a rather lame cop show called "Numb3rs." A...

Chicago Tribune business outlook column.
January 30, 2005... By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--JOB GROWTH CRAWLS ALONG: The economy may be showing modest evidence of a spring in its step, but complaints continue that the job situation is too slow in...

Chicago Tribune Binary Beat column.
January 30, 2005... By James Coates, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--SQUARE, BARELY THERE MAC MINI OPENS WORLD TO WINDOWS USERS: If your gig is writing computer columns, then you pretty much have to write about Apple's new $499...

Chicago Tribune Jim's Driveway column.
January 30, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--BUICK LACROSSE CXS: Base price: $28,335; Engine: 3.6-liter, 240-h.p. V-6; Fuel economy: 19 m.p.g. city/27 m.p.g. highway. First new Buick car since 2000 replaces...

Chicago Tribune New Cars column.
January 30, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--COBALT A ROOMY, QUIET SUCCESSOR FOR CAVALIER: Chevrolet got its money's worth out of the Cavalier nameplate, which lured entry-level buyers into the General...

Chicago Tribune Real Estate column.
January 30, 2005... By Mary Umberger, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--CHICAGO -- Here's some good news: People with a few bucks in their pockets say they're confident enough in the economy to begin investing in it again. ...

Piracy big business in Mexican border town.
January 30, 2005... By Sergio Chapa, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--MATAMOROS, Mex. -- Alejandro Perez browsed through numerous stalls and booths at the Mercado Juarez to look for the latest movies. Many of...

Erie Times-News, Pa., business buzz column.
January 30, 2005... By Doug Oathout, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--THE BUZZ: The former Consumers Plumbing building on West 13th Street has been vacant for a decade -- a brick-faced symbol of a once bustling business...

The Boston Globe Economic Life column.
January 30, 2005... By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--AS HEALTHCARE PROGRESSES, SO DOES THE COST: In trying to explain the ever-rising cost of healthcare, we often fall back on easy answers: It's medical...

A 'stop-Dean' effort arises at DNC forum.
January 30, 2005... By Nina Easton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--NEW YORK -- A replay of the 2004 Iowa caucuses unfolded in New York this weekend at a meeting to preview candidates to lead the Democratic Party; six men...

In Najaf, celebratory Shi'ites envision a future.
January 30, 2005... By Thanassis Cambanis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--NAJAF, Iraq -- The women took advantage of the national holiday declared for today's election to promenade through the center of this holy Shi'ite city....

Airport developer eyes Waller site.
January 30, 2005... By Eric Hanson, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--A developer hoping to get approval to build a large airport in north Fort Bend County is now considering an airport project in neighboring Waller County. ...

Hot gizmos make music or statements.
January 30, 2005... By John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Back-seat entertainment, wireless communication and satellite navigation systems are creating most of the buzz at auto shows this year as consumers seek to...

Back Yard aims for front row.
January 30, 2005... By Miriam Moynihan, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--ACK Yard Burgers' month-old store in The Woodlands is tucked among the trees like everything there, but it hasn't gone unnoticed. Louisiana natives...

Houston Chronicle Nancy Sarnoff column.
January 30, 2005... By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--FORMER BANK LOBBY SOARS AS AN OFFICE: The architects at PageSoutherlandPage have designed an unusual office in a downtown skyscraper -- their own. The...

Odessa American, Texas, drilling report column.
January 30, 2005... Odessa American, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--The following are W-1 drilling permit applications approved by the Texas Railroad Commission from Jan. 21 through Jan. 27, 2005, for Districts 7C, 8 and 8A. Numbers in...

San Antonio Express-News G. Chambers Williams III column.
January 30, 2005... By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: DETROIT -- Call them sport wagons, crossover SUVs, sport tourers or whatever. But by any name, a bunch of...

A biotech firm's tough choice.
January 30, 2005... By Jim McCartney, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Gel-Del Technologies faced a difficult choice: Which biotech material should it bring to market first: a lifesaving technology to repair blood...

Insurer's year of tempests.
January 30, 2005... By Sheryl Jean, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--The past year has been stormy for St. Paul Travelers Cos. Its much-touted merger hasn't panned out as expected. A tough operating climate,...

Aftermarket association grows into expanded Chicago Auto Show.
January 30, 2005... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--CHICAGO -- While some trade shows are fleeing the city, the 2005 Chicago Auto Show is expanding. This year the show will occupy McCormick Place South, its...

Mergers mess with Motorola.
January 30, 2005... By Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Executives at Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. and other telephone equipment-makers are watching the telephone industry's merger talk very closely these days....

Unkept promises hit retirees.
January 30, 2005... By Barbara Rose, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Ken Bradley, a United Airlines pilot for 35 years, never doubted his pension was secure when he retired four years ago. Despite United's financial troubles,...

Many have stakes in Scrushy trial.
January 30, 2005... By PATTI BOND, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--There's more at stake than jail time in the fraud trial of former HealthSouth chieftain Richard Scrushy. Federal prosecutors are under...

Wal-Mart spurs development on east side.
January 30, 2005... By Gilberto Salinas, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--BROWNSVILLE -- When Wal-Mart comes knocking at your door, be ready because it's not alone. And East Brownsville can testify on it. ...

Airlines get tough with excess baggage fees.
January 30, 2005... By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--As Army soldier Richard Morris prepared to board a flight at Baltimore-Washington International Airport last fall for his first mission, his mother bid him...

Big-name investors sue accounting firm.
January 30, 2005... By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--The Cullen family. Former Harris County District Attorney John B. Holmes Jr. The man who brought Nintendo to America. The Staley family, founders of the...

Urban lawmaker prepares for rural outlook.
January 30, 2005... By Janet Elliott, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--AUSTIN -- After voting against Tom Craddick for Texas House speaker two weeks ago, Houston Democrat Jessica Farrar joked she probably would be assigned to...

Christmas trees give dunes new life.
January 30, 2005... By Richard Stewart, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--SURFSIDE BEACH -- It was far too foggy on this particular morning for sunbathing, but the almost 400 people prowling the dunes line of Surfside and...

Bikers raise $25,000 for tsunami relief.
January 30, 2005... By Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Motorcycles rumbled and roared into Sam Houston Race Park Saturday morning for a bike ride to raise money for victims of the tsunami that cut a swath of...

Prospect of losing CDBG funds feared.
January 30, 2005... By David Goldstein, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--WASHINGTON -- Community development supporters fear that a key neighborhood-rebuilding program that has aided Kansas City and other local...

Former United pilots weigh future without pension.
January 30, 2005... By April Taylor, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--In the 35 years he worked as a pilot for United Airlines, Ken Bradley of Williamsburg survived bomb threats, engine failures, emergency landings...

Rancho Santa Margarita and county each claim ownership of 300-acre parcel.
January 30, 2005... The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA -- The county owns the 300-plus acres of scenic rolling hills. Or does the city? Representatives of each government say documents...

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.
January 30, 2005... By John Kostrzewa, The Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--MESOLELLA'S NEW GAMBIT COULD COST RATEPAYERS: Vincent J. "Vinny" Mesolella has always gone after what he wants, no matter who gets in the way....

Satellite radio becomes more popular.
January 30, 2005... By Bruce Spence, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--In the span of a year, retailers have seen satellite radio move from a "how does that work?" electronics product to one that's growing into more...

Are the ads worth $2.4 million?
January 30, 2005... St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--What will $2.4 million buy? How about 145 million sets of eyeballs glued to television's most watched sporting event of the year? This time, advertisers will...

Federated, May wouldn't be marriage of equals.
January 30, 2005... By Mary Jo Feldstein, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Like dinosaurs facing extinction, department stores are battling for territory, fighting off predators from beneath and above. Some retail...

A job of their own works for many moms.
January 30, 2005... By Dan Laidman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--While motherhood has prompted some East Bay women to start small businesses inspired by family life, it has led others to keep up their...

Moms nurture home businesses.
January 30, 2005... By Dan Laidman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--HERCULES -- When Cindy Harris' son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, medical tests and injections came to dominate their daily...

OCAB to open applications Monday for heating bill help.
January 30, 2005... The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--The Orangeburg-Calhoun-Allendale-Bamberg Community Action Agency Inc. announces direct assistance for residential heating. OCAB will accept...

Maker of pet food marks decade in Orangeburg.
January 30, 2005... By Gene Zaleski, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Orangeburg's Doane Pet Care plant celebrated its 10th anniversary in Orangeburg. Employees, friends and family gathered at the...

The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C., property transfers column.
January 30, 2005... The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--The following property transfers are on file in the Orangeburg County Courthouse: NOV. 29-DEC. 6: Jack Dempsey to Brandance O. Hooker, TMS...

The Boston Globe Consumer Beat column.
January 30, 2005... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--PRICING GUIDES FOR CARS DON'T ALWAYS SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE: The letter caught Theodore Tedeschi's attention: Two Saab dealerships were hungry for used cars and...

Virtual, real worlds unite; meetups use Internet for face-to-face networking.
January 30, 2005... By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--It's after 9 p.m. on a winter Wednesday, and the Boston Bellydance Meetup is just getting underway. Ten people sit around a long table at the Middle East...

Bush argues his Social Security plan aids blacks.
January 30, 2005... By Michael Kranish, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--WASHINGTON -- As President Bush prepares to accelerate his sales pitch for overhauling Social Security, he is increasingly wrapping his rhetoric in racial...

Regression after 'Year of the Woman'.
January 30, 2005... By Susan Milligan, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--WASHINGTON -- The number of women seeking office in state legislatures declined over the last election cycle, continuing a 12-year pattern that women's...

Chocolate company braces for Valentine's Day.
January 30, 2005... By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Jeff Shepherd discovered the magic of mass-marketing last May without spending a dime on advertising. A brief appearance on CBS's "Sunday...

Fourteen expecting Marine spouses are showered with gifts in Monarch Beach.
January 30, 2005... By Erin Stock, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--The mother-to-be could only stare at the gifts piled high in front of her. "No one's ever done something like this for me before," said...

Questions arise about costs, need for medical scans.
January 30, 2005... By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--As more patients sample from the alphabet soup of MRI, CAT and PET scans to diagnose ailments, insurers are alarmed at how the growing appetite...

For football fans, partying is the name of the game.
January 30, 2005... By Jon Fassnacht, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--For many Super Bowl watchers, it's not important which team scores the most points, it's which partygoer points out where the beer, chips and party...

For Temple screen printers, football all-nighters are no party.
January 30, 2005... By Christopher Hinz, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Atlanta Falcons to win their first conference championship in 24 years, squadrons of fans spontaneously combusted...

Financial planners take calls, help readers.
January 30, 2005... By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--STOCKTON -- Money worries know few age limits. That was obvious Thursday evening as financial, tax and estate professionals offered free advice to...

Chicago Tribune transportation briefs column.
January 30, 2005... Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Transportation in brief is compiled from the notebooks of Jim Mateja, Rick Popely and Mike Esposito. AUTOS: Nissan will add a car smaller than the subcompact Sentra in...

Communication can help diffuse neighborhood disagreements.
January 30, 2005... By Jennifer Plotnick, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--When Oleander resident Matthew Dills' tree hanging over a neighbor's fence dropped berries, he didn't realize it was a problem until the...

Altered Itineraries; Cuts at D/FW force workers to move or look for new jobs.
January 30, 2005... By Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--When Ronnie Cantu was hired as a mechanic at Delta Air Lines 16 years ago, he was given a choice: Dallas/Fort Worth or Atlanta. The Houston...

Questions remain as Delta hub is set to close.
January 30, 2005... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--Delta Air Lines enters a new era Monday when it closes out its 75-year history as a major North Texas air carrier. The question is...

'Voting for our country'; North Texas Iraqis go to Nashville to vote.
January 30, 2005... By Diane Smith, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Iraqi expatriates from North Texas braved knuckle-numbing winter weather Saturday to cast absentee ballots at the Tennessee...

Dallas lawyer flies voters to Tennessee.
January 30, 2005... By Bill Hanna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--When Dallas trial lawyer Windle Turley learned that some Iraqi expatriates weren't going to be able to vote in the Iraqi elections, he decided to...

Keller eyes alternatives for library.
January 30, 2005... By Kelly Melhart, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--KELLER -- With a stroke of the pen on a petition, residents can ask the City Council to save a playground, build a new library in Town Center...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Mitchell Schnurman column.
January 30, 2005... By Mitchell Schnurman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--ETHICS ARE ALL RELATIVE AT FIRM: Here's a corporate call that's either supremely arrogant or incredibly dumb. AmeriCredit, a car...

Schools raise $54,000 in aid.
January 30, 2005... By L. Lamor Williams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--ARLINGTON -- Fifty cents isn't much to many people, but to parents of poor children, every penny matters. Still, across the Arlington...

Independent Record, Helena, Mont., business briefcase column.
January 30, 2005... Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 30--NAMES AND FACES: Jill Larson of the accounting firm Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, has received her CPA designation. Larson has been with the firm's...