Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 25 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 25 2003

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Help Desk Column.
May 25, 2003... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--QUESTION: My sister sent me and several other people an e-mail. I forwarded the message to my e-mail account that I use at home. I was shocked...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Technobuddy Column.
May 25, 2003... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--My father always claimed to make money on his deals, even when he did not. I can almost hear him now, walking into the house after buying...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Bankruptcies Column.
May 25, 2003... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The following businesses filed for legal protection from creditors in the federal bankruptcy court in Oakland. Companies most commonly file for...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Bulletin Column.
May 25, 2003... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY TUESDAY Experience Unlimited of Pleasant Hill, a no-fee, nonprofit volunteer organization sponsored by California...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Listing Column.
May 25, 2003... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The following individuals or corporations filed fictitious-business-name statements in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The Times makes every effort to...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Leader Profile.
May 25, 2003... Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Joy Hoffmann is Alan Greenspan's point person when it comes to financial education. Hoffmann, a vice president with the Federal Reserve Bank in San...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Retirement Planner Column.
May 25, 2003... By Steve Butler, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Traumatized mutual fund investors who have long since stopped opening their statements would do well to take a peek at recent account...

AFL-CIO Opposes Compromise on Asbestos Lawsuits.
May 25, 2003... By Michael Remez, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--WASHINGTON--A leading lawmaker's plan for congressional action to stem the wave of asbestos-related lawsuits against American businesses...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Mark Davis Column.
May 25, 2003... By Mark Davis, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Where is Lord John Maynard Keynes when we need him? Dead, of course, which the great British economist had said is where we all end up in the long...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster Column.
May 25, 2003... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Although Medicare health maintenance organizations play a critical health care role for low-income seniors, an ill-advised reimbursement policy...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Kids and Business Column.
May 25, 2003... By Steve Rosen, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The unveiling of a new $20 bill with a colorful portrait of Andrew Jackson reminded me of how kids are often fascinated with the look and feel of the...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Paul Wenske Column.
May 25, 2003... By Paul Wenske, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--There was a time when overdrawing your checking account would have made you feel like a bum. Not anymore. Now many banks are so understanding that...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Workplace Column.
May 25, 2003... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Many a career has been stymied when workers are branded as whiners or too self-centered to understand how they fit in the big picture. A recent...

The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C., Issac J. Bailey Column.
May 25, 2003... By Issac J. Bailey, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Jayson Blair is a race opportunist. And so are those critics using his failing as an excuse to disparage black journalists. If you...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Worth Your Wallet Column.
May 25, 2003... By Diana McCabe, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Frontier Platinum MasterCard The pitch: The faster way to travel for free. Register rating: 3 stars Looking for another way to...

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Susan Strother Clarke Column.
May 25, 2003... By Susan Strother Clarke, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Don't be surprised if the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association throws its support behind Mobility 20/20, the move to increase the...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Analyst's Corner Column.
May 25, 2003... By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--VERIZON UPGRADED: Verizon Communications Inc. (Ticker: VZ) was upgraded from "market performer" to "accumulate" by Parker/Hunter Inc. last week...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Company in the Spotlight Column.
May 25, 2003... By Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Ex-General Electric Co. chairman Jack Welch is famous for the hand-written notes he rushes off to former colleagues. Dan Paul, of Upper St. Clair,...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Consumer Watch Column.
May 25, 2003... By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--What do the National Rifle Association and the National Organization for Women have in common? What if I told you they were both opposed to a major...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Personal Finance Column.
May 25, 2003... By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Now that President Bush's tax cuts are passed, let's set aside for the moment the weighty issues about fairness, the budget deficit and whether cuts of...

Reading Eagle, Pa., Newsmakers Column.
May 25, 2003... Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--ENTECH PROMOTES THREE TO MANAGEMENT SLOT: Michael J. Daschbach has been named a principal of Entech Engineering Inc., Reading. In his new position, Daschbach will oversee...

South Bend Tribune, Ind., Ed Semmler Column.
May 25, 2003... By Ed Semmler, South Bend Tribune, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Just a few weeks ago, we were all glued to the TV watching events in Iraq unfold. Now it seems our attention is shifting more toward domestic issues,...

The Record, Stockton, Calif., Eric Grunder Column.
May 25, 2003... By Eric Grunder, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--If they were all school age children, this county would be in a real pickle. It would mean adding three or four new classrooms per day, seven days...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Dave Beal Column.
May 25, 2003... By Dave Beal, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Is the impatient investor here to stay? Hopefully not, but consider this: On average, investors hold a stock for only a year now, down from 2.2...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Career Column.
May 25, 2003... By Amy Lindgren, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--What's the best way to knock the socks off your interviewer? Sam Richter and Jill Johnson believe a great first step is to know something about...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Real World Economics Column.
May 25, 2003... By Edward Lotterman, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Zoning is always troublesome for hard-core, free-market economists. There are a few true-blue libertarians in the discipline. They argue that...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Investor's Eye Column.
May 25, 2003... By Gail MarksJarvis, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Under a U.S. government settlement with 10 Wall Street firms, a $399 million restitution fund is being established to return to small...

Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.
May 25, 2003... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--QUESTION: My neighbor visited two Toyota dealers. At one when she asked the price of a car, the salesman told her: "You don't want to buy, so why should I bother...

Chicago Tribune Business Outlook Column.
May 25, 2003... By William Sluis, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--UNCERTAIN MOOD SLOWLY IMPROVING: For months, complaints were rife that the outlook for the future was murky. The operative word was uncertainty. ...

Chicago Tribune David Greising Column.
May 25, 2003... By David Greising, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--It's easy to put on an impressive public show. But how we act in private is the better measure of a person. That lesson runs from Richard Nixon's Watergate...

Chicago Tribune Jim's Driveway Column.
May 25, 2003... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Jim's Driveway is capsules of Jim Mateja's auto reviews. 2003 -- CADILLAC CTS sedan: Base price: $29,350; Engine: 3.2-liter, 220-h.p. V-6; Fuel economy:...

Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.
May 25, 2003... By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--CHICAGO--When it comes to describing the MPV, Mazda spares no hyperbole in boasting that it "has the body of a minivan, the soul of a sports car." Sure, and...

Chicago Tribune Real Estate Column.
May 25, 2003... By Mary Umberger, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--CHICAGO--Three trillion dollars. Can't picture it? The mortgage industry can. That's the amount its main trade group is predicting Americans will take out in...

Chicago Tribune Ask Jim Column.
May 25, 2003... By James Coates, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Editor's note: While Jim Coates enjoys a well-earned vacation, we're rerunning a few often-asked questions from his recent columns. QUESTION: I just...

Chicago Tribune Technology Notebook Column.
May 25, 2003... Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--NEXTEL'S DIRECT LINK BECOMES HOT BUTTON: Among the half-dozen national wireless phone companies, Nextel Communications tries to set itself apart by offering customers the ability...

Some Experts Say Cost of Workplace Absenteeism on Rise.
May 25, 2003... By Tony Lombardo, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Impervious to germs and unmoved by minor on-the-job bumps and bruises, James Dixon braved the last 19 of his 35 years as a welder at Burger...

Summit County, Ohio, Foreclosed Property Auction Presents Benefits, Dangers.
May 25, 2003... By Gloria Irwin, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Marian Coleman of Akron reads the real estate transfers in the newspaper, and the ones that list the seller as "Sheriff of Summit County" always...

Economic Experts Discuss Possibility, Risks of Deflation.
May 25, 2003... By David McNaughton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Deflation is in headlines. Deflation is even on Alan Greenspan's lips. Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said Wednesday that...

Some Madison County, Ga., Residents Fight Possible Ford Motor Co. Move.
May 25, 2003... By Peralte C. Paul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--MADISON, Ga.--Ken Rawls is a Ford man. Rawls, the son of a parts clerk at the Hapeville Ford factory, grew up in the Southside town that...

San Francisco-Area Executives See stock Options Compensate for Lower Pay.
May 25, 2003... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--No gain, some pain. In a year when stocks extended a dreadful bear market, a growing number of Bay Area executives began to feel...

California's Technology Executives Benefit from Big Stock Options.
May 25, 2003... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The collapse of the New Economy has deflated the paychecks of the Bay Area's high-tech executives. With 2002 marking the third year...

Lake City, Pa., Residents, Businesses Irked by Regular Power Outages.
May 25, 2003... By Jim Martin, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Patty Twaroski woke once again Monday to the tell-tale sight of a blinking alarm clock. The power had been off and the Lake City woman and her family were...

Harrisburg, Pa., Minority Businesses Irked by Conduct of Larger Corporations.
May 25, 2003... By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--It's not just in the building trades that minority business owners struggle to get a foothold on the ladder to success. Sisters Renee L....

Harrisburg, Pa., Struggles to Use More Minority Contractors in Construction.
May 25, 2003... By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Harrisburg isn't the only community struggling with how to foster the participation of minority contractors in major building projects. It's...

Battle between Dodge Dealerships in Hawthorne, Ridgewood, N.J., Continues.
May 25, 2003... By Peter Pochna, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Ed Fair set out on his own more than a quarter-century ago. Having mastered the art of car sales, the Wayne native figured it was time he ran...

New Jersey Advances Legislation Pressuring Drug Makers for Bigger Rebates.
May 25, 2003... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--New Jersey lawmakers are moving forward with legislation designed to cut spending on prescription medicines in the wake of a Supreme Court...

Founder of Teaneck, N.J., Firm Succeeds with Brand Name for Jewelry.
May 25, 2003... By Kathleen Lynn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Scott Kay was a Rockland County Community College dropout, working as an apprentice chef, when he picked up a lug nut in a parking lot. Drawn...

Bush Administration Works on Update to Overtime Pay Laws.
May 25, 2003... By Richard Newman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--With a slew of overtime pay lawsuits as a backdrop, the Bush administration is working on updating the Fair Labor Standards Act, a 65-year-old...

Houston Chronicle Business People Column.
May 25, 2003... Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Charles F. Bolden Jr. was named senior vice president of TechTrans International. Frost Bank has promoted Jason Greenway to assistant vice president, corporate lending, of...

Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., Business Briefs Column.
May 25, 2003... Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--GREAT HARVEST PARTICIPATES IN TRAINING PROGRAM: Owensboro's Great Harvest Bread Co. has been chosen to train people obtaining a company franchise. The...

US Airways Discusses Future of Hub at Pittsburgh Airport.
May 25, 2003... By Frank Reeves, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--US Airways has made it clear that, if it is to remain a hub carrier in Pittsburgh, it will do so on the wings of regional jets. Earlier this month, the...

Reading, Pa., Bestows Awards to People, Groups That Promote Community.
May 25, 2003... Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--WE BELIEVE: READING POLICE DEPARTMENT Revitalized by the recent appointment of Charles R. Broad as chief of police and by the successful implementation of COBRA -- the...

Berks County, Pa., Chamber of Commerce Gives Award to Bank Executive.
May 25, 2003... By Tim Leedy, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Gerald Nau, winner of the Berks County Chamber of Commerce large business of the year award, has traveled a long way since his days as a star quarterback at...

Reading, Pa., Restaurant Wins Local Small Business of Year Award.
May 25, 2003... By Tim Leedy, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Harold Leifer, chief executive officer of Jimmie Kramer's The Peanut Bar and Restaurant, 332 Penn St., and son Michael, president, get the small business of the...

Reading, Pa., Junior League Takes Lead on Numerous Social Programs.
May 25, 2003... By Matthew J. Sroka, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Umbrellas, alarm clocks and belts don't have much in common, but for students at Lauer's Park Elementary School, these wanted household articles may be...

National Penn Bank Wins Award from Berks County, Pa., Business Group.
May 25, 2003... By Richard J. Patrick, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Wayne R. Weidner, chief executive of National Penn Bank, in its Wyomissing loan center, accepted the large business of the year award on behalf of the...

United Church of Christ Retirement Facility in Berks County, Pa., Wins Award.
May 25, 2003... By Tim Leedy, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The Rev. Barry "Chuck" Galley, executive director of Phoebe Berks Village, is winner of the nonprofit award from the Berks County Chamber of Commerce on behalf...

South Bend Tribune, Ind., Action Line Column.
May 25, 2003... By Carol Elliott, South Bend Tribune, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--QUESTION: In March, Gates Chevy World in South Bend performed service work on my Chevy S-10 truck. A few weeks later, the truck broke down in...

Walkers Fear Proposed Demolition of South Bend, Ind., Mall.
May 25, 2003... By Heidi Prescott, South Bend Tribune, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--SOUTH BEND, Ind.--They congregate around a small circular table just inside the Target entrance around 8:30 a.m. Their exercise out of the way,...

Real Estate Market in State College, Pa., Area Stays Hot.
May 25, 2003... By Adam Smeltz, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--When Jeanette and Brian Condo tried to sell their College Township house, the real estate lightning that's striking Centre Region...

Macintosh Loyalists Celebrate Opening of Apple Store in Sacramento, Calif.
May 25, 2003... By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Susan Taliaferro couldn't help but smile as she chatted last week about shopping at one of the Central Valley's newest stores. The Rocklin...

San Antonio Express-News All About Cars Column.
May 25, 2003... By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--An all-new Cadillac people-hauler is on the way to market, and although General Motors bills it as a sport utility vehicle, it's really...

Some Minnesota Businesses Switch to Consumer-Driven Health Care Plans.
May 25, 2003... By Jim McCartney, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--It's been more than three decades since Minnesota helped bring forth the health maintenance organization. Led by two local startup companies,...

Residents React to New High-Rise Condominiums in Chicago.
May 25, 2003... By John Handley, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Skybridge is hard to miss. Towering over the Kennedy Expressway just west of the Loop, the new condominium sports a modern look that sets it apart from many of...

San Bernardino County, Calif., Exotic Museum Asked to Comply with Zoning Rules.
May 25, 2003... By Christina L. Esparza, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--HELENDALE, Calif.--With dust blanketing the somewhat tattered gowns once worn by the stars of exotic dancing, Dixie Evans, president of...

Two Major Labor Unions - Flint Glass, Steelworkers - Consider Merger.
May 25, 2003... By Terry Moore, Morning Star, Wilmington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Hard times have fallen on the labor movement since its heyday in the 1940s and 50s during and after World War II when union membership reached...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Leader Profile.
May 25, 2003... By Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The fatal disease no one really understood gutted the San Francisco Castro area in the `80s, leaving in its wake a long list of dead men...

Some Federal Officials Think Outreach Programs Aren't Effective against AIDS.
May 25, 2003... By Scott Wyman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The lights have dimmed and the crowd gathered in the small theater is awaiting the start of a soap opera comedy about two gay roommates, but first...

Florida to Fund Phosphorus Cleanup Projects.
May 25, 2003... By Neil Santaniello, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--For environmentalists, it is the dirty word of the Everglades. Chemists formally know it as "P." In a swig of cola, you can taste its...

University of Kentucky Considers Possible Uses for Forest Land.
May 25, 2003... By Linda Blackford and Andy Mead, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--CLEMONS FORK, Ky.--Climb the 132 steps of the old fire tower in the heart of Robinson Forest and you're rewarded with a sweeping...

University of Kentucky Scholarship Program in Financial Trouble.
May 25, 2003... By Linda B. Blackford, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Erik Tuttle didn't think he'd ever go to the University of Kentucky. Sure, he was one of the bright kids who always did well in school....

New Hampshire Lawmakers Consider Bill for Wireless-Network Security.
May 25, 2003... By Kate Munro, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--NASHUA, N.H.--Every few yards the computer beeped and chirped, while red, yellow or green letters popped on the computer screen. The laptop was...

More Focus Turns to Tourists Traveling by Automobile.
May 25, 2003... By Todd Pack, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Cincinnati probably isn't the first city people think of when they're planning a vacation, but it's one of the places that could divert traffic from...

Florida Lawmakers Set for Vote on 2003 State Budget.
May 25, 2003... By John Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--It's the one bill the Florida Legislature must pass each year and one of the few likely to touch all of the state's 16 million...

San Diego-Based Information Technology Firm to Provide 2004 Olympic Security.
May 25, 2003... By Bruce V. Bigelow, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--After months of international intrigue and intense competition, San Diego-based SAIC has landed what might be described as the mother of all...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Personal Finance Column.
May 25, 2003... By Ann Perry, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--'LIFE PLANNING' LOOKS AT MORE THAN FINANCES: Imagine, if you would, that you've decided to get serious about retirement planning. So you and your...

Female PGA Player a Champion of Women's Rights.
May 25, 2003... By Michael Kinsman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--Annika Sorenstam was already a winner before she teed off on the first hole at the Colonial Invitational the other day. She was a winner if...

The Seattle Times Economic Memo Column.
May 25, 2003... By Stephen H. Dunphy, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--SPOKANE, Wash.--With many jobs concentrated in the hardest-hit industries and few growing businesses to offset the declines, the Pacific Northwest will...

Debate Continues over Genetically Modified Crops, Meats.
May 25, 2003... By Alwyn Scott, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--BRUSSELS, Belgium--Jeff Otness used to be a salmon celebrity. His Ballard company supplied wild Alaska coho to lox makers in Europe, who bought hundreds of...

Chairman of Advanced Micro Devices Makes Handsome Salary.
May 25, 2003... By David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--For those who argue that stock options and executive pay are incentives to improve long-term stock performance, take a look at Advanced...

CEO of Cisco Systems Keeps Salary Heavily Tied to Performance.
May 25, 2003... By Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--When it comes to tying compensation to stock performance, John Chambers of Cisco Systems may set the bar among Silicon Valley CEOs. When...

Some Changes Made in Compensation of California's Executives.
May 25, 2003... San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--The contentious chore of setting the boss's pay might never be the same again. Shareholders are revolting over fat pay packages. New regulations are forcing...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Dan Gillmor Column.
May 25, 2003... By Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--In the 1990s, CEOs could do no wrong. These days, they are held in contempt. Both views are dangerous. The vast majority of executives are...

CEO of Sunnyvale, Calif.-Based Tech Company Ties Salary, Bonus to Performance.
May 25, 2003... By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--On the road to executive riches, Maxim Integrated Products looks like the 65-mph driver watching competitors get pulled over for speeding. ...