Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 20 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 20 2005

Allentown, Pa.-based Internet banker's quarterly earnings up by 41 percent.
January 20, 2005... By Kurt Blumenau, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--American Bank Inc. capped 2004 with a record fourth quarter in which it broke $1 million profit for the first time, the company said...

Company gets permission to proceed with large retail center in Augusta, Ga.
January 20, 2005... The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--The area around the Augusta Exchange already is bustling, but it will get even busier when a new shopping center opens along Walton Way Extension. An...

Fund-raising campaign, marketing to aid Akron, Ohio, business counselors.
January 20, 2005... By Erika D. Smith, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--The 38 wise, old counselors tucked away in downtown Akron are used to giving advice. Find financing to get and keep your business running, one...

Oddly, Rebel flag politics prompt Southerners to target Coke.
January 20, 2005... By Scott Leith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--And you thought the battle over the state flag was finished. For most people it is, thanks to a 2004 referendum that overwhelmingly...

Delta to post another loss.
January 20, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--A lot has changed since Delta Air Lines skirted bankruptcy last fall. But one thing hasn't: red ink. In its first financial update...

Stockholders of bankrupt energy firm Mirant displeased with reorganization plan.
January 20, 2005... By Margaret Newkirk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Mirant stockholders got wind of the bankrupt company's plans for them a little after 8 a.m. Wednesday. They wasted little time passing...

South Carolina law firm eyes Atlanta.
January 20, 2005... By Walter Woods, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--If you've been injured in an accident and need a good lawyer, you might want to visit 14th Street. The Midtown address, home to the South's...

Mirant files plan for reorganization.
January 20, 2005... By Margaret Newkirk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Atlanta's Mirant Corp. filed its plan to reorganize and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday, proposing to convert $6 billion in...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Maria Saporta column.
January 20, 2005... By Maria Saporta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--TED TURNER RELATES SOME LIFE LESSONS: Captain Outrageous was made a Captain of Innovation on Wednesday at a luncheon of the Technology...

Liberty County, Ga., town lands Target distribution center.
January 20, 2005... By Walter Woods, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--For coastal Liberty County, Target Corp. is hitting the spot. The Minneapolis retailer of the cheap and the chic plans to build a 1.5...

Isle of Capri moves forward with gambling barge for Biloxi, Miss.
January 20, 2005... By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--BILOXI, Miss. -- The Isle of Capri is moving forward with the construction of a new and bigger gambling barge slated to open this December. ...

Glen Carbon, Ill., looks to add 18 acres to Edwardsville development.
January 20, 2005... By Jennifer Kapiolani Saxton, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--GLEN CARBON, Ill. -- With Edwardsville's approval Tuesday of the sale of land for a Dierbergs, Glen Carbon also will share the...

Walgreens opens in Highland, Ill.
January 20, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--HIGHLAND, Ill. -- Finishing touches are being made on a 14,800-square-foot Walgreens drugstore at 110 Walnut St., set to open Friday morning. ...

Boulder, Colo., icon from the dot-com age shifts its focus.
January 20, 2005... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Boulder's best taste of the dot-com buzz a few years back probably was Fatty Tuna, a reverse online auction business that hit the local scene in...

Parrish, Fla., farmland sells for $6.5 million.
January 20, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Tampa developer Griffin Properties recently bought 195 acres of Parrish farmland for $6.5 million and is planning a housing development there. ...

Bradenton, Fla., builders seek to prevent water damage from hurricanes.
January 20, 2005... By Melissa Followell, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--BRADENTON, Fla. -- Members of the local building community are sharing strategies for minimizing water damage during future hurricanes. ...

Six candidates vie for assistant city manager post in Brownsville, Texas.
January 20, 2005... By Laura B. Martinez, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Within two weeks one of six finalists will be named Brownsville's next assistant city manager, said City Manager Charlie Cabler. Cabler...

Texas senator suspends consulting work with Willacy County firms.
January 20, 2005... By Emma Perez-Trevino, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--BROWNSVILLE -- State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. on Tuesday temporarily suspended his consulting work for three companies involved with...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
January 20, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--MYERS PARK DRAWS MORE LUXURY CONDOS: Myers Park, which appears to be the neighborhood of choice of luxury condo developers, is getting yet another...

O'Reilly Automotive enters Columbus, Ga., auto parts market.
January 20, 2005... By Tony Adams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Betting it can parlay the luck of the Irish into greenback profits, O'Reilly Automotive Inc. has quietly been entering the Columbus-area market in...

OneGeorgia Authority helps finance Americus Bean Co. plant expansion.
January 20, 2005... By Harry Franklin, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--The OneGeorgia Authority has approved an award of $353,659 to the Americus-Sumter County Payroll Development Authority to be loaned to help...

Columbus, Ga.-based Synovus Financial posts higher earnings for 2004.
January 20, 2005... By Tony Adams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Banking on growth in its fee-oriented Financial Services business, Synovus Financial Corp. on Wednesday reported a 16 percent increase in its fourth...

President of Columbia, S.C., engineering firm is dedicated to craft.
January 20, 2005... By James D. McWilliams, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Hollis A. Walker Jr. is a tinkerer by nature. He still has 50-year-old model trains from his childhood that he tinkers with in his basement...

Fuel costs, competition hurts both American, Southwest.
January 20, 2005... The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--DALLAS -- Rock-bottom airfares, stubbornly high oil prices and financially fragile airlines are leading industry executives to a simple conclusion. "Something's got...

Detroit Free Press Laura Varon Brown column.
January 20, 2005... By Laura Varon Brown, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--FLYING THE COOP, DRIVING THE COUPE: I'm known as the worst-case scenario Mom. Anything my daughters even think about doing, I have a newspaper clipping...

Detroit Free Press cars column.
January 20, 2005... By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--AUTO SHOW HITS AND MISSES: The 2005 North American International Auto Show is entering the home stretch, so here are a few thoughts as its final weekend...

GM expects a slow start to 2005.
January 20, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. warn s that it will struggle to make any money in the first three months of the year and might even lose money on its...

Employment down in Michigan for fourth year in a row.
January 20, 2005... By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Michigan's unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent in December, capping the fourth year in a row that the state's top employers shed jobs even as the rest...

Northwest reports $420 million loss as fuel, pricing put airline in the red.
January 20, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Despite a $420-million loss in the October-to-December period, analysts consider Northwest Airlines Corp. to be one of the strongest major carriers in the...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor column.
January 20, 2005... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--How much is too much to pay each month for your car? Ask Scott Hatfield, a 33-year-old teacher from Indianapolis, and he'll tell you that a monthly car...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
January 20, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--DON'T BET ON VEGAS FOR A NEW CENTER: Don't get overly excited about the too-good-to-be-true buzz of an impending marriage between a Las Vegas casino and a...

Chapel Hill, N.C., drug developer Pozen gives employees special incentives.
January 20, 2005... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Pozen Inc. is giving its workers special incentives as the Chapel Hill drug development firm approaches the regulatory filing of its third...

Delaware Senate confirms two Kent County Superior Court picks.
January 20, 2005... By Joe Rogalsky, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--DOVER, Del. -- The state Senate confirmed two nominations from Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill vacancies on the Kent County Superior Court on...

United Way of Delaware tops fund goal.
January 20, 2005... By Jshuane Melton, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--MILFORD, Del. -- When the dollar goal for United Way's 2004 campaign in Delaware was revealed, the figure seemed a little lofty, even to the fund...

Duluth, Minn., hospital has highest death rate in state from mistakes.
January 20, 2005... By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--The Minnesota Department of Health on Wednesday released, for the first time, data from the state's 145 hospitals showing the number of medical...

High voltage power line gets boost in Northwestern Wisconsin.
January 20, 2005... Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--The Washburn County Board in Northwestern Wisconsin voted 12-6 Tuesday to rescind a 2001 resolution opposing the Arrowhead-Weston power line. The move allows...

Motorola to 'ramp down' Nextel cell-phone models made in Plantation, Fla.
January 20, 2005... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Motorola Inc. said Wednesday it will stop making some cellular phone models at its complex in Plantation, but does not know whether any jobs will be cut...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Business Strategies column.
January 20, 2005... By Marcia Heroux Pounds, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--As a former FBI agent, Thomas Parker takes a rather cynical view of theft in the workplace: If you don't think you have a problem, you just...

Fresno, Calif.-area grocery workers to vote on proposed contract.
January 20, 2005... The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--After more than five months of negotiations, the union that represents supermarket meat cutters and clerks in the central San Joaquin Valley has reached a tentative...

California legal aid seeks to help Central Valley families obtain tax credits.
January 20, 2005... By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Central California Legal Assistance Inc. on Wednesday rolled out plans to mount its most ambitious effort so far to reach thousands of low-income...

Texas passed up $104 million for CHIP, report says.
January 20, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas walked away from $104 million in federal money for the Children's Health Insurance Program because state lawmakers did...

Lockheed to cut 1,000 jobs from F-16 production in Fort Worth, Texas.
January 20, 2005... By Bob Cox, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--About 1,000 jobs could be cut at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s Fort Worth aircraft assembly plant this year, the company announced Wednesday...

Texas school finance overhaul may revolve around statewide property tax.
January 20, 2005... By R.A. Dyer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--AUSTIN, Texas -- A school finance overhaul might be impossible without a new statewide property tax, a prospect that's giving heartburn to plenty...

Big-screen TVs attract sports fans in Harrisburg, Pa., area.
January 20, 2005... By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--'Tis the season, say sellers of big-screen televisions. It's not that buyers are lining up to buy mega-TVs because of the possibility the...

State College, Pa.-based broadband service provider names director to board.
January 20, 2005... By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--A man with close ties to Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison and investor Michael Milken has joined the board of directors of broadband...

Harrisburg, Pa.-area football fans show their colors at work.
January 20, 2005... By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--How's a Pittsburgh Steelers or Philadelphia Eagles fan supposed to work this week? Who can concentrate when Sunday's championship games, in...

Hartford, Conn.-area home sales defy economists' expectations.
January 20, 2005... By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Despite signs of slowing, sales of existing single-family homes in Greater Hartford rose in 2004, compared with the previous year, remaining...

Connecticut attorney general turns up legal heat on insurers.
January 20, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who has been investigating bid-rigging and other wrongdoing in the insurance industry, says his office will...

Regulators approve sale of Farmington, Conn.-based health insurer.
January 20, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Connecticut regulators Wednesday approved the sale of ConnectiCare, a Farmington-based health insurer, in a decision requiring the buyer to honor...

Helena, Mont., residents take positive approach to tourism.
January 20, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Helenans love their home town, and they're willing to share it with people from other places -- a combination that should be good for the...

Lucent Technologies reports drop in profits.
January 20, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Lucent Technologies reported a steep drop in first-quarter profits but the company said it remains on track for modest growth this year. Net...

Lipitor boosts Pfizer's fourth-quarter earnings.
January 20, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday reported that fourth-quarter net income more than quadrupled, with higher revenue from its Lipitor cholesterol-reducing...

New Brunswick, N.J., minority business group enjoys renewed purpose.
January 20, 2005... By Kathleen G. Sutcliffe, Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The city's Minority Business Enterprise Committee was on the brink of extinction little more than a year...

Gas prices may rise less this summer, agency states.
January 20, 2005... By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--There is a bit of good news for motorists from the federal Energy Information Administration on Wednesday: Gasoline pump prices may not spike upward this...

Southwest Airlines may add flights at Houston's Hobby Airport.
January 20, 2005... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Southwest Airlines may add destinations from Houston's Hobby Airport later this year, Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said Wednesday. His comments...

Houston Chronicle Working column.
January 20, 2005... By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--JOB CREATION SLIPPERY TO MEASURE: When Rob Mosbacher Jr. ran through the list of accomplishments at the Greater Houston Partnership's annual meeting last week,...

CSX to reduce train movements in Jacksonsville, Fla., during Super Bowl week.
January 20, 2005... By Gregory Richards, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Trains carrying an alphabet soup of chemicals -- starting with ammonia, benzene and chlorine -- regularly rumble through Jacksonville,...

Jacksonville, Fla., area inflation rate remains low.
January 20, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Jacksonville's inflation rate in 2004 remained low despite higher gasoline prices. But nationally, the spike in energy prices sent...

Time Warner Cable customers in Lima, Ohio, area are upset with outage.
January 20, 2005... By Jim Sabin, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--LIMA, Ohio -- Time Warner Cable says it is back to business as usual in the wake of an ice storm that left hundreds of customers without service, but some of...

Leipsic, Ohio, company sheet-metal cutting firm wins tax break to install laser.
January 20, 2005... By David Trinko, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--LEIPSIC, Ohio -- A tax abatement should help a Leipsic company stay a laser-thin cut above the rest of its competition. The Putnam County commissioners...

Lexington, Ky., posts fourth straight year of record home sales.
January 20, 2005... By Jim Jordan, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Lexington area Realtors chalked up a fourth consecutive year of record home sales in 2004 -- and they expect to repeat the feat in 2005. "The...

Authorities say daughter of former Clinton County, Ky., sheriff took $44,000.
January 20, 2005... By Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Former Clinton County Sheriff Kay Riddle's daughter, who worked in his office, stole more than $44,000 in taxpayers' money, according to charges...

Myrtle Beach, S.C., aircraft manufacturer falls short of incentive job target.
January 20, 2005... By Travis Tritten, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--An aircraft company offered a $750,000 incentive package and reduced rent to set up shop at Myrtle Beach International Airport has not met...

Environmentalists want water-conservation campaign in Texas.
January 20, 2005... By Elizabeth Pierson, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--AUSTIN, Texas -- Environmental leaders said on Wednesday they want to get every Texan, not just farmers, thinking about how they waste water....

Edinburg, Texas, limits streetside vendors.
January 20, 2005... By Daniel Perry, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--EDINBURG, Texas -- The white sign said "cell phone accessories $3.99 and up." But the advertisement was not hanging outside a building. It was...

Heavy snow forecast cancels this weekend's PRO-Gun show in Middletown, Ohio.
January 20, 2005... By Thomas Gnau, Middletown Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- The Middletown Exhibit Center won't be a gun showcase after all. Not this weekend, anyway. Ann Mort, Middletown Convention and...

Hamburger eatery to open second location in Medford, Ore.
January 20, 2005... By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Medford fast-food icon Dell's Hamburgers made a triumphant return in May 2002 when Karen Irigoyen ended a near eight-year hiatus and opened shop at...

American Airlines loses $387 million in fourth quarter.
January 20, 2005... By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--The parent of American Airlines, caught in a vise of high oil prices and low fares, on Wednesday reported huge fourth-quarter and 2004 losses. And...

Burger King seeks to Trump competition with help of 'The Apprentice'.
January 20, 2005... By Elaine Walker, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Burger King's turnaround efforts get some fresh ideas on tonight's season premiere of The Apprentice. The Miami-Dade fast-food chain will be the featured...

Offering free service boosts business at Miami Beach-based online dating firm.
January 20, 2005... By Jim Wyss, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Never underestimate the allure of a cheap date. Since Miami Beach-based Webdate started offering a free online dating service two years ago, some 2.8 million...

As losses mount for airline industry, more bad news is coming, analysts say.
January 20, 2005... By James Bernstein, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Some of the direst predictions for the airline industry have come true as two of the nation's largest carriers yesterday posted enormous last...

Dispute splits board, raises questions of control at Cablevision Systems.
January 20, 2005... By Harry Berkowitz, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Last May, at the annual meeting of Cablevision Systems Corp., chairman Charles Dolan said in response to a shareholder's question about the company,...

Judge in Manhattan, N.Y., says comics publisher Marvel owes Spider-Man creator.
January 20, 2005... By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Thwock! Marvel Enterprises received a blow yesterday from a federal judge, who said the company owes Spider-Man creator Stan Lee a superhero-sized cut of...

Waksals agree to settle SEC charges of illegal stock trading at ImClone.
January 20, 2005... By James T. Madore, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Samuel Waksal, the former chief executive of drugmaker ImClone Systems Inc., and his father have agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle...

New air service is arranged for Penobscot Bay islands.
January 20, 2005... By Leanne M. Robicheau, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--ROCKLAND, Maine -- A new island air service has taken off at Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head, providing essential service to several...

Dairy a top Maine industry, study reports.
January 20, 2005... By Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--AUGUSTA, Maine -- A new industry-sponsored study of the impact of Maine's dairy farms on the state's economy has confirmed what those within the...

New London, Conn., planner sees gathering interest in development.
January 20, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The city's planning director told a chamber gathering on Wednesday that New London is experiencing strong development...

Strong sales at Pfizer quadruple profits in fourth quarter.
January 20, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--Pfizer Inc. on Wednesday said its profits nearly quadrupled during the fourth quarter, fueled by strong sales in a variety of its pharmaceuticals,...

Most New London, Conn.-area retailers remain unfazed by anti-Bush boycott.
January 20, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--A national grass-roots effort calling on consumers to not spend money today as a sign of protest of the Iraqi war and Bush inauguration has taken...

Connecticut lawmakers take questions at Greater New Haven, Conn., chamber event.
January 20, 2005... By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--HAMDEN, Conn. -- With another budget deficit to tame this legislative session, area legislators offered straight talk Wednesday at the Greater New...

Wallingford, Conn., connector maker to pay dividend after strong fourth quarter.
January 20, 2005... By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--WALLINGFORD, Conn. -- Amphenol Corp. said Wednesday it will start paying investors a quarterly dividend on the heels of a glowing fourth-quarter...

Bush set for first wartime inauguration in decades.
January 20, 2005... By Helen Kennedy, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--WASHINGTON -- In the first wartime inauguration in 30 years, George W. Bush will be formally returned to power Thursday with traditional patriotic...

Senate committee approves Condoleezza Rice appointment.
January 20, 2005... By James Gordon Meek, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--WASHINGTON -- Condoleezza Rice's appointment as the first black female secretary of state was easily approved by the Senate Foreign Relations...

Daily News, New York, Wall Street column.
January 20, 2005... By Tom Van Riper, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--CITY PRICES closed out 2004 with a dip, as cheaper clothing and gasoline nudged December prices down 0.2 percent from a month earlier, the Bureau of...