Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from July 29 2004

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from July 29 2004

Stamford-based Connecticut Quality Improvement Award group presents honors.
July 29, 2004... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Three lower Fairfield County enterprises did not have to wait for the Summer Olympics to win their gold medals. Applera Corp. in Norwalk,...

West Haven, Conn.-based hip-hop apparel chain to open store in Norwalk.
July 29, 2004... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Fans of urban hip-hop apparel will soon have another place to shop in the region with the arrival of Jimmy's on West Avenue in Norwalk. The West...

Stamford, Conn.-based Meta Group chairman may take IT research firm private.
July 29, 2004... By Peter Healy, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Dale Kutnick, chairman of Stamford-based Meta Group Inc., may be forming a group to take the information technology research and consulting firm...

FirstEnergy reports second-quarter profit, compared to loss a year ago.
July 29, 2004... By Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--FirstEnergy Corp.'s second quarter earnings got a boost when its Davis-Besse nuclear power plant was allowed to restart earlier this year after a...

Small Ravenna, Ohio, manufacturer makes packaging for leading food treats.
July 29, 2004... By Gloria Irwin, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--RAVENNA, Ohio -- The next time you unwrap an Otis Spunkmeyer muffin or pick up a package of Pepperidge Farm cookies, think just for a second about...

Georgia Pacific's consumer products pitchman stays ready to roll.
July 29, 2004... By David McNaughton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--In stores, Pete Correll may stop a shopper about to grab a competitor's product off a shelf and ask, "Why?" But his wife, Ada Lee, is...

Delta Air Lines axes offshore call center.
July 29, 2004... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Delta Air Lines is dropping one of three offshoring contractors that supply call center services overseas. Meanwhile, it's also been...

Ford official mum on Hapeville, Ga., plant's future.
July 29, 2004... By Peralte C. Paul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Ford Motor Co.'s Hapeville plant is among the carmaker's most efficient and productive factories in North America. But the 56-year-old...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Maria Saporta column.
July 29, 2004... By Maria Saporta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Agency chair set to pull double duty: Change continues at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. After nearly three years,...

American businesses feel pinch on foreign workers' visas.
July 29, 2004... By Teresa Borden, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Suddenly, the United States isn't such a friendly place in which to do business. That's what many foreign professionals are discovering as...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
July 29, 2004... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Stock prices got too attractive for investors to ignore toward the end of Wednesday's session, attracting enough buying to push blue chip...

Lumberton, Texas, proceeds with annexation plans to add 77 parcels.
July 29, 2004... By Jacqueline Lane, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--LUMBERTON, Texas -- Officials here have approved the first reading of an annexation ordinance that may see 77 properties off U.S. 69 and...

Groves, Texas, school officials drop bond election plans.
July 29, 2004... By Vanessa Everett, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--GROVES, Texas -- Port Neches-Groves school trustees declined late Tuesday to call a bond election, saying that they had received some new...

Port Arthur, Texas looks at $1 million budget deficit.
July 29, 2004... By Sarah Moore, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- At a preliminary budget workshop here Tuesday, the City Council reviewed a budget draft containing a deficit of slightly...

Beaumont, Texas, chamber to restructure, focus on marketing.
July 29, 2004... By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--The Chamber of Commerce is planning a major reorganization to help it achieve the goals contained in its strategic marketing plan announced in...

Southeast Texas companies may qualify for smog-reduction equipment grants.
July 29, 2004... By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Seven Southeast Texas companies could receive almost $2.2 million in grants from the state for new equipment to reduce a component of urban smog...

Customers sleep in rain waiting for grand opening of New Haven, Conn., IKEA.
July 29, 2004... By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The only blue in the skies Wednesday morning came from IKEA's building and a sea of umbrellas keeping heavy rain off the...

Cool weather ices Berlin, Conn.-based utility's earnings.
July 29, 2004... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Unseasonably cool weather hurt Northeast Utilities' second-quarter results, the company said Wednesday. The Berlin-based company reported...

Moss Point, Miss., funeral home to dispel rumors with anniversary celebration.
July 29, 2004... By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--MOSS POINT, Miss. -- Reports of the demise of her family business have been greatly exaggerated, Shelia Robinson says. In fact, Robinson's...

NASA satellite images on Web site prove to be popular for downloads.
July 29, 2004... By David Tortorano, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- Updated satellite images available for free to the public on a NASA Web site are proving to be a popular...

Bakersfield, Calif., residential facility for Alzheimer's patients will close.
July 29, 2004... By Marylee Shrider, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A Bakersfield residential care facility for Alzheimer's patients will close its doors next week, forced to shut down because of escalating...

Bakersfield, Calif., asphalt company takes next step under new owner.
July 29, 2004... By Matt Phillips, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Michael Doyle thinks building his asphalt business in Bakersfield was a smart move. "Kern County is growing like crazy, which means more and...

Second-run theater in Bakersfield, Calif., does great business on weekends.
July 29, 2004... By Seth Nidever, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--With tickets running as low as 50 cents, Bakersfield Movies 6 seems to be doing a bang-up business as the only second-run theater in town. On...

Bakersfield, Calif., furniture factory suddenly closes, lays off 175 workers.
July 29, 2004... The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Guy Chaddock & Co. closed its Bakersfield furniture factory suddenly on Wednesday and laid off all 175 workers. Company officials said the firm was crippled by a...

Belleville, Ill., high school gets professional athletic trainer.
July 29, 2004... By Scott Wuerz, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- The biggest difference between professional and student athletes -- besides the million-dollar paychecks -- has always been...

Health care financial firm consolidates Belleville, Ill., locations, adds staff.
July 29, 2004... By David van den Berg, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Argent Healthcare Financial Services has added about 20 employees to its staff, thanks to a consolidation of its five...

Former technology chief forms new business in Broomfield, Colo.
July 29, 2004... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--In 1982, Jack McDonnell and five other men broke away from Storage Technology Corp., started a company called McData Corp. from McDonnell's home,...

Private landowner buys 1,367-acre Rutland Ranch in Manatee County, Fla.
July 29, 2004... By Ray Joseph, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--One of the largest private landowners in Manatee County has even greater holdings now. John Falkner, acting through a recently chartered...

Florida touts low-premium, high-deductible health plans.
July 29, 2004... By Roberta C. Nelson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--SARASOTA, Fla. -- Health insurance policies that offer tax benefits and retirement savings -- while protecting families from ruinous medical...

Brownsville, Texas, agricultural workers turned away after 1,000-mile trip.
July 29, 2004... By David Robledo, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Brownsville agricultural workers filed a federal lawsuit this month against a Nebraska produce company, claiming they...

Dip in car sales force dealers to find new ways to lure customers.
July 29, 2004... By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--You could blame it on high gas prices, skittish customers, or less-than-generous incentives from car dealers. Car sales have taken an unexpected...

Government agency helps Maryland businesses expand exports.
July 29, 2004... By Sara K. Clarke, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Executives at CTRL Systems Inc. knew just where to go to sell their company's diagnostic equipment for installation aboard the International Space...

Symbol Technologies buys Rockville, Md.-based Matrics, maker of RFID tags.
July 29, 2004... By Paul Adams, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Matrics Inc., a Rockville-based technology company that makes radio-frequency identification tags used for electronic tracking, has been sold to Symbol...

San Francisco Bay area 'getting milked' by supermarkets, study says.
July 29, 2004... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Large local supermarkets charge as much as 67 percent more than small stores for the same brand of milk, markups that have helped...

Contra Costa County, Calif., hospital's transition to public spurs fear.
July 29, 2004... By Judy Silber, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Doctors Medical Center San Pablo must slash labor costs to reverse mounting losses and survive its transition Sunday from private to...

Bank of America diversifies its 401(k).
July 29, 2004... By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Starting Monday, Bank of America Corp. employees, for the first time, will be able to get the company match in their 401(k) plans in something...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
July 29, 2004... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--PROJECTS ON DRAWING BOARD ADD TO NEARBY CUSTOMER BASE: Uptown dwellers are getting one of the major items on their wish-list of amenities: a...

Georgia sales tax holiday should attract hordes of shoppers to Columbus stores.
July 29, 2004... By Tony Adams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Columbus-area retailers have been stocking their shelves, beefing up employee ranks, shuffling store hours and generally bracing for a crush of...

Executive director leaves South Carolina Public Service Commission.
July 29, 2004... By Ben Werner, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Bruce F. Duke, facing questions about discrepancies on his resume, resigned Wednesday as executive director of the S.C. Public Service Commission. ...

Washington Mutual loan offices in South Carolina, elsewhere, find buyer.
July 29, 2004... By Paul Sand, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A New York-based company said Wednesday it will buy some of Washington Mutual's home loan centers and satellite offices being closed in 18 states,...

Alcon chief executive to leave while on top.
July 29, 2004... By Roger Yu, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Tim Sear represents a rare breed in the corporate world -- a chief executive of a billion-dollar company who's leaving on his own terms at the top of his...

Mexican bakery-products firm to use video game to win over U.S. customers.
July 29, 2004... By Dianne Solis, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--In the hyper-competitive snack industry, the company behind a Mexican treat called Gansito hopes to win more American stomachs by taking its...

Detroit-area Arab Americans are diverse, settled, and at home in U.S.
July 29, 2004... By David Crumm, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A two-year, $1-million study of metro Detroit Arab Americans concludes that these thousands of families are far more diverse, more settled and more eager...

Murphy-bodied 1930 Cadillac V16 among the stars of classic auto show.
July 29, 2004... Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--One of the huge ironies of the Great Depression was that this era of economic desperation spawned some of the most magnificent vehicles in our history. While many...

Plymouth, Mich., man to display his Bizzarrini at auto show.
July 29, 2004... Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Mark Sassak calls his Bizzarrini 5300 Spyder SI "rare." That's true, but since Prototipi Bizzarrini produced fewer than 150 cars over its 5-year lifespan (1965 --...

Fairgrounds project wins approval in Detroit.
July 29, 2004... By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--After years of contentious debate over what to do with the Michigan State Fairgrounds, the Detroit City Council and neighborhood groups gave unanimous,...

Medicaid bids in Michigan spark fallout among HMOs.
July 29, 2004... By Kim Norris, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--The dust has settled on Michigan's first Medicaid-contract open bidding in four years. A process that began in March, when the state opened the bidding...

Home Depot crew in Harper Woods, Mich., to vote on union.
July 29, 2004... By Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Workers at the Home Depot in Harper Woods are set to vote this weekend on whether the store would become the first Home Depot in the nation to unionize....

Kerry to call for higher fuel efficiency auto standards.
July 29, 2004... Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--BOSTON -- Framing it as a national security and foreign-policy concern rather than an environmental one, Sen. John Kerry in his much-anticipated speech tonight is expected...

Detroit turns neighborhood lots into thriving community gardens.
July 29, 2004... By Marty Hair, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--In first-time gardens and on established plots so large they can be considered urban farms, vegetables, fruits and flowers are growing like never before in...

Detroit finds fertile field in urban farming, with healthful spinoffs.
July 29, 2004... By Marty Hair, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Detroit, the city known worldwide for turning out cars, is getting a reputation for a different kind of product: Vegetables. Plentiful access to...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
July 29, 2004... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--SHOPS IN ORNATE PROMENADE TO OPEN IN AUGUST: For the first time in a quarter-century, the spectacular vaulted mezzanine of the historic Guardian Building in...

Father-son team on TV show 'American Choppers' to buy New York printing plant.
July 29, 2004... By Michael Levensohn, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--MONTGOMERY, N.Y. -- The Teutuls are at it again. Paul Sr. and Paul Jr., the father-son team behind the cable television hit...

Students bear down at IBM technology, engineering camp in East Fishkill, N.Y.
July 29, 2004... By Nicoletta Koveos, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. -- The cardboard fin on Kiely Healey's rocket broke at the last minute, right before launch. It was a...

Superior, Wis.-based Amsoil buys Fleming warehouse.
July 29, 2004... By Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A year after it was shuttered by Fleming Cos. Inc., the Superior warehouse and distribution center at the base of the Bong Bridge has been sold...

BAE official asks congresswoman to help protect Dahlgren, Va., military center.
July 29, 2004... By Cathy Jett, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A Stafford County defense contractor yesterday urged Rep. Jo Ann Davis to protect Dahlgren as the government looks into realigning and...

Fredericksburg, Va., music store owner sues Guitar Center.
July 29, 2004... By Jeff Branscome, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--The owner of a Fredericksburg music store is suing a local branch of a national music center chain, claiming the chain's employees...

From American Idol CDs to magazines, there are bargains to be had at yard sales.
July 29, 2004... By Portsia Smith, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Carolyn Libby placed boxes of her belongings in her son's driveway as the sun began rising last Saturday. The Spotsylvania...

Lobster hunting miniseason opens in south Florida.
July 29, 2004... By Steve Waters, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Calm seas and lots of lobsters -- at least for some people -- made for an enjoyable opener Wednesday of the annual two-day lobster miniseason. ...

Ousted operators of south Florida nursing home charged with neglecting patients.
July 29, 2004... By Bob LaMendola, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--After being written up year upon year for poor care and poor conditions, the ousted operators of a Lauderdale Lakes nursing home were charged on...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Business Strategies column.
July 29, 2004... By Marcia Heroux Pounds, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--CUSTOMER SURVEY CAN BE A REVEALING EXERCISE: Low-carb diets have been the national craze, so it wasn't surprising that employees at NCCI...

Royal Caribbean exceeds quarterly profit projections, raises forecast.
July 29, 2004... By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A rising tide of price hikes and full ships pushed Royal Caribbean's second quarter profits past its own projections and led executives on...

Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based contractor Devcon enters security services field.
July 29, 2004... By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Founded in the 1950s to clear land and dredge waterways for South Florida builders, Devcon International Corp. morphed over the decades into a...

Wireless gives Sprint second wind, executive tells South Florida employees.
July 29, 2004... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Not long ago, Sprint Corp. was seen as a weakling among the major telecom players, a potential buyout target that was too dependent on the declining...

Fresno, Calif., jobs initiative pins hopes on growth of micro-businesses.
July 29, 2004... By E.J. Schultz, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--If regional business and government leaders reach their goal of creating 30,000 jobs in the next five years, the growth is likely to occur one job at...

Hanford, Calif., medical center seeks new CEO.
July 29, 2004... By Diwata Fonte, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Hanford Community Medical Center is searching for a new chief executive and president after its current CEO, Darwin Remboldt, was chosen to head...

Family owned scrap-metal businesses merge, grow in Malaga, Calif.
July 29, 2004... By Tracy Correa, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Randy Stoehr looks out the window of his white pickup truck at the 12-acre scrap metal yard that has been in his family for three generations. He...

American flyers get introduced to international-style screening.
July 29, 2004... By Bryon Okada, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--HOUSTON -- For the first time in U.S. history, Americans flying in America are being subjected to background checks before takeoff, under a...

AirTran says expansion at Fort Worth, Texas-area airport remains on track.
July 29, 2004... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--AirTran Airways' expansion at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is on course despite an intense competitive response from American Airlines,...

American Airlines' CEO declines 22 percent raise, earns employees' respect.
July 29, 2004... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--FORT WORTH, Texas -- When Gerard Arpey, American Airlines chief executive, was tapped to take the company's chairman job earlier this...

Texas' apparently strong economic outlook faces obstacles, new fed report says.
July 29, 2004... By Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--FORT WORTH, Texas -- Home construction is up, businesses have increased hiring, and more people are traveling this summer. That's the...

Subsidiary sale boosts Plano, Texas-based EDS' second-quarter income.
July 29, 2004... By Jim Fuquay, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Electronic Data Systems used the $2 billion sale of a subsidiary to triple its second-quarter income despite continued losses on its big Navy...

TXU Energy gets approval to raise Texas electric rates by 5.7 percent.
July 29, 2004... By Dan Piller, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--TXU Energy, which provides electric service to 2.6 million Texas customers, got its proposed 5.7 percent rate increase approved by the Public...

Fort Worth, Texas, eye-care giant Alcon's quarterly earnings rise 68 percent.
July 29, 2004... By Maria M. Perotin, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Alcon's earnings climbed 68 percent in the second quarter, as the Fort Worth eye-care giant's global sales topped $1 billion for the first...

North Richland Hills, Texas-based insurer's revenue rises in second quarter.
July 29, 2004... By Ilene Aleshire, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas -- UICI reported revenue of $512 million for the second quarter, up 19 percent from a year ago, and net income...

Questions about Russian oil production push world oil prices up.
July 29, 2004... By Dan Piller, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Events in Russia sent a shudder through world energy markets Wednesday when a government order to shut down shipments from the company's...

The Fayetteville Observer, job profile column.
July 29, 2004... The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--GREG HENKE: --Age: 37 --Employer: The Trophy House --Number of years at job: One --Work hours: He works from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through...

Fayetteville, N.C., museum wants tourism agency to fund $150,000 ad campaign.
July 29, 2004... By Al Greenwood, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--The Airborne & Special Operations Museum is looking for $150,000 to promote itself throughout the Southeast. The Airborne & Special...

North, S.C., accepts low bid of $236,000 for town hall renovations.
July 29, 2004... By Sherryl Peters, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--NORTH, S.C. -- The North Town Council in a special called meeting Tuesday afternoon accepted the low bid of $236,000 for renovations...

Barnwell County, S.C., celebrates addition of laminate flooring firm.
July 29, 2004... The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--"Good things come to those who wait." That was the phrase of the day during a news conference to announce the first phase development of the...

Competition is driving fares down for flights from Boston's Logan airport.
July 29, 2004... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--If you've flown from Logan International Airport lately, chances are good you paid less than you would have a year ago. Average fares for flights out of...

The Boston Globe Boston Capital column.
July 29, 2004... By Steven Syre, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--A SOBERING REASSESSMENT: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. can tell the kind of story biotech executives envy, about a cancer drug successfully launched and...

Union sets strike vote over Shaw's Supermarkets health plan.
July 29, 2004... By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Shaw's Supermarkets workers are preparing to strike over a company proposal to control health costs by luring workers out of the union's longstanding...

Children's Hospital in Boston looks to go national.
July 29, 2004... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 29--Children's marketing push, titled 'Where to Turn When a Childhood is Interrupted,' includes ads extolling hospital milestones. Children's Hospital in...