Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 1 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 1 2005

To keep up with demand, Mack Trucks starts second shift.
February 1, 2005... By Dan Shope, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--For the first time, Mack Trucks is starting a second shift in its 30-year-old Lower Macungie Township, Pa., plant, the company confirmed Monday....

Feds set industry standards for 'malternatives'.
February 1, 2005... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Bringing some order to the regulatory chaos surrounding flavored malt beverages such as Diageo's Smirnoff Ice, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and...

Local businesses say chain won't do much damage to their bottom lines.
February 1, 2005... By Wren Propp, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--ESPANOLA, N.M. -- With a career in retail well under way, Floyd Salazar had written off Espanola, where he was born and raised. "I thought I was as...

Schedule switch smooth at Delta.
February 1, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Despite a few bumps left over from the weekend ice storm, Delta Air Lines' overhaul of its Atlanta flight schedule got off to a pretty...

State's supply of new physicians isn't keeping up with demand.
February 1, 2005... By Andy Miller, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Crystal Bailey plans to practice medicine where her roots are -- and where she'll surely be needed. Bailey's from Young Harris, a...

Insurance adjuster's earnings rise 270%.
February 1, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne had a big impact on Crawford & Co.'s operations last year, contributing $21 million to the Atlanta-based...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
February 1, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--RALLY NOT ENOUGH TO PUT STOCKS AHEAD FOR MONTH: Stock market investors greeted the new year in a selling mood but ended January in a buying...

Coliseum expansion design contract goes to international architectural firm.
February 1, 2005... By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--BILOXI, Miss. -- An international architectural firm with offices in Atlanta, Chicago and Dubai has been offered the design job for the...

Kern development agency sows 'economic garden' for small business growth.
February 1, 2005... By Matt Phillips, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The Kern Economic Development Corp. has chosen its nine company lineup for its new small business development program called "Tomatoes on...

Runup in housing prices to put pressure on rents, too.
February 1, 2005... By Jennifer Plotnick, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--If you sold an apartment complex or other multifamily unit in Bakersfield in 2004, you likely took hefty sums to the bank. And if you sold...

Watts Copy Systems expanding.
February 1, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--BELLEVILLE -- A steady focus on its market and a series of moves has fed the growth at the Watts Copy Systems Inc. metro-east branch during the...

College art students fired up over new gas-fired pottery kiln.
February 1, 2005... By Jennifer A. Bowen, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--BELLEVILLE -- Students in the art department at Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville are fired up about a new addition to the...

As the Super Bowl nears, Manatee and Sarasota stores sell more big-screen TVs.
February 1, 2005... By Tilde Herrera, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--MANATEE -- Sports fans aren't the only ones eager for the culmination of the football season. For some electronics retailers, Super Bowl month...

PSC seeks input on FPL rates.
February 1, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The Florida Public Service Commission has set the times and locations for customer hearings concerning the storm-recovery bill increases sought by...

Cendant's spinoff to begin trading on New York Stock Exchange.
February 1, 2005... By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Cendant Corp. yesterday said it completed the spinoff of its mortgage and locally based PHH Arval fleet management businesses to shareholders. ...

SBC, AT&T deal puts pressure on Verizon.
February 1, 2005... By William Patalon III, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--SBC Communications Inc.'s planned purchase of AT&T Corp. is the latest move in an industry obsessed with bringing "bundled" services to its...

Firms see brighter prospects ahead.
February 1, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Companies in the East Bay are much more likely to hire employees than to dismiss them in the coming months, according to a new survey...

Hospitals adopting computer technologies.
February 1, 2005... By Judy Silber, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Moving toward a time when hand-written medical charts will be a thing of the past, hospitals in the East Bay are installing expensive...

Consumer impact difficult to gauge.
February 1, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Most observers agree that SBC Communications Inc.'s tentative $16 billion deal for AT&T Corp. will affect California consumers, but...

Questions surround merger of SBC, AT&T.
February 1, 2005... By Ellen Lee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--SBC Communications Inc.'s $16 billion merger with AT&T Corp. could affect thousands of Bay Area employees as it seeks to save as much...

Winston-Salem doctors' group to join pilot project.
February 1, 2005... By Mike Stobbe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Federal officials have chosen a Winston-Salem doctors' group for a first-of-its kind Medicare project, which will pay extra to doctors who cut...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
February 1, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Blakeney in south Charlotte is developing faster than Crosland Inc. anticipated when it started the multi-use community more than two years ago....

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
February 1, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--EARNING A PLACE AT MIXED-USE TABLE: Kenton Place and Birkdale Village are mixed-use neighbors along Sam Furr Road off Interstate 77's Exit 25. ...

Cuts can't take US Airways out of red.
February 1, 2005... By Tony Mecia, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Even with big pay cuts from its workers, US Airways continued to lose money in the fourth quarter because of high fuel costs and falling airfares,...

SunCom Wireless rates to include taxes, fees.
February 1, 2005... By Andrew Shain, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--SunCom Wireless will introduce calling plans this week in the Carolinas with rates that includes taxes and fees, company officials told the...

Lockheed Martin wins $532 million contract for PAC-3 defensive missiles.
February 1, 2005... By Katie Fairbank, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Lockheed Martin Corp. said Monday that it won a $532 million contract to provide 156 PAC-3 missiles to the U.S. Army, the Netherlands and Japan. ...

Seniors can tap homes for money.
February 1, 2005... By Bob Moos, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Reverse mortgages could be used by millions of older adults to pay the rising costs of long-term care, a study by the National Council on the Aging has...

SBC Communications, AT&T tout 'synergies' of proposed merger.
February 1, 2005... The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Having convinced each other it was a good deal, SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. spent Monday selling their merger to investors and regulators. SBC told...

San Antonio expects great benefits from AT&T, SBC deal.
February 1, 2005... By David McLemore, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--SAN ANTONIO -- For Mayor Ed Garza, it was good news indeed. The announcement that San Antonio-based SBC Communications Inc. would acquire its...

Ethics called key to better image of auto dealers.
February 1, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--NEW ORLEANS -- You might not think much of car dealers, but don't tell Jack Kain. With his gentle smile and earnest discussions of community service, it's...

Visteon loses $115 million in fourth quarter.
February 1, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Shares of struggling auto supplier Visteon Corp. tumbled more than 6 percent Monday after the former Ford Motor Co. parts business said it lost $115...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
February 1, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--THERE'S HOPE IN LANSING'S ODD BEHAVIOR: Desperate times have befallen the Water-Winter Wonderland, the Great Lake State or whatever other happy-face name we...

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland column.
February 1, 2005... By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--BLUETOOTH HITS ITS STRIDE WITH HEADSETS: Bluetooth -- that short-distance wireless system to connect our high-tech gizmos -- is finally beginning to live...

With high cost of oil, wood heat catches on in mid-Hudson region.
February 1, 2005... By Tim Logan, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--BETHEL, N.Y. -- For 25 years, Clifford Horton has followed a steady routine for heating his home: Cut wood in the spring and fall....

Enbridge earnings jump for quarter, year.
February 1, 2005... Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. reported fourth quarter 2004 net earnings of $41.6 million -- a 29 percent improvement from the $32.3 million in net income it booked...

Board could decide power line issue.
February 1, 2005... By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--More than five years ago, board supervisors in Douglas County, Wis., voted 17-4 to oppose the Arrowhead-Weston power line. On Wednesday,...

Duluth, Minn., may regulate tax refund loans.
February 1, 2005... By Peter Passi, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Duluth, Minn., could take a leading role in the fight to help families hold onto tax refunds and tax credits that are designed to help lift them out...

State warns that Wal-Mart has violated pollution permit.
February 1, 2005... By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has sent a warning letter to Wal-Mart warning that its Hermantown, Minn., store has violated pollution...

SBC to buy AT&T for $16 billion.
February 1, 2005... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--AT&T was once America's blue chip, an omnipresent force born from Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone nearly 130 years ago. Parents...

University class uses city of Fresno as classroom.
February 1, 2005... By E.J. Schultz, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--It is 5 p.m. on the Fulton Mall. "There should be people leaving offices, there should be people going to bars," Craig Scharton tells his urban...

State's budget surplus could soon dry up, lawmakers are told.
February 1, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--AUSTIN -- Even though official numbers from the state comptroller's office show that Texas lawmakers will begin the budget-writing process with...

Chamber members address economy.
February 1, 2005... By Michael Clinebell, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--State legislators say they want to improve Cumberland County's economy, but the problem is finding money with a $1.2 billion state budget...

Ice causes canceled weekend flights.
February 1, 2005... By Al Greenwood, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Icy weather in Atlanta caused weekend flight cancellations at Fayetteville Regional Airport. Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a subsidiary of...

The Boston Globe Boston Capital column.
February 1, 2005... By Steven Syre, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--TOO MUCH TO HANDLE: BlackRock Inc., a pure investment company, officially closed yesterday on the $375 million acquisition of Boston money manager State...

JetBlue poised to expand service at Logan International Airport.
February 1, 2005... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--JetBlue Airways is expected to outline plans tomorrow for a major expansion at Logan International Airport that will involve moving to another terminal where it...

Marsh & McLennan to pay $850 million.
February 1, 2005... By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The $850 million settlement Marsh & McLennan Cos. reached with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday will have a small but positive effect on...

Mergers can help consumers, analysts say.
February 1, 2005... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--AT&T Corp. gets taken over by its former Baby Bell spinoff, SBC Communications Inc. Gillette Co. is devoured by consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co....

Realtors Spar Over Wording Of Proposed Rule.
February 1, 2005... By Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The Massachusetts Association of Realtors was out in force yesterday to support a proposed state regulation that would make it easier for real estate agents...

Religion finding place on the job.
February 1, 2005... By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--When hundreds of Christian churches hold their national congress at the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center Thursday, Drew Crandall plans to be...

New England Patriots Fans Forced To Tackle Big Markup.
February 1, 2005... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The New England Patriots are funneling a portion of their Super Bowl ticket allotment to a tour operator that is effectively charging four times face value for...

Hospital succeeds in recruiting pediatric specialists.
February 1, 2005... By Paul Beebe, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Memorial Hospital's new children's hospital already is meeting one of the goals set for the facility. By pulling its pediatric and...

State's mood turns timid as consumer confidence plunges in January.
February 1, 2005... By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Connecticut consumer confidence suffered a stunning reversal in January after reaching a two-year high last fall, as worries about the...

New Investors Have 'Come On Down' To Bob's Discount Furniture.
February 1, 2005... By Paul Marks, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--A Stamford investment firm has bought a controlling interest in Bob's Discount Furniture, the regional chain of 19 stores founded in the Hartford...

Lawmakers Vow Fight To Reverse Presidential Helicopter Choice.
February 1, 2005... By John M. Moran, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The U.S. Navy announced its decision about the next presidential helicopter last week, but Connecticut congressional leaders and union workers on...

MetLife buying Citi's Travelers.
February 1, 2005... By Richard Newman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--MetLife, known for its use of Snoopy in its TV ads, has agreed to buy Travelers Life & Annuity Co. from Citigroup for a sum that is hardly...

Wyeth puts $4.5 million in reserve.
February 1, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Shares of drug maker Wyeth fell almost 8 percent Monday after an earnings report that missed Wall Street's projections for the fourth quarter...

Acetylene plant could be shuttered; no criminal charges in blast.
February 1, 2005... By Ken Serrano, Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--PERTH AMBOY: The acetylene plant where an explosion claimed the lives of three workers and injured a fourth Tuesday will likely not...

Summit aims to help American and Arab relations.
February 1, 2005... By John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Houston will play host in September to a gathering of hundreds of U.S. and Arab business and political leaders in a forum designed to improve the sometimes...

Houston Chronicle computing column.
February 1, 2005... By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--NETWORKS HAVE TO FIT HOME: Home computer users setting up a network can choose from several technologies. Here are the pros and cons: --Wired...

FERC may go after profits.
February 1, 2005... By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators may seek to recover as much as $1.9 billion on behalf of Western power customers in the Enron Corp. bankruptcy case. ...

Prosecutors go along with Skilling on trial date.
February 1, 2005... By Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The government now agrees with former Enron Chief Executive Jeff Skilling that his trial should begin in September, according to papers made public Monday....

Supreme Court decision changes rules, lawyer says.
February 1, 2005... By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--An attorney for former Dynegy executive Jamie Olis argued before a federal appeals court Monday that the 24-year sentence his client is serving should be sent...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
February 1, 2005... By Lynn J. Cook, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--NORTH AMERICAN OIL, GAS ARE FAR FROM PLAYED OUT: At a time when the energy industry appears to be moving more and more offshore, ChevronTexaco still has...

Advertisers promote products without TV pitch.
February 1, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Advertisers are taking it to the street and giving it away for Super Bowl XXXIX. Companies are promoting their products with a...

Local hotels supersize staffs to handle needs of NFL athletes.
February 1, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Imagine trying to plan for a couple hundred guests, many of whom are 300-pound athletes, with just seven days notice. That's...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
February 1, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--BOSTON-AREA COMPANIES TO WATCH CLOSELY: A dozen Boston-area companies made the Fortune 500 list last year, based on revenues, and...

Southside Shoppes sold to New York REIT.
February 1, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--A New York-based real estate investment trust said Monday it bought in December the Southside Shoppes, a shopping center that was...

State wants to build center for troubled youths in Onslow County, N.C.
February 1, 2005... By Chris Mazzolini, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The state wants to build a new center for troubled youths in Onslow County, and commissioners could decide Monday whether they want...

Lt. Gov. Perdue seeks to protect Marines airbase at Cherry Point, N.C.
February 1, 2005... By Sue Book, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--HAVELOCK -- Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue met early Monday with senior officials at Cherry Point Air Station about the Base Realignment and Closure...

Fishermen lobby state officials to relax restrictions on flounder nets.
February 1, 2005... By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--MOREHEAD CITY -- Some fishermen want state officials to change their minds about requiring those who fish recreationally with flounder...

As advertising by lawyers proliferates, Missouri Bar revamps existing rules.
February 1, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Open the latest edition of the Yellow Pages and you'll find no fewer than 90 pages -- count 'em, 90 -- of listings under "Attorneys." Lots of...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Labor Scene column.
February 1, 2005... By Randolph Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Despite sharply higher fourth-quarter revenue and operating income, Kansas City Southern posted a slight loss because of a charge in connection...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Chris Lester column.
February 1, 2005... By Chris Lester, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--YO-YO MA AND HER KIDS: It's an increasingly common and poignant scenario -- an aging and feeble parent moving in with one of her offspring. This...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Bits and Bytes column.
February 1, 2005... By David Hayes, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--FORGET THE CLOCK -- THIS ALARM WAKES YOU WITH FORECAST: It was an interesting day for Richard O'Connell to stop by. A vice president of...

Stove shops merger is revealed as new year begins.
February 1, 2005... By Mechele Cooper, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--AUGUSTA -- Frank Tarantino kept the merger of his stove shops with a competitor under wraps so he could start the new year off fresh with a...

Milton Stiefel, scion of marquee Salina business family, dies at 95.
February 1, 2005... By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Milton Stiefel, the last to carry a name that has been synonymous with downtown Salina since 1904, died Monday of complications from pneumonia....

School board meets to discuss growth.
February 1, 2005... By Michael Strand, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--Flood plain maps, county planning commission meetings and rural water district capacity might seem like unusual things for a school administrator...

Long Beach, Calif., pier project goes to firm able to pass on most work.
February 1, 2005... By Eric Johnson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--LONG BEACH -- The Port of Long Beach's goal to award more construction and services contracts to small businesses has already had an impact...

Electronics: Company's Japanese parent sees sales drop.
February 1, 2005... By Felix Sanchez, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--The Pioneer Corp., parent company of Long Beach-based Pioneer Electronics USA, reported Monday that because of severe price competition its...

Nanotechnology summit to help Ohio tap into promising new technology.
February 1, 2005... By Tim Rausch, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--DAYTON -- A statewide summit on nanotechnology will be held in Dayton in March, featuring visits from the governor, lieutenant governor and leading...

Governor tours state to lobby for tax overhaul plan.
February 1, 2005... By Ryan Alessi, Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--FRANKFORT -- As he toured the state recently to build support for the tax overhaul he's expected to propose tonight, Gov. Ernie Fletcher...

South Carolina tourism promoters ramp up marketing effort.
February 1, 2005... By Dawn Bryant, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--S.C. tourism promoters are stepping up advertising efforts with a campaign featuring a new slogan and focusing on reaching TV viewers. ...

Community development staff worried about money loses.
February 1, 2005... By Daniel Perry, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--EDINBURG -- The Boys & Girls Club of Edinburg's $100,000 Community Development Block Grant is being put this year toward renovating its El Tule...

Flores pushes for gambling at South Padre Island, multi-use school.
February 1, 2005... By Elizabeth Pierson, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 1--AUSTIN -- Kino wants Keno to help pay for Texas schools. State Rep. Ismael "Kino" Flores, D-Mission, plans to file a series of bills in...