Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 15 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 15 2005

Highway construction project has Augusta-area businesses planning relocations.
February 15, 2005... By Adrian Burns, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--A massive highway construction project is in its early stages, but its wake already has many local business people and land owners making big...

Residents turn to Akron call-in program for tax help.
February 15, 2005... By Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The phones kept ringing...and ringing...and ringing during the annual tax call-in program co-sponsored by the Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio...

Delta hires firm to do some of its office work.
February 15, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Delta Air Lines will outsource some back-office functions to a company that has drawn criticism for a subsidiary's work on Georgia's...

Home Depot courts Hispanics.
February 15, 2005... By Renee DeGross, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Home Depot wants to put more Hispanics in orange aprons through a hiring partnership it will unveil today. The Atlanta-based chain plans...

Social Security debate focuses on wage cap.
February 15, 2005... By Ken Herman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--WASHINGTON -- President Bush has ruled out raising the payroll tax to help bail out Social Security, but he has not ruled out raising the tax's...

Fast-growing chain tries to make athletes faster, tougher.
February 15, 2005... By Mike Tierney, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Teen football players, feet sheathed in black slippers, slide laterally on a slick plastic board. Volleyballers, harnessed at the waist,...

Verizon to purchase MCI 6.75 billion deal latest in consolidating sector.
February 15, 2005... By David Ho, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--NEW YORK -- Telecommunications merger mania continued Monday as Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to acquire long-distance provider MCI Corp. for...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
February 15, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--S&P EKES OUT A 2005 HIGH IN DULL MARKET: The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at a 2005 high on Monday -- but just barely in a...

Derecktor-built ferry headed to Alaska.
February 15, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The M/V Chenega, a 235-foot, high-speed ferry, dominates Bridgeport Harbor as it sits docked at Derecktor Shipyards, but crews soon will put it...

State: 141,000 new jobs forecast.
February 15, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The state Department of Labor is predicting that Connecticut will add 141,200 jobs by 2012, largely because of growth in the service sector, which...

Verizon to buy MCI for $6.75 billion.
February 15, 2005... Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc.'s $6.75 billion takeover of long-distance provider MCI Inc. is the latest example of how regulatory changes in Washington...

Wal-Mart probe mulled.
February 15, 2005... By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Monday said he is considering an investigation of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on the heels of news of a settlement...

Maryville Pharmacy adds at-home medical equipment.
February 15, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MARYVILLE -- Pharmacist Gary Ceretto believes he is ahead of curve with his new line of home medical equipment. Ceretto added the equipment at...

Union, legislators, unemployed join forces against offshoring.
February 15, 2005... By Alicia Wallace, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--DENVER -- John Coffey has been out of work about eight months. While the 52-year-old computer programmer has looked for jobs in Colorado, around...

Outgoing FCC chief Powell says new statute should address telephony, Internet.
February 15, 2005... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Rather than attempt to fix the 750,000-word Telecommunications Act of 1996, Michael Powell says he has a better suggestion. Don't modify an...

Higher bed-tax fuels spurt of good publicity.
February 15, 2005... By Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MANATEE -- Promotion of county tourism using money from a bed-tax increase helped score a cover story in the British version of Conde Nast Traveler,...

Lowe's, partner each buy half of land needed to form new shopping center.
February 15, 2005... By Kurt D. Schultheis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--BRADENTON -- Two companies have made plans to resurrect a dead plaza by each purchasing half of a 27-acre site that housed the former Kmart...

Construction begins at Shoppes of Paradise Bay.
February 15, 2005... By Tilde Herrera, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--BRADENTON -- In 2001, a movie theater left the Shoppes of Paradise Bay plaza and took a lot of foot traffic with it. Tenants have waited...

Event regulation at stake in battle over backyard concert.
February 15, 2005... By Peter Felsenfeld, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Local government leaders statewide are anxiously awaiting the outcome of talks this week between West Contra Costa community...

SEC steps up probe of Chiron.
February 15, 2005... By Judy Silber, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--A decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a formal investigation of Chiron Corp.'s actions during the flu vaccine...

$1 million InVision settlement with SEC.
February 15, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--InVision Technologies has agreed to pay $1.1 million to federal securities regulators to settle a complaint the East Bay maker of...

Telecom market ripe for consolidation.
February 15, 2005... The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--After several years of deliberate and painstaking restructuring, telecom companies are creating corporate empires with renewed zeal. Verizon Communications Inc. said...

Casino Windsor plans $400 million expansion.
February 15, 2005... By Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--WINDSOR -- The Ontario government, spurred on by competition from the Detroit casinos, announced plans Monday for a $400-million expansion and renovation of...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
February 15, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MAYOR'S ON A ROLL: Can the ludicrous saga of the $57,000 red Lincoln Navigator possibly get any worse for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his besieged...

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland column.
February 15, 2005... By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MY FI PORTABLE RADIO WILL ONLY GET BETTER, SMALLER: Every now and then when I try out a new device, I find myself marveling at just how far personal...

Duluth-based personal aircraft maker inches closer to outproducing Cessna.
February 15, 2005... By Peter Passi, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Cirrus Design Corp. during 2004 churned out more airplanes than ever, but the Duluth, Minn.-based company still fell short of knocking Cessna...

Boise Cascade spinoff to hold IPO.
February 15, 2005... Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Boise Cascade Holdings LLC, which owns a pulp and paper mill in International Falls, Minn., announced Friday that it intends to hold an initial public offering later...

Power line will have to be constructed on private land.
February 15, 2005... By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The State of Wisconsin Monday gave American Transmission Co. 30 days to develop alternative routes for the Arrowhead-Weston power line in Douglas...

US Airways plans to triple presence at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport.
February 15, 2005... By Niala Boodhoo, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--International traffic at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport may grow 20 percent this year because of US Airways' new flights to Latin...

Groups use Valentine's Day to launch anti-gay marriage petition.
February 15, 2005... By Madeline Baro Diaz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--A campaign by conservative and religious activists to amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage used Valentine's Day to launch its...

Revamp class-size limits, Jeb Bush urges.
February 15, 2005... By Linda Kleindienst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday proposed that Florida voters be given a chance to revise the class-size amendment they approved in 2002...

Fake horse rides into future with Fresno building's new owner.
February 15, 2005... By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The Fiberglas horse that stole the hearts of western enthusiasts in Fresno for more than 35 years -- when it wasn't being stolen by pranksters -- is...

Wawona's founder ices spot in Frozen Food Hall of Fame.
February 15, 2005... The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Earl Smittcamp, chairman and founder of Wawona Frozen Foods in Clovis, is being inducted today into the Frozen Food Hall of Fame. Smittcamp will receive the honor...

Development will have 77 homes that embrace 'the new urbanism'.
February 15, 2005... By Al Greenwood, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--CARTHAGE -- A developer plans to build 77 houses here in a way that he says recalls the front porches, sidewalks and picket fences of the early...

Relief act may ease interest-rate burden for military families.
February 15, 2005... By Catherine Pritchard, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The soldier's wife wondered if anything could help dig her family out of an interest-rate hole. "I heard a rumor that soldiers who...

The Boston Globe Boston Capital column.
February 15, 2005... By Steven Syre, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--THEY'VE GOT MA'S LOOKS: More than 20 years after the breakup of AT&T Corp., we are left with this: two big companies that dominate the telecommunications...

Lennar Will Build Condos In East Boston.
February 15, 2005... By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Lennar Corp., the nationwide home builder from Miami that unsuccessfully tried to buy the Fan Pier development site in South Boston last year, soon...

Bill Would Limit Nurses' Hours.
February 15, 2005... By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Senator Edward M. Kennedy proposed legislation last week that calls for up to $10,000 in civil penalties against hospitals that force nurses to work extra...

Fda Will Scrutinize Disputed Painkiller Drugs.
February 15, 2005... By Diedtra Henderson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--WASHINGTON -- After months of heightened concerns about the safety and effectiveness of Vioxx and similar best-selling painkillers, and intense criticism...

Restoration expert loves cars.
February 15, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Dennis Frick doesn't advertise and doesn't have a Web site. But he has no trouble attracting customers for his business -- restoring Porsches...

Verizon proposes $6.7 billion deal to buy MCI.
February 15, 2005... By David Dekok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday that it will buy MCI Inc. in a stock and cash deal worth an estimated $6.7 billion, eliminating a...

How will Verizon-MCI merger affect you?
February 15, 2005... By David Dekok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--How much consumers might be affected by a Verizon-MCI merger depends upon where they live. Just about anyone in Pennsylvania can be an MCI...

Oil field pact pleases investors.
February 15, 2005... By Mulva Lynn J. Cook, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Wall Street on Monday enthusiastically greeted ConocoPhillips' weekend agreement to revive a deal to develop a large offshore Venezuela oil...

Teens Operated Hazardous Machines; Wal-Mart Accord Called 'Sweetheart Deal'.
February 15, 2005... By Ritu Kalra, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Wal-Mart allowed nearly 70 teenage employees in Connecticut to operate dangerous machinery over a four-year period, federal Labor Department...

Manage the micromanager, author says.
February 15, 2005... By Teresa M. McAleavy, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Workers often toss around the word "micromanager" to criticize a boss, but unless they get memos saying things like, "It's 10:46. Let's meet...

Verizon buys MCI for $6.75B.
February 15, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The phone industry's urge to merge continued Monday as Verizon snapped up long-distance carrier MCI for $6.75 billion in cash and stock. It's...

Houston Chronicle computing column.
February 15, 2005... By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--BOOSTING THE SIGNAL GETS WIRELESS NETWORK HUMMING: Want to improve the wireless signal for your 802.11b or g WiFi network? Try these tips: ...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
February 15, 2005... By Purva Patel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--JAPANESE TRADE OFFICIAL HAS HIS EYE ON TEXAS: Want to sell something in Japan? The Japan External Trade Organization, known as Jetro, wants to help. ...

Cleaner air means less federal help.
February 15, 2005... By Karen Dillon, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's a case of getting what you wish for. Kansas City got some good news this year when it learned the area soon would meet...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., commodities column.
February 15, 2005... By Victoria Sizemore Long, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- SOYBEAN FUTURES PROVIDE BOOST TO GRAIN: Chicago soybean futures closed up sharply Monday and provided spillover...

Proposed cuts in vocatioinal ed criticized.
February 15, 2005... By Melodee Hall Blobaum, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Andrew Olsen is the epitome of today's vocational education student. The Olathe (Kan.) North High School junior will...

Six more admit roles in scams tied to mob.
February 15, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A lengthy investigation of massive Internet porn and phone scams involving an area telecommunications executive snared six more...

Bixby names chairman of Kansas City Life.
February 15, 2005... By Gene Meyer, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Directors of Kansas City Life Insurance Co. have elevated two members of a family that has led the company for 100 years. R....

Manufacturing production slows in region.
February 15, 2005... By Randolph Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Production growth in the manufacturing sector fell last month from December in the region covered by the Federal Reserve Bank...

Sprint signs over cell-phone towers.
February 15, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Global Signal Inc., an operator of cellular phone towers, will pay Sprint Corp. $1.2 billion in cash to operate or lease more...

Buckeye Egg Farm found in contempt.
February 15, 2005... By Bob Blake, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--NEWARK -- A judge fined the former operator of a Hardin County egg farm Monday for ignoring a 2001 agreement. Licking County Common Pleas Judge Thomas...

Second Ronald McDonald House planned.
February 15, 2005... By Linda S. Morris, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MACON -- A second Ronald McDonald house for the families of cancer patients is planned in Macon. The first zoning step was taken Monday when the...

Verizon beats out Qwest for MCI.
February 15, 2005... By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--In a move that bulks the nation's largest local phone company into a corporate telecommunications titan, Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday...

Federal judge suspends proceedings against former WorldCom CEO Ebbers.
February 15, 2005... By Pradnya Joshi, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--A federal judge unexpectedly suspended proceedings in the prosecution of former WorldCom Inc. chief executive Bernard J. Ebbers before the closely...

Maine farmers rave about Boston forum.
February 15, 2005... By Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--BOSTON -- For three days last week, Steve and Jenny Maheu of Turner, Maine, rode a bus, getting off and on at 13 different farms and farm...

Officials consider regular cargo flights from BIA.
February 15, 2005... By Doug Kesseli, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--BANGOR -- Hugh Reynolds, owner of Green Head Lobster Pound in Stonington, wants to at least triple his exports to Europe and beyond, but until...

Aroostook County flour company flourishes.
February 15, 2005... By Beurmond Banville, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--LIMESTONE -- Buttermilk pancakes made easy is what a young entrepreneur is making at an incubator site at the Loring Commerce Centre, and markets...

CorePlus sees growth after charter change.
February 15, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--NORWICH -- The CorePlus Federal Credit Union said Monday that its profits, loans and assets showed strong growth this past year, with earnings...

Newport News boutique also is gathering spot for friends.
February 15, 2005... By Audra E. Walker, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Jo Louise on the Square, a high-fashion boutique in Port Warwick, has all the extras one might find in a Manhattan hot spot. Multicolored...

Williamsburg might hire official to monitor development.
February 15, 2005... By Daphne Sashin, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Williamsburg should hire an economic development manager this year to guide redevelopment and support local businesses, the...

Columbia Pictures to expand studio operations in New York.
February 15, 2005... By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--"HITCH" STUDIO COLUMBIA Pictures has tapped former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell to pump up its presence in New York. Mitchell and...

Online dating services try to snag customers on Valentine's Day.
February 15, 2005... By Lore Croghan, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MEMO TO THE CITY'S employers: When the folks at Yahoo Personals declared Valentine's Day "National Call in Single Day," they did not mean your unmarried...

Transit booth closings set to roll.
February 15, 2005... Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The first of the more than 160 token booths targeted for closing will be shuttered in early April, the Daily News has learned. Nine booths -including some at big hubs...

Verizon acquisition could mean lower phone bills for New Yorkers.
February 15, 2005... By Tom Van Riper, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--CAN YOU HEAR IT NOW? New York's hometown phone company is expanding its national presence -- and may soon be giving local customers a break. ...

Cross-examination of government witness postponed.
February 15, 2005... By Robert Gearty, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--THE MUCH-anticipated showdown between former WorldCom boss Bernie Ebbers' lawyer and the government's star witness was put off until tomorrow. ...

Montage takes swing at new links proposal.
February 15, 2005... The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--LAGUNA BEACH The Montage Resort & Spa celebrates its second anniversary next week, flush with awards from travel and leisure publications and a steady flow...

Operation Photo is collecting digital cameras for military families.
February 15, 2005... The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The e-mails have been rolling in to Mitch Goldstone for weeks since he launched a program to collect used digital cameras to donate to military families. ...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Jonathan Lansner column.
February 15, 2005... By Jonathan Lansner, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--TYPE OF MORTGAGE AFFECTS SPENDING: The typical Orange County residence runs about a half-million bucks due to a bucket full of reasons....

OCTA will give city $3 million to complete project to silence train whistles.
February 15, 2005... By Afsha Bawany, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Construction of safety gates and concrete medians could begin this summer at eight Placentia railroad crossings now that the city has...

Jeweler into real estate business.
February 15, 2005... By Anita Szoke, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--PEORIA -- Since 1939, Jones Bros. Jewelers has been a fixture in central Illinois. Now the family-owned business is venturing into new territory...

Consumers soured sharply on retailers during last year's holiday season.
February 15, 2005... By Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Higher gas prices and long lines at understaffed retail stores are being blamed for the largest quarterly dip in customer satisfaction in almost...

Telecom customers see benefits, risks of MCI-Verizon deal.
February 15, 2005... By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--It's been a "pain in the neck" picking and choosing between the myriad local, long distance, telephone and Internet providers for Allpak...

State to appeal ruling on unemployment cases.
February 15, 2005... By Jim McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Fearing the unemployment compensation system will become further mired in delay, Pennsylvania is seeking to overturn a recent court ruling barring tax...

US Airways to delay filing operating plan.
February 15, 2005... By Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--US Airways is delaying the filing of a reorganization plan for 30 days, until March 15, but said it was still "on track" to exit bankruptcy no later...

High traffic hangs up delivery of e-Valentines.
February 15, 2005... By Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Hallmark.com, the Web site of St. Louis card maker Hallmark, appeared to be having a rough Valentine's Day yesterday. Midafternoon, visitors...

The Philadelphia Inquirer personal finance column.
February 15, 2005... By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--Sunday's column reported on the easy way find the best Section 529 college-savings plan: go with one of the top picks from the mutual fund research...

Portland Press Herald, Maine, Edward D. Murphy column.
February 15, 2005... By Edward D. Murphy, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--MORTGAGE RE-FI BOOM RESURFACES: Homeowners who failed to refinance their mortgages in the last year or two probably figure they missed the...

Blue laws or no, some Maine retailers voluntarily close on Sundays.
February 15, 2005... By Edward D. Murphy, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--The repeal of the last of the blue laws 15 years ago, allowing most stores to open on Sundays, had a profound effect on retailing in Maine,...

Mergers leave BellSouth vulnerable.
February 15, 2005... By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--BellSouth is in a precarious position now that its two largest peers, Verizon Communications and SBC, have set upon a new era of...