Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 22 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 22 2005

GE launches ExxonMobil private label credit card.
February 22, 2005... By Julie Fishman-Lapin, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--With consumers having many choices when it comes to paying at the gas pump, ExxonMobil and Stamford-based GE Consumer Finance have...

New Port Chester shopping positioned to take business from Stamford.
February 22, 2005... By Julie Fishman-Lapin, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--A new era is about to unfold on the border of Greenwich and Port Chester, N.Y. The tony town and its blue-collar neighbor are about to share...

Babies 'R' Us to tag along after Target.
February 22, 2005... By Adrian Burns, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The new Target shopping center in Columbia County will lure Babies R Us from its current location on Bobby Jones Expressway. The retailer will...

German tire maker Continental AG plans to close last remaining Akron operation.
February 22, 2005... By John Russell, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--German tire maker Continental AG plans to close its last remaining Akron operation, a tire-testing center on Gilchrist Road, by May 31. The move will...

UPS hopes advertising campaign will expand international market.
February 22, 2005... By Dave Hirschman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--UPS is launching an international advertising blitz aimed at showing people outside the United States that the Sandy Springs company does...

Cingular union urged to OK strike.
February 22, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The Communications Workers of America is calling on its Cingular Wireless union members -- including 400 in Connecticut -- to authorize a strike...

Flower industry has designs on the future at school.
February 22, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Several years ago, Connecticut flower shop owners, growers and suppliers began to fear that the industry, facing a labor shortage, was wilting....

Top estate planner seeks to relocate.
February 22, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--COLLINSVILLE -- Joe Roos Evans would like to move his financial estate planning firm to the vacant State Bank of Collinsville building, but he...

Boulder woman's on-demand fitness programs air in hotels, cruise ships.
February 22, 2005... By Alicia Wallace, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Leah Garcia has been a bit of a road warrior. Working as a television commentator for various sports networks, she spent more than 200 nights...

Antispyware deal free to Colorado residents until April 15.
February 22, 2005... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Webroot Software Inc. is making its Spy Sweeper product available for free to Colorado residents from today until April 15. The offer,...

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport enjoys shotgun start for year.
February 22, 2005... By Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--MANATEE -- Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport had its busiest month in three years, posting a 22 percent increase in passenger traffic in...

New chamber board chairman outlines agenda.
February 22, 2005... By Kurt D. Schultheis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--MANATEE -- As the new Manatee Chamber of Commerce chairman of the board, Rich Pierro has outlined a three step agenda that he hopes to...

El Jardin residents resist annexation.
February 22, 2005... By J. Noel Espinoza, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--BROWNSVILLE --- Julio Gonzalez is fighting to keep his property out of the city's jurisdiction and tax rolls. Gonzalez, who lives in El...

County to look at buying road-repair equipment.
February 22, 2005... By Kevin Garcia, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Cameron County Commissioners Court meets at 9:30 a.m. today to consider purchasing road-repair equipment, discuss regular county business and...

Governor has 'grave concerns' about state building, owning power lines.
February 22, 2005... By Jim Gransbery, Billings Gazette, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday expressed "grave concerns" about the state building, owning and operating electrical power lines, fearing that...

2,750 Marylanders affected by ChoicePoint data theft.
February 22, 2005... By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Data collection company ChoicePoint Inc. said yesterday that it will notify 2,750 Marylanders who may have been victimized in what privacy experts said...

Baltimore-area emergency clinics halt services to wait for state approval.
February 22, 2005... By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Eight emergency health-care clinics in the Baltimore region have had to put most services on hold temporarily while the company that runs them waits...

CareFirst plans to absorb premium tax.
February 22, 2005... The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Health insurer CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield said yesterday it will absorb a 2 percent premium tax on HMOs -- imposed to help solve a medical malpractice insurance crisis --...

Baltimore port replaces guards caught sleeping.
February 22, 2005... By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The port of Baltimore said yesterday that security guards hired since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were found sleeping on the job by U.S. Coast...

Strong earnings are met with yawns.
February 22, 2005... By Will Deener, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Corporate America is putting the finishing touches this week on another fine earnings season, yet hardly anyone seems to have noticed -- certainly not...

Special interests sorting retirees.
February 22, 2005... By Bob Moos, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Youth doesn't always have to be wasted on the young. Calvin and Clara Prine are planning to spend the rest of their retirement at college. The older...

More students turning to jobs, tech colleges.
February 22, 2005... By Teresa Mask, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Matt Graves has been growing his business for five years, and when he graduates from high school in June, Graves expects to focus on his MSG Lawn Care rather...

Students clean up for cash.
February 22, 2005... By Maryanne George, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Aaron Bennick's room is clean. While that may seem unusual for a 19-year-old college student, Bennick is paid cold, hard cash to motivate him to keep...

Detroit Free Press food briefs column.
February 22, 2005... By Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--THREE CHEFS STAR AT CULINARY WEEK: Marshall Field's biannual Culinary Week begins Monday and continues through March 5. Several area stores will offer...

GM reduces prices on midsize SUVs midyear.
February 22, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--In an extremely unusual move, General Motors Corp. has lowered the prices on some of its aging midsize SUVs in the middle of the model year. At the...

Lampert selects Sears board.
February 22, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--As the $11- billion merger between Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co., shapes up, each step is being watched closely. And so far, so good,...

SEC inquiry sheds light on stock promoters.
February 22, 2005... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--In more than a dozen different investment opinions, stock promoter Charles Tamburello of Weston gushed that Dicom Imaging Systems was "a great buy." At...

Continental to start code-sharing deal.
February 22, 2005... By Richard Newman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Continental Airlines will begin its code-sharing agreement with Air France this weekend. The agreement, which starts Saturday, gives...

Novartis moving to top in generics.
February 22, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Novartis AG announced Monday that it would vault into the top spot in the generic drugs market with two major acquisitions. The Swiss...

Patriot Act's wording irks Teaneck.
February 22, 2005... By Brian Aberback, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--TEANECK -- The Teaneck Peace and Justice Coalition recently collected 400 signatures in two days for a petition urging the Township Council to...

Houston Chronicle computing column.
February 22, 2005... By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--EXTRAS ADD ON TO THE JOY: One of the joys of having a wireless network is being able to add devices other than just computers. In theory, anything that...

Continental starts Air France accord.
February 22, 2005... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Continental Airlines and Air France begin a new ticket-selling arrangement later this week that will give passengers access to more destinations. The...

Mexico's Jugos Del Valle hopes to juice up non-Hispanic market, too.
February 22, 2005... By Jenalia Moreno, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Mexican juice maker Jugos Del Valle launched its U.S. headquarters in Houston nearly a decade ago to sell its line of nectars, fruit juices and flavored soft...

Investors take up Yukos case.
February 22, 2005... By Lynn J. Cook, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Even if Yukos' Houston bankruptcy case is thrown out of U.S. court, the company's fight against the Russian government won't likely end anytime soon. A...

Jacksonville Bank branch to anchor Gate Parkway site.
February 22, 2005... By Timothy J. Gibbons, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--A new Jacksonville Bank branch will anchor a three-story office building planned for Florida 9A and Gate Parkway, with the...

Cutting-edge equipment arrives.
February 22, 2005... By Timothy J. Gibbons, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The University of Florida is putting Jacksonville on the map of cutting-edge cancer treatment, bringing a type of high-tech...

School undergoes major renovation.
February 22, 2005... By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The former Lincoln School's auditorium was the only room that was safe Monday from the relentless deconstruction work being done as part of the...

Company grows by serving as government's brain.
February 22, 2005... By Rebecca Lipchitz, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--ANDOVER -- Dynamics Research was born 50 years ago at a kitchen table when a group of MIT graduates decided to form a company around their work...

Van Burkleo Motors' CEO dies after battle with leukemia.
February 22, 2005... By Jennifer C. Smith, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--MCALLEN -- Family and friends of James W. (Bill) Van Burkleo Jr. gathered Monday afternoon to recall his generosity and good-hearted nature...

McAllen to issue building permit for Kohl's department store.
February 22, 2005... By Victoria Hirschberg, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--MCALLEN -- The city will issue a building permit this week for Kohl's to construct an almost 90,000-square-foot department store in Trenton...

Counties unite to form tropical trail.
February 22, 2005... By Daniel Perry, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--HIDALGO -- The old Hidalgo County Courthouse, the Hidalgo Pumphouse Heritage and Discovery Center and the World's Largest Killer Bee are all...

Some Milwaukee leaders want delay in minimum wage hike to end.
February 22, 2005... By Joel Dresang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Some Milwaukee legislators, aldermen and labor leaders called on Republican leadership in the state Legislature Monday to stop delaying a...

Spring makers see jump in work in 2005.
February 22, 2005... By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--It's an industry with a lot of bounce. Having been squeezed by foreign competition and soaring metal prices, U.S. spring manufacturers are wound...

Troha sells Kenosha trucking company.
February 22, 2005... By Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Kenosha businessman and would-be casino developer Dennis Troha and his family have sold a majority interest in their trucking company, JHT Holdings...

California store offers first cell phone virus.
February 22, 2005... By Richard J. Dalton Jr., Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--A California store recently offered a free -- although unwanted -- giveaway: The first known American occurrence of a slowly spreading...

Systemax to restate financial reports from 2003, part of 2004.
February 22, 2005... By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Systemax Inc. yesterday said unspecified errors discovered in a subsidiary's accounting for inventory will force it to restate nearly two years of...

Novartis to buy generic drug maker.
February 22, 2005... By James Bernstein, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Eon Labs Inc., one of the larger generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in the metropolitan area, yesterday said it has agreed to be acquired by the...

Penobscot Island Air restores flying connection for islanders.
February 22, 2005... By Tom Groening, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--June Pemberton has a dentist's appointment this morning, and she's running late. But she has a good excuse. Her ride is a little late. ...

WABI co-anchor Witt to leave desk after 9 years.
February 22, 2005... By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--BANGOR -- Lanie Witt, a news anchor and reporter for WABI-TV 5 the past 10 years, will leave the station March 30 to work for Eastern Maine...

Bank supports community with $16,800 in grants.
February 22, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--GRISWOLD -- The Jewett City Savings Bank Foundation has awarded nearly $17,000 in grants to a variety of local non-profit organizations in the...

Charter Oak opens Willimantic branch.
February 22, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--WILLIMANTIC -- The Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has expanded its reach into eastern Connecticut with the opening of its newest...

Steamboat Wharf Inn gets national recognition.
February 22, 2005... The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Fireplaces make Steamboat Wharf Inn a hot pick for savvy traveller Mystic -- The six wood-burning fireplaces at the Steamboat Wharf Inn landed the downtown hotel in a...

Montville, Ledyard to get own weekly newspapers.
February 22, 2005... The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--NEW LONDON -- Shore Publishing LLC will launch two new weekly newspapers next month that will serve the Montville and Ledyard areas. The papers will be called The...

Honda dealership to move.
February 22, 2005... By Jody Snider, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--After 20 years of operating at its current location, Williams Honda plans to move to a larger site and construct a larger building, making it the...

Warner Music's restructuring proves successful in less time than expected.
February 22, 2005... By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--It pays to be a high-flying music mogul. Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his U.S. music boss, rap kingpin Lyor Cohen, cleaned up last year -- each bagging more...

Daily News, New York, publishing column.
February 22, 2005... By Paul D. Colford, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Hunter S. Thompson was famous for excesses that would have crippled or at least slowed most writers. But the "thrilling if frightening man of...

Retailers use President's Day weekend to increase sales, discard winter line.
February 22, 2005... By Daniel Dunaief, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--P.C. Richard is extending its Presidents' Day promotions until Thursday because the snow and slush kept customers out of their stores yesterday morning....

Many toys at annual fair target pre-school market.
February 22, 2005... By Tom Van Riper, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Get 'em while they're young. Never has that strategy been more important for toymakers seeking new customers. Intense competition has kids and parents...

New Ocala business combines massage therapy studio, art gallery.
February 22, 2005... By Harriet Daniels, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--OCALA, Fla. -- The idea of massage therapy and an art gallery under the same roof may seem farfetched, but to the owners of Body & Soul, the...

The Orange County Register, Calif., business briefs column.
February 22, 2005... The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--TOSHIBA TELI OPENS ITS FIRST AMERICAN OFFICE IN IRVINE: Toshiba Teli Corp. in Japan said Monday that it opened its first American office in Irvine. The...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Jonathan Lansner column.
February 22, 2005... By Jonathan Lansner, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--MANY HAVEN'T BEEN TESTED IN FINANCIAL CRISIS: They seem to come in waves, like the storms that have battered these parts this winter. ...

The Orange County Register, Calif., real estate column.
February 22, 2005... The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--FOR ADJUSTABLE-RATE LOANS, KNOW YOUR PRIME NUMBERS: QUESTION: I'm obtaining a second-mortgage ARM based on the prime rate. Is this rate affected only by...

Orange County in thick of toy action.
February 22, 2005... By Nancy Luna, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Makers of dolls, action figures and learning gadgets are pulling out all the stops this week to deliver the coolest products at the American...

Advertising agencies rebounding.
February 22, 2005... By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--PEORIA -- When the economy stalled a few years ago, few took it on the chin harder than advertising agencies. "We went from 40 employees to 17,"...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business File column.
February 22, 2005... By Paul Gordon, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center helped create or retain nearly 6,200 jobs in Illinois in 2004, according to the Bradley University-based...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., business people column.
February 22, 2005... Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--ROBERT L. SMITH has joined the firm of Moehl, Swearingen & Umholtz as an associate attorney in the firm's Pekin Office. LARRY WILLIAMS has been named vice...

Chef plans new restaurant.
February 22, 2005... By Anita Szoke, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--PEORIA -- Chef Jill Grube is working to make her dream of becoming a restaurateur a reality. Born and reared in Peoria, Grube had her sights set on...

Peoria area economy shows stability.
February 22, 2005... By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--PEORIA -- The Peoria-area economy showed some positive signs in the fourth quarter of 2004, finishing the year on a high note, according to a...

Pfister Hybrids rebranding.
February 22, 2005... By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--EL PASO -- The company that Lester Pfister grew is changing its colors. The Pfister Hybrid Corn Co. is replacing its long-standing logo that...

Bremer Jewelry expanding.
February 22, 2005... By Anita Szoke, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--BLOOMINGTON -- Bremer Jewelry of Peoria is expanding into the Bloomington market. "After spending more than 20 years in the industry we want to...

A Yellow Pages for magazines.
February 22, 2005... By Anita Szoke, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--PEKIN -- Good magazines can help you unwind after a long day and can be a portal to another world. They can be found everywhere, from offices to...

Air Wisconsin-US Airways deal a plus for both carriers.
February 22, 2005... By Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--US Airways, needing at least $250 million to get out of bankruptcy, found half of what it needed last week from Air Wisconsin Airlines, a commuter...

The Philadelphia Inquirer personal finance column.
February 22, 2005... By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Sunday's column on mortgages looked at the pros and cons, given today's interest rates, of the most widely used loans, such as fixed-rate ones and...

GM looks to introduce hipper Saturn.
February 22, 2005... By Akweli Parker, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Saturn, the division that General Motors Corp. hatched 15 years ago as a "different kind of car company," will soon try to get across a new message:...

Trying to make cell calls heard.
February 22, 2005... By Edward D. Murphy, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Gov. John Baldacci has an ambitious goal: seamless cell-phone calling from Madawaska to Kittery and from Lubec to Jackman. But some...

Country music icon Ocean Opry sold after 27-year run.
February 22, 2005... By Valerie Lovett, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- The Ocean Opry, a 27-year-old staple in Panama City Beach entertainment, will close its doors for good at...

Rave Motion Pictures moving into Pier Park.
February 22, 2005... By John McDonald, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- Pier Park soon will be all the Rave. The long-desolate beach property got a big lift Monday with Simon...

North Carolina community colleges help fill demand for biomanufacturing workers.
February 22, 2005... By Sabine Vollmer, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Connie Stiltner lost her job testing fiber-optic equipment for Nortel Networks in September 2002. Today, the 36-year-old Fuquay-Varina...

North Carolina employees group seeks to improve state workers' health plans.
February 22, 2005... By Jean P. Fisher, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The State Employees Association of North Carolina said Monday it is mobilizing to combat further erosion in the health plan provided to...

Accessibility lawsuits give restaurant owners heartburn.
February 22, 2005... By Holly Herman, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--There's nothing longtime city restaurateur Iggy Hatzistavrakis loves more than cooking up a favorite Greek specialty for patrons. But for the last year...

Co-op launched in former cap maker's plant in Adamstown.
February 22, 2005... By Christopher Hinz, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Mad Hatter Antique Mall, a co-op with 80 dealers and more on the way, has opened in a former Bollman Hat Co. manufacturing plant at Route 272 and Willow...

Food Lion assumes 3 leases.
February 22, 2005... By Gregory J. Gilligan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Food Lion has assumed the leases of three Winn-Dixie stores in the Richmond area. The three supermarkets will close within the week, and...

Thermadyne plays its China chip by expanding its presence there.
February 22, 2005... By Gregory Cancelada, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Thermadyne Holdings Corp., a Chesterfield-based maker of welding and metal-cutting equipment, said Monday that it's expanding its presence in...

Data stolen from ChoicePoint affects Minnesota consumers.
February 22, 2005... By Sheryl Jean, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--About 2,340 Minnesota consumers and another 830 in Wisconsin were among those who may have had their personal information stolen from a massive...