Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 4 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 4 2005

Chicago Tribune Worklife Queries column.
January 4, 2005... By Carol Kleiman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Carol Kleiman is on vacation. Here's some of her time-tested advice from 2004. Dear Coach, I'm graduating soon with a master's degree and was told by my...

New CEO starts at business information giant D&B.
January 4, 2005... By Kurt Blumenau, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A new chief executive officer took charge Monday at D&B, continuing a succession plan announced last year by the business information...

Maryland firm acquires South Whitehall, Pa.-based promotional company.
January 4, 2005... By Jeanne Bonner, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Dubbs Co., a South Whitehall promotional company founded in 1919, has been acquired by Target Marketing Group of Owings Mills, Md. Dubbs'...

Military brothers start up shipping business in Augusta, Ga., area.
January 4, 2005... By Adrian Burns, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--In a move from the military to the business world, brothers John and Mike Ware went from posted to postal. John Ware had always thought about...

Companies test delivery of broadband via power grid in Hoover, Ala.
January 4, 2005... By Robert Luke, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Call them power users of the Internet, literally. For the past nine months, 115 families in Hoover, Ala., have been connecting to the...

Cargo pilots move atop industry pay ladder.
January 4, 2005... By Dave Hirschman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--In aviation's rigid hierarchy, air cargo pilots have always been a step below their passenger airline counterparts. Air cargo pilots...

Delta is poised to cut fares.
January 4, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Delta Air Lines could roll out a national version of its simplified fare experiment as soon as Wednesday in a move that will cut prices...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
January 4, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--DOW RISES AT START, FALLS AT END: The stock market roared out of the starting gate on Monday -- for about 30 minutes -- after which a daylong...

Two brothers move skateboard store to O'Fallon, Ill.
January 4, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--O'FALLON, Ill. -- A metro-east skateboard retailer has new owners and a new building. Brothers Mike and Nathan Womack bought Circus Skates from...

Investors buy 4 buildings near Niwot, Colo., for $16.6 million.
January 4, 2005... By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A Denver investment firm spent $16.6 million last week to buy four properties occupied by manufacturing or research and development companies in...

Business heats up at Bradenton, Fla., chicken wings restaurant.
January 4, 2005... By Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--BRADENTON, Fla. -- Try saying this fast with a mouthful of atomic-flavored chicken wings: He who makes the hottest wings wins. With their...

Holiday weekend left no surprises for Brownsville, Texas-area grocers.
January 4, 2005... By Ildefonso Ortiz, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Thousands of Southmost residents flooded the area's two grocery stores during the holiday weekend bustling aisles for last-minute party...

Maryland's top medical leaders to offer assessment of malpractice legislation.
January 4, 2005... By M. William Salganik, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Gauging the savings in future malpractice costs -- the key goal of a reform bill rushed through a special legislative session -- is a virtually...

Morningstar honors manager of Baltimore-based mutual fund.
January 4, 2005... By Bill Atkinson, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Brian Berghuis will likely still have to take out the trash at home, but he's earned his star at Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group Inc. by being named...

Demand for overseas products keeps Baltimore port very busy.
January 4, 2005... By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--In 2004, the port of Baltimore bought a pair of cranes so it could stack tractor-trailer sized metal containers. It built sheds to stow away ton upon ton...

Dam safety, flood risk questioned for San Francisco-area reservoirs.
January 4, 2005... By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--The Bay Area, home to a several reservoirs looming over residential areas, is unprepared for the possibility that a dam could collapse...

Grocery deal in Sacramento, Calif., area ups health care costs.
January 4, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A tentative labor agreement between six supermarkets and a Sacramento area union, widely viewed as a harbinger for ongoing Bay Area...

IPO market snaps back in Walnut Creek, Calif., area.
January 4, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--For the first time since 1999, initial public offerings in the Bay Area raised more money than they did the year before. That...

Economists offer positive outlook for North Carolina.
January 4, 2005... By Kerry Hall, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--North Carolina businesses are "loaded with cash," and that means more mergers and acquisitions, increased dividends and stock buy-backs on the...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
January 4, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--SLOW, STEADY IS WINNING FORMULA FOR FIRST COLONY: First Colony Corp.'s office park across N.C. 51 from the Arboretum shopping center is a textbook...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., US Airways briefs column.
January 4, 2005... The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--IAM PESSIMISTIC: A leader of the lone US Airways union without a cost-cutting agreement said Monday he's pessimistic it can reach a voluntary deal with the...

Boutique medical practice seeks financial footing.
January 4, 2005... By Jonathan Maze, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--More than a year after opening its doors, Daniel Island-based Prevecare is still trying to get on the right financial track. In...

Nation's airlines take notice of simplified fare structures.
January 4, 2005... By Katie Fairbank, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Simplified airfares are gaining popularity. Delta Air Lines Inc. plans to overhaul its fare structure nationwide, part of an initiative among...

Signs point to first national increase in investment since 2000.
January 4, 2005... By Victor Godinez, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Venture capital funding may finally be pulling out of a four-year slump. Investing nationwide is projected to be around $20 billion in 2004, up...

Kmart's decline in sales eases up, profit is expected for fourth quarter.
January 4, 2005... By Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Kmart Holding Corp.'s sales dive slowed during the critical holiday season and it expects a profit for the fourth quarter. The Troy-based retailer said...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor column.
January 4, 2005... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--BANK ECONOMIST TELLS IT LIKE IT IS: David Littmann, the most-quoted economic guru in Michigan, will announce his own personal forecast for 2005 today....

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
January 4, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--GILBERT LIKELY TO PUT CAVS ON FAST TRACK: I can see it now. Dan Gilbert, owner-in-waiting of the Cleveland Cavaliers, calls his basketball team together for...

Many Minnesota lawmakers, tribes, oppose offer to raise take on casino revenues.
January 4, 2005... By Scott Thistle, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Northern Minnesota lawmakers are leery about infringing on American Indian gaming in Minnesota, either by allowing slot...

Police arrest 9 in protest of Palm Beach County, Fla., biotech project.
January 4, 2005... South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Protesters of plans to build a massive biotech research park on a rural citrus grove barged into the county's Business Development Board...

Luxury sales boost average home prices in Broward County, Fla.
January 4, 2005... By Rafael Gerena-Morales, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Broward County's real estate market in 2004 reached an eye-popping milestone: In December, the average price of an existing single family...

Sugar workers back, with new contract, at Florida mill.
January 4, 2005... By Alexandra Navarro Clifton, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--About 600 union workers at the Florida Crystals sugar mill near South Bay will return to work today after approving a new contract over...

Association closes Visalia, Calif., nature store after 15 months.
January 4, 2005... By Diwata Fonte, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--VISALIA, Calif. -- A sparkling walk-through cave display, children's story time and autobiographies of Ansel Adams did not earn enough money to keep the...

American Airlines to cut costs, use other initiatives to increase bottom line.
January 4, 2005... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--FORT WORTH, Texas -- Executives at American Airlines hope to boost the company's bottom line by $850 million this year through a series of...

Texas ranchers upset about resumption of cattle imports from Canada.
January 4, 2005... By Barry Shlachter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Texas ranchers are upset that the United States will allow the resumption of cattle imports from Canada, despite the discovery there of a...

CORRECTION: Delta's fare restructuring may force other carriers to follow suit.
January 4, 2005... By Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, has filed a new version of the story slugged FT-DELTA, moved by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News for...

New Texas study faults insurers' use of credit history in assigning rates.
January 4, 2005... By R.A. Dyer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--AUSTIN, Texas -- A controversial insurance industry practice may lead to higher premiums for many black, Hispanic and low-income policyholders,...

Microsoft, Bedford, Texas, firm settle suit.
January 4, 2005... By Jim Fuquay, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--CI Host, a Bedford company that hosts Web sites for other companies, said Monday that it settled a lawsuit filed against it by Microsoft Corp....

Textile losses could still affect economy in North Carolina.
January 4, 2005... By Michael Clinebell, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--RALEIGH, N.C. -- The shrinking domestic textile industry will continue to hurt the state's economy, according to the chief economist for a...

Genzyme puts its money into cancer drugs this year.
January 4, 2005... By Jeffrey Krasner, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--When Genzyme Inc. breaks down its revenue this year, there's a big hole: treatment of cancer. That will change this year. The Cambridge firm completed...

Seminary to renovate Dudley Square building in Boston.
January 4, 2005... By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary's Boston campus plans to expand and move to a historic building in Dudley Square by early next year, executives...

AARP launches ad campaign with focus on senior citizens.
January 4, 2005... By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--AARP, which represents people over 50, is running an ad campaign in trade publications to highlight advertisers' lack of concern for older baby boomers. One of...

Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based hospital operator continues expansion.
January 4, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Select Medical Corp. has completed its acquisition of SemperCare Inc., a Plano, Texas, company that operates long-term, acute-care hospitals....

New York firm buys 23 Hartford, Conn., apartment buildings for $30 million.
January 4, 2005... By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A New York real estate company has purchased hundreds of apartment units just outside downtown Hartford, betting that the city's star -- and...

Connecticut attorney general says to file furniture store claims by month's end.
January 4, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Customers who left deposits with the now bankrupt Huffman Koos furniture stores should file claims with the bankruptcy court by Jan. 31, state Attorney General...

Court deals Connecticut doctors setback against health insurers.
January 4, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--The Connecticut State Medical Society has lost an attempt to revive lawsuits against two health insurers that accused them of deceptively denying,...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., business people column.
January 4, 2005... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--SPENCER SAVINGS BANK, Elmwood Park, has appointed John C. Duncan senior vice president and senior lending officer. He has 20 years' experience in managing all...

Tooth study links Oyster Creek, N.J., and cancer in kids.
January 4, 2005... By Bob Ivry, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--It's a controversial study ridiculed as "junk science." It's got a silly nickname and a lead researcher who admits it's too early to draw significant...

Indian drug company forges tie with Hackensack, N.J.-based IT outsourcing firm.
January 4, 2005... By Hugh R. Morley, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals, one of India's largest drug companies, has contracted Hackensack IT-outsourcing company Ness Technologies to provide...

Program to simplify access to affordable drugs in New Jersey.
January 4, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Pharmaceutical companies and patient advocacy groups are expected to launch a program today designed to ease access to free or lower-cost drugs...

Houston Chronicle computing column.
January 4, 2005... By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--BARRAGE OF ASSAULTS MADE SECURITY TOP ISSUE: Used to be, when tech experts started talking about personal computer security, the average user's eyes...

FDA issues warning to medical device maker about Houston plant.
January 4, 2005... By Miriam Moynihan, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Cyberonics, which makes a device that treats epilepsy, disclosed Monday it received a warning letter last month from the FDA citing problems inspectors...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
January 4, 2005... By John C. Roper, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--SERVER FIRM GETS IN TOUCH WITH ITS SOFTWARE SIDE: RLX Technologies, a computer server maker based in The Woodlands, announced in December that it would exit...

Illinois workers compensation costs threaten some companies.
January 4, 2005... By Amy Hoak, Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--DECATUR, Ill. -- Factories are getting safer, but workers compensation costs in Illinois keep increasing. The trend is a reason why at least one...

Anonymous $40 million gift is blessing to church in Independence, Mo.
January 4, 2005... By Brian Burnes, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--An anonymous family has given $40 million to the Independence-based Community of Christ church, by far the largest single contribution in the church's...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Kevin Collison column.
January 4, 2005... By Kevin Collison, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--GETTING DOWNTOWN DOWN ON FILM: Documentary filmmakers Aimee Larrabee and John Altman believe the dramatic revival of downtown Kansas City currently...

Kansas Supreme Court tells Legislature to increase spending on schools.
January 4, 2005... The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas needs to spend more money educating its students and it is up to the Legislature to figure out how to do it, the state's Supreme Court said...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Health Notes column.
January 4, 2005... By Julius A. Karash, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT FOR CHILDREN IS BACK AT HOSPITAL: The University of Kansas Hospital has reopened its pediatric intensive-care unit after a...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Legal Affairs column.
January 4, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--BILLIONAIRE MIGHT HEAD INTO KC WITH NEW NEWSPAPER: Is Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, owner of The Examiner newspaper in San Francisco and an...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Chris Lester column.
January 4, 2005... By Chris Lester, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--O SWAMI, SEERING IS BELIEVING: Well, it's time to track down the Swami -- self-proclaimed seer of all things -- to ponder his prognostications for...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., workplace column.
January 4, 2005... By Diane Stafford, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--BE SMART, BUT DON'T BE A SMART ALECK: Job hunters are advised to learn about the company before going to an interview. No one should ask, "Uh,...

Manager of Salina, Kan., arena seeks new scoreboard system.
January 4, 2005... By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A new scoreboard system for the Bicentennial Center's arena would cost $400,000 to $600,000, Bicentennial Center manager Keith Rawlings told the...

Salina, Kan., hires consultant to find new city manager.
January 4, 2005... By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--The Salina City Commission took its first public step toward replacing retiring City Manager Dennis Kissinger on Monday when it approved a...

Salina, Kan., United Way meets fund-raising goal.
January 4, 2005... By David Clouston, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--With a cushion of a little more than $3,000, the Salina Area United Way has met its 2004 fund-raising goal, officials of the organization announced...

Rain falls, pecan crop stalls in Las Cruces, N.M.
January 4, 2005... By Diana M. Alba, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A series of rainstorms during the past two months has slowed the local pecan harvest, and more rain during the past few days only exacerbated the...

Three South Florida firms help drug makers understand FDA regulations.
January 4, 2005... By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--For four years, Abbott Laboratories was in dire trouble because federal regulators said it had "systemic" problems with the way its diagnostic medical...

SBC entertainment faces off with cable.
January 4, 2005... By Keith Benman, The Times, Munster, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--SBC Communications Inc. is lassoing broadband and satellite entertainment into one package in a new joint venture. San Antonio-based SBC announced...

Online shopping helps boost holiday sales numbers.
January 4, 2005... By Doris Hajewski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Holiday shoppers pointed and clicked their way to more online purchases than ever before this past holiday season. U.S. shoppers spent $23.2...

Wells Fargo completes buyout of Wisconsin's scandal-tainted Strong Financial.
January 4, 2005... By Jason Gertzen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Wells Fargo & Co. said Monday it completed the purchase of $29 billion in assets from Strong Financial Corp., the culmination of a trading scandal...

Wisconsin yacht builder develops low-emissions fiberglass mold process.
January 4, 2005... By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--It's not often that a company can lower production costs and reduce toxic emissions with a single brush stroke, but a century-old Wisconsin yacht...

CEO of aircraft parts maker prefers Edgewood, N.Y., location.
January 4, 2005... By James Bernstein, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Edward Fred, chief executive of CPI Aero in Edgewood, gets mail every few weeks beckoning him to relocate the aircraft parts manufacturer to less...

Report compares auto insurance firm complaint rankings.
January 4, 2005... By Henry Gilgoff, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--The state took a gentle poke at the gecko -- advertising mascot for auto insurer Geico, which touts a high customer satisfaction -- as part of an...

Metropolitan National Bank to open its first branch.
January 4, 2005... By Tania Padgett, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A Park Avenue bank that only a few years ago angered check-cashing businesses with a move into that lucrative field is going retail. Metropolitan...

Future of digital video to be main event at consumer electronics show.
January 4, 2005... By Stephen Williams, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--A new format skirmish in the consumer electronics cosmos may escalate into a full-blown declaration of war later this week, when the annual...

Charities, firms work to ensure proper medicines reach tsunami victims.
January 4, 2005... Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Now is not the time for bad medicine. In the wake of previous disasters in which aid agencies received or shipped expired or useless drugs, charities and drug giants...

Bush, former presidents ask Americans to donate responsibly to relief efforts.
January 4, 2005... By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Last week's tsunami disaster has seen one of the largest outpourings of American philanthropy since the Sept. 11 attacks, when charity appeals seemed to...

State-subsidized health insurance begins in Maine.
January 4, 2005... By Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--At the State House on Monday, Gov. John Baldacci announced the start of state-subsidized health insurance in Maine. DirigoChoice, a critical piece of...

Move from pool hall to hip spot pays off for James City, Va., restaurant.
January 4, 2005... By April Taylor, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--JAMES CITY, Va. -- Change is good for Lynn Allison, managing partner of The Corner Pocket, a sophisticated restaurant, bar and billiards room...

Norfolk, Va., furniture store's ad draws unwanted publicity.
January 4, 2005... By Jody Snider, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Decorum Furniture aired a radio advertisement on several local radio stations Monday that drew attention to its two local stores but not the...

Board forces union re-election at Smithfield Foods.
January 4, 2005... By Chris Flores, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--The National Labor Relations Board dealt a serious blow last week to Smithfield Foods in its attempt to keep a union out of its largest plant....

Blockbuster's late-fee policy gets off to strong start in New York.
January 4, 2005... By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Move over "Anchorman." The hottest title at Blockbuster over the weekend was "No More Late Fees." Blockbuster's risky new policy that allows video...

Westchester County, N.Y., revives idea for Sing Sing museum.
January 4, 2005... By Tracy Connor, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Here's a shocker: Westchester County officials are pushing to open a museum on the grounds of Sing Sing -- complete with the electric chair where...

Daily News, New York, publishing column.
January 4, 2005... By Paul D. Colford, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--College is the place to be, and the place to party, as two new magazines hope to show. CO-ED, a quarterly with a high testosterone level, targets...

Former presidents Bush, Clinton to spearhead U.S. tsunami fund-raising effort.
January 4, 2005... By Kenneth R. Bazinet, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--WASHINGTON -- The President's father and former President Bill Clinton came to the White House's defense yesterday against accusations that its...

Wal-Mart increases December sales projection to 3 percent growth.
January 4, 2005... By Tom Van Riper, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--Low- and middle-income shoppers still racked up their share of holiday buying, despite high oil prices. Retail king Wal-Mart upped its December sales...