Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from March 1 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from March 1 2005

KNBT Bancorp to buy benefits group.
March 1, 2005... By Kurt Blumenau, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The parent company of Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust will pay $28 million to buy Caruso Benefits Group Inc. of Bethlehem, expanding the bank's...

Professional Arts Building torn down.
March 1, 2005... By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A one-story brick office complex that went up in 1983 in Aberdeen is now coming down. Demolition of the multi-wing Professional Arts Building, 301...

Analyst: EMCOR ends 2004 with good quarter.
March 1, 2005... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Strategic management decisions and an improving economy have resulted in dramatically improved fourth-quarter and annual net income for the 2004...

Emcor subsidiary to build food-processing plant in Kentucky.
March 1, 2005... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--An Ohio company has chosen a subsidiary of Norwalk-based EMCOR Group Inc. to design and build a $44 million food-processing plant in Horse Cave, Ky....

Pitney Bowes makes AARP's list of great employers for older workers.
March 1, 2005... By Julie Fishman-Lapin, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Pitney Bowes is a great place for older people to work. That's the word from the AARP, which yesterday named the Stamford-based mail...

Residents oppose church's plans.
March 1, 2005... By James Moffat, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A Burlington church has more opposition to its plans for a 100-apartment retirement community. Residents of the Shamrock Drive community have...

GE announces more Mebane layoffs.
March 1, 2005... By James Moffat, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--More manufacturing jobs are leaving Alamance County. General Electric (GE) announced Friday that it will eliminate 54 positions at the company's...

Agriculture agency offers loans, grants for home repair.
March 1, 2005... Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Residents in Alamance and Caswell counties may be eligible for loans or grants that can be used to make home repairs. The money is available from the U.S. Department...

County may award food services contract for county jails.
March 1, 2005... By Emma Perez-Trevino, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Cameron County Commissioners Court could be awarding a contract regarding food services for the county's jails during today's regular...

Brownsville Children's Museum opens after delay.
March 1, 2005... By Laura B. Martinez, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Dean Porter Park renovations will no longer hold up the opening of the Children's Museum of Brownsville. Years of hard work and planning...

Southmost pediatric clinic doctors share commonalities.
March 1, 2005... By J. Noel Espinoza, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--BROWNSVILLE -- Mir S. Ali and Jairo L. Mercado share similar interests in medicine and common family backgrounds. It's no surprise that...

City Commission to discuss possible increase in trash fees.
March 1, 2005... By Laura B. Martinez, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Rising fuel costs could mean higher fees for residential trash pick up in Brownsville. Browning Ferris Industries or BFI is requesting...

Judge lifts restraining order on PUB board, meetings to commence.
March 1, 2005... By Emma Perez-Trevino, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--State District Judge Leonel Alejandro lifted the temporary restraining order against the Brownsville Public Utilities Board Monday, allowing...

First Watch plans 48 new restaurants.
March 1, 2005... By Tilde Herrera, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Under Rick Akam's direction as president and CEO, the number of Hooter's restaurants grew from 190 to 344 in eight years. Then, during his...

Charitable group hoping to raise roof-repair fund.
March 1, 2005... By Jennifer A. Bowen, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--For the second year the Community Kindness Resale Shoppe is trying to raise money to help repair a leaky roof. Today, a storewide sale...

Eckert's debuts fresh, open-air market look.
March 1, 2005... By Lisa P. White, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--BELLEVILLE -- It's snowy and blustery outside, but inside Eckert's Country Store it feels more like a lazy summer afternoon. The Belleville...

Roofing company competes with national chains, but still has plenty of business.
March 1, 2005... By Jennifer Plotnick, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--With more than 3 1/2 blacktopped acres of materials, six trucks and an expansion from three to 15 employees, Bakersfield's H & H Roofing...

Illinois firm buys Bakersfield produce grower's assets at bankruptcy auction.
March 1, 2005... The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A Midwestern management firm is helping Bakersfield-based produce grower Sun World International look to the future more than two years after the farming operation...

Bakersfield loses another grocery store.
March 1, 2005... The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Another grocery store in Bakersfield has come to an end. Grocery Outlet at 3917 Buck Owens Blvd. closed Sunday, according to Jon Wylie, vice president of...

Appliance store reopens next door after fire.
March 1, 2005... The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--GULFPORT, Miss. -- Two days after a fire destroyed the business, Compton's Appliance on Monday was back in operation right next door. A building that Bonnie and...

United Technologies lists top-paid executives.
March 1, 2005... By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--George David's salary remained the same in 2004 as in 2003, but the chairman and chief executive officer of United Technologies Corp. saw his...

TSB gets advisory board's backing.
March 1, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--BRIDGEPORT -- An advisory board to the state's Transportation Strategy Board on Monday backed a plan to have the TSB act as a firewall between the...

Federated to buy May stores.
March 1, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A $17 billion deal between two department store giants could mean a name change for Filene's, Lord & Taylor and other well-known New England...

Bills would unfreeze Entergy's electric rates.
March 1, 2005... By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Two similar bills filed last week in the Texas Legislature would unshackle Entergy Texas from its state-imposed rate freeze. That freeze locked...

Port Arthur, Texas, resident uses storefront to sell items on eBay.
March 1, 2005... By Rachel Stone, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Pete Mann didn't know what to do with all the stuff in his mother's Port Arthur home when she passed away last July. Mann, who lives 130 miles...

RaceTrac to change name to RaceWay in June.
March 1, 2005... By Angela Macias, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The RaceTrac gas stations in Beaumont, Port Arthur and Nederland will undergo a name change soon, store employees said Thursday. RaceTrac is...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
March 1, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--February ended as a plus for blue chip stocks on Monday, but the technology-loaded Nasdaq composite index closed the month in the red. All the...

New-home sales drop 9.2 percent.
March 1, 2005... By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--New-home sales fell 9.2 percent nationally in January from the month before, but the dip was mild in the South and construction in metro...

More airlines raise fares.
March 1, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--More airlines joined rivals over the weekend in raising airfares up to $20 round-trip as the industry grapples with near-record jet fuel...

Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Mad Shopper column.
March 1, 2005... By Mary Ethridge, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--I finally stopped calling it O'Neil's just a couple of years ago, and now it looks as though Kaufmann's will undergo yet another name change. My...

Goodyear CEO gets $2.6 million bonus in 2004.
March 1, 2005... By John Russell, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Robert J. Keegan, who is credited for leading the turnaround at long-struggling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., earned a bonus of $2.6 million last year...

Pozen cuts net loss dramatically in 2004.
March 1, 2005... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Bolstered by $23.1 million in revenue, mostly from partner GlaxoSmithKline, Pozen Inc. slashed its net loss in 2004. Even though the Chapel Hill...

Allentown airport gets aggressive as Stewart remains cautious.
March 1, 2005... By Tim Logan, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Three months ago today, two growing airports were dealt a major blow. Their biggest carrier, Southeast Airlines,...

Duluth maritime community angry that Michigan trademarks slogan.
March 1, 2005... By Peter Passi, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--There's no disputing Port Huron's exclusive right to call itself "the maritime capital of the Great Lakes," even though it rankles some Duluthians....

CFO seeks option to assessment to cover Citizens Property Insurance deficit.
March 1, 2005... By Kathy Bushouse, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Floridians wouldn't have to pay a separate assessment to cover the possible $400 million deficit of state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp....

Slots at tracks would give competition to casino cruises.
March 1, 2005... By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Will the clanging sound of a slot machine jackpot be the death knell for the casino cruise industry in South Florida? If voters approve legal...

US Airways cancels Latin American flights out of minihub.
March 1, 2005... By Niala Boodhoo, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Two weeks after US Airways launched a Fort Lauderdale minihub to Latin America and the Caribbean, the airline said it will cancel three of its...

Company claims county illegally passed ordinance.
March 1, 2005... By Lee Shearer, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--LEXINGTON -- Oglethorpe County's brand-new zoning ordinance should be thrown out, according to a lawsuit filed by a North Carolina corporation that...

Transit officials work on 5-year plan.
March 1, 2005... By Allison Floyd, Athens Banner-Herald, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Edward and Dianne Burnett didn't attend a public hearing Monday to tell transit officials what they think of the local bus service. Then again,...

Office romances become more common, but still carry risks.
March 1, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Love can hurt the heart. But when it invades the office, it can hurt the bottom line too. Office romance is heating up as more workers focus...

Grocers dispute study that says Augusta pays more.
March 1, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Augusta resident Sharon Scott doesn't notice a big change in grocery prices during her frequent travels to Florida. "Maybe a few cents or so....

TiE to host venture-capital program.
March 1, 2005... By Richard Lee, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Venture-capital firms and angel investors seem to be again opening up their wallets for early-stage companies in Connecticut, but they are selective...

Developer plans condos, offices, retail in downtown Stamford.
March 1, 2005... By Peter Healy, The Stamford Advocate, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--F.D. Rich Co. intends to fill a quarter-acre plot a few yards away from downtown Stamford's infamous hole in the ground with a 15-story building...

Department store chains face uncertain future.
March 1, 2005... The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--From scenes of Macy's in the Christmas movie Miracle on 34th Street to baby-boomer recollections of the retail palaces with elevator operators and tearooms that once anchored...

Regal Entertainment buys 7 theaters from Reisterstown, Md.-based firm.
March 1, 2005... By Blanca Torres, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Reisterstown-based R/C Theatres sold seven of its 18 movie houses to Regal Entertainment Group, the country's largest theater chain for $31 million, company...

Maryland may raise its below-average benefits for unemployed workers.
March 1, 2005... By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Finally, an issue that employers and workers can agree on: Maryland's unemployment benefits should be increased. State legislators are considering...

County extends ban on new medical marijuana dispensaries.
March 1, 2005... By Guy Ashley, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--OAKLAND -- Alameda County supervisors on Monday extended for one year an ordinance banning new medical marijuana dispensaries in...

San Francisco raises bus, train and trolley fares.
March 1, 2005... By Mike Adamick, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--SAN FRANCISCO -- Transit officials voted to raise bus, train and trolley fares Monday amid an outcry of opposition, making it more...

Blue Cross worked to reduce profitability, quell criticism in state.
March 1, 2005... By Mike Stobbe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's net income dropped significantly in 2004 -- just like Blue Cross wanted. The state's largest...

Blue Cross (gladly) reports decline in net income in '04.
March 1, 2005... By Mike Stobbe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's net income dropped significantly in 2004 -- just like Blue Cross wanted. The state's largest...

Senator's bill would require notification when personal data is at risk.
March 1, 2005... By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Prompted by recent lapses at Bank of America Corp. and ChoicePoint Inc., a New Jersey senator said Monday he will introduce a bill requiring...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Flying Standby column.
March 1, 2005... The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--INVESTMENT APPROVED: A bankruptcy judge on Monday approved US Airways' plan to receive $125 million in investment from Air Wisconsin, a move that US Airways lawyers...

Bush meets with governors on Medicaid.
March 1, 2005... By Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--WASHINGTON -- With states facing steep Medicaid cuts and rising costs, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other governors pressed President Bush for help...

Conference to focus on trust, credibility in online travel business.
March 1, 2005... By Suzanne Marta, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--When it comes to booking travel online, price isn't everything. And as online agencies such as Travelocity face stiffer competition, they're trying...

Analyst sparks GM, Ford sell-off.
March 1, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--More production cuts and even bigger cash-back rebates from General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. are expected today, after a leading Wall Street...

Ex-C&A chief sues supplier for owed pay.
March 1, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--At the same time Wall Street is fretting over the financial situation at Collins & Aikman Corp. and some vendors say it is behind on its bills, the...

Shifting directions in advertising.
March 1, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--J. Walter Thompson, the creative firm behind Ford Motor Co.' s advertising, is undergoing a corporate facelift. It has new leadership, a new name and...

Detroit may get Macy's, Bloomingdale's names.
March 1, 2005... By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The latest mega-deal in retailing could bring famous New York names Macy's and Bloomingdale's to the metro Detroit market. A deal announced Monday will...

Suits accuse Visteon of bad bookkeeping.
March 1, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--At least four law firms have filed suits against Visteon Corp. in U.S. District Court seeking class-action status on behalf of investors, alleging that poor...

Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
March 1, 2005... By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--ANN ARBOR BUSINESS TO ID TSUNAMI VICTIMS: Howard Cash never set out to become the world's foremost authority on cataloging and cross-checking DNA samples to...

Future is brighter for Cyberlux diode maker.
March 1, 2005... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Things are looking bright for Cyberlux Corp. The Durham firm, which uses devices called diodes to develop consumer lighting products, was...

Justices to take up question of Ten Commandments monument.
March 1, 2005... Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The monument is a 6-foot slab of pink granite, shaped like the stone tablets Charlton Heston carried as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's epic "The Ten Commandments."...

SportsLine key part of online strategy for CBS.
March 1, 2005... By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The folks at CBS SportsLine.com talk sports a lot. If they were looking for an analogy to describe their company, they might say it's like a boxer who...

Equity firm buys Bakersfield farming company Sun World International.
March 1, 2005... The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A private equity firm has purchased Sun World International of Bakersfield for $127.75 million. The deal ends a difficult financial period for Sun World, one of...

Little Gym franchise keeps toddlers in shape.
March 1, 2005... By Diwata Fonte, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Twin boys Zachary and Tyler learned to walk only a year and a half ago, but that doesn't mean they can't join a health club. The 2 1/2-year-olds are...

Major airlines keep a broad fare increase in place.
March 1, 2005... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The major airlines kept a broad fare increase in place Monday, hoping for some relief as rising oil prices neared $52 per barrel. The...

State House considers banning cell phone use while driving.
March 1, 2005... By Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--AUSTIN, Texas -- After her family completed their testimony on the dangers of cell phone use while driving, Kellie Leas walked over to Michelle...

Battle over GOP use of corporate money in election goes to court.
March 1, 2005... By Jay Root, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--AUSTIN, Texas -- The Republicans' controversial use of corporate money in the 2002 elections finally landed in an Austin courtroom Monday, where...

Texas House could approve new payroll, sales, cigarette taxes.
March 1, 2005... By Jay Root, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--AUSTIN, Texas -- After touting the benefits of property tax cuts and increased funds for public education, Texas House leaders are preparing this...

Hackensack judge declines to dismiss Parmalat's fraud suit against Citigroup.
March 1, 2005... By Hugh R. Morley, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A Hackensack judge gave the green light Monday to a suit in which the chairman of bankrupt Italian food giant Parmalat Finanziaria SpA accuses...

Democrats issue warning about state funding priorities.
March 1, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--AUSTIN -- If Texas does not improve its near last-place rankings in funding for social services, education and environmental protection, it will...

The Boston Globe Boston Capital column.
March 1, 2005... By Steven Syre, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--MANIC INVESTING: Biogen Idec Inc. stock fell so hard yesterday it could have left a crater. The 43 percent plunge in Biogen shares only looked attractive to...

Family could get $33 million from legal firm, bank.
March 1, 2005... By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Baker Botts and Wells Fargo Bank Texas may be forced to pay the widow of a wealthy Houston oilman nearly $33 million for failing to disclose a conflict of...

Deal a mixed blessing for Jacksonville.
March 1, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Federated Department Stores Inc.'s acquisition of rival May Department Stores Co. may help Jacksonville shoppers in some ways and...

N.C. business expos includes 38 new businesses.
March 1, 2005... By Daniel McNamara, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- When most people think about Harley-Davidsons, the roar of a V-twin and burly guys named Spike may come to mind. ...

Carteret hospital dedicates new imaging center.
March 1, 2005... By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- As John Gainey stood in Carteret General Hospital's new Imaging Center, he remembered childhood days walking the...

North Carolina oyster-growing project to be permitted.
March 1, 2005... By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- People who signed up a year ago for a pilot study to grow oysters in cages under their docks have yet to get the...

Amid Smaller Rate Hikes, Health Insurer Profits Fall.
March 1, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The state's largest health insurers said profits fell last year because they levied smaller premium increases on employers and their workers. Blue Cross...

Mall spaces left by deal could be filled in many different ways.
March 1, 2005... By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--The face of the mall is changing. Federated Department Stores Inc.'s deal to buy May Department Stores Co. for $11 billion will almost certainly...

Payroll website Still Not Secured.
March 1, 2005... By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Boston software entrepreneur Aaron Greenspan, who revealed serious security flaws in the website of Tennessee payroll company PayMaxx Inc. last week, said...

Verizon to increase charge for 411 calls.
March 1, 2005... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Dialing 411 will be nearly four times as expensive for Verizon's landline customers in Massachusetts next month. Starting April 1, Verizon Communications...

Waltham firm in deal with Walgreen.
March 1, 2005... By Christopher Rowland, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--A Waltham company that handles administrative details for personal healthcare savings accounts will unveil a cooperative arrangement today with Walgreen...

Hershey creates division to focus on snacks.
March 1, 2005... By Aparna Kumar, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Craving more than chocolate sales, Hershey Foods Corp. Monday said it has formed a new division to focus on snacks beyond the candy aisle. ...

Perfect Order to be bought by firm for $7.2 million.
March 1, 2005... By Dave DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--Perfect Order, a longtime fixture in the midstate technology solutions business, is being acquired by Versatile Mobile Systems of Canada for...