Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 16 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 16 2005

Software company gets cash infusion.
February 16, 2005... By Sam Kennedy, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Padcom Inc., the Lehigh Valley's perennial high-tech startup, has received another infusion of cash from its majority stakeholder. ...

Aberdeen career planning center celebrates 20 years.
February 16, 2005... By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--While most area schools struggle with declining enrollment, one educational institution in Aberdeen stands out in the crowd for phenomenal growth....

ChoicePoint erroneously gives out personal information to fake companies.
February 16, 2005... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--ChoicePoint, the Alpharetta company that collects personal data on nearly every American, is notifying up to 35,000 California residents that...

Siting Council to meet on power line proposal.
February 16, 2005... By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The Connecticut Siting Council on Thursday will hold its last hearing on a report that said only 24 miles of the proposed 69-mile...

Target shoppers on hold.
February 16, 2005... By Dave Goldberg, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The lights are on and there are cars in the parking lots, but eager Target shoppers will have to wait a little longer to cross the thresholds...

Maschhoffs to purchase Land O'Lakes' swine assets.
February 16, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--A transaction announced Tuesday by the state's largest hog producer is about to make it one of the biggest swine operations in the country. ...

4 metro-east counties show 9.5 percent increase in home sales.
February 16, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Real estate analysts' projections for a third consecutive record year of sales of existing homes have been confirmed. The Illinois Association...

Slow economy continues 2004 trend.
February 16, 2005... By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Boulder County saw the pace of home foreclosures jump in January, starting the year at an even higher pace than 2004 and suggesting some people...

The Bradenton Herald, Fla., business matters column.
February 16, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--JENSEN TAKES THE HELM AT SCHROEDER-MANATEE RANCH: Rex Jensen took over as chief executive officer of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. last week,...

Terra Ceia may see a new tower.
February 16, 2005... By Kurt D. Schultheis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--TERRA CEIA -- Bay Club, another high-profile condominium complex touting sweeping waterfront views, is planned for Terra Ceia Bay Golf &...

Rib Crib anticipates March debut.
February 16, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--EAST MANATEE -- The outdoor sign promises: "Smokin Really Soon." Next week, it will say: "Smokin Really Really Soon." In the kitchen, two...

Sales tax revenues increase by 2 percent.
February 16, 2005... By Gilberto Salinas, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Sales tax revenues climbed by 2 percent in January which is reflective of a healthy post-holiday retail economy, according to the state...

Baltimore Ravens quarterback helps British Airways market new seats.
February 16, 2005... By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--It's not often that Baltimore Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller is flat on his back in front of spectators at a stadium -- and smiling about it. But...

Gasoline prices rising again.
February 16, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--After three months of declines, pump prices are on the rise again. The California average for a gallon of regular unleaded was...

Home prices flat last month.
February 16, 2005... By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Bay Area house and condominium prices remained flat during a midwinter slowdown in sales, a real estate information firm reported...

RadioShack looks to hire outside advertising firm.
February 16, 2005... By Maria Halkias, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--RadioShack Corp. is departing from its 50-year practice of handling its own advertising, seeking an agency to manage its $250 million account and...

Gore fights automakers' emissions suit.
February 16, 2005... By Hugh McDiarmid Jr., Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Former Vice President Al Gore will call on automakers to drop their lawsuit against California's tough new vehicle emissions standards tonight -- an...

Compuware vs. IBM to begin.
February 16, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Opening statements are expected today in the trial between Compuware Corp. and IBM Corp. -- two tech companies tangled in a three-year legal battle over...

Michigan gives tax breaks, job training help.
February 16, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--DaimlerChrysler AG, already one of Michigan's largest employers, will cash in on the state's desire to keep and lure jobs. Tuesday, the Michigan...

In a funk, jazz fest may move to new weekend.
February 16, 2005... By Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, an end-of-summer ritual tied to Labor Day weekend since its 1980 debut, may move from its 25-year perch to...

Kerkorian-DCX case in limbo a year later.
February 16, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Time, it seems, does not heal all wounds. It's been more than a year since the high-stakes trial ended between billionaire casino magnate Kirk...

Credit ratings shaky at 2 auto plastics firms.
February 16, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Two major Dearborn-based auto-plastics firms appear to be facing some financial struggles, and the reasons are similar: rising plastics prices and...

Detroit Free Press Rochelle Riley column.
February 16, 2005... By Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--LET'S NOT ACT AS IF THE CITY IS STILL OK: Detroit is shrinking. And it could be the best thing that ever happened to the Motor City. Now that the city's...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor column.
February 16, 2005... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--BANK BRANCH SERVICE GETS NEW INTEREST: If you walk into a bank to cash a check one day, don't be surprised if you get a phone call a day later from...

The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y., business briefs column.
February 16, 2005... The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--PORT JERVIS-BASED RADIO stations WDLC-AM and WTSX-FM have been sold and will be operated by Sunrise Broadcasting of New York, the Newburgh-based...

Two Duluth, Minn., grocery stores offer online shopping.
February 16, 2005... By Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Not long ago, Mary Greene saw an advertisement for online grocery shopping at the Plaza Jubilee grocery store. "I thought, 'Man, that would be...

Ikonics' profits soar.
February 16, 2005... Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Duluth, Minn.-based Ikonics Corp. announced Tuesday that its 2004 net income reached record levels. Compared with 2003, the company's net income increased 51...

Lake Calavera neighbors fight dam-draining project.
February 16, 2005... By Barbara Henry, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--CARLSBAD -- During a Monday morning rally, 40 people crafted valentines with drawings of dead fish and messages urging city leaders to...

Escondido high school district may choose site Tuesday.
February 16, 2005... By Tanya Rodrigues, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--ESCONDIDO -- The high school district's controversial search for a new Escondido campus could culminate Tuesday with a decision to...

Tourism, Chinese interest should propel Jamaica.
February 16, 2005... By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--KINGSTON, Jamaica -- This Caribbean nation expects its best economic performance in a decade this year. But even so, growth remains too low to...

Overwhelmed Florida agency seeks relief from 7 million documents.
February 16, 2005... By Linda Kleindienst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--TALLAHASSEE -- When it comes to state waiting lists, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation has the Big Daddy of them...

Rural Preservation Act would cap farm subsidies at $250,000.
February 16, 2005... By Michael Doyle, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--WASHINGTON -- Legislation planted Tuesday will give the Bush administration a chance to show it's serious about cutting farm subsidies. Backed by...

Motorists pay more than $2 at the pumps in Fresno area.
February 16, 2005... The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Fresno-area gas prices increased 19 cents in the past month to more than $2, ending three months of declining prices, according to a survey made public Tuesday. ...

Lawmaker's proposal would allow casinos to operate across Texas.
February 16, 2005... By R.A. Dyer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--AUSTIN, Texas -- Casinos with Las Vegas-style gambling -- blackjack, craps, roulette -- could pop up all over Texas under a proposal being...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Art Chapman column.
February 16, 2005... By Art Chapman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--HILL COUNTRY RE-ENACTMENT TO HONOR IWO JIMA VETERANS: DOSS, Texas -- On a barren hilltop 20 miles northwest of Fredericksburg, preparations...

Lawmakers consider increase in the gas tax.
February 16, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--AUSTIN -- House Speaker Tom Craddick said Tuesday that he supports tying the state tax on gasoline to the rate of inflation, saying that the 20...

More scrutiny needed over public pensions, critics say.
February 16, 2005... By Yamil Berard, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--How can you tell if your pension plan is in trouble? Some Texas public pension plans say there's no cause to worry, even though they are...

Pensions on the watch list.
February 16, 2005... Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Eighteen Texas public pension funds are so underfunded that they won't be able to close the gap for at least 40 years, according to a recent report from the...

Overly optimistic assumptions about public pension plans haunts officials.
February 16, 2005... By Yamil Berard, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--In calculating how much money would be needed to cover pension benefits, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas assumed that 42,500 school...

An airline has not signed a contract to provide service to Orlando, Fla.
February 16, 2005... By Al Greenwood, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--KENANSVILLE -- Fayetteville Regional Airport is still several steps away from getting a third carrier. Up Jetlines of Albany, N.Y., has...

Fayetteville designer brings 1-woman show to big time.
February 16, 2005... By Rebecca Logan, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--People on the guest list for Cynthia Ross' last party were greeted by the scent of cinnamon when they opened their invitations. Ross had...

MLB will pay $67 million for online ticket firm.
February 16, 2005... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Major League Baseball moved into the ticket business yesterday, agreeing to pay nearly $67 million for Tickets.com, one of three ticket companies currently...

Revolutionary major set to be born at MIT: Biological engineering.
February 16, 2005... By Gareth Cook, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Once the cutting-edge materials of engineering were steel girders, then transistors. And next, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is gambling, it will...

LoJack eyes new uses for tracker.
February 16, 2005... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--LoJack Corp., the Westwood company that pioneered stolen-car tracking devices in the 1980s, is unveiling a gadget to help police recover motorcycles. ...

The Boston Globe Downtown column.
February 16, 2005... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--MISSING THE POINT: In short order, our biggest bank, our biggest life insurer, and our biggest manufacturer have all been swallowed up by out-of-state...

Telecom equipment maker Mangrove Systems raises $21 million in venture capital.
February 16, 2005... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Mangrove Systems Inc., a Wallingford-based maker of telecommunications equipment, said Monday that it has closed its latest round of venture capital financing by...

State Demands Wal-Mart Details on Child Labor Breaches.
February 16, 2005... By Ritu Kalra, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Officials in Connecticut and California turned up the heat on the federal Department of Labor Tuesday, demanding release of details about...

Continental imposes more pay cuts.
February 16, 2005... By Richard Newman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Continental Airlines announced more pay cuts Tuesday, as management ratcheted up the pressure on pilots, flight attendants and mechanics for pay...

Another new CEO for Rag Shops.
February 16, 2005... By Joan Verdon, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Rag Shops Inc., the Hawthorne-based chain of craft stores, has its third new CEO in just over five months. Ron Staffieri was named last week...

Home prices reach new heights.
February 16, 2005... By Prashant Gopal, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Home prices in Bergen and Passaic counties continue to scale new heights. In the fourth quarter of 2004, an existing single-family house...

Medco plans 'leadership' role in new Medicare benefit.
February 16, 2005... By Lewis Krauskopf, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Medco Health Solutions, the giant pharmacy benefit manager, announced its intent Tuesday to take a "leadership position" in the new Medicare...

Edgewater Commons, Wayne's Plaza Square change hands.
February 16, 2005... By Joan Verdon, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Edgewater Commons in Edgewater and Plaza Square in Wayne have been sold to a leading U.S. retail developer and an Australian partner as part of a...

Continental Airlines' board cuts own pay, ends options.
February 16, 2005... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Continental Airlines on Tuesday eliminated executive stock options for the year and reduced board member pay and benefits in a bid to secure $500 million...

New indictment in Duke case.
February 16, 2005... Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--More charges have been filed against two former Duke Energy executives accused of trying to doctor the company's books to inflate their bonuses. On Monday a grand jury...

Stricklin to aid other prosecutors in broadband trial.
February 16, 2005... By Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--A former judge who was one of a handful of Republicans to lose an election in Dallas in November has joined the Enron Task Force. Cliff Stricklin, 40, who...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
February 16, 2005... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--EXECUTIVE COACH FORMS ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIPS: Sue Brown acknowledges that in comparison to most fields, the practice of executive coaching is still in...

Pipeline firm grows optimistic.
February 16, 2005... By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--After three years of looking over its shoulder, El Paso Corp. can finally start looking ahead. Since 2002, the Houston-based gas pipeline giant has suffered...

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
February 16, 2005... By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--MCI's SALE A SPECTACULAR FEAT: The revolution has been acquired. This week's proposed sale of MCI to Verizon Communications for $6.8 billion bears an...

JEA delays land sale.
February 16, 2005... By Ryan Geddes, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--At the last-minute request of Mayor John Peyton, JEA has delayed its effort to sell one of downtown's largest parcels of developable land...

Regency Centers picks up 101 malls.
February 16, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Regency Centers Corp.'s $2.7 billion deal, as part of a joint venture, to buy 101 shopping malls solidifies the company's position as one...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
February 16, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--CUSTOMER TIPS FOR WINN-DIXIE: Two months into the job, the president and chief executive officer of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said...

Fidelity National's earnings drop in fourth quarter.
February 16, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Fidelity National Financial Inc. Tuesday reported fourth quarter earnings that were lower than the previous year, as a mortgage slowdown...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., commodities column.
February 16, 2005... By Victoria Sizemore Long, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- FUTURES CLOSE LOWER: Kansas City wheat and Chicago wheat and corn futures closed lower Tuesday, pressured by...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster column.
February 16, 2005... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- GLASS' PICK REVEALS HIS PERSPECTIVE: If the Royals' ownership says it prefers the friendly confines of Kauffman Stadium rather...

A state poem for Missouri?
February 16, 2005... By John Mark Eberhart, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Russ Heindselman had never written poetry. He'd "never even read poetry, to speak of. It just wasn't my thing." Which...

SuperTarget stays open through power outage.
February 16, 2005... Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--A power outage struck SuperTarget soon after the store opened Tuesday morning, sending workers scrambling to preserve perishable food items and keep cash...

Builder of Liberty University apartments is target of lawsuits.
February 16, 2005... By Ron Brown, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The recent construction of new apartments on the Liberty University campus prompted a spate of lawsuits and mechanic's...

Valentine's busy for many local florists.
February 16, 2005... By Victoria Hirschberg, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--MCALLEN -- While some local florists profited from increased sales of arrangements and red roses for Valentine's Day, other shops were down...

Wal-Mart subject of optimism, concern.
February 16, 2005... By Travis M. Whitehead, The Monitor, McAllen, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--PALMHURST -- City leaders look forward to the extra revenue the new Wal-Mart soon will bring into the community, but some local business...

Miami-based firm buys animal medications maker.
February 16, 2005... By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Miami-based IVAX dramatically expanded its line of veterinary pharmaceutical products Tuesday as it announced it had reached an agreement to buy Phoenix...

Citizen's Property Insurance's deficit may raise costs for Florida homeowners.
February 16, 2005... By Beatrice E. Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Citizens Property Insurance, the state-run insurer of last resort, ended 2004 with a $373.1 million deficit in its windstorm account, almost...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., firm hopes IPO will raise $46 million.
February 16, 2005... By Patrick Danner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--A new Fort Lauderdale company headed by Steven Berrard, H. Wayne Huizenga's former right-hand man, is looking to raise as much as $46 million from...

The Miami Herald Balancing Act column.
February 16, 2005... By Cindy Krischer Goodman, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--IBM'S FAMILY 360 PROGRAM HELPS EXECS WITH HOME LIVES: Carly Fiorina had been the highest-ranking female in the tech industry until last week when...

Effort aims to create African bank.
February 16, 2005... By Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--A group of Wisconsin businesswomen is raising $5,000 to fund a village bank in Senegal, an effort aimed at improving quality of life in that...

University of Wisconsin-Madison students help create brainstorming sessions.
February 16, 2005... By Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--When software maker Intuit Inc. decided to create a Web site to help young people use its Turbo Tax program, the company turned to two...

New restaurant planned in Bay View.
February 16, 2005... By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The operators of two well-regarded Milwaukee restaurants have purchased a building in Bay View with plans of adding a third restaurant in that...

Wisconsin's exports rise 10.4 percent in 2004.
February 16, 2005... By Thomas Content, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Wisconsin's exports increased 10.4 percent last year to a record $12.7 billion as higher shipments to Mexico offset a declining number to Japan....

Railroad asks for more aid for upgrades.
February 16, 2005... By Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. is pushing for more public money to improve the state-owned rail system on which the company's trains run....

Business group fights sales tax policy.
February 16, 2005... By Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--The state's largest business lobbying group launched a fight Tuesday against a Department of Revenue policy applying the sales tax to some...

3 more insurance officials plead guilty in New York bid-rigging probe.
February 16, 2005... By Pradnya Joshi, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Three more insurance officials pleaded guilty to criminal charges yesterday as part of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe into bid...

Fisheries group seeks to start lobster hatchery.
February 16, 2005... By Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--STONINGTON -- A fledgling, community-based fisheries organization has taken on two projects -- one short-term, the other long-term -- as part of its...

Couple to celebrate 50th anniversary of their pizza parlor.
February 16, 2005... By Cara Baruzzi, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--NEW HAVEN -- When Fred and Rosemarie Nuzzo opened Grand Apizza on March 3, 1955, their monthly rent was $60, including heat and hot water, and a...

Hartford convention center may help locally.
February 16, 2005... By Anthony Cronin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--MYSTIC -- The head of the Connecticut Convention Center said Tuesday that his sprawling complex will aid tourism efforts in southeastern...

Wintry weather keeps some slot players home in January.
February 16, 2005... By Karen Florin, The Day, New London, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 16--Wintry weather had a chilling effect on slot machine revenue at Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino in January. Both casinos reported...