Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 2 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 2 2005

Sodexho creates local subsidiary.
February 2, 2005... By Dan Shope, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Sodexho Inc. is giving the small Retail Brand Group in Lower Macungie Township bigger responsibilities. The group, which develops concepts for...

Sales of computer chips set record.
February 2, 2005... By Jeanne Bonner, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Worldwide semiconductor sales hit a record $213 billion in 2004, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Tuesday. That's a 28 percent...

Concierges cover city inch by inch.
February 2, 2005... By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--By day, Louis Wood is the man Four Seasons guests count on to get them last-minute symphony tickets, suggest the best place for a wedding...

Construction surges; manufacturing lags.
February 2, 2005... By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Economic growth got a partial endorsement Tuesday, as reports showed a surprising surge in construction but a slowdown in manufacturing...

Georgia-Pacific profit dips 48 percent in quarter.
February 2, 2005... By Renee DeGross, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Georgia-Pacific profits dropped 48 percent in the latest quarter on asbestos-related charges and a dip in demand for building products. ...

SBC puts job cuts at 13,000.
February 2, 2005... By Robert Luke, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--SBC Communications and AT&T plan to eliminate about 13,000 jobs -- twice as many as some on Wall Street had expected -- as part of a plan to...

Vice chairman leaves Synovus.
February 2, 2005... By Peralte C. Paul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Walter M. "Sonny" Deriso Jr., vice chairman of Synovus Financial Corp., resigned his position Tuesday. An executive search for a...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
February 2, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--MARKET RISES FOR SECOND DAY AMERICAN EXPRESS' PLAN: Upbeat corporate news and a drop in the price of oil pushed stock prices higher for the...

St. Clair Square trailed one site for Christmas shoppers.
February 2, 2005... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS -- St. Clair Square shopping mall ranked 2nd only to the St. Louis Galleria in popularity with metro area shoppers during the...

BI regains key federal contract.
February 2, 2005... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Sometimes a loss is just the catalyst a business needs to improve. Just ask BI Inc. The Boulder-based company recently was one of three awarded...

Bennett pursues public input on growth issues.
February 2, 2005... By Stephen Majors, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--BRADENTON -- Sen. Mike Bennett cautioned Tuesday that he will not make any decisions on impending state-growth-management legislation until...

B-r-a-what? Staples affixes an extra 'n' to Bradenton.
February 2, 2005... By Kurt D. Schultheis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--BRADENTON -- Despite what recent advertisements and magazine articles print, this is still Bradenton. On promotional material that was sent...

The Bradenton Herald, Fla., Tourism Matters column.
February 2, 2005... By Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--NEW SIGN UNITES ANNA MARIA ISLAND CITIES: Motorists visiting Anna Maria Island from Longboat Key will see a new welcome sign as early as this week....

FPL's refund methods stand.
February 2, 2005... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--A state investigation into meter-removal practices by Florida Power & Light Co. came to a head Tuesday with state officials supporting the utility's...

Whole Foods Market shuts down after mouse is spotted shopping.
February 2, 2005... By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--It started Monday afternoon when a customer saw a mouse scurry down an aisle at the Whole Foods Market in Mount Washington. The customer called the...

Connecticut-based Qantum to buy Boch Broadcasting's four radio stations.
February 2, 2005... By Ethan Zindler, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Qantum Communications wants to take a quantum leap deeper into the Cape's radio market. The Connecticut-based radio operator, which already...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Carolinas column.
February 2, 2005... The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--FIRST CHARTER CFO TO RETIRE AFTER 30 YEARS BANKING: First Charter Corp. said Tuesday Robert Bratton will retire as chief financial officer at the end of March after...

Big companies pony up for ad spots on Super Bowl broadcast.
February 2, 2005... By Karen Robinson-Jacobs, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Thirty seconds of glory during this Sunday's Super Bowl telecast is running advertisers an average of $2.4 million. That's the equivalent of...

Government looking to step up recruiting.
February 2, 2005... By Steve Quinn, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Uncle Sam wants you, but he needs to do a better job recruiting. That's the message in a report to be released today by the nonpartisan, nonprofit...

Money flows into Mexico from citizens living in the United States.
February 2, 2005... The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Amid the jagged mountains of rural Mexico, Victor Santiago finds little work as a low-level construction worker. But his son is earning decent wages in the same industry....

SBC deal to eliminate 13,000 jobs.
February 2, 2005... By Terry Maxon, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--The merger of AT&T Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. will probably bring about 13,000 job cuts as the merged company targets duplicated positions,...

Auto sales start year in cold-weather doldrums.
February 2, 2005... By Sarah A. Webster, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Depending on whom you talk to, auto sales in January were a flop or just shoulder-shrugging OK. In either case, it certainly wasn't a sizzling start...

More car dealers are embracing Internet.
February 2, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--NEW ORLEANS -- After once fearing or resenting the Internet, most auto dealers now see the global computer network as another way to do what they want to...

Metaldyne executives stole trade secrets, prosecutors claim.
February 2, 2005... By David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Two former employees of Metaldyne Corp. -- one of them a vice president -- were charged Tuesday with stealing the company's trade secrets to sell to a...

Detroit Free Press Technology Today column.
February 2, 2005... By Heather Newman, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO SIMPLIFY USE OF PASSWORDS: People of the world, unite against your proliferating piles of passwords! It's time to end the tyranny...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor column.
February 2, 2005... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--FED TO REV UP RATES ON BANK CDS: Rates on certificates of deposit have pretty much done zip, even after the Federal Reserve raised rates five times last...

Midwest prices rise at twice the rate of wages.
February 2, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Workers in metro Detroit earn some of the highest wages in the Midwest, but like other workers in the region, they are having trouble keeping up with...

SunCom seeks seamless entry into Durham's wireless market.
February 2, 2005... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--As SunCom prepares to launch its wireless service in Durham this week, the company's chief executive is selling the idea that his company is...

CD protects Delaware families.
February 2, 2005... By Jshuane Melton, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--DOVER -- In the event that your child is lost or in need of emergency medical attention, every second counts. In those situations, Jennifer...

Delaware fraud hotline hours extended.
February 2, 2005... By Tom Eldred, Delaware State News, Dover Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--DOVER -- "I think common sense dictates that if you are a government employee you would be hesitant to call during the work day," state Auditor R....

Chemical company's creditors seek Chapter 7.
February 2, 2005... By Michael Levensohn, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--TOWN OF WALLKILL -- Westwood Chemical Corp. has closed, and a group of the company's creditors is seeking to have it broken up and...

Iron ore price rise will continue during 2005.
February 2, 2005... By Lee Bloomquist, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--For the second consecutive year, iron ore pellet prices are likely to increase significantly, a sign of worldwide demand for the raw material that's...

Tourism stagnated during 2004 in Duluth, Minn.
February 2, 2005... By Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--A funny thing happened on the way to 2005. For the first time in many years, Duluth, Minn.'s tourism industry didn't produce stellar results. In...

Royal Caribbean lost money in fourth quarter but was profitable in 2004.
February 2, 2005... By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Royal Caribbean Cruises missed Wall Street's expectations in reporting fourth quarter results on Thursday and investors drove shares down nearly 7...

D/FW loses its bet on airline industry recovery.
February 2, 2005... By Bryon Okada, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, D/FW officials gambled. As some airports cut back, D/FW pushed forward with its $2.7 billion expansion. In...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Art Chapman column.
February 2, 2005... By Art Chapman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--CRONKITE EXPLORES PROBLEMS OF TEXAS WATER IN PBS PRODUCTION: In a Texas water documentary airing Thursday night on public television, it is said...

Comptroller says if her budget isn't cut, she'll find millions for state.
February 2, 2005... By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--AUSTIN -- State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who cried foul in 2003 when her agency's duties were curtailed, told a legislative panel...

Some doctors see inpatients only.
February 2, 2005... By Jeffrey Krasner, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--A new breed of doctor who treats patients only when they are hospitalized is becoming more prevalent in Boston-area hospitals, according to a study...

State pension board rebukes Fidelity.
February 2, 2005... By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--The state pension board yesterday withheld a $75 million investment from Fidelity Investments, rebuking the giant Boston company for the way it has responded...

Turnaround artist Kilts is expected to seek another big challenge.
February 2, 2005... By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--What will the $153 million man do next? James M. Kilts, the first outsider to take the helm of Gillette Co., cemented his reputation as one of the corporate...

Medical bills cause about half of bankruptcies, study finds.
February 2, 2005... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--About half the people who file for bankruptcy do so because they can't pay their hospital, doctor, and medication bills, Harvard researchers found in a new...

Putnam mutual fund scandal shows risks of Social Security privatization.
February 2, 2005... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--What went wrong at Putnam Investments won't rate a line when President Bush makes his pitch for remaking Social Security in his State of the Union address...

Boston Scientific looks to expand its products beyond stents.
February 2, 2005... By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Boston Scientific Corp. wants investors to look beyond its cardiac stents. The tiny wire-mesh tubes have become the hottest-selling medical device in Boston...

Grocery chain promises sizable discounts.
February 2, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Jim Swartz, manager of Amelia's Grocery Outlet in Linglestown, says people have been calling and driving by to see if the store is open. ...

Tyco posts decline in quarterly earnings.
February 2, 2005... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Tyco International Ltd., the parent of Lower Swatara Twp.-based Tyco Electronics Corp., has reported a slight decline in earnings during its...

St. Paul Travelers Shuffles Managers.
February 2, 2005... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--The St. Paul Travelers Cos. said Tuesday that Douglas G. Elliot, chief executive of general commercial and personal lines, has left the company...

Supporters to pitch plan of moving Historical Society.
February 2, 2005... By John Harrington, Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Backers of a proposal by the Montana Historical Society to buy Capital Hill Mall will make their case to a legislative committee Wednesday...

Verizon offers streaming video on cell phones.
February 2, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--It's not as if people are clamoring to watch Comedy Central on their cell phones. But Verizon Wireless' new VCAST service, which debuted...

American Ref-Fuel bought in $2 billion deal.
February 2, 2005... By Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Danielson Holding Corp. announced Tuesday that it will spend $2 billion to purchase Montvale-based American Ref-Fuel Holdings Corp., which...

ChevronTexaco leads consortium.
February 2, 2005... By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--A ChevronTexaco-led consortium has signed a contract to hunt for oil in the deep waters off Nigeria and the tiny island nation of So Tom and Principe. ...

Continental says its numbers set a record last month.
February 2, 2005... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Houston-based Continental said a significant increase in business helped keep its aircraft 75.3 percent full, which was 4.9 points better than last...

Credit scoring allowed to stand.
February 2, 2005... By Purva Patel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Despite calls to end the use of consumer credit information in insurance pricing, the state's top insurance regulator says the practice should continue. ...

Investors want to switch Northline from regular mall to open-air center.
February 2, 2005... By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Sometime next year, Northline Mall, one of the oldest enclosed retail centers in Houston, could be a thing of the past. A new ownership group has plans to...

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
February 2, 2005... By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--ARBITRATION PROCESS MAY OPEN UP: Because I said so. That chestnut of parental frustration sums up the response many investors get when they try to find out...

Racing scandal impacts Coeur d'Alene casino.
February 2, 2005... By Jim Adams, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--NEW YORK -- Coeur d'Alene tribal and casino officials are crying foul as New York racing officials drag them into a widening international horse...

Gaming revenue big issue for Minnesota governor.
February 2, 2005... By David Melmer, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota gaming tribes have fought off a barrage of threats by the Minnesota governor who wants money from the tribes to...

Columbus Day protesters victorious in court.
February 2, 2005... By Brenda Norrell, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--DENVER -- The Denver City Attorney dropped charges against protesters who blocked the Columbus Day Parade, after eight organizers argued...

Disenrolled tribal members recall tribal council.
February 2, 2005... By James May, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Countering a previous move by the tribal council, a disenrolled faction from the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the...

DQ University loses accreditation.
February 2, 2005... By James May, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--DAVIS, Calif. -- The Thursday before classes were to begin for the spring 2005 semester, DQ University faculty and students gathered for what...

DQ University students call for resignations.
February 2, 2005... By James May, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--DAVIS, Calif. -- A group of DQ University students held a press conference on Jan. 26 calling for school president Victor Gabriel and his...

South Dakota reprieve in voting rights violation.
February 2, 2005... By David Melmer, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--PIERRE, S.D. -- American Indian voters in South Dakota may have to wait to elect their candidate of choice in redesigned districts until the...

Catering up, retail sales down.
February 2, 2005... By Alison Trinidad, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--The Orange Park kitchen at Anthony's Gourmet Catering didn't seem out of sorts Tuesday afternoon. But, by 1 p.m., chefs Barbara...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
February 2, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--PATS OWNER LOOKING AT INCREASING BUSINESS HERE: It didn't take long for the Super Bowl to generate potential new business for...

Natural gas arrives at Carteret Community College.
February 2, 2005... By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- When Eastern North Carolina Natural Gas Co. started making plans to bring service to Morehead City, the message it...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster column.
February 2, 2005... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--CASTING OFF THE CONFINES OF CORRUPTION: When a headline says some Missouri senators moved to eliminate limits on political graft, it really gets your...

State-run Citizens Property Insurance's premium rate hike begins.
February 2, 2005... By Beatrice E. Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Premium rate increases kicked in Tuesday for consumers throughout Florida whose homes are insured by Citizens Property Insurance, the state-run pool. ...

Nonprofit hospital system holds its own financially among for-profits.
February 2, 2005... By John Dorschner, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Baptist Health South Florida, a nonprofit system in affluent South Dade, continues to do very well financially, pulling in far more net income per...

Royal Caribbean hopes for better year in 2005.
February 2, 2005... By Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is seeing positive signs in 2005 bookings and pricing, following mixed earnings results for 2004. A good year was tempered...

The Miami Herald Balancing Act column.
February 2, 2005... By Cindy Krischer Goodman, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--As we head into Super Bowl Sunday this much is clear: Bill Belichick is the NFL coach players most admire. Yet in a recent survey, only 10 percent of...

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. buys signs, marking products maker.
February 2, 2005... By Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Acquisition-minded Brady Corp. said Tuesday that it had added another company, buying a manufacturer that is a leading supplier of signs and marking...

Short-term interest rates are expected to rise.
February 2, 2005... By Avrum D. Lank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Federal Reserve policy-makers are expected to increase short-term interest rates today for the sixth time since June, continuing their efforts to...

Milwaukee law firm appoints new managing partner.
February 2, 2005... By Doris Hajewski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--The Milwaukee law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich has named Thomas E. Obenberger managing partner. Richard J. Canter, who has been managing...

Arlington, Va.-based firm to buy Greendale, Wis., mall.
February 2, 2005... By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Southridge Mall, Wisconsin's largest shopping center, is being sold to the owner of the Gurnee Mills mall. Arlington, Va.-based Mills Corp., which...

Manpower hits record high for full-year earnings, but share price plunges.
February 2, 2005... By Joel Dresang, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Led by its Brookfield-based Jefferson Wells unit and European operations, Manpower Inc. lived up to analyst expectations Tuesday by reporting...

Manufacturing index shows industry continuing to rebound, economists say.
February 2, 2005... By Thomas Content, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Manufacturing rose in January, but at its slowest rate of growth since September 2003. A closely watched industrial index shows manufacturing...

Oshkosh Truck shareholders vote to issue additional shares.
February 2, 2005... By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--Oshkosh Truck Corp.'s board of directors was authorized Tuesday to issue more stock for purposes such as stock splits and dividends. At the...

American Express plans to shed financial advisors unit.
February 2, 2005... By Pradnya Joshi, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--For the second time in as many days, a giant New York financial company -- this time American Express Co. -- said it was lopping off a major piece of...

70-year-old car salesman still has drive.
February 2, 2005... By Dawn Gagnon, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--BANGOR -- Derald Cochran remembers the first car he sold as if it were yesterday. "It was a Dodge Dart. It cost $3,200," said Cochran, a salesman at...

Education fund set up for Maine veterans.
February 2, 2005... By Diana Graettinger, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--CALAIS -- A South Portland businessman wants to make it easier for returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan to get a college education. ...

First class graduates from forestry program.
February 2, 2005... By Beurmond Banville, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--FORT KENT -- All 11 men in the first graduating class of certified forest workers in Northern Maine Community College's 12-week program are working...

Denbigh Toyota shops for new home.
February 2, 2005... By Jody Snider, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--After 23 years at its current location on Warwick Boulevard, Denbigh Toyota is looking to relocate to a larger site on Jefferson Avenue, close to...

Nations Supermarket to shrug off corner's history, open store.
February 2, 2005... By Cara Baruzzi, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--HAMDEN -- After several failed attempts by grocery store chains to survive at the corner of State Street and Ridge Road over the past 12 years,...

Attorney General's plan aimed at stopping identity theft.
February 2, 2005... By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--HARTFORD -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Tuesday urged state legislators to approve a "credit history freeze" that would stop thieves before...

SBC Communications announces plans to cut 12,800 jobs in combined company.
February 2, 2005... By Steve Higgins, New Haven Register, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 2--One day after announcing a plan to buy AT&T Corp. for $16 billion, SBC Communications Inc. told analysts the merger will allow the company to shed...