Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from January 19 2005

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from January 19 2005

Bank of America earnings jump 41 percent in fourth quarter.
January 19, 2005... By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Bank of America Corp. Tuesday said fourth-quarter earnings leaped 41 percent, aided largely by its FleetBoston Financial Corp. merger and growth...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Carolinas column.
January 19, 2005... The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--N.C. NURSING HOMES SAID TO RAISE QUALITY OF CARE: N.C. nursing homes have improved in some quality of care measures between 2002 and 2004, according to information...

Krispy Kreme ousts chief executive.
January 19, 2005... By Mike Drummond, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Scott Livengood lifted Winston-Salem's Krispy Kreme to the top of the confectionery market in 2000, only to see it melt amid allegations of...

Morton's bets diners will try second serving in Charlotte, N.C.
January 19, 2005... By Leigh Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Allen Bernstein took over Morton's Restaurant Group Inc. in 1989, when the chain had just nine of the upscale steakhouse restaurants. Today the...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith column.
January 19, 2005... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--LOFT PROJECT INCLUDES SKYLINE VIEW: A Charlotte developer plans to combine industrial-style architecture with skyline views at a new condo project...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., US Airways briefs column.
January 19, 2005... The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--HOPING TO HEDGE: US Airways wants to head back into the fuel hedging business, a move that would guard against future increases in the cost of oil and potentially...

Airbus unveils new huge airliner.
January 19, 2005... By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--It's the plane of the future, with two floors, elevators and room for in-flight luxuries such as a spa, bar and hair salon. But don't expect to see it...

Automakers face crisis in health care, Michigan congressman says.
January 19, 2005... By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--John Dingell, the country's longest-serving congressman and longtime ally of the auto industry, says Detroit's automakers are on the eve of a health...

Oracle CEO Ellison says Pleasanton, Calif., PeopleSoft job cuts are limited.
January 19, 2005... By Ellen Lee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--REDWOOD CITY -- Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the recent job losses from its $10.3 billion takeover are in the...

Alameda and Contra Costa counties, Calif., see manufacturing rebound in 2004.
January 19, 2005... By George Avalos, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The East Bay manufacturing industry appears to be on the comeback trail after several years in the dumps. For the first time since...

Gas prices fall throughout Northern California.
January 19, 2005... By James Temple, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--State and regional pump prices dropped more than 20 cents per gallon in the past month, according to the AAA of Northern California....

Linthicum, Md.-based firm files suit against Canadian telecom company.
January 19, 2005... By William Patalon III, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Ciena Corp. yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against Nortel Networks Inc. alleging the Canadian telecom giant with infringing on six of its patents....

Tomato shortage is now a glut in Florida.
January 19, 2005... By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--MANATEE, Fla. -- At least one Manatee County tomato grower is joining others statewide as they dump thousands of ripe tomatoes rather than lose...

Lakewood Ranch, Fla., instructor joins tennis association board.
January 19, 2005... By Dana Sanchez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--BRADENTON, Fla. -- A Lakewood Ranch tennis instructor has joined the board of directors of the United States Tennis Association and will help set...

Manatee County, Fla., soon may be officially citrus canker-free.
January 19, 2005... By Scott Radway, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--MANATEE, Fla. -- For the first time since 1997, Manatee County is expected to be declared free of citrus canker this week as state and federal...

Manatee County, Fla., building height rules under review.
January 19, 2005... By Nick Mason, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--BRADENTON, Fla. -- Setting limits on building heights is harder than it sounds. That was the main message delivered Tuesday to Manatee County...

The Bradenton Herald, Fla., business briefs column.
January 19, 2005... By Kurt D. Schultheis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--BANKS PLAN TO OPEN MORE BRANCHES IN MANATEE: RBC Centura Bank, like many other local banks, has its sights set on East Manatee. Lakewood...

Marketing agency leaves Boulder, Colo., for Broomfield.
January 19, 2005... By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--One of the area's largest marketing firms is changing its spots, becoming the latest company to replace a Boulder address for one in Broomfield. ...

Broomfield, Colo.-based data storage firm buys competitor for $235 million.
January 19, 2005... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--McData Corp., hit by lower sales and heavy price discounting by competitors, went on the offensive Tuesday, announcing it will acquire a...

Boulder, Colo.-based beverage firm gets $6.35 million boost.
January 19, 2005... By Alicia Wallace, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Boulder's homegrown fizzy beverage company just got a little more carbonated. Izze Beverage Co. announced Tuesday it raised $6.35 million in...

Attorney files Vioxx suit on behalf of Granite City, Ill., man.
January 19, 2005... By Brian Brueggemann, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Attorney Jeffrey Lowe can't recite all the details of a lawsuit he filed Tuesday for a Granite City man claiming Vioxx...

Onetime airman flies high with O'Fallon, Ill.-based high-tech firm.
January 19, 2005... By Mark Raeber, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--O'FALLON, Ill. -- Tim Slater has a passion for golf that is not being satisfied because of the commitment he has taken on as head of Dynamic...

Central Valley of California sees home, population growth, but problems arise.
January 19, 2005... By Matt Phillips, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Don't mistake high housing prices and growing population for prosperity. A new study found that despite surging home building, population and...

America West adds nonstop flights from Bakersfield, Calif., to Las Vegas.
January 19, 2005... By Erin Waldner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--America West is taking a gamble on Bakersfield. The airline announced Tuesday that it's adding new, nonstop service between here and its Las...

Gifts for presidential inaugural luncheon guests were made in Gulfport, Miss.
January 19, 2005... The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--GULFPORT, Miss. -- The 200 guests at Thursday's Inaugural Luncheon in Washington will be presented with a commemorative cobalt blue crystal bowl rimmed with...

Mississippi hurricane legislation would help protect casinos.
January 19, 2005... The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--JACKSON, Miss. -- Rep. Bobby Moak, the chairman of the House Gaming Committee, has introduced a vaguely worded bill that can be used to amend state law so casinos...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
January 19, 2005... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--MARKET ADVANCES ON STRONG EARNINGS: The stock market on Tuesday completed its first back-to-back winning sessions since before Christmas as the...

Racial bias is alleged against Waffle House in 4 Southern states.
January 19, 2005... By Mike Tierney, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Alabama businessman Enrique Lang and his wife were en route to Atlanta nearly two years ago when they stopped at a Waffle House in...

Delta's well-traveled knives and forks end up in restaurants.
January 19, 2005... By Christine Van Dusen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Take a close look at your fork the next time you go out to eat in Atlanta, and you may notice something interesting etched on the...

Delta hopes to fly route between Atlanta and Moscow.
January 19, 2005... By Russell Grantham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Delta Air Lines plans to start the first nonstop flights between Atlanta and Moscow. Delta has asked the U.S. Department of...

Aflac polishes its ad message to boost sales growth.
January 19, 2005... By Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Columbus-based Aflac has done a good job of getting into the American consciousness with its popular duck and its familiar "AFLAAAAAAAC"...

State tax bills haunt online Christmas shoppers in Georgia, other states.
January 19, 2005... By James Gallagher, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The 86 million people who bought Christmas presents online are getting thrown a piece of coal by their state governments. Though few online...

Novi, Mich., broker pleads guilty to scam.
January 19, 2005... By David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--While the scheme lasted, Todd Snively lived large, according to federal prosecutors. Luxury cars. An airplane. Day trips to North Carolina to go...

Ford's streetwise concept car wows crowds at Detroit auto show.
January 19, 2005... By Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--It's the car that's become a talker of the North American International Auto Show, not because it's sexy, but because it's like a psychological ink-blot...

Michigan gas prices go back up after holidays.
January 19, 2005... By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The gift of lower gas prices for the holidays was apparently returned to sender, as crude oil prices have flirted with $49 a barrel this month and...

Charges to eat GM's fourth-quarter profit.
January 19, 2005... By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--General Motors Corp. plans to take at least $597 million in charges today that looks like it will wipe out the operating profit that analysts had been...

U.S. retailers to focus on technology, growth.
January 19, 2005... By Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--NEW YORK -- Many retailers want to spend 2005 making a splash with customers through new technologies and new stores, says an annual survey released Tuesday...

Detroit Free Press Technology Today column.
January 19, 2005... By Heather Newman, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--GADGETS HELP YOU TRACK THE WEATHER: January in Michigan is the brrrr-fect time to think about tracking the weather. After all, how can you brag to your...

Houston convention center expands, but not attendance.
January 19, 2005... By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Houston celebrated with fireworks when it kicked off the expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center and construction of the attached 1,200-room Hilton...

Enron's turnaround leader in bankruptcy named CEO for troubled Krispy Kreme.
January 19, 2005... By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The turnaround specialist who guided Enron through its bankruptcy has been chosen to help crumbling Krispy Kreme Doughnuts get back in shape. Stephen Cooper...

CMS Energy expects costly toxic cleanup at Petoskey, Mich., development.
January 19, 2005... By Hugh McDiarmid Jr., Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Dangerous toxics seeping into Lake Michigan at the Bay Harbor development near Petoskey could cost CMS Energy Corp. more than $45 million to clean up....

Durham, N.C.-based Quintiles Transnational plans to eliminate 300 jobs.
January 19, 2005... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Quintiles Transnational Corp. plans to eliminate more than 300 positions globally over the next nine months, but the Durham-based company says...

Durham, N.C., tobacco warehouses get makeover for biotechnology center.
January 19, 2005... By Jeff Zimmer, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The latest rebirth of the red brick warehouses that symbolize Durham's tobacco legacy is under way as the Venable Business Center goes biotech. ...

Shop owners, customers in New Paltz, N.Y., complain about wine tax.
January 19, 2005... By Jeremiah Horrigan, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- You didn't need to be a mathematician if you were a wine shop owner or customer yesterday. The news that Gov....

Public-private partnerships to highlight Duluth, Minn., economic event.
January 19, 2005... By Peter Passi, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Northern Minnesota residents will see Thursday if they can borrow a page or two from St. Paul's playbook when it comes to using a public-private...

Girard, Pa., borough council approves loan for family-owned company in town.
January 19, 2005... By Deborah McQuaid, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--GIRARD, Pa. -- A small, family-owned company got help from Girard Borough Monday night. PSS Co., owned by Richard Knapp, was approved for a $24,300...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Karen Brune Mathis column.
January 19, 2005... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--SUPER WEATHER WOULD HELP SEAL OUR IMAGE: Think about New Orleans, Miami, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, San Diego, Atlanta, Detroit,...

Planned Orchid nightclub in Jacksonville, Fla., is subject of lawsuit.
January 19, 2005... By Ryan Geddes, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Downtown's Orchid just won't germinate. The high-end nightclub, once planned for a historic building in the Bay Street Town Center, has...

Florida agriculture official tours Homestead fields, draws focus to tomatoes.
January 19, 2005... By Alexandra Navarro Clifton, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--After scrambling to keep the nation supplied with fresh tomatoes following last year's hurricane season, Florida farmers face a glut so...

Department store chain based in Fresno, Calif., to open Oregon location.
January 19, 2005... The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Gottschalks will open a store in Albany, Ore., the Fresno-based department store chain announced Tuesday. At 44,000 square feet, the store will be among the smallest...

Price of gas in Fresno, Calif., drops 23 cents from previous month.
January 19, 2005... By Robert Rodriguez, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--California gas prices have dropped for the third straight month, down to an average of $1.94, according to the California State Automobile...

Job growth in Fresno, Calif., region lags population growth.
January 19, 2005... By E.J. Schultz, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Job growth in the Central Valley has not kept up with the recent population boom, leaving the region stuck as one of the most economically depressed in...

Pennsylvania lays out development package.
January 19, 2005... By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--State officials courted midstate architects, engineers and contractors Tuesday at a forum on Pennsylvania's new economic stimulus package. ...

Harrisburg, Pa., patrons will miss 5 & 10 store.
January 19, 2005... By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Before it was Wagner's 5 & 10, it was Lee's 5 & 10, and before that it was some form of dry goods store going back to at least the 1930s,...

Connecticut regional power grid's role is faulted in possible rolling blackouts.
January 19, 2005... By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--A year after a brutal cold snap prompted an unprecedented wintertime warning of rolling blackouts, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the...

Students use Hackensack, N.J., marketing contest to pitch with the pros.
January 19, 2005... By Hugh R. Morley, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Around noon Friday, Larry Rothstein's breezy confidence seemed to crack. Until then, the plan hatched by his Hackensack-based advertising...

Chief of failed Newark, N.J.-based telecom firm files for bankruptcy.
January 19, 2005... By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Peter J. Salzano, CEO of the Newark telecommunications company at the center of a nationwide equipment leasing scandal, is facing personal...

Liquefied natural gas plant planned for Quintana, Texas, already is too small.
January 19, 2005... By Lynn J. Cook, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--One week after federal regulators said construction could begin on the massive regasification terminal in Quintana, the owner is trying to double the size of...

Houston Chronicle Moneymakers column.
January 19, 2005... By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--HOMES BUILT TO FIT URBAN SPACES: In Houston, price appreciation has been good but not overheated, and that's primarily due to the fact that we have a lot of...

Oil-for-food probe nets first guilty plea.
January 19, 2005... By David Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--WASHINGTON -- In the first conviction stemming from the United Nations' oil-for-food scandal, an Iraqi-born U.S. businessman with ties to three...

Shell bent on hiring engineers.
January 19, 2005... By Lynn J. Cook, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Companies is hiring 1,000 engineers and technical staff to help get its exploration and production operations back on track after...

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy column.
January 19, 2005... By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--LEGAL WATCHDOG CHALLENGES LIP SERVICE: Although my picture appears in the next column, I neither admit nor deny that I'm writing this. Sound absurd?...

Jacksonville, Fla., steakhouse to undergo overhaul next month.
January 19, 2005... By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--EACO Corp., which announced a year ago it would convert most of its Ryan's Family Steak House restaurants into a new restaurant chain called...

Federal ruling on wine pleases California raisin growers.
January 19, 2005... By Michael Doyle, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--WASHINGTON -- Raisin wine, one assumes, is an acquired taste. But now more people might get a chance to acquire it, thanks to a new Treasury Department...

Raeford, N.C., Ford dealership is closing.
January 19, 2005... By Laura Arenschield, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--RAEFORD, N.C. -- LaFayette Ford, a dealership and service center that has been in Raeford since 1995, is closing. Effective Feb. 1,...

State court rejects BellSouth claim Laurinburg, N.C., deal is anticompetitive.
January 19, 2005... By Paul Woolverton, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--BellSouth lost again Tuesday in its fight to stop the city of Laurinburg and a Fayetteville company from providing high-speed Internet...

Charities are swamped by offers of aid from corporations.
January 19, 2005... By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Sheila Kinston-Dean of Roxbury leaves the Whole Foods Market in Cambridge after shopping. Whole Foods has posted signs in its stores asking shoppers to...

Massachusetts convention center activity slow despite bookings rise.
January 19, 2005... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is coming off its biggest quarter for future bookings, but current business at its mammoth new convention center...

The Boston Globe Downtown column.
January 19, 2005... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--BOSTON UNIVERSITY FLUNKS THE TRUST TEST: They didn't think we would want to know? Of course they knew better, and that is exactly why Boston University...

Old Boston jail ready to be reborn as hotel.
January 19, 2005... By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Developer Richard L. Friedman has both the financing and an operator for a $100 million hotel in the old Charles Street Jail at the foot of Beacon...

Motorola to buy Maynard, Mass.-based software firm.
January 19, 2005... By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Telecommunications titan Motorola Inc. is buying Ucentric Systems, a Maynard software company that could help Motorola transform its television set-top boxes...

Verizon to offer super-fast Internet access, cable TV in 19 Boston suburbs.
January 19, 2005... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday identified 19 Boston suburbs -- including Natick, Newton, and Woburn -- where it will offer super-fast Internet access...

WeldTec expands into former Parker Hannifin building in St. Marys, Ohio.
January 19, 2005... By Bob Blake, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--ST. MARYS, Ohio -- The old Parker Hannifin Corp. building in St. Marys will soon have a new tenant. A Mercer County company will move from two locations in...

Lazarus-Macy's store in Lima, Ohio, prepares for name change.
January 19, 2005... By Tim Rausch, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--LIMA, Ohio -- Lazarus-Macy's will become just Macy's on Feb. 1, but the big sign on the Lima Mall Store might not be changed until the spring. Walt...

Brown & Williamson Federal Credit Union to remain in midstate Georgia.
January 19, 2005... By Delawese Fulton, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The employee credit union for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. is setting out on its own in Macon as the factory moves toward closure. The new...

Jacksonville, Fla., YMCA applies brakes on new site.
January 19, 2005... By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The Yates Family YMCA plans to continue upgrading its valuable riverfront property on Riverside Avenue for the next three years...

IRS adds to complaints about Kansas City, Mo.-based investment firm.
January 19, 2005... By Mark Davis, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The Internal Revenue Service has criticized George K. Baum & Co. in two more pooled municipal bond offerings and has investigated 19 deals handled by...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster column.
January 19, 2005... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--WAL-MART ADS REFUTE THE BIG LIE: Even the most powerful players eventually realize they must defend their worth in society or risk serious damage to...

Peculiar, Mo., telephone executive pleads guilty to federal fraud charges.
January 19, 2005... By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--A local telephone executive linked by federal prosecutors to the New York mob pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding a federal program for rural...

Missouri lawmakers look at workers' compensation.
January 19, 2005... By Tim Hoover, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An employee who has a heart attack at a company picnic. A drunken employee on a business trip who is injured in a car accident....

Dominion drops modern design for nuclear reactor.
January 19, 2005... By Chris Flores, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--The federal government's initiative to make it easier and quicker to build a new nuclear power plant wasn't going to be fast enough for Dominion...

Family rescinds offer to buy Santa Ana, Calif.-based wireless tech firm.
January 19, 2005... By Tamara Chuang, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--After a nearly two-year, acrimonious attempt to buy the company he founded, Patrick Dirk on Tuesday pulled his offer to purchase Troy Group...

Gasoline prices keep falling in Utah, but remain higher than year-ago levels.
January 19, 2005... By Jeff Demoss, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--OGDEN, Utah -- Gasoline prices have been falling steadily in Utah for more than two months, but remain significantly higher than they were a year...

Jobs report paints positive picture in Utah.
January 19, 2005... By Jeff DeMoss, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--OGDEN, Utah -- Twenty-six-year-old Miguel Ruiz has been out of a permanent job since April 2003, when window-blind manufacturer Levolor-Kirsch...