Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 14 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 14 2003

Georgia Honors Augusta Manufacturers.
May 14, 2003... By Damon Cline, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--During the past two years, Augusta's Procter & Gamble detergent plant racheted up production to avoid a shutdown by its parent company's cost-cutting...

Congressional Efforts to Halt Base Closings Will Not Alter Augusta, Ga., Plans.
May 14, 2003... By Jeremy Craig, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--An attempt to derail the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process in Congress won't change how local officials will approach defending and...

Former Aiken, S.C., Nuclear Plant Workers Eligible for Training.
May 14, 2003... By Eric Williamson, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--AIKEN, S.C.--Savannah River Site personnel who find themselves out of work will be eligible for further training in computers and financial...

Atlanta's Commerce Club Thinks about Leaving Downtown.
May 14, 2003... By Christine Van Dusen, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Some directors of Atlanta's Commerce Club are forming a proposal to move the 43-year-old fine-dining and deal-making spot from downtown...

Coca-Cola Employee Hacked into Company's Computer System.
May 14, 2003... By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The computer hacker wasn't a devious competitor or some brainy teenager sitting at his home PC. Instead, it was a Coca-Cola employee who...

Economists Differ over Significance of Drop in Value of Dollar.
May 14, 2003... By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The dropping value of the dollar won't matter much to you. Unless you are traveling overseas. Or buying a foreign car. Or buying...

Price of Natural Gas to Stay up in Georgia.
May 14, 2003... By Margaret Newkirk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The plunge in natural gas prices ratepayers have come to expect in warm weather won't be nearly as deep as usual this year, industry experts...

Post Properties Takes Swipe at Founders' Ad.
May 14, 2003... By Tony Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Post Properties said Tuesday that an expensive advertising campaign by John Williams shows he personally is trying to regain control of the...

Owners of Banner-Towing Planes Cry Foul over Ban from Stadium Airspace.
May 14, 2003... By Dave Hirschman, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Look up in the sky at the next Braves game and you may be surprised at what you don't see. Noisy propeller planes that used to circle...

Body Shop Founder Says Kindness Should Top Consumers' Demands.
May 14, 2003... By Maria Zate, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--What would the world look like if businesses were required to be kind? Entrepreneur and social activist Anita Roddick, founder of The Body...

Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., On The Move Column.
May 14, 2003... Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Adrian Beckley has joined the information services department at Caesar & Seider Insurance in Santa Barbara. He comes from Push Inc. in Santa Barbara and...

Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., Real Deals Column.
May 14, 2003... By Mark van de Kamp, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Delta readies new Goleta HQ: Delta Welding and Fabrication Inc. is nearly finished moving into its newly purchased building at 5726...

Verizon to Refund Some $20 Million to California Customers to Settle Lawsuit.
May 14, 2003... By Mark Van De Kamp, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Verizon Communications will pay out a minimum of $20 million in refunds -- by checks or prepaid phone cards -- to settle a class-action...

Mississippi Council Seeks to Reduce State's Obesity Epidemic.
May 14, 2003... By Stephanie R. Fosnight, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--WASHINGTON--The signs under the Golden Arches all say billions and billions served. But how many have been served with a subpoena? As...

Ontario, Calif.-Based Bank Buys Visalia-Based Institution.
May 14, 2003... By Gretchen Wenner, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--A bank with management ties flowing deeply from the Southern California dairy industry is buying a Visalia-based institution, expanding its...

Belleville, Ill.-Area Real Estate Agents Say Business Is Up despite Report.
May 14, 2003... By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Some Belleville-area real estate agents were surprised to hear existing home sales in the area have dropped 9 percent since last year. "Our...

Royal Ahold Ousts Chief Executive of U.S. Foodservice.
May 14, 2003... By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--James L. Miller, founder and chief executive of Columbia-based U.S. Foodservice, was ousted yesterday by parent company Royal Ahold NV nearly three...

The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock Column.
May 14, 2003... By Jay Hancock, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Treasury Secretary John W. Snow keeps portraying federal budget deficits as a fleeting blight, a freak May frost that will yield to sun, summer and solvency....

Baltimore County, Md., Buyouts Move International Steel toward Job Cut Goal.
May 14, 2003... By Gus G. Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Nearly 490 union workers at the Sparrows Point steel mill have accepted buyout offers, putting new owner International Steel Group Inc. nearly halfway...

Sniper Spree Caused 34 Percent Drop in Maryland Tourism for October 2002.
May 14, 2003... By Lee Egerstrom, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Tourism plunged more than 34 percent in Maryland last October as the Beltway sniper's killing spree kept frightened travelers at home, according to numbers...

Ecuadorians Rally against Chevron in San Ramon, Calif.
May 14, 2003... By Rick Jurgens, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--SAN RAMON, Calif.--A group of Indian and community activists who say ChevronTexaco Corp. polluted their homeland in the rain forest of...

California Gas Prices Take Big Step Lower.
May 14, 2003... By David Whelan, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Consumers might be rethinking their plans to lease a gas-efficient hatchback, because gas prices are on their way down. The average...

PG&E Unit Faces Bankruptcy.
May 14, 2003

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith Column.
May 14, 2003... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The developers of a Davidson office condominium building believe they've struck a balance between new and old in a town that values tradition and...

Sprint Seeks Location Suggestions for 275 Pay Phones in North, South Carolina.
May 14, 2003... By Stan Choe, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Don't count pay phones dead yet. Sprint Corp. plans to install more than 275 pay phones across the Carolinas this year, and it's seeking suggestions...

Owner of Charleston, S.C.-Area Textile Mill Mulls Selling, Closing Facility.
May 14, 2003... By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The struggling owner of a small Charleston textile mill that makes absorbent fabrics is considering selling or shutting down its...

Financial Pundit Speaks at Clemson, S.C., University Center, Praises Tax Cut.
May 14, 2003... By C. Grant Jackson, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Billionaire magazine editor Steve Forbes says tax cuts can get the economy moving again. And the financial pundit fully expects Congress to pass...

Frito-Lay Resurrects Ad Campaign; Holds Baby-Name Contest.
May 14, 2003... The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--So what's a newborn's name worth these days? About $50,000 in college tuition, courtesy of Plano-based Frito-Lay Inc. But there's a catch -- eligible babies, male...

Senators Protest FCC's Plan to Relax Media Ownership Rules.
May 14, 2003... By Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--WASHINGTON--A Federal Communication Commission plan to relax media ownership rules came under fire Tuesday at a Senate hearing, with lawmakers from...

Mexico Aims to Shore Up Country's Natural Gas Supply.
May 14, 2003

The Dallas Morning News Technology Column.
May 14, 2003... By Alan Goldstein, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--If you buy a book at a neighborhood store, you'll be charged sales tax. Order the same book over the Internet and you probably won't be. If the...

Verizon Plans to Put $5 Million in Wireless Gear into New York Pay Phones.
May 14, 2003... By Vikas Bajaj, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Limited at first to hotels, coffee shops and airports, wireless Internet access is finding a home on New York streets. Verizon Communications Inc....

Detroit Free Press Home Computing Column.
May 14, 2003... By Heather Newman, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--REDMOND, Wash.--ON THE ROAD, INTERNET GETS EASIER: As I write this, I'm curled up on a couch in front of a beautiful fire, looking out the window of the...

GM Promises Stabilizers for Its 15-Passenger Vans.
May 14, 2003... By Jocelyn Parker, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--General Motors Corp. responded to concerns about rollover crashes of 15-passenger vans by saying Tuesday it will install stability enhancement on the...

Former Executives of Troy, Mich.-Based Tech Firm Indicted in Fraud.
May 14, 2003... By Jeff Bennett, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Three former Lason Inc. executives were indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal charges stemming from the downfall of the high-tech company in the late...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor Column.
May 14, 2003... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--BULLS MAY BE RETURNING TO MARKETS: Oh sure, the boys on Wall Street have cried bull before. Yet, folks are making money on stocks again. And some...

Detroit Free Press Video Games Column.
May 14, 2003... Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--LOS ANGELES -- Welcome to the big time, video games. It's been a long ride since pixilated cartoon characters first appeared to entertain the under-12 set. But finally,...

North Carolina Blue Cross Privatization Debate May Hit another Snag.
May 14, 2003... By Anne Krishnan, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The deliberations are drawing to a close. After spending more than a year reviewing Blue Cross' conversion plan, a working group of state...

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Sees Challenging Year Ahead as Steel Demands Slip.
May 14, 2003... Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Cleveland-Cliffs expects to sell 20 million tons of taconite pellets in 2003, but pellet requirements of some customers could decline, John S. Brinzo, chairman and...

Florida Governor Mulls Veto of Everglades Cleanup Bill.
May 14, 2003... By Mark Hollis, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-- Gov. Jeb Bush, who meets today with congressional leaders to discuss a controversial Everglades cleanup bill, suggested for the...

South Florida Water Mangers Defend Anti-Everglades Pollution Record.
May 14, 2003... By Neil Santaniello, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Worried about a picture of delay emerging from a fight over Everglades cleanup legislation, water managers took pains Tuesday to point out that...

State Farm Proposes 57.8 Percent Mobile-Home Rate Increase in Florida.
May 14, 2003... By Purva Patel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--State Farm Insurance Co. wants to raise insurance rates for mobile homes a statewide average 57.8 percent. But the insurer will have to justify the...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Hospitality Notes Column.
May 14, 2003... By Tom Stieghorst, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--With war drums beating and business travel in a slump, it looked to be a challenging winter for South Florida's tourism industry. But South...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Art Chapman Column.
May 14, 2003... By Art Chapman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--RIO GRANDE DRYING UP ALONG WITH OTHER WEST TEXAS WATER SOURCES: The Rio Grande is one of our most distinguished rivers. It separates two nations...

Boston Airport May Adopt Heat-Sensitive Surveillance System.
May 14, 2003... By Keith Reed, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Logan International Airport could be one of the first airports in the country to adopt a heat-sensitive surveillance system to guard against intruders, if a...

Cambridge, Mass., Biotech Firm Wins FDA Approval for Cancer-Fighting Drug.
May 14, 2003... By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. won regulatory approval for its cancer-fighting drug Velcade, putting the Cambridge biotechnology company a year ahead of its...

Boston Developers Propose 57-Unit Luxury Condominium Project.
May 14, 2003... By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Two of Boston's best-known developers are seeking permission to build a 10-story, 57-unit luxury condo project with ground-level commercial space on...

The Boston Globe Downtown Column.
May 14, 2003... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--A decade ago, when Massachusetts was also mired in recession, a Republican governor named Bill Weld rolled out an innovative plan to leverage the state's most...

Possible California Energy Group Bankruptcy Would Hurt Salem, Mass., Plant.
May 14, 2003

Massachusetts' Hospital Networks Take Hit from Economy.
May 14, 2003... By Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Some of Massachusetts' biggest hospital networks said their financial performance is weakening because of the rough economy and a growing number of patients...

Boston-Area Internet Service Disrupted after Fiber-Optic Cable Sliced.
May 14, 2003... By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--An errant backhoe blade wrought havoc on Internet service throughout Boston yesterday, and The Boston Globe's Internet site, Boston.com, was among the victims,...

Franklin, Mass.-Based Sontra Medical Works on Ultrasonic Diabetic Testing.
May 14, 2003... By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The next few months are critical for Sontra Medical Corp. The company could finagle the $50 million it says it needs to perfect ultrasound technology for the...

Cripple Creek, Colo., Casino Expansion May Have Ripple Effect.
May 14, 2003... By Wayne Heilman, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Century Casinos Inc. isn't adding much space to its Womack's Casino in Cripple Creek, but a $2.5 million project eventually could shuffle...

Colorado Springs, Colo., Exposition Center Opens.
May 14, 2003... By Rich Laden, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--A convention center in Colorado Springs is akin to a World Series championship for the Chicago Cubs: both are bound to happen -- just not...

Partial Caskets Make Funeral Decisions Easier for Bereaved.
May 14, 2003... By Mary Klaus, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Bill Rudy Jr., broken-hearted when his mother died in March, said he dreaded helping to make her funeral arrangements. But when the family of...

Pennsylvania Legislators Propose State-Run Malpractice Insurance Company.
May 14, 2003... By David Wenner, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--A group of Democratic legislators and an insurance expert Tuesday proposed creation of a state-run insurance company as a remedy for the...

Lower Allen Township, Pa.-Based Select Medical Has Quick Shareholder Meeting.
May 14, 2003... By Tom Dochat, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Since its founding in 1997, Select Medical Corp. has grown fast, surpassing $1.1 billion in revenue last year. Its second annual...

Penn State University Receives Apology in Music Downloading Dispute.
May 14, 2003... By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--The latest dust-up over downloading music from the Internet instigated by the Recording Industry Association of America has left a Penn State...

CIGNA to Lay Off 50 to 60 Corporate Staff Workers, Some 20 in Connecticut Area.
May 14, 2003... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--CIGNA Corp. is laying off 50 to 60 workers in corporate staff areas, including about 20 in Bloomfield and Hartford, and the company says it will probably cut more...

Connecticut Legislature's Questions About Fees Block State Energy Bill.
May 14, 2003... By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--House Speaker Moira K. Lyons on Tuesday said providing millions in fees for utility companies to oversee new electric contracts remains a major...

Congressional Resistance Stiffens to Overhaul of Media Ownership Rules.
May 14, 2003... By John A. Macdonald, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--WASHINGTON--Three weeks before the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a major overhaul of its media ownership rules, the...

The Hartford Courant, Conn., Inside Pitch Column.
May 14, 2003... By Matthew Kauffman, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Sometimes a grass-roots idea is so contemptibly awful, so irredeemably stupid, that someone in corporate America can't help but copy it. ...

Northeast Utilities Raises Dividend, Plans to Repurchase 10 Million Shares.
May 14, 2003... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Berlin-based Northeast Utilities on Tuesday increased the company's quarterly dividend to 15 cents a share, up from 13.75 cents a share, and announced a stock...

Hartford, Conn., Software Firm Lets Businesses Talk Visually.
May 14, 2003... By John M. Moran, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--You are a blood cell zooming through arteries and veins. You are an atom combining with others to create a new molecule. You are an...

Houston-Based Hanover Compressor Settles Shareholder Lawsuit for $65 Million.
May 14, 2003... By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Hanover Compressor has settled a shareholder class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay about $65 million to wronged shareholders and consenting to a novel...

Dow Employees at Freeport, Texas, Plant Plan to Walk off Jobs Today.
May 14, 2003

Houston Energy Company El Paso Posts $394 Million First-Quarter Loss.
May 14, 2003... By Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--El Paso Corp. reported a $394 million net loss in the first quarter, hit by a series of charges including those to write down the value of a refinery and...

Enron Runs Out of Extensions to File Bankruptcy Plan.
May 14, 2003... By Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--A federal judge on Tuesday gave Enron until June 30 to file a plan of reorganization, its fourth extension since entering bankruptcy nearly a year and a half...

Cheap Summer Airfare May Not Last Long, Travel Experts Warn.
May 14, 2003... By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Airfares have begun edging higher, and with them the hope by the nation's airlines that summer travel might not be quite as weak as once feared. ...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Rebecca Adamson Column.
May 14, 2003... By Rebecca Adamson, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION: FRIEND OR FOE: It has long been understood that corporations and their bedfellows - the respective government...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Guest Column.
May 14, 2003... By Philip Burnham, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--PARKS WITHOUT PEOPLE: Once again, there's trouble in Chiapas. In recent months Native people have been threatened with evictions from the...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., John Mohawk Column.
May 14, 2003... By John C. Mohawk, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HAVE A PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE: When the Spanish first arrived in the Caribbean over 500 years ago, the idea that...

Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y., Steven Newcomb Column.
May 14, 2003... By Steven Newcomb, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--THE UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES: May 12-23, the Second Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will...

Canadian Snow Crab Quota Leads to Arson in Shippagan, New Brunswick.
May 14, 2003... By E.S. Dempsey, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--SHIPPAGAN, New Brunswick--The Canadian government announced May 2 that it was permanently including First Nations' and "inshore" fishermen in...

Title Insurance Gets off the Ground in Indian Country.
May 14, 2003... By Mark Fogarty, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--HOUSTON--Title insurance is an obscure but necessary part of the mortgage lending process, and the lack of it in Indian country has hampered...

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, In the Pipeline Column.
May 14, 2003... By Karen Brune Mathis, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--TARGET CORP. CONFIRMS LOOK AT HODGES SITE: Target Corp. confirms that it is interested in a site at southeast Hodges and Beach...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Commodities Column.
May 14, 2003... By Victoria Sizemore Long, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--WHEAT FUTURES PRICES SLIP: Kansas City wheat futures closed mostly lower Tuesday, while Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures finished...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Jerry Heaster Column.
May 14, 2003... By Jerry Heaster, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--MINUSES OF A MINOR TAX CUT: The silliest aspect of the tax cut debate is whether it should be $550 billion as proposed by the House or the Senate's...

Winning Student in Free Enterprise Teams to Appear on Kellogg Cereal Boxes.
May 14, 2003... By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--A bit of unexpected fame awaits winners of the Students in Free Enterprise national college championships that wrapped up Tuesday in Kansas City. ...

Kansas City, Mo.-Based Ag Co-Op Says Meat Businesses Have No Worthy Suitors.
May 14, 2003... By Eric Palmer, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Farmland Industries has not received an offer for its meat businesses that it or its creditors believes is worth pursuing, a bankruptcy judge was told...

Kansas City, Mo.-Mutual Fund Software Firm's Chief Talks about Buy-Back Plan.
May 14, 2003... By Mark Davis, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--DST Systems Inc. would be willing to borrow money and sell some investments to buy back its shares held by Janus Capital Group Inc., DST's top officer...

Sprint Shareholders Vote for More Input on Executive Severance.
May 14, 2003

CEO Announces Five Goals, Three New Executives for Sprint.
May 14, 2003... The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--After 50 days on the job, chief executive Gary Forsee is just as bullish on Sprint Corp. as he was when he arrived at the campus March 24. Forsee, who formally was...

Salina, Kan., School District Approves Staggered Start Times to Help Budget.
May 14, 2003... By Nancy Hull, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--Salina School District middle and high school students will have to pull themselves out of bed earlier beginning this fall, while elementary students can...