Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 21 2003

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 21 2003

Brown County Seeks Role in Groton, S.D., Annexation Talks.
May 21, 2003... By Russ Keen, American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--So far, Brown County has not been part of discussions on a proposal to annex to the city of Groton an approximately 3-mile stretch of land west of the...

Sen. Tom Daschle to Host Town Meeting in Groton, S.D., to Discuss Ethanol.
May 21, 2003... American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--GROTON, S.D.--Sen. Tom Daschle will host an ethanol town hall meeting in Groton on Tuesday. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the James Valley Ethanol...

Aberdeen, S.D.'s Water Contamination Threat Average Compared to Rest of State.
May 21, 2003... American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Compared to other cities in South Dakota, the contamination threat to Aberdeen's water supply is somewhat average. The Hub City was among 55 percent of the...

Companies That Cut IT Training Need Creative Alternatives to Keep Skills Sharp.
May 21, 2003... By Erika D. Smith, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--It can be tempting to think of IT training as an easy place to save a few dollars. IT experts say a relatively small amount for training can save...

IT Workers Seek Respect, Consideration from Employers, Co-Workers.
May 21, 2003... By Erika D. Smith, Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--No one ever listens. But they keep coming -- coming with half-baked questions, impossible demands and evil-stepmother scowls. At least that's...

Coke Calls Former Employee's Allegations `Very Serious'.
May 21, 2003... By Scott Leith, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--In early 2000, the leader of Coca-Cola's giant Burger King account signed off on a plan to influence the results of a test project under way in...

Former Coke Employee Likely to Find Whistle-Blower Case Difficult to Prove.
May 21, 2003... By Robert Luke, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Matthew Whitley could find it tough to prove that he was fired as a whistle-blower. The former Coca-Cola employee filed a lawsuit Monday in...

Home Depot Back on Track with Profit, Sales.
May 21, 2003... By Tony Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Home Depot, which recently has been schooled by rival Lowe's, regained some swagger Tuesday. The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer...

Founder the Underdog in Post Properties Proxy Battle.
May 21, 2003... By Tony Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--John Williams will find out Thursday whether he won his battle to regain control of Post Properties, the apartment company he founded 32 years...

Georgia Bars 14 Prepay Phone Services.
May 21, 2003... By Margaret Newkirk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The Georgia Public Service Commission revoked the certificates of 14 prepaid telephone companies in Georgia this month, after an...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street Column.
May 21, 2003... By Tom Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The stock market withstood a witches' brew of bad news on Tuesday -- from a heightened terrorism alert to an instance of mad cow disease in...

Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., Business Briefs Column.
May 21, 2003... By Mark van de Kamp, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--GOLETA, Calif.--MIRAVANT LOSES 14 CENTS PER SHARE: Miravant Medical Technologies reported $20,000 in revenue and $581,000 in cash on hand...

Head of Louisiana Bank's Beaumont, Texas-Area Division to Retire.
May 21, 2003... By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BEAUMONT, Texas--When Hibernia National Bank receives the Chamber of Commerce's fifth Spindletop Award for outstanding corporate citizenship in...

Bankrupt Port Neches, Texas, Chemical Plant to Idle Equipment, Furlough Staff.
May 21, 2003... By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--PORT NECHES, Texas--Ameripol Synpol Corp., a manufacturer of synthetic rubber products, will begin idling its equipment today in a process that...

Premcor to Boost Port Arthur, Texas, Refinery's Capacity.
May 21, 2003

Biloxi, Miss., Casino Gets Approval to Move Gambling Barge.
May 21, 2003... By Timothy Boone, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BILOXI, Miss.--The Department of Marine Resources on Tuesday approved Treasure Bay Casino's plans to move its gambling barge out of the...

Biloxi, Miss., Lawyer Sued for Money Made from Tobacco, Asbestos Litigation.
May 21, 2003... The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BILOXI, Miss. -- Lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who guaranteed and paid off an $80,000 campaign loan for Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Jr., has...

Belleville, Ill.-Area Unemployment Rates Fall.
May 21, 2003... By David van den Berg, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Unemployment dropped across the metro-east in April, and many rates are lower than April 2002 levels, figures released by the Illinois...

Boulder, Colo.'s Oldest Mountain Sports Retailer to Consolidate Two Locations.
May 21, 2003... By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The owners of Mountain Sports will soon close their Pearl Street store -- considered to be Boulder's oldest mountaineering specialty shop -- and...

Swedish Bank Threatened to Foreclose on Cruise Ship at Manatee, Fla., Port.
May 21, 2003... By Duane Marsteller, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--A Swedish bank threatened to foreclose on the M/V Regal Empress just a week before federal marshals seized the cruise ship last month. In an...

Bradenton Beach, Fla., Hotel Sold for $6.5 Million.
May 21, 2003... By Rochelle Jones, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. -- In the richest real estate transaction in island history, the Tortuga Inn on Gulf Drive has been sold for $6.5 million....

Manatee, Fla.-Area Medical Center Hires Operating Officer, Marketing Director.
May 21, 2003... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--As this master-planned community continues to come into its own as the heart of the progress and development in East Manatee and northern Sarasota,...

Waterfront Resort in Longboat Key, Fla., Sold for $8.4 Million.
May 21, 2003... By Jesse Westbrook, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. -- The Turtle Crawl Inn, a 29-unit waterfront resort just north of the Manatee and Sarasota counties divider, has inched its...

Manatee, Fla., Jewelry Maker Begins Weight-Loss Service.
May 21, 2003... By Matt Griswold, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Carson Burke, founder and president of Satori Inc., is now operating a weight management and lifestyle consulting practice to supplement her jewelry...

Brownsville, Texas, Tire Maker Lays Off 160 Employees.
May 21, 2003... By Alison Beshur, The Brownsville Herald, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Titan Tire Corp. of Texas has laid off 160 employees at its Brownsville tire factory within the last month, and current...

North America's Largest Independent Ad Agency to Close Baltimore Office.
May 21, 2003... By June Arney, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Doner, the advertising agency that dubbed Maryland "the Land of Pleasant Living" in a memorable National Bohemian beer commercial and a local institution since...

Merger Vaults Buffalo, N.Y.-Based Bank Holding Company to America's Top 20.
May 21, 2003... By William Patalon III, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--M&T Bank Corp.'s integration of the former Allfirst Financial Inc. banking network is proceeding well, and promises to transform the company from a...

New President of National Urban League Faces Some Big Challenges.
May 21, 2003... By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Marc H. Morial, the new president of the National Urban League, is facing daunting challenges in pursuit the organization's mission of promoting urban...

Maryland Officials Try to Find Commercial Payoff in Defense Research.
May 21, 2003... By Stacey Hirsh, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Bill Koppes has an idea that may produce more entertaining Fourth of July celebrations -- a molecule that could eliminate the heavy smoke that sometimes...

Group to Donate $1 Million to Help Nonprofit Build Research Park in Baltimore.
May 21, 2003... By June Arney, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The Greater Baltimore Committee said last night it would contribute $1 million to help finance the operating costs of the nonprofit group that is developing the...

Massachusetts Lawmakers to Fight Proposed Cut to Tourism Funding.
May 21, 2003... By David Kibbe, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BOSTON--The state Senate will fight the House's plan to cut state and regional tourism funding, Sen. Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, told business...

Pleasanton, Calif., Technology Firm Faces Mounting Rental Woes.
May 21, 2003... By David Whelan, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--PLEASANTON, Calif.--Commerce One Inc., once a marquee East Bay technology company worth more than $14 billion, announced that it can no...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith Column.
May 21, 2003... By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--OFFICE LEASING SLOWS IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE: Office leasing in Charlotte's center city is the slowest since the early 1990s recession, but the majority...

Weyerhaeuser to Reduce Its Land Holdings in North, South Carolina.
May 21, 2003... By Charles Lunan, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Weyerhaeuser Co. the world's largest lumber company, will sell 172,000 acres of timberland in the Carolinas acquired in 2001 as part of its...

Sumter County, S.C., Joins Economic Development Alliance.
May 21, 2003... By Jim Duplessis, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Sumter has joined the Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance, giving the Midlands a larger profile and a claim on I-95 as the group recruits...

Proposal to Alter Child Education Program Worries Parents, Administrators.
May 21, 2003... By Wendy Wendland-Bowyer, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--At Frost Head Start in Pontiac, children have an on-site health clinic, a nutritionist to review their diets and even mental health counseling if...

Optimistic Comerica CEO Talks to Investors.
May 21, 2003... By Shabina S. Khatri, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Last year was not great for the financial services industry. Uncertainties about the Iraq war and economic woes left some customers behind on loan...

Los Angeles Electronic Entertainment Expo Previews Best Video Games.
May 21, 2003... Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo was the gaming industry's sneak peak at what Christmas will be like in the video game stores. We predict there's going to be a whole...

Michigan Legislature to Consider Bill Targeting Retailers' Gas Prices.
May 21, 2003... By Jocelyn Parker, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Two Michigan legislators are expected to introduce a bill Thursday that could put an end to major retailers selling gasoline below prices at independent...

Detroit Medical Center Has Plan to Lay Off 1,000.
May 21, 2003... By Kim Norris, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The Detroit Medical Center will lay off as many as 1,000 Detroit workers and close about 300 hospital beds in the city within the next two months in an effort...

Steel Companies Reach Deal.
May 21, 2003... By Jeff Bennett, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--A new contract will give former National Steel Corp. workers an hourly wage increase but the company's 10,000 retirees won't receive the benefits they had...

Taubman Centers Woos Retailers for Five Malls.
May 21, 2003... By Gary Haber, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--LAS VEGAS--As it fights a takeover bid by the nation's largest shopping mall owner, Taubman Centers Inc. is in Las Vegas this week, pitching retailers at the...

Ford Offers Workers Discounts on Mulch Made from Recycled Tires.
May 21, 2003... By Marty Hair, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Ford Motor Co. is making it cheaper for employees to lay some rubber. The automaker is offering its Michigan workers, retirees, contract and supplemental...

Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor Column.
May 21, 2003... By Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--FIXING A MESS ON ONE TAX FORM TAKES ANOTHER: Got an ugly, complicated tax mess? The way to clean it up, says the IRS, is to throw another ugly, complicated tax...

Detroit Free Press Mike Wendland Column.
May 21, 2003... By Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--TWELVE EASY TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF ONLINE: There's been a rash of e-mail cons lately in which unsuspecting subscribers of various Internet service...

Relief Money Meant for Pennsylvania Workers to Pay Down Agency Debt Instead.
May 21, 2003... By Peter Panepento, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--An emergency grant by the U.S. Department of Labor will not be enough to get hundreds of unemployed workers enrolled in job training programs. The...

Florida Governor Signs Controversial Everglades Restoration Bill.
May 21, 2003... By Mark Hollis, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--Moving quickly to control political fallout, Gov. Jeb Bush signed a controversial Everglades restoration bill on Tuesday that is...

Lawmakers' Rewrite of Florida Everglades Law Angers Environmentalists.
May 21, 2003... By Neil Santaniello, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Supporters say it beefs up a state program to clean up the Everglades. Detractors say it makes that effort virtually impotent. Even as Gov. Jeb...

Telemundo Hires New Chief Operating Officer.
May 21, 2003... By Joseph Mann, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Donald V. Browne, president and general manager of NBC's WTVJ-Ch. 6, has been named to the No. 2 position at Telemundo Communications Inc., the...

Pentagon Weapons Chief Endorses Plan That Would Boost Aircraft Production.
May 21, 2003... By Bob Cox, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Pentagon weapons czar Edward "Pete" Aldridge reportedly gave a green light Tuesday to Bell Helicopter Textron's V-22 Osprey that would open the way...

American Airlines Employees, Shareholders Await Details of CEO Severance.
May 21, 2003... By Trebor Banstetter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--FORT WORTH, Texas--As they gather for American Airlines' first annual meeting under its new leadership, employees and shareholders are...

Marketing Experts Say Bank of America Nails Hole-in-One with Golf Sponsorship.
May 21, 2003... By Jim Fuquay, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--FORT WORTH, Texas--A year ago, when Colonial Country Club officials announced that Bank of America would sponsor the 2003 Colonial golf tournament,...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Art Chapman Column.
May 21, 2003... By Art Chapman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--BACK AT WORK, LAWMAKERS ARE BUSY PICKING PASTRIES: They fled to Oklahoma to avoid a controversial redistricting plan, but the state's runaway...

New Faith-Based Grant Initiative Raises Concerns among Community Groups.
May 21, 2003... By Darren Barbee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The government's housing department has complied with President Bush's executive order to "level the playing field" for federal housing grants...

New Computer Keyboard Technology Gets Tryout in Texas Classrooms.
May 21, 2003... By Ellena F. Morrison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Soft-drink spills and cookie crumbs are no match for a new computer keyboard that can be dropped into a dishwasher. The nearly...

Researchers Monitor Clams for Hints of Toxins in North Texas Lake.
May 21, 2003... By Mitch Mitchell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Distressed clams keep their mouths closed, and that fact might help the nation in its war against terror. Researchers at the University of...

Investors Fear U.S. Consumers Will Shun Meat after Canadian Mad-Cow Scare.
May 21, 2003... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Investors hammered anything that has to do with beef yesterday, fearing US consumers will shun eating meat indefinitely after Canada disclosed its first case...

Massachusetts Attorney General Sues Police Charity for Illegal Fundraising.
May 21, 2003... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly yesterday sued a police-related charity for alleged illegal fund-raising and released records indicating that little of the...

The Boston Globe Downtown Column.
May 21, 2003... By Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Does it matter if John Hancock Financial Services is swallowed up by a buyer with a big pile of dough and a headquarters far from Clarendon Street? When...

Fidelity Fund Manager Pessimistic about Economic Recovery.
May 21, 2003... By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--For someone with more than $50 billion invested in the stock market, Robert Stansky is pessimistic about the prospects for economic growth. Stansky,...

Energizer to Debut World's First Four-Bladed Razor.
May 21, 2003... By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Turns out, the cuddly pink Energizer Bunny has a sharp edge to him -- four, in fact. The blades came out yesterday in Energizer's long-running duel with...

Massachusetts Officials Continuing Investigation of Milk Retailers.
May 21, 2003... By Bruce Mohl, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--State officials are continuing to investigate retailers they suspect of selling milk below cost, most recently going after 15 Mobil convenience stores that were...

Massachusetts Regulators to Impose Surcharge on Landline Phones.
May 21, 2003... By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Massachusetts telecommunications regulators said they are planning to impose a surcharge on landline phone bills within the next several weeks to close a...

Herbal Health Products Provider Considers Move Out of Colorado Springs, Colo.
May 21, 2003... By Paul Beebe, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Maharishi Ayur-Ved Products International Inc., which sells herbal health care products, is considering a move out of Colorado Springs. ...

CORRECTION: Stanley Works CEO to Step Down at End of Year.
May 21, 2003... By John M. Moran, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The story slugged HC-STANLEY-CEO, moved by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News for May 21, contained a misspelling in the headline. Please...

American Dental Association Sues Insurers, Alleging Racketeering Scheme.
May 21, 2003... By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--The American Dental Association has filed a racketeering lawsuit -- a potential class action -- against CIGNA and two other insurers, alleging they...

Connecticut Lawmakers Negotiate Bill that Would Increase Electric Bills.
May 21, 2003... By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--State legislators are getting close to agreement on a major energy bill that would result in increases of 11 to 20 percent in the average Connecticut...

Standard & Poor's Removes The Hartford from Credit Watch List.
May 21, 2003... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Standard & Poor's, which put The Hartford's ratings on CreditWatch last week with negative implications, affirmed the ratings Tuesday, took them off watch, and said...

Connecticut Sues Danbury Heating Oil Distributor, Seeks Refunds.
May 21, 2003... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--By last spring, state officials allege, the operators of the Newtown Oil Co. had every reason to know that the company's severe financial troubles would make it...

The Hartford Courant, Conn., Inside Pitch Column.
May 21, 2003... By Matthew Kauffman, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--I got a call the other day from "Sharon," one of the telemarketing drones for AT&T. And after abruptly assuring her I was pleased as punch with...

Insurance Refund Agreement Will Settle Lawsuit against Administrators.
May 21, 2003... The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Two Marlborough firms that administer employers' self-insured health plans have agreed to refund about $905,228 to the plans, to settle a lawsuit filed in February by...

Connecticut Insurers among Firms Raising 2004 Rates by Average of 17.5 Percent.
May 21, 2003

Stanly Works CEO to Step Down at End of Year.
May 21, 2003... By John M. Moran, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Stanley Works, New Britain's famed tool and hardware maker, said Tuesday that its chairman and chief executive, John M. Trani, will retire,...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Openings and Expansions Column.
May 21, 2003... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--THE NATIONALLY ESTABLISHED employment agency Adecco USA now has an office at 9 Polito Ave. (Suite 108), Lyndhurst, in the Cooper Ridge Building, between Medieval...

The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.
May 21, 2003... The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--KEARNY FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK promoted Carmine J. Disomma to vice president and director of internal audit, and Robert Campbell to assistant vice president and staff...

Costa Mesa, Calif.-Based Christian Broadcaster Buys Englewood, N.J., Buildings.
May 21, 2003... By Kathleen Lynn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Trinity Broadcasting Network of Costa Mesa, Calif., the world's largest Christian broadcasting network, has bought two buildings in Englewood to...

Carpet Importer Executive Scours Globe for Quality.
May 21, 2003... By Allison Pries, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Ron Couri lives a plush life as head of a rug and carpeting dynasty. As president and chief executive officer of Couristan, the 50-year-old...

Cendant to Focus on Growing Core Businesses to Boost Share Price.
May 21, 2003... By Kevin G. Demarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--EAST HANOVER, N.J.--After years of relying on mergers and acquisitions, Cendant Corp. said it will try to grow its earnings and stock price by...

Possible Job-Seniority Loss Prompts Dow Chemical Workers to Strike.
May 21, 2003

Charges Fly in Shareholder Lawsuit against El Paso Corp.
May 21, 2003... By Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Oscar Wyatt Jr., the lead plaintiff in a shareholder lawsuit against El Paso Corp., "will call the shots" if dissident shareholder Selim Zilkha succeeds in...

Old Greenwich, Conn., Fuel Producer to Expand Port Arthur, Texas, Refinery.
May 21, 2003... By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Premcor is expanding its refinery in Port Arthur to increase capacity from 250,000 barrels to 325,000 barrels a day, the company said Tuesday. Also, the...

Natural Gas Price Index Publisher Fights Subpoena in Federal Investigation.
May 21, 2003... By Mary Flood, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Federal trading regulators are asking a U.S. district judge to overrule McGraw-Hill's First Amendment arguments and force it to answer subpoenas in an...

Walgreen to Cut Jobs, Close Distribution Center in Houston.
May 21, 2003... By David Kaplan, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Walgreen is closing its Houston distribution center, which as recently as January employed about 500 people. The company is in the process of moving the...

Federal Marshals Could Close Meskwaki Casino in Iowa.
May 21, 2003... By Jennifer Hemmingsen, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT, Iowa--A dispute over leadership of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa could jeopardize the tribe's...