South Florida Business Journal articles from May 2001

South Florida Business Journal archives from May 2001

Funds hitch ride with AutoNation.(ESL Partners Ltd., Fidelity Management and Research Co. buy about $1 bn in AutoNation stock)
May 4, 2001... H. Wayne Huizenga has a new shadow. AutoNation's current proxy statement says ESL Partners and Fidelity Management & Research Co. have snapped up close to $1 billion worth of AutoNation stock and own 25.6 percent of the region's largest...

Defeat in medicine.(Declining applications for students entering podiatry school)
May 4, 2001... Podiatry schools face shrinking number of applicants Podiatrists could become a footnote in history. They're a shrinking breed of health care professionals and if the trend continues, there could be a day when the medical specialty...

Latin American tourism slump spurs Miami changes.($15.1 mn project on Miami's Flagler Street)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... The economic slump in Latin America is hurting business at downtown Miami's tourist-oriented shops, but some observers hope for a boost from a $15.1 million streetscape project and a condominium conversion. A partnership involving Kapustin...

Pharmed prescribes a merger.(Pharmed Group acquires PBA/PAL Laboratories)
May 4, 2001... PBA/PAL Laboratories, one of the fastest-growing Hispanic-owned companies in Miami, has been sold to another Miami-based Hispanic giant, Pharmed Group. With annual sales of $25 million, PBA/PAL is involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing...

Three new Miami banks await FDIC approval.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Organizers of three Miami-Dade County banks are waiting for license approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., with goals of opening this fall. Union Credit Bank, Plus International Bank and Premier Bank of South Florida, which...

From tomatoes to tourists, Dania Beach eyes downtown.(downtown redevelopment program)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Dania Beach, long-known for its jai-alai fronton, annual tomato festival and many antique shops, is bidding to join the downtown redevelopment boom sweeping the rest of South Florida. The city is forming a community redevelopment agency...

Paint ball seller shoots for compression software.(eCom eCom)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Splat Palm Beach Gardens-based eCom eCom.com (OTC BB: ECEC) is known for selling paint ball supplies and developing software, but it has a negative net worth on its books. Splat. Splat. Nonetheless, eCom eCom wants to become the...

New SBA director spreads word through politicians.(Francisco Marrero of the Small Business Administration)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Mara Giulianti is in her 13th year a mayor of Hollywood, a hotbed for small businesses 20 mile from the U.S. Small Business Administration's South Florida District office in downtown Miami. But Giulianti had never met with an official of...

California bank opens SBA office in South Florida.(Temecula Valley Bank)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Temecula Valley Bank of California has opened a Coral Springs loan office as part of its ambitious cross-country expansion in SBA lending. Hakim Kassam and Rick Von Minden, who spent last year in the Coral Springs and Plantation SBA-lending...

LocalBusiness closes site.(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... LocalBusiness.com, which had been building a national online business news network, has shut down the sites, according to a source close to the Fort Lauderdale company. In December, LocalBusiness laid off 33 people, including 24...

Photronics to cut 165.(company lays off workers)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Jupiter-based Photronics (Nasdaq: PLAB) said it plans to cut 8 to 10 percent of its workforce, or up to 165 people. The computer chip maker will combine operations at photomask-making factories in Palm Bay and Heilbronn, Germany, with plants in...

Kirschen out at MerchantOnline.com.(Tarek Kirschen resigns)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Tarek Kirschen has resigned as chairman, president and CEO of Boca Raton-based MerchantOnline.com (OTC BB: MRTO). The company has been struggling under mounting debt, growing losses of $17 million last year, a lack of working capital, actual...

European Micro delisted from Nasdaq.(European Micro Holdings)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Miami-based European Micro Holdings (Nasdaq: EMCC), an independent distributor of microcomputer products, was delisted from Nasdaq last week for failing to maintain a $5 million minimum market value of its public float for 10 consecutive...

Wackenhut lands fed deal.(Wackenhut Services receives contract)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Wackenhut Services, a subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corp. (NYSE: WAK) in Palm Beach Gardens, announced it has been awarded a five-year contract with a potential value of $59.8 million to provide aircraft operations and maintenance services for...

Citrix to repurchase stock.(Citrix Systems)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS), an application server software company, has the green light from its board to repurchase up to $200 million worth of its common stock in the open market. The company also completed the...

Local firms feel pinch of venture capital slowdown.(South Florida)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... The much-anticipated slowdown in venture capital investing has hit South Florida with a harsh wallop, according to a survey released Wednesday by two consulting firms. The venture industry's investment in Florida, which set a record $543...

Earnings perform a high-wire act.(South Florida businesses)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Several South Florida public companies came calling with quarterly earnings and revenues in recent days, and the news was tenuous at best. In separate teleconferences broadcast on the Internet, most retail, tourism and travel, biotech, and...

Accounting for silliness.(1040K Run & Fitness Walk in Coconut Grove)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... For Morrie Hollander, it's important not to take things too seriously. The 60 plus-year-old Rachlin Cohen & Holtz accountant and running enthusiast travels around the world with his wife, Irene, running marathons and half-marathons. In...

It's all in the name.(Gerson, Preston, Robinson and Co. accountants)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... When the Florida Department of Transportation gets ready to widen a road, it relies on Miami Beach accounting firm Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Co. to help determine the value of land it must take from businesses and homeowners. That...

Help for working caregivers.(Offers assessment program to employers)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... In February, a new resource and referral company was established to help employees caring for a family member with a chronic illness and to deal with the problems caused by those care-giving duties. Headquartered in Deerfield Beach,...

Before the rains.($375 million ship)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Miami-based Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) took advantage of sunny skies last week to show off its new $375 million ship, the 88,500-ton Carnival Spirit. Built in Helsinki, Finland, the 2,124-passenger vessel includes the line's first wedding...

They won't melt in an ad budget, either.(Business promotional products firm)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... A lucrative second source of income is possible by betting trivia buffs that M&Ms come in 21 colors. First response is: no way. Yes way. They may not come in that many colors at the corner store, but they do for Fort Lauderdale-based...

Roll out the barrel.(premium sake collection)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... It's a restaurant with a plain-Jane name -- Roy's -- but its food is anything but: classical French inspired Euro-Asian cuisine. It even has its own premium sake collection, the Y Sake Daiginjo Collection by Roy Yamaguchi, crafted in...

The software police want your pirated copies.(Consortium of software makers, watchdog group)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Big Brother has arrived in Miami. He is not happy. Any and all companies can be suspected of using illegal copies of software, and offenders are being offered a month-long grace period. No, Big Brother is not Bill Gates on steroids,...

A different kind of fair.(Second annual Internet Street Fair)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... On May 5th, Miami Beach's Lincoln Road will host the second annual Internet Street Fair. Sponsored by Charter Communications, a St. Louis-based broadband provider and an operator of cable television networks, the fair gives technology-related...

Some tech stocks to try if you're not too squeamish.(High-tech issues in investing)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Dear Mr. Berko: I have $40,000 to invest and would appreciate your recommendations of four tech issues that were once high flyers but now have P/Es of less than 25. H.E. Dear H.E.: It takes more guts to dive into high-tech issues today...

Game show, narrower loss give Paxson visibility.(Paxson Communications earnings, profile)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
May 4, 2001... * Profile: Paxson Communications uses more than 65 company-owned television stations and some 50 affiliates across the United States to bolster its network, PAX TV, which broadcasts family-oriented programs. Offerings include syndicated...

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.(Triunfo 2001 leadership awards)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County honored the following winners of its Triunfo 2001 leadership awards: McDonald's Corp., Lucio Perez-Reynozo, the Guatemalan-Maya Center, Ramon Mirabales of Mirabales Tile, Estrella Aruj of...

St. Thomas University School of Law.(Racial diversity ranking)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... St. Thomas University School of Law was ranked first in the nation for racial diversity by U.S. News & World Report.

Augusto Vidaurreta.(Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Augusto Vidaurreta, co-founder of Adjoined Technologies and The Systems Consulting Group, and Joe Merino, founder of Unipower Corp., were inducted into the Florida International University Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.

Cybear.(Communications licensing agreement)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Cybear, an information technology and communications company in Boca Raton, entered into a licensing agreement with ParkStone Medical Information Systems in Weston. For details, call (561) 999-3506 or (954) 389-3800.

Alamo and National.(Car rental services pact)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Alamo and National, divisions of Fort Lauderdale-based ANC Rental Corp., have partnered with Spirit Airlines to provide car rental services to Spirit customers at special rates. Call (954) 320-4025 for more information.

C.A.P. Engineering Consultants.(CSA Group/Southeast)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Miami-based C.A.P. Engineering Consultants merged with CSA Group to form CSA Group/Southeast. For information, call (305) 372-8565.

MLS Compute and Network Rescue.(Computer network service companies merge)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Computer network service companies MLS Compute and Network Rescue have merged. The new company will do business as Network Rescue at 6401 Congress Ave., Suite 205, Boca Raton. Call (561) 998-3636 for details.

Don't get voted off the server.(Employee eight-week game)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Employees at CyLex, a Boca Raton-based application service provider for content management, recently participated in an eight-week game of "CyLex Survivor." The office was split into three tribes of 15 and pitted against each other at the...

Animal friendly.(Humane Society of Broward County)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... It was the March meeting of PetSet and Young Professionals for Covenant House at the St. Patrick's Day Street Party at the Parrot Lounge. PetSet is a group of young adults dedicated to making a difference in the lives of animals by raising...

It is us.(44 mn Americans are uninsured)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 4, 2001... Remarkably, more than 44 million Americans are uninsured. And more than 60 percent of them have one thing in common: they are either self-employed or have a family member who is employed by a small business that cannot afford to provide health...

Come together.(small business gathering place)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... IdeaCafe.com is "the small business gathering place." It boasts "a fun approach to serious business." The site is comprehensive with search categories such as: * Starting a business * Running a business * The You in Your Business...

At the top.(American Society for Quality )(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... What is quality at work? It's excellence, superiority, value and worth. According to the American Society for Quality (www.asq.org): * Quality is not a program; it is an approach to business. * Quality includes continuous improvement...

MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER.(Florida's largest business broker)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Broker melds investors to companies Richard Chanin set out to find a new business in South Florida. A retired dentist and former owner of a charter boat company in Miami, he had the field narrowed to those two industries. And like...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Business hires in Florida)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... ACCOUNTING Kaufman, Rossin & Co. in Miami added Kevin Kirkeide to its audit and litigation support department and J. Michael Custer as director of taxation. Trudy Mae Flores was appointed staff accountant at Ocariz Gitlin & Zomerfeld...

Waterworld -- the sequel.(Florida drought legislation)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... The world was one gigantic ocean in the "Waterworld" flick starring Kevin Costner. Just like in drought-stricken Florida, freshwater was a precious commodity. We now have a Florida version of "Waterworld" that played out in the tidal pool...

No papering over publisher's quitting.(San Jose Mercury News chairman and publisher resigns)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Establishing the spiritual boundaries of a journalist is like defining pornography. I know it when I see it, but expressing it is as elusive as catching a fish with bare hands. Journalists are curious, but can keep a secret. They can be...

PR lives up to its name with relation orientation.(public relations profession)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... In the movie "Enemy at the Gates," a Russian political officer finds himself in a perilous position during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. He's hiding from enemy fire when a foot soldier with a penchant for making direct hits with his rifle...

CORRECTION.(South Florida Sun-Sentinel's media partner)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
May 4, 2001... An item in the April 20 Briefcase incorrectly listed the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's media partner. The Sun-Sentinel provides news content to WFOR, Ch. 4.

Nova Southeastern University.(Entrepreneur Hall of Fame)(Brief Article)
May 4, 2001... Rick Case of Rick Case Acura, Kevin and Keith Koenig of City Furniture, and Harris W. Hudson of Republic Services/AutoNation were inducted into Nova Southeastern University's Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.

AHCA veteran to quit, wants investigation.(Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... A 32-year veteran of state government plans to resign in protest, saying that Florida and federal investigators need t find out whether laxity at the Agency for Health Care Administration equals serious misconduct. William K "Kenny" Allen,...

Congressional bottleneck.(Real estate woeson Boca Raton's Congress Ave.)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Sale, lease signs dot Boca Raton's Congress Avenue "Congress Ave. red hot." That's how the Boca Baton News described the office and light industrial corridor north of Yamato Road in a Sunday front-page story a little more than a month ago....

AOL suits consolidated In Miami.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... America Online's offer seemed too good to pass up: 100 free hours on the Internet. Juan and Elizabeth Cofino of Cutler Ridge had no clue that what a lawyer would later call an "evil connectoid" was embedded in AOL'S trial disk. Three days...

Hall might swim away.(International Swimming Hall of Fame may leave Fort Lauderdale)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Spurned by city of Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Miami woo attraction Feeling snubbed by the city of Fort Lauderdale, the International Swimming Hall of Fame is entertaining offers to leave town, potentially costing the city millions of...

Ft. Lauderdale Airport traffic hits record high.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... March 2001 was the busiest month in the history of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with 1.68 million passengers, an increase of 9.7 percent from last year's record, according to the Broward County Aviation Department. "The...

Retail in retreat across South Florida, nation.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... Consolidations, buyouts, bankruptcies and resignations are the order of the day for South Florida-based public retailers as consumers continue to zip shut their pocketbooks. And things might get worse before they get better, according to...

Low ratings a bitter pill for medical board.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Florida's Board of Medicine ranks among the worst medical boards in the country when it comes to meting out serious discipline to doctors, according to Public Citizen's Health Research Group, a consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader....

Venture capitalists retrench, focus on present.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... The pace of venture capital investment continued its slowdown during this year's first quarter, when seven South Florida companies received a total of $44 million in venture funding. Ten South Florida companies received $93 million in...

Pressure builds for ergonomics rule.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Senate moderates who provided the key votes to kill OSHA's ergonomics regulation are frustrated by Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao's refusal to commit to a deadline for coming up with a new policy to address workplace injuries such as carpal...

Business Review loses editor, expects 'tougher' quarter.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... South Florida's Daily Business Review is losing its top editor for the second time in less than a year, but the most recent change is change is causing less public speculation th a the first - the news last August that and editor-in-chief...

AHCA secretary to review CONs.(Agency for Health Care Administration, Certificate of Need)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... According to insiders, Ruben J. King-Shaw Jr., thc secretary of the state Agency for Health Care Administration, will leave his post Friday. King-Shaw will be on annual leave until his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate to become the...

Herald publisher: No staff cut target set yet.(Miami Herald publisher Alberto Ibarguen)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The publisher and VP in charge of human resources at the Miami Herald said this week that no firm number of jobs to be cut at the paper has been set yet, but an announcement will be made by the end of the month. Publisher Alberto Ibarguen...

LocalBusiness.com files Chapter 11.(bamkruptcy protection)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Business news Web site LocalBusiness.com filed for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in Fort Lauderdale last week. Under Chapter 11, a company is freed from creditors while it reorganizes finances. Typically in this type...

Think you're missing a cog?(Axis360 missing corporate logo)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Axis360, an Internet services company based in New Jersey, admits to missing a cog -- a 150-pound silver one, representative of its logo. The cog was last seen northbound on I-95 in Miami when it fell off a truck taking it to the Internet...

Spherion Corp.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Fort Lauderdale-based Spherion Corp. (NYSE: SFN) reported a net loss for the first quarter ended March 30 of $23.9 million or a loss of 34 cents a share compared to income of $24.71 million or 37 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. During...

Wackenhut Corrections Corp.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Palm Beach Gardens-based Wackenhut Corrections Corp. (NYSE:WHC) reported net income for the first quarter ended April 1 of $2.63 million or 12 cents a share, a decrease of 45 percent from income of $4.79 million or 22 cents a share in the...

Ocwen Financial Corp.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... West Palm Beach-based Ocwen Financial Corp. (NYSE:OCN) reported a net loss for its first quarter ended March 31 of $23.52 million, or 35 cents a share compared to a net loss of $5.1 million or 7 cents a share for the 2000 first quarter.

SBA Communications Corp.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Boca Raton-based SBA Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:SBAC) posted a net loss for the first quarter ended March 31 of $23 million or a loss of 49 cents a share compared to a loss in last years first quarter of $9.72 million or 27 cents a share. SBA...

Technisource.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Fort Lauderdale-based Technisource (Nasdaq:TSRC), a provider of IT professionals and technology services, reported net income for the quarter ended March 31 of $111,847 or 1 cent a share, down from $290,110 or 3 cents a share for the first...

The Sports Authority.(yearly earnings report)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Fort Lauderdale-based The Sports Authority (NYSE:TSA) reported earnings for the year ended Feb. 3 of $25.4 million compared to a net loss of $160.5 million in the prior year. The company recorded an extraordinary gain of $18.6 million, net of...

Innkeepers USA Trust.(financial results)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Innkeepers USA Trust of Palm Beach (NYSE:KPA) announced a net loss of $3.5 million or 18 cents a share for the quarter ended March 31 compared to a net loss of $4.2 million or 20 cents a share for the first quarter of 2000. Revenue grew to $17...

Fresh Del Monte Produce.(1st-quarter earnings)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Coral Gables-based Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) posted net income for the first quarter ended March 30 of $41.1 million or 76 cents a share, compared with net income of $38.5 million or 72 cents a share in the first quarter of 2000. Net...

Pediatrix Medical Group.(financial results)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Fort Lauderdale-based Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:PDX) reported net income for the quarter ended March 31 of $3.6 million or 22 cents a share compared to income of $3.38 million or 22 cents a share in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to...

Kos Pharmaceuticals.(financial results)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Miami-based Kos Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:KOSP) reported a net loss for its first quarter ended March 31 of $10.01 million or 50 cents a share compared with a net loss of $11.21 million or 62 cents a share for the same quarter a year ago. Revenue...

Pediatrix buys practices.(Pediatrix Medical Group)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Fort Lauderdale's Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE: PDX) completed the acquisition of a neonatal physician group practice in Orlando and a five-physician group practice in Seattle. Terms were not disclosed. The Orlando practice has eight...

ZDigital.com acquires Noble.(Noble Financial Services)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... ZDigital.com of Orlando (Nasdaq BB: ZDGT), a holding company announced it has acquired a majority interest in Noble Financial Services of Boca Raton, a financial company. Terms were not disclosed. "We have been working with Noble to expand...

Nasdaq to delist Ursus.(Ursus Telecom Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Ursus Telecom Corp. (Nasdaq: UTCCQ), a Sunrise-based international long distance carrier, said it was notified by Nasdaq it would be delisted for failure to maintain the required net tangible assets above the minimum requirement of $4 million.

Sensormatic sued over patent.(by Checkpoint Systems)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... New Jersey-based Checkpoint Systems (NYSE: CKP) has filed a lawsuit against Sensormatic Electronics Corp. (NYSE: SRM) of Boca Baton and All-Tag Security SA, a Belgian company, for allegedly infringing its electronic security tag patent. ...

Microsoft sues two locals.(New Media Corp.and Global Spider)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Microsoft Corp. announced legal actions against two South Florida businesses, New Media Corp. of Fort Lauderdale and Global Spider of Miami, for allegedly distributing counterfeit software. The lawsuits allege that the companies distributed...

Boca Resorts to buy back shares.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Boca Raton-based Boca Resorts (NYSE: RST) will buy back up to $30 million of its outstanding Class A common stock over the next 24 months. The company said its repurchase program reflects management's belief that the market price of its stock...

Office Depot to offer notes.($200 mn financing deal)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Delray Beach-based Office Depot (NYSE:ODP) announced it intends to offer $200 million of intermediate-term, interest bearing notes. The proceeds from this offering are expected to be used to repay existing short-term debt and to support working...

Office Depot, Staples settle.(9-year trademark dispute settled)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Delray beach-based Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) has settled a nine-year trademark dispute with Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) over the use of the Office Depot name in Ontario, Canada. Under terms of the agreement, Office Depot will continue to operate...

Cyber-Care partners with DataVoice.(Internet-based health network)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Cybcr-Care (Nasdaq: CYBR) a Boynton Beach-based company that provides network-based telehealth solutions, has announced an agreement with DataVoice Solutions, a Puerto Rican-based cybernetics technology company. Under the agreement,...

Latins sue tobacco companies.(U.S. tobacco companies sued)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... The governments of Honduras and Belize, as well as three states and 11 cities of Brazil, filed lawsuits against more than a dozen U.S. tobacco companies in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court. The suits allege that the tobacco companies...

Vector to Day into bond.(Class action tobacco lawsuit settlement)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Miami-based Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE: VGR) confirmed that its Liggett Group tobacco subsidiary, along with Philip Morris U.S.A and Lorillard Tobacco Company, has agreed to pay a combined $709 million to members of the Engle class action lawsuit...

Ryder keeps paying dividends despite profit hit.(Reports first-quarter net income of $4.1 mn)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... * Profile: Ryder offers contract carriage services and is the top U.S. provider of full-service commercial leasing and rental of trucks - ahead of Penske Truck Leasing. Ryder is also a major supplier of integrated logistics services,...

What if the South had won?(Confederate alternate history)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 11, 2001... April was the most significant month in the short, stormy history of the Confederate States of America. The Civil War began 140 years ago, in April 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, S.C. The war - and...

Doin' the math.(Fort Lauderdale Air & Sea Show)(Brief Article)
May 11, 2001... Thc Fort Lauderdale police department estimated - and the local media faithfully reported - that 4 million people were on Fort Lauderdale beach for the two-day Air & Sea Show last weekend, with just fewer than 2 million people Saturday and just...