Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) articles from January 2002

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) archives from January 2002

SunTrust Looks at Ties with Arthur Andersen.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 31--One of Richmond's largest employers is considering severing ties with Arthur Andersen LLC as its auditor. SunTrust Banks Inc. has put its auditing contract up for review, even though the reason had...

Richmond, Va., Jury Rules Bullet Maker Not Responsible in Woman's Death.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Alan Cooper Jan. 31--The manufacturer of a special bullet that Richmond police used to break into an East End apartment in December 1999 was not responsible for the death of a woman hit by one of the bullets. A Richmond...

Holidays Barely Affect Virginia's Jobless Rate in December.
January 31, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 31--Virginia's unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in December, down one-tenth of a percent from November as retailers added jobs for the holiday season. The number of jobless declined 3,600 from...

Richmond, Va., Stock Index Hits New High.
January 31, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 31--The resilient Richmond Index, once a lowly laggard among stock market giants, roared to an all-time high yesterday. The local barometer jumped to new heights even though almost all of the nation's...

Virginia House Advances Payday-Loan Bill.
January 30, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 30--High-interest, short-term loans moved one step closer yesterday to being at least partially regulated in Virginia. After two years of wrangling over the issue, the Committee on Commerce and Labor...

Airline Traffic Remains Slow at Richmond, Va., Airport.
January 29, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 29--The post-Sept. 11 slump in airline travel continued to affect Richmond International Airport in December, but its severity lessened. Airline passenger traffic dropped almost 22 percent in...

Richmond, Va., Market Researcher Does the Work of a Sleuth.
January 29, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 29--She would probably never describe herself this way, but inside Linda Singleton-Driscoll pumps the heart of a detective. Soft-spoken, articulate and precise, Singleton-Driscoll is fascinated by the things...

Richmond, Va.-Based Brokerage to Expand Washington, D.C.-Area Presence.
January 29, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 29--The Richmond-based brokerage company Scott & Stringfellow is expanding through an acquisition of an investment and brokerage firm in McLean. BB&T Corp., the parent company of Scott & Stringfellow, said...

Foundation, Late Owner's Heirs Battle over Fredericksburg, Va., Mansion.
January 28, 2002... Byline: Kiran Krishnamurthy Jan. 28--FREDERICKSBURG, Va.--Mary Joyce Williams has endured frigid winter nights, sweltering summer days and, she says, perhaps even a ghost in her bid to save Federal Hill. But the biggest test lies...

Products, Services Shape Style of Richmond, Va., Rental Units.
January 28, 2002... Byline: Donna W. Rogers Jan. 28--Say you need to replace a door. You just go to the local door store and say "Give me one of these," right? Not if you're the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which needs hundreds of them....

Williamsburg, Va., Incogen Plans to Meet Demand for Bioinformatics.
January 27, 2002... Byline: Andrew Petkofsky Jan. 27--WILLIAMSBURG, Va.--Maciek Sasinowski is looking for a few good bioinformaticists. Sasinowki, who likes people to pronounce his first name as "Magic," is president and chief executive officer of a...

Richmond, Va.-Based AMF Bowling Pins Productivity, Prosperity on Palm Pilots.
January 27, 2002... Jan. 27--Even during the fleeting riches of the Internet bubble, someone pointed out that the best uses of technology by businesses aren't about sending profits through the roof. Not directly anyway. Smart technology can be found in...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
January 27, 2002... Byline: Iris Taylor Jan. 27--If you're footing the bill for most or all of your prescription drugs, how much you pay matters a lot. Maybe you don't have health benefits at your job, maybe you don't have a job, or perhaps you're a...

Two Richmond, Va., Funeral Firms Use Internet to Help Mourners Reach Out.
January 27, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 27--The Internet's role as a business tool shows no boundaries. Even the reserved funeral industry, marked by multigenerational family-run firms that provide a generally low-tech service, is going...

Richmond, Va.-Based Tech Company AgilQuest Trims Staff.
January 27, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 27--Richmond-based AgilQuest Inc. recently cut seven positions, reflecting the persistence of an economic recession that has caused many firms to delay new technology spending. AgilQuest, which now has...

Richmond, Va., Consultancy Buys Atlanta Agency.
January 26, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 26--Emergence Inc. is no longer just creating strategies to strengthen the brands of its corporate clients. The Richmond consultancy yesterday said it has bought an Atlanta subsidiary of Cadmus...

Richmond, Va., Convention Center Subcontractors Claim They're Owed $500,000.
January 26, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 26--Four subcontractors who brought in the heavy rigs to tear down the old convention center say they have not been paid in full. They claim they are owed nearly $500,000. Two have filed liens against the...

Local Economists Echo Greenspan, See Positive Trends Working through 2002.
January 26, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 26--Positive trends in new economic data give reason for optimism that the economy is positioned for a sustained recovery through the end of the year. But nothing's guaranteed. Economists projecting...

American Home Products to Change Name, Focus on Pharmaceuticals.
January 25, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 25--Another of Richmond's venerable corporate names is fading into history. American Home Products Corp., the pharmaceuticals giant with manufacturing and research operations in the Richmond area,...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Earnings Column.
January 25, 2002... Jan. 25--DOMINION RESOURCES INC. reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $117 million, compared with a profit of $106 million in the last quarter of 2000. The loss was the result of several one-time charges against earnings for...

Virginia Midwives Struck Blow as Bills Are Rejected.
January 25, 2002... Byline: Tammie Smith Jan. 25--RICHMOND, Va.--One after another, three bills that would regulate the practice of direct-entry midwives or exempt them altogether from licensing requirements were voted down by a divided House committee on...

Owners See Sale of Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Va.
January 24, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 24--A sale of the Richmond Marriott is likely. Also, the hotel may not continue to operate as a Marriott. The outlook for the downtown hotel was discussed yesterday at a meeting of creditors with a...

Lawyers Like Virginia's Civil-Liability System.
January 24, 2002... Byline: Alan Cooper Jan. 24--Top corporate counsels view Virginia's civil-liability system as the second most favorable to business among the 50 states, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive. Only Delaware ranked...

Richmond, Va., Specialty Chemicals Maker Sees Decline in Quarterly Results.
January 24, 2002... Jan. 24--Albemarle Corp. of Richmond said yesterday its profit fell nearly 11 percent in the fourth quarter. The company, a maker of specialty chemicals, said its earnings were hurt by weakness in the electronics industry, as well as...

Richmond, Va.-Area Shoppers Worry over Status of Kmart Stores.
January 23, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 23--Fred Davis was heartsick yesterday to learn that Kmart Corp.'s continued financial problems forced the nation's No. 2 discount retailer into bankruptcy court. "It's just terrible," the Henrico...

Micron Technology to Buy Toshiba Chip Plant in Manassas, Va.
January 23, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 23--Micron Technology Inc. is getting a clearance-sale price on Toshiba Corp.'s computer memory chip plant in Manassas. Securities and Exchange Commission filings show Micron will pay $250 million in...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz Column.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 22--FAMOUS DAVE'S CHAIN OPENS RESTAURANT IN CHESTERFIELD: Dave Anderson knew he had the right formula for his brand of barbecue after opening his first restaurant in Haywood, Wis., in 1994. His Famous...

General Manager at Richmond, Va., Convention Center Discusses Challenges.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Valerie Hubbard Jan. 22--Frits Huntjens paused briefly at the enormous windows lining the hall on the east side of the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Squinting against the glare of midwinter sunlight, Huntjens looked...

Richmond, Va., Grocer Lands on Fortune Magazine's List of Best Employers.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 22--One of the best places to work in the country is Richmond's leading grocer, according to Fortune magazine. Another is Richmond's largest private employer. Ukrop's Super Markets Inc. and Capital One...

Virginia Home Sales Take Off as Interest Rates Drop.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Donna W. Rogers Jan. 22--November existing-home sales rose in Virginia -- by double digits -- and in Richmond as low interest rates pushed buyers into homes, Realtor associations report. "Virginia continues to mirror and even...

Richmond, Va., Arts and Culture Magazine Plans to Start New Artists Fund.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 22--After two years of covering -- and uncovering -- Virginia's wealth of artistic talent, 64 magazine is ready to invest in a little grass-roots creative nurturing. The nonprofit publication, devoted to the...

Virginia Committee Approves Plan to Trim Powers of Corporation Commission.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 22--A General Assembly committee has endorsed killing the State Corporation Commission's authority to consider the environment and other issues when companies apply to build power plants and lines in Virginia....

Dominion Virginia Power Still Aims to Transfer Power Plants.
January 22, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 22--Dominion Virginia Power has taken the first step toward appealing the State Corporation Commission's denial of the utility's request to rid itself of its power plants. Virginia Power gave formal notice...

Virginia Farmers See Good, Bad in Emerging Farm Bill.
January 21, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 21--Most people like to eat. And if they don't like to eat, they at least have to occasionally. Throughout U.S. history, Americans have recognized a need to support the farmers who feed them. The result has...

10,000 Acres of Westvaco's Virginia Land Finds Buyer.
January 21, 2002... Byline: Rex Bowman Jan. 21--EAGLE ROCK, Va.--A quarter of the nearly 40,000 acres of mountainous western Virginia land the Westvaco Corp. put up for sale this past spring has now been sold, according to the real estate agent charged with...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Consumer Watch Column.
January 20, 2002... Byline: Iris Taylor Jan. 20--Have you received unsolicited merchandise in the mail or purchased a computer that was sold as new, but you suspect it is refurbished? Read on. That's what two readers say happened to them. They asked what...

Richmond, Va., Economic Development Director Pushes for Zoned Tax Breaks.
January 20, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 20--The city's economic development office might soon propose special business zones that would give technology companies tax breaks to locate within Richmond's limits. Few details have been hammered out...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
January 20, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 20--The collapse of Enron, the wheeling-dealing energy giant, has exploded into the biggest business scandal in years. So far, the company's problems don't seemed to have spilled over into the larger economy...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Tech Notes Column.
January 20, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 20--The urge to try a wireless home network grows more irresistible all the time. I love the idea of taking a laptop to the living room or front porch and enjoying a broadband Internet connection without...

Increased Baggage Screening Goes Smoothly at Richmond, Va., Airport.
January 19, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 19--Christina Merry arrived at Richmond International Airport before sunrise yesterday, prepared for the worst. Merry feared she'd face long delays before catching a flight home to Texas, because of a...

Fed Official Says Recovery to Be Slow.
January 19, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 19--The economy is expected to recover in the spring and slowly accelerate for the rest of the year, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said. The recovery, however, will be slower than...

Below-Cost Gasoline Sales Protection Is Sought in Virginia.
January 19, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 19--Virginia's independent gasoline dealers will ask a General Assembly committee Monday for protection from competitors willing to sell gasoline below cost to gain a market advantage. The Senate Commerce...

Richmond, Va., Telephone Firm Buys Communications Company.
January 19, 2002... Jan. 19--Cavalier Telephone of Richmond has completed its acquisition of Net2000 Communications, based in Herndon. Cavalier has bought all of the assets roughly 100,000 customer lines of Net2000 in Virginia, Maryland and the District of...

Virginia Legislators Make Picks for Appointed Positions.
January 18, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 18--A House of Delegates panel endorsed Theodore V. Morrison for re-election to the State Corporation Commission yesterday. The Commerce and Labor Committee also supported Lawrence D. Tarr for re-election to...

Planned Highway Project May Be Costliest Ever in Northern Virginia.
January 18, 2002... Byline: Paul Bradley Jan. 18--ALEXANDRIA, Va.--The $565 million reconstruction of the Springfield "Mixing Bowl" interchange is about to lose its position as the most costly public works project ever in Northern Virginia. State...

State Workers May Lose 2 Percent Raise.
January 18, 2002... Jan. 18--State workers could lose a proposed 2 percent raise as a result of behind-the-scenes efforts by Gov. Mark R. Warner and key lawmakers in both parties to agree on a budget-balancing plan. Warner, in office only six days, has...

Eastern Virginia Medical School to End Human Embryo Production.
January 18, 2002... Byline: A.J. Hostetler Jan. 18--The Eastern Virginia Medical School has backed away from its controversial stem-cell research and says it won't create new human embryos for scientific study of any kind. The decision comes as the...

Richmond, Va., Hotel Fixture Is Still Seeing Stars.
January 18, 2002... Byline: Will Jones Jan. 18--In the premier suite of Richmond's grandest hotel, guests can relax on a private, marble balcony overlooking Franklin Street. They can choose among four telephones to call room service and order ice cream...

Panel defers ruling on permit to build Fluvanna County, Va., power plant.
January 17, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 17--The State Corporation Commission tripped a circuit breaker on plans to build a $280 million electric power plant in rural Fluvanna County. In a 2-1 decision yesterday, the SCC deferred Tenaska Virginia...

Virginia Civic Groups, Schools to Get Funds for Anti-Tobacco Programs.
January 17, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 17--A special state foundation is preparing to hand out nearly $6.9 million to civic groups and schools for programs aimed at discouraging children and teen-agers from using tobacco. The money comes...

Lead Settlement Covers Richmond, Va.-Area Housing Owned by Denver Company.
January 17, 2002... Byline: Donna W. Rogers Jan. 17--Statewide, 8,520 apartment units, including 1,813 in central Virginia, will become lead-free as part of the broadest lead-disclosure settlement ever, two federal agencies announced yesterday. The...

Richmond, Va., Mortgage Lender Goes Public.
January 16, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 16--The Richmond area will add another issue to its list of publicly traded stocks today. Saxon Capital Inc., a residential mortgage lender with headquarters in Henrico County's Innsbrook office park, begins...

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Right to Sue Expanded.
January 16, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 16--Employees who sign away their rights to sue companies gained another avenue for their grievances yesterday. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can sue...

Diminutive Devices Dominate Consumer Electronics Show.
January 15, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 15--LAS VEGAS--James Bond would love to have one of these. Panasonic's SV-AV10 video and audio recorder weighs just 3.46 ounces and it is smaller than a business card. But this portable product...

Report Finds Virginia Is 21st in Tobacco-Control Spending.
January 15, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 15--Virginia has done a better job than other tobacco-producing states in putting money from the 1998 tobacco settlement into smoking-prevention programs. But the state still spends far less on...

Virginia Panel Endorses Adding Two Seats to Senate Corporation Commission.
January 15, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 15--A state Senate committee has endorsed increasing the size of the State Corporation Commission from three to five members. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee voted 9-5 yesterday to report a bill...

Virginia Roofing Group Launches Course to Spur Interest in Field.
January 14, 2002... Byline: Donna W. Rogers Jan. 14--Rooftops have inspired songs, but Virginia leaders in the roof contracting industry want them to inspire more quality workers to enter the field. The industry, as with other trades, needs more workers...

Virginia Prepares for Deregulation of Electricity Market.
January 12, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 12--Virginia is ready for electric competition, but competitors may find the going tough. The prices electricity suppliers will have to beat to save utility customers money were announced this week. The...

Richmond, Va., Law Office Experiences Staff Shakeup.
January 12, 2002... Byline: Alan Cooper Jan. 12--Incoming Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine isn't the only lawyer leaving his firm. About a dozen other attorneys have left McCandlish Holton because of Kaine's departure to take state office. But Thomas W....

SouthTrust Bank Names CEO of Richmond, Va., Market.
January 12, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 12--Jon Farmer has been named chief executive officer of SouthTrust Bank's new market in Richmond. Farmer, 42, will lead operations here as the Birmingham, Ala.-based bank makes itself known in Virginia. ...

Southern Container, Packaging Industry Duo Buy Company.
January 12, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 12--Pohlig Bros. Inc., a packaging company with operations in the Richmond area for 135 years, has been sold. The company's new owners are packaging industry veterans Michael Gaffney and James Petit,...

Richmond, Va., Airport to Get $2 Million to Fund Baggage Checkpoint Expansion.
January 11, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 11--Richmond International Airport is slated to get $2 million from the federal government to expand the airport's baggage screening checkpoint. The expansion will triple the size of the checkpoint...

Study Cites Richmond, Va.-Area Job Losses Tied to Sept. 11.
January 11, 2002... Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 11--The Richmond-Petersburg area will lose 6,590 jobs this year as a direct result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a study released yesterday. While the shock of the attacks might be over,...

Judge Rejects Challenge to Way Smithfield Foods Gets Pork Supplies.
January 11, 2002... Byline: Alan Cooper Jan. 11--A federal judge in Norfolk has rejected a challenge to the way Smithfield Foods Inc. gets much of the pork it packs and distributes to retailers. Pork producers in Georgia had filed a class-action suit...

Verizon to Test Fiber-Optic Lines in New Community in Loudoun County, Va.
January 11, 2002... Byline: McGregor McCance Jan. 11--In a high-speed telecommunications market test, Verizon Communications will connect fiber-optic lines directly to homes in a new Loudoun County planned community. A potential next-generation...

Virginia Watchdog Agency to Reorganize.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 10--The State Corporation Commission said yesterday that it was reorganizing to improve its efficiency. Also yesterday, Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, introduced a bill that would increase the...

Retailers Hail New Era with High-Definition TV, Other Wares.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 10--LAS VEGAS--Executives of some of the nation's largest consumer electronics retailers say the industry is on the cusp of a digital revolution. "We are at the very, very, very embryonic stages and...

Virginia Remodeling Contractors Form Trade Group.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Valerie Hubbard Jan. 10--In recent years, remodeling contractors didn't have to find work. The jobs found them. Demand for their skills was so high, many remodelers had more requests than they could handle. The common...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Retail Column.
January 10, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 10--Bill Kennedy knows music, and he knows the Richmond market. He had worked for Peaches Music & Video since 1986, first as manager of the chain's Midlothian Turnpike store and then as regional manager....

Richmond, Va., Hotel Earns Five-Star Rating for Second Consecutive Year.
January 9, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 9--The Jefferson Hotel has kept its spot on a short, elite list of great hotels in North America. For the second year in a row, the historic hotel in downtown Richmond has earned a five-star award...

Plan to Limit SCC Authority over Power Plants Gets Virginia Lawmakers' Support.
January 9, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 9--A group of Virginia lawmakers monitoring electricity deregulation has endorsed a bill that would limit the authority of the State Corporation Commission to deal with environmental and other impacts of new...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Rayner Column.
January 9, 2002... Byline: Bob Rayner Jan. 9--It sounds so easy. Radio advertising, after all, is just dialogue with sound effects, right? Shouldn't be a big problem for somebody who writes for a living. Well, we'll see. Neathawk Dubuque is...

Industrial Fiber Firm to Open in South Hill, Va.
January 9, 2002... Byline: Jamie C. Ruff Jan. 9--SOUTH HILL, Va.--A manufacturer of industrial fibers will open an $8.7 million plant in South Hill that will produce at least 55 jobs, officials announced yesterday. Basalt Fiber Co. will produce coated...

Circuit City Comes On Strong in the Fourth Quarter.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 8--Circuit City Stores Inc. had a spectacular December. Sales were stronger than expected at the Richmond-based retailer's core consumer electronics business. Shoppers bought digital cameras, video...

Dominion Virginia Power Now Looks to Legislature for Transfer of Ownership.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 8--Dominion Virginia Power will try to get from the state legislature what it was denied by the State Corporation Commission. But gauging the reaction of lawmakers to a Virginia Power proposal yesterday, the...

Virginia Jobless Rate Edges up to 3.6 Percent in November.
January 8, 2002... Byline: John Reid Blackwell Jan. 8--Virginia's unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point in November. At 3.6 percent, it marked the state's highest level in 50 months but still was well below the national rate of 5.3...

Enthusiasm, Service Built Customer Base, Says Wine Shop Owner in Virginia.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Tim Vaughan Jan. 8--Early on, Julia Battaglini ran into plenty of red tape to go with the red wines she planned to sell at River City Cellars. Her Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control license kept getting held up, but she...

Virginia Taxpayers Will Mail Returns to Memphis, Tenn.
January 8, 2002... Byline: Greg Edwards Jan. 8--Virginia's 3.5 million individual taxpayers will mail federal income tax returns to a different processing center this year. Returns will go to an Internal Revenue Service center in Memphis, Tenn., rather...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Business Briefs Column.
January 7, 2002... Jan. 7--ACCOUNTING: Scott Arnold has joined RSM McGladrey Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen as director of business development and marketing efforts in the mid-Atlantic region. He was with VIMCO Shading Systems and Commonwealth Public...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Trade Names Column.
January 7, 2002... Byline: Holly Carroll Jan. 7--Debbie Bowie believes that people trying to unclutter their lives in 2002 should employ a 3,000-year-old concept. Bowie, the owner of Simply Organized at 5023 Sylvan Road in Richmond, utilizes feng shui...

New Leaders of Virginia Real Estate-Related Groups Share Challenges for 2002.
January 7, 2002... Byline: Holly Carroll Jan. 7--The new leaders of several state and local home builder, Realtor and banking professional organizations said their goals for 2002 include member education and legislative lobbying. But some of these new...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Speaking of Work Column.
January 7, 2002... Byline: Wallace Johnston Jan. 7--Have you got a nosy co-worker? Nosy co-workers present problems. First, they want to know things that are personal. And second, they eat up a lot of time. It has been my experience that direct...

United Dominion Realty Trust in Richmond, Va., Acquires Three Complexes.
January 5, 2002... Byline: Donna W. Rogers Jan. 5--United Dominion Realty Trust has purchased the remaining stake it didn't own in three new apartment complexes in the West and Southwest, the company announced yesterday. For about $46 million, the...

Old Original Bookbinder's Restaurant Closes in Philadelphia.
January 5, 2002... Byline: Gregory J. Gilligan Jan. 5--The first Old Original Bookbinder's restaurant, which has served meals in Philadelphia for more than a century, shut down this week for good. The closing has no impact on the second Old Original...