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Articles in July, 2004 issue of Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Mississippi's unemployment jumps to 5.6 percent in May.
- 'Port Discovery' children's museum gets major makeover in Baltimore.
- Federal Reserve Bank raises interest rates to 1.25 percent.
- Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
- Florida GOP candidate for U.S. Senate claims a record for fund-raising.
- Rate hike not expected to play key role in presidential election, experts say.
- London-based firm increases share of Paramus, N.J., shopping center.
- The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Mathis network column.
- Weyerhaeuser names buyers of Georgia wildlife management areas.
- Universities to expand medical education in South Florida.
- Jazz club, restaurant to reopen under new management in Milwaukee.
- Fed increases interest rates.
- Centerville, Maine's smallest town, becomes a township.
- Ferry involved in fatal Staten Island, N.Y., crash is repaired.
- Irvine, Calif., company's latest gadget is pocket-size TiVo.
- The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., test drive column.
- The Philadelphia Inquirer technology queries column.
- Ontario, Calif., manufacturer Lifepoint struggles to market drug-test kit.
- Boeing workers will get windfall in shares.
- Financial privacy law gets California court approval.
- San Antonio Express-News David Hendricks column.
- Federal Reserve raises interest rates.
- Thailand property developer plans IPO this year.
- Container X-ray system debuts for Thailand's cargo ports.
- Chattanooga, Tenn., convention center's future in question after funding cuts.
- Interest rate increase should not hurt Norfolk, Va.-area housing market.
- The Wisconsin State Journal business changes column.
- Higher interest rates may slow consumer purchases of high-value goods.
- Glendale, Calif., salon specializes in fantasy makeovers for preteen girls.
- Kerry campaign to announce $175 million in fundraising proceeds.
- New port security law may disrupt global trade, industry experts worry.
- Dollar General to open 7,000th store in Clovis, N.M.
- Family leave law takes effect in California with most workers unaware.
- Regional transit chief says Chicago-area transit system not in budget crisis.
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wall Street column.
- Q&A: Impact of Fed's interest rate hike on consumers.
- AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, technology briefs column.
- Planned Interstate 70 off-ramp traffic worries Columbia, Mo., residents.
- Hard Rock Cafe opening Friday in Destin, Fla.
- Houston financier wants federal regulators punished for 'meritless' lawsuit.
- Matsushita Electric Works posts interim net profit gain of 36.1 percent.
- Softbank Investment to buy Nomura group's brokerage unit.
- Nevada's modified payroll tax drops to 0.65 percent today.
- More rigorous USDA tests of suspicious animal show no sign of mad cow disease.
- Tom Hamilton Real Estate Queries Column.
- Workers at Wichita, Kan., Boeing plant stand to benefit from stock plan.
- AT&T offers Internet telephone service in Buffalo, N.Y.
- Salina, Kan., adult-novelty store pleads guilty in obscenity case.
- Tucson, Ariz., hospital fares well as region's only major trauma center.
- Hearing to clarify dog leash rules at Charlestown, N.H., park.
- Chester, Vt., is ready to hammer decision holding up treatment plant project.
- Burlington, Mass., medical center buys former Hewlett Packard building.
- Providence, R.I., mayor considers private offers on civic center.
- Lawsuit questions Sacramento, Calif.-based hospital chain's billing practices.
- Sale of Chambersburg, Pa., airport helps keep skydiving center open.
- Bethlehem Township, Pa., may rezone residential areas for commercial use.
- Shares of most Colorado companies drop during second quarter.
- Governor signs New Jersey budget in private, with less fanfare than last year.
- Plan still on track for new Penn Station in New York, with or without Amtrak.
- Vancouver, Wash., population hits a growth spurt.
- Repeated Texas flood-damage claims could trigger higher premiums, relocations.
- Fed lifts key interest rate, with more hikes likely to come.
- Las Cruces, N.M., utility rates increase.
- With end of Brewer, Maine, paper mill comes end to union.
- Travel to New Jersey shore rebounds from 2003 doldrums.
- Locked-out Weathersfield, Ohio, titanium workers lose their 2005 vacations.
- More homebuyers shop on Internet, California Realtors' survey says.
- Northrop Grumman in Pascagoula, Miss., to benefit from Coast Guard contracts.
- Business officials get a look at new Southwest terminal at Baltimore airport.
- Detroit Free Press Tom Walsh column.
- Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton column.
- Judge rules Texas Instruments can continue making Qualcomm-patented chips.
- New Jersey lease customers can expect refunds in DaimlerChrysler settlement.
- Great Plains Energy puts second coal-fired power plant on back burner.
- Former Holland America Line executive pleads guilty in Florida pollution case.
- Patriotic products are hot retail items for Fourth this year in Mesa, Ariz.
- Williamsburg, Va., restaurant owner faces lawsuit for seeking relocation.
- Key Energy Services pulls out of San Antonio, Pennsylvania.
- New Jersey Health Department's report rates hospitals.
- Southern States automotive group buys another Raleigh, N.C., dealership.
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