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April 14, 2003
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Today’s headlinesThree questions with Duane Woerth
President of the Air Line Pilots Association International, a resident of Indian Rocks Beach
Better times
The once-notorious time-share industry has cleaned up its act, and even major hotel chains are getting in on the boom.
Robert Trigaux: Dr. Florida's prescription: creating a vision for cities
What does the Tampa Bay region want to be when it grows up?
Little profit in resale of time shares
People who mistakenly think a time share is an investment that will pay off when it's resold are likely to face a miserable return on a purchase frequently made at credit card interest rates.
Buttons signal disgruntled frequent fliers
Look closely on your next Delta Air Lines flight and you might see signs of a rebellion brewing among some of the airline's most loyal customers.
For Verizon, rates are relative
Verizon Communications is so upset with the Florida Public Service Commission's decision in October to cut the company's wholesale rates charged to competitors that it's appealing the decision all the way to the state Supreme Court.
CrossGen repurposes the comic book
Comic books still drive the vast majority of sales at CrossGeneration Comics Inc., but they're no longer part of its name. Last week the Oldsmar company renamed itself CrossGen Entertainment Inc.
Eckerd moves into Manhattan
After surrounding New York City with drugstores, Eckerd Corp. is moving into the high-priced real estate of Manhattan for the first time.
HealthSouth troubles haven't reached Tampa Bay area, local centers say
HealthSouth Corp. may be crumbling under the weight of a federal investigation into an alleged multibillion-dollar accounting scheme by its founder and top executives, including nine who have pleaded guilty to wrongdoing. But officials with HealthSouth's operations in the Tampa Bay area say things are just hunky-dory.
Just ignore what we've been saying about a new power plant
It's not as if some top-secret source keeps whispering that Progress Energy Florida plans to build a new "peaking" plant in or near St. Petersburg for periods of heavy electricity demand.
A sweet way to sell
The workers at a California bakery must have thought they were outfitting a food fight when marketers from American Trans Air recently called in an order for 400 apple pies.
Humana tries plastic surgery on image
Humana Inc., once known for its rigid physician network and nonstop complaints from patients, wants to change its image. The health care company, which cringes at the "managed care" label, has kicked off a marketing campaign with the tagline: "Guidance when you need it most."
Profile: Marc Blumenthal
New position: CEO, Intelladon Corp., Tampa; Previous position: President and CEO, Progressive Business Solutions, Tampa
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Personal Technology
Personal Tech: April 14, 2003
Despite popularly, Google under fire for privacy issues
Type "phone book" into the Google search engine and about 4.5-million results turn up. Directories, reverse directories, just about every type of phone information you can imagine is listed.
Solutions: Low memory or resources may be slowing program startup
Q. I have a problem when trying to view winipcfg. After clicking on the program, the programs' menu does not display on the screen. After clicking Ctrl-Alt-Del, the list of programs running comes up and shows winipcfg running. Several times I thought the program did not start and went to the Start/Run menu again and again clicked on the program to open. When I click Ctrl-Alt-Del, I will see the program listed as running several times. After canceling the programs, I have been able eventually to open the program. I recently have experienced this with another program. Using Ctrl-Alt-Del, I canceled the program and then was able to open the program properly. Most often when I experience this problem I am using a desktop shortcut to execute the program. When a program is running but not visible on the screen, such as I have described, is there a way to force the program to display itself?
Postings
Internet consultant Ron Dupont will be the guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting of the Tampa Bay Computer Society. It begins at 6:45 p.m. at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive. For information, call (727) 443-4433 or check www.tampa-bay.net.
Site Seeing
Fell free to browse
The Buzz: IBM hopes plan would reduce spam
Here's one idea to end the flood of spam: Commercial e-mailers would pay an authorization fee that would grant them the privilege to send mail to a recipient. As described in Information Week, the program, under development by IBM, would sniff incoming e-mail and determine if a message is part of a recipient-defined list of approved addresses. Messages not on the list then would be scoured for a 10-digit code obtained from one of two sources -- the above-mentioned software or a site that would issue authenticated codes for a fee.
Review
It's My Diary
Video Games
James Bond 007 Nightfire
Latest business news
Monday's Metal Prices
Skilling, Lay optimistic as testimony ends
Wachovia shares fall on Golden West deal
GAO: Sarbanes-Oxley costs high for cos.
London's FTSE-100 index closes down 24.6
Calif. attorney general files fourth suit
Rigas sentencings reset for April
Plaintiffs in insurance fraud lawsuit
Health insurance plans claim vast fraud
TD Ameritrade fiscal 1Q profit up 5 percent
Wells Fargo net rises on deposits, lending growth
Citi misses Street; 4Q profit down 11 percent
Housing bust still haunts the banks
Infosys quarter profit $458M, cuts guidance
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