November 11, 2000
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Cheap advice
[Times photo: Fraser Hale]
Two frugal graduate students who met over brown-bag lunches have turned their penchant for penny pinching into a start-up business. |
Florida Power to close offices
The 33 sites manage 330,000 transactions a month, but the utility will send its customers to "pay stations."
Business today
FIRESTONE SALES DOWN: Sales of Firestone replacement tires for cars and light trucks fell about 40 percent in the United States in September and October compared with a year earlier, the president of Bridgestone Corp. said. The sales decline followed a massive recall of Firestone tires begun in August by its U.S. subsidiary, Bridgestone/Firestone. Bridgestone president Yoichiro Kaizaki also said the company expects recall costs to reach about $450-million, nearly 29 percent higher than earlier estimates. Overall,
