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INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
September 26, 2006
HP, Press Bug Each Other

BY KEN SPENCER BROWN
Silicon Valley journalists just got tougher — and for some, so has their job.
Revelations that investigators hired by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) spied on reporters and stole their identities to get personal records all but guarantee the Silicon Valley icon will face a more skeptical press.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)
April 27, 2006
Exxon Mobil: How much is too much profit?

By Barry Shlachter, Knight Ridder Newspapers
FORT WORTH, TX -- Exxon Mobil might soon learn if it's possible for a corporation to earn just too much money.

If you're paying $3 per gallon to fill up your Chevy Suburban you might think oil companies are making too much. But if you're a shareholder, you might believe the more the better.

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The Plain Dealer
Friday, October 06, 2006
Scaring up big profits

No tricks: Halloween's become a real treat for retailers
Halloween used to be a quaint tradition celebrated by pint-sized cowboys and fairies who went door-to-door begging for sweets.

Not anymore.

Halloween today is big business, with more and more retailers getting into the spirit to scare up pre-Christmas profits.

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