16 August 2005

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Owner of dive shop fulfills dream
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Since he was 12 years old, Pete Williamson has been an avid scuba diver. Now Williamson, 26, has opened his own dive shop, Capt. Pete's Discount Scuba, at 714 Pine Island Road near Nicholas Parkway.
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Discount drug program to begin later this fall
siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2005/08/16/news/local/99d2e433cebb4d8a8625705f000cb947.txt
A prescription drug discount program should be available for free to Woodbury County residents this fall. Pending Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approval this morning, the program is expected to be available sometime in September, board member Doug Walish said.

Business Digest: Gateway posts a profit but lowers 2005 forecast; Agilent sells off chip unit; oil prices retreat; statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/08/16bizbriefs.html
Gateway Inc. swung to a second-quarter profit, its first in more than three years. But the No. 3 personal computer company cut revenue and earnings estimates for the year.

Pilots chafe at Spirit glitches
sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-zspirit16aug16,0,6287126.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines
The union representing Spirit Airlines' pilots have taken public its grievances with the carrier, saying the discount airline hasn't responded to months of complaints about not being paid properly and a staffing shortage.

Kohl's to open Frenchtown Twp. store in October
detnews.com/2005/business/0508/16/C01-281960.htm
Kohl's is opening a store in Frenchtown Township near Monroe in October as the discount retailer accelerates its off-mall growth plans and opens nearly 100 stores nationwide.

Rates rise to highest level in four years nwitimes.com/articles/2005/08/16/business/business/940a654d656232ed8625705e00725ae3.txt
| Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels in more than four years. The Treasury Department auctioned $18 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 3.470 percent, up from 3.460 percent last week.

hometownlife.com
Garden City residents interested in the Merck Prescription Discount Program can now get brochures and applications through the office of State Sen. Laura Toy, R-Livonia.

Retailer Coles posts record sales cnn.com/rssclick/2005/BUSINESS/08/16/australia.coles/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Australia's largest retailer Coles Myer Ltd has lifted annual sales 13 percent to a record Aust. $36.6 billion ($28.1 billion) and says it is on track for 2005 earnings of A$675 million.

GAO: Supplements Drive Up Textbook Prices
Once just a weighty tome, the college textbook has evolved into a package including text, colorful supplements and software. But those bells and whistles — which critics and many students call unnecessary — are the main reason textbook prices are rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, according to a new government report.

Coles Myer May Exit Myer Stores to Battle Woolworths (Update6) bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=asZwCrRgKvpE
Aug. 16 Coles Myer Ltd., Australia's biggest retailer, may sell its 105-year-old Myer department store chain to focus on groceries and liquor, where sales growth is lagging Woolworths Ltd.