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Reports that the New York Times Co. has agreed to buy a stake of daily newspaper publisher Metro Boston. Names of the newspaper publishing companies who have turned to a free publication to supplement the circulation of its paid offerings; Consideration for the willingness of readers to pay for a newspaper.

Offers world news briefs related to business as of December 27, 2001. Lower profit expectations for Brazilian paper exporter Aracruz Celulose; Hints of an economic upturn for Singapore's economy; Fall in prices for French manufacturers; Approval for a construction project overlooking the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of October 23, 2002. Dispute between Russian vodka exporter Soyuzplodimport and the Russian Agriculture Ministry over rights to vodka brands; Loss for Finnish paper company Stora Enso; Complaint by the European Union concerning South Korea's subsidized shipbuilding; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of April 24, 2002. Acquisition of the Mazola cooking oil and other brands from Unilever by Associated British Foods; Earnings losses at the Finnish paper and forestry group Stora Enso; Profits for Indian private oil refiner, Reliance Petroleum; Others.

Blogging is no longer a quick way to show how smart you are, not when it seems that every entrepreneur and his 14-year-old niece have a blog. Writing a book would be a terrific way to show the quality of your thinking, but who has the time? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents news briefs related to business in the United States.

Presents world business news briefs. Plans of a group of black South African investors, led by Cyril Ramaphosa, to purchase a stake in a newsprint business; Forecast of record sales by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's largest supplier of made-to-order computer chips; Details of strike negotiations underway in Chile, with copper producer Codelco; Others.

Presents news briefs on business-related issues from around the world as of October 10, 1999. Increase in sales of Kleenex brand facial tissue during the 1999 back-to-school season in the United States; Fiberglass guard dogs offered by Tradicom in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Failure of the Cambodian Farmers Bank to pay its employees.

Offers world news briefs related to business as of March 27, 2001. Inflation in Germany; Investments in the Chinese oil industry by companies Royal Dutch/Shell Group and BP Amoco; Merger between rival paper companies Norske Skog Canada and Pacifica Papers to create North America's third-largest newsprint producer.

Provides business update in New York and New Jersey as of January 6, 2000. Information on another flight service from Southwest Airlines; Implication of the collapse of the National Finance Corp.; Plan of the Nine Dragons City Associates to build a Chinatown in Albany, New York.

BUFFALO -- Over the years, newspaper owners have built monuments to themselves in the form of giant buildings, statues and plaques commemorating their roles in their communities and the country at large. At the headquarters of The Buffalo News here, a sand-colored office building across the river from a fragrant Cheerios factory, the only visible sign of the owner is a small photograph hanging in the office of the publisher, Stanford Lipsey, signed, ''To the best in the business, Warren.'' Warren is, of course, the billionaire Warren E. Buffett, but the modesty of his physical presence at the paper -- he has not visited the paper in the last eight years -- understates his interest in the paper, which a unit of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, bought in 1977. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents business news briefs from around the word as of June 2003. Examination of a television merger in Great Britain; Steady quarter at Cadbury Schweppes; Debt agreement advances in Singapore at the Asia Pulp and Paper Company.

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: BankAmerica said it had agreed to acquire Valley Capital, a Las Vegas company that owns the Valley Bank (D3); Construction spending rose 0.3 percent in June, helped by the rebound in single-family housing (D6); These are not the best of times for paper companies, but International Paper has gone against the grain (D6).

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: Procter & Gamble plans to sell its wood pulp business, which it uses as a source of paper for its paper towels, diapers and other consumer products (D3); Canada's energy minister announced rule changes that would make it easier for foreign investors to buy into Canada's oil and gas industry (D3); Nervous coffee traders sent futures prices into a sharp decline, falling 3 cents a pound (D16).

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: Paper recycling standards due to be set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will do little to divert waste paper from landfills, some say (D4); Two of Donald J. Trump'scasinos promised New Jersey regulators that they would file for bankruptcy next month (D4); Like to draw? Just take J. Walter Thompson's offbeat test and land an art director's job (D18).

The article focuses on issues related to business discussed in several periodicals. C.K. Prahalad, of the University of Michigan, wrote in a paper in the journal "Strategy + Business," that breakthrough creativity requires and explicit acknowledgment of limits. The journal "Wired Test," published a list, titled "10 Gadgets That Changed the World." According to the "Health," magazine, the average cost of ingredients needed to serve 10 people a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is $36.78.

Reports legal and business developments in New York. Details of the legal papers filed by the lawyers for New York City to recover the costs that the city incurred in defending a civil suit on the fatal 1999 police shooting of Gidone Busch; Guilty plea of Nathan Loeb, owner of two camera and electronics stores, in a tax evasion case; Deal between the Bank of America Corp. and the Durst Organization Inc. to develop the Bank of America Tower near Times Square.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of July 31, 2001. Sale of the airline carrier AOM-Air Liberte by the Swissair Group; Rise in profits for BAA, which operates Heathrow and Gatwick Airports; Loss of profit for the South African pulp and paper group Sappi Ltd.; Others.

Presents world news briefs relating to business as of June 6, 2001. Stake of pulp exporter Celulose Nipo-Brasileira bought jointly by Brazilian paper and pulp companies Aracruz and Votorantim Celulose e Papel; Decrease in shares of the Railtrack Group; Profit at Burberry fashion maker Great Universal Stores; Others.

Presents world business briefs as of April 27, 2001. Downgrade of the Japanese government's estimate for economic growth in the final 3 months of 2000; Investigation of hidden debts of Asia Pulp and Paper Company; Passage of a law in Turkey which grants autonomy to the Central Bank; Others.

Presents business news briefs on January 30, 2000. Japanese Labor Ministry to take action to prevent the death of employees from overwork; Efforts of workers at the Lacey, Washington-based Giles Paper & Packaging and Carman Manufacturing plants to use rain gear against seagull droppings; Dispute over a proposal to require showers for workers at pig farms in Denmark.

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: G. Heileman Brewing may not use Power Master as the name of its new malt liquor, the government said (D6); Most of a Canadian paper mill owned by Kimberly-Clark and The New York Times Company will be shut (D5); The real test of the impact of interest rates is their level in relation to inflation (D2).

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: Japan's consideration of an optical fiber network (D2); Digital Equipment will establish a center to transform information on paper into digital signals (D5); Dry Midwestern weather caused a rally in corn and soybean futures prices (D13).

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: Vestar Capital Partners agreed to buy the Organic Chemicals division of W.R. Grace for $100 million (D4); Thousands of sheets of paper used at the Earth Summit in Brazil will be flown to a plant near Paris for recycling (D4); Cotton, soybean and corn futures moved higher on reports of too much rain in the Southwest and too little in the Midwest (D23).

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: Xerox announced software that could be a first step in bridging the gap between paper and computers in the office (D4); The dollar was mostly lower in slow trading as dealers anticipated new US economic data (D19; Delta has spent heavily in Europe, and its investment could well pay off over the long term (D8).

Presents an index of business articles in this issue. Among others: Almost a million Americans went bankrupt last year, but others were not so lucky. Many are too poor (A24); Continental Airlines said it would raise fares on some tickets and eliminate some discount ticket categories (D5); The unions at `The Daily News' said they would become a buyer of last resort to keep the paper alive if necessary (B3).

Provides tips for small business owners for choosing phone consultants in the U.S. Importance of describing business challenges to the vendors or consultants one is considering; Cost of multiline phone systems from manufacturers; Option for small businesses to buy equipment or packages of services through their phone company.