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Fredy Banegas sat patiently in his clean white shirt and blue jeans as an administrator at El Centro Hispano helped him fill out a job application. It had been nearly three months since he got his clothes dirty from working at a Durham construction site.

Erlinda Valencia worries she could lose the airport security job she's had for 14 years because her citizenship application hasn't yet been approved.

Northwest Airlines said Tuesday it will increase the minimum number of award miles required for free travel and allow frequent fliers to redeem those miles during peak-travel dates previously off-limits through the WorldPerks program.

Commenting on yesterday's Chapter 11 filing by Kmart Corporation, WestPoint Stevens, a leading home fashions company, based in West Point, Ga. said it expects no material impact on its financial results.

Delta Air Lines today announced that more than 4.2 million Delta tickets were purchased at its Web site in 2001, representing a 60 percent growth.

The Coca-Cola Company said
today that its financial results would not be impacted by the change in accounting methodology announced earlier today by its bottling partner Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Larry Guydon remembers when Kmart was premiere discount retailer in town, long before Target and Wal-Mart stores began multiplying across America.

Stanley Marcus, the man who turned the Neiman Marcus department store into a symbol of luxury and taste, had a philosophy as elegant as his stores.

While six former Tyson Foods Inc. managers indicted in an immigrant smuggling case have been preparing for their first federal court hearing Thursday, some immigrants stranded with fraudulent IDs have been running for cover.

Honda officials say they are trying to determine whether additional workers will be needed at the East Liberty plant to accommodate production of a new light truck.