Kelda FY pretax rises on strong overall performance
Forbes - LONDON (AFX) - Kelda Group PLC raised its pretax profit in the year to March 31 2006 to 224.3 mln stg from 190.7 mln the prior year after a strong overall performance. Turnover grew to 779.4 mln stg from 670.8 mln. The period saw a good start by

New Top Management at S.M. Electric; John Murphy Named President
dBusinessNews.com - Newark — S.M. Electric Company, Inc., a top electrical contractor in the tri-state region, announced key organizational changes . . . John Murphy, Executive Vice President, has been promoted to President, and Peter Cheche, Jr., former President, is

End of a Nordstrom era
Seattle Times - Enrique Hernandez Jr. stands Tuesday as he is announced as the non-executive chairman of Nordstrom. In the late 1970s, when the Nordstroms sought to expand into California, they were told not to expect their Northwest-style customer-service “shtick