Benjamin D. Gaon, an Israeli industrialist who tried to build trade links with the Arab world and who helped the Israeli economy move from its socialist roots toward privatization, died May 10 in Tel Aviv.

It’s one of the rare occasions when it’s OK to gawk at the flaws of the very old. Designers and architects are plucking wood from old barns and other structures to give new projects a dose of character that can be otherwise be hard to come by.

The natural gas drilling boom in parts of our area is being compared to the 1849 gold rush. Business and government leaders in central Pennsylvania think it could be the biggest economic development they have ever seen.

Students arriving back at Boise State this week surely noticed the “Does BSU Support a Tax Cheat?” labor dispute banners in front of the Student Union Building and the University Inn.The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, , set up the b

IBM hasn't been cool or sexy for years. The Charlie Chaplin era was cute and yes, Big Blue did legitimate the PC as a business tool. But that's ancient history. This company--never the hippest cat around--turned utterly super square under Lou Gerstner i