Stephen Zamias, president of Johnstown-based Zamias Services, tallies up what it would cost to build his company's Pittsburgh Mills shopping development at today's prices, and the vision of a new shopping mall begins to seem like a mirage.

In a culture that reveres one-stop shopping, being able to add insurance to your financial services cart at the bank seemed like a logical arrangement. Turns out, for most banks, it is.

BAA are giving you the chance to indulge yourself on your next journey through the airport as they are giving away £500 to spend at any one of its UK BAA airports over the next year.

The product-purchase option will debut with four TV shows, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "The Colbert Report," and "Burn Notice."

There was a period of time when Stamford stopped growing. It was after World War II when the advent of shopping centers away from the center of town took hold. The downtown became old, out of style and deteriorated. It needed to be restored.