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Hospital Chain Looks to Rebound After Rough Year; Dallas-Based Tenet Will Sell 11 Facilities, Upgrade Others

FRISCO, Texas -- Patients who enter Centennial Medical Center might wonder if they've stumbled into the wrong building after seeing the flagstone walls and Starbucks kiosk in the hospital lobby and a stone fireplace in the dining hall. The gleaming, $130 million hospital opened last year along a new toll road in one of the nation's fastest-growing cities. It has 118 beds, a large and well-equipped emergency room and the latest in expensive CT-scan technology.

Is Oil Wealth Enough for Newly Rich Russia?

MOSCOW -- Russia has come a long way since its 1998 default on $40 billion of Soviet-era debt, burying its image of a handout- hungry giant and positioning itself as one of the world's energy superpowers. But with oil revenues gushing in and its state-controlled oil and natural-gas companies in the ascendancy, the Kremlin's oft-stated goal of diversifying the economy away from its reliance on hydrocarbons and turning Russia into a high-tech hub seems far in the future.

Microsoft Vows to Cut Delays in Production

Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday. Meanwhile, Chairman Bill Gates said the company's much-delayed Vista operating system is likely -- but not guaranteed -- to reach the market by January. The comments in separate speeches by Microsoft's two top executives came nearly two weeks after the Redmond-based company announced a postponement for its Office busine...

Credit Union Members to Vote On Rules; Columbia Will Decide Election Guidelines at Special Meeting July 22

A month after a watchdog group of Columbia Credit Union members protested the financial institution's board of directors' election plans, the credit union's supervisory committee decided this week to let members make the rules. In a special meeting planned at 10 a.m. July 22 at Red Lion Inn at the Quay, credit union members will be asked to vote "yes" or "no" on the following questions:

Port Plays Stout Role in Economy; Officials Present Studyoutlining Operation's Benefits, Challenges

Call it "Justification Tour 2006" for Port of Vancouver officials who Tuesday unveiled a study of the port's economic impact to the region. The bottom line is that there are 2,269 people working in port- related jobs and port business activity injects $1.6 billion into the region's economy, according to the study.