Yippee. The ludicrous price of gas means more shipping businesses may relocate to the Valley 'cause it's a great halfway point to lots of somewhere else's. I got to thinking outside ''the Valley as a call-center megalopolis'' box while touring the new Holiday Inn downtown and viewing the unveiling of a snazzy web site redesign by the Fresno ...

Sometimes you do whatever you can do. Two new reports that make you want to throw your hands up. First, the American Hospital Association finds that the cost of uncompensated care in the United States totaled $31.2 billion in 2006, up from $28.8 billion in 2005 and $21.6 billion in 2000. (More info at www.aha.org ) Second, the consulting ...