Home sizes fall short, some area buyers say (The Sacramento

Home sizes fall short, some area buyers say (The Sacramento Bee)
Home homeowners allege JTS Communities, one of Sacramento's largest locally based builders, sold them houses that are as much as 168 square feet smaller than sales brochures indicated.

Burns Harbor eyes legal action against Pilot Travel Center (Chesterton Tribune)
None, is Police Chief Jerry Price s description of progress by Pilot Travel Center in providing private security, and on the promised porkchop, to direct traffic at the entrance.

News in brief: Sept. 15, 2005 (The Deal)
Austin, Texas-based software maker Activant Solutions Inc. has completed its $215 million acquisition of Prophet 21 Inc. Activant, which provides enterprise resource planning software and services to small and midsize businesses, purchased Yardley, Pa.-based Prophet 21 from Thoma Cressey Equity Partners Inc. and Philadelphia's LLR Partners .

Fitch Revises Hertz's Rating Watch to Negative from Evolving (The Auto Channel)
NEW YORK--Sept. 12, 2005--Fitch Ratings has revised The Hertz Corporation (Hertz) and its subsidiaries Rating Watch status to Negative from Evolving.

(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-16 19:37 GMT: Highlights of rising and falling U.S. stocks - UPDATE 3 (Interactive Investor)
Advancers Adobe Systems shares rose 7% after the company said t its quarterly profit climbed 39% as strong demand for its digital-document management and design software pushed revenue 21% higher.

Built on the boom: No down payment? No sweat (The Sacramento Bee)
Until recently Michelle Hupton figured you had to have money in the bank to buy a house.