http://www.omaha.com?index.php?u_pg=46 Business section, includes business and working en-us Copyright 2006, Omaha World-Herald webmaster@omaha.com Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:03:26 CST Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:53:39 CST Omaha.com XBuild 1 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140952 A recent Census Bureau report shows Nebraska's Latino-owned businesses opening at a rate faster than the U.S. average. And nationally, the Cornhusker state ranked No. 1 in the percentage increase in revenue generated by Latino business owners. Sales receipts in Nebraska reached an estimated $434 million in 2002, according to the study, which covered 1997 to 2002. That's a 207 percent increase from five years earlier. 2140952-1143561219349 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:58:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140947 Leroy Jeter came to Bellevue seven years ago to head a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. that worked for the Air Force. His crew had 20 people. Today, Lockheed has 240 people in Bellevue offices and at Offutt Air Force Base, 150 of whome will soon settle into Lockheed's new building west of Bellevue. 2140947-1143561219349 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:20:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140945 As Ben Bernanke takes the chairman's seat, Federal Reserve watchers wonder how many more interest rate increases are in store. Bernanke and his Fed colleagues are expected to boost America's borrowing costs yet again at the end of their two-day meeting Tuesday. And analysts will be searching for clues about where the central bank is headed after that. 2140945-1143561219349 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:07:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140949 The Midlands' rural economy grew slightly in the past month, according to a survey of bank executives, who also expect slow growth in the next six months. 2140949-1143561219349 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:25:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140950 Delphi Corp. has delivered its latest proposal for cuts in wages and benefits to the United Auto Workers, which represents the majority of the auto-parts supplier's 34,000 hourly workers, the union said. UAW spokesman Paul Krell said Monday that the union had received the proposal, but he declined to comment on details. 2140950-1143561219349 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:26:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140939 First Data Corp. paid Chief Executive Officer Henry Duques $16.4 million last year after hiring him out of retirement. The pay included stock options valued at $11.3 million and incentive payments of $4.62 million, First Data said Monday in its annual proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 2140939-1143561219349 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:26:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140940 Lawyers for Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay sought on Monday to weaken testimony that the failed energy company's treasurer gave last week. In the testimony, the former treasurer asserted that Lay had lied to employees about the company's financial health in October 2001. 2140940-1143561219349 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:31:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2140951 2140951-1143561219349 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:08:00 CST http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=46&u_sid=2101665 2101665-1143561219349 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:51:00 CST