Andrea Pettis

After 48 years of growing seedlings to help reforest lands depleted by logging, the Webster Forest Nursery, in Olympia, Wash., has acquired a wealth of knowledge about the best ways to grow trees that will thrive in the wild. In fact, many of the trees that tower in the Cascade Mountains or on the coastal […]

Like any budget-minded nonprofit organization, the American College of Radiology would rather not spend a lot of money on computer hardware and software. Nonetheless, the Reston, Va., group cannot afford to skimp. A professional association of more than 33,000 doctors that conducts clinical trials and lobbies for better insurance coverage of scans for diagnosing cancer […]

From coast to coast and most places in between, thousands of trucks operated by Knight Transportation regularly cruise the nations roads, making deliveries of everything from computers to clothing to perishable foods. Trucking today remains the cheapest and fastest way to move large quantities of goods from manufacturing to the retail site. But as Knight […]

Newspaper publisher Gannett is one of countless businesses striving to balance the potential benefits of increased investments in company projects against the need to control costs. For years, the company has been suffering from a migration of readers and advertisers from print media to the Internet. While Gannett has launched many initiatives to address that […]

Childrens Memorial Hospital, of Chicago, is like many of the facilities that serve the critically ill. The building is not really old, but many of the practices inside are, such as jotting down life-or-death instructions on paper, which are passed along several times before they are entered into a computer. Two years ago, The Leapfrog […]

Whether the objects of their affection are cats or dogs, fish or ferrets, all sorts of pet lovers go to Petco Animal Supplies to keep their animals well-fed, groomed and happy. The San Diego retailer operates an online store and more than 750 brick-and-mortar stores across the United States. In addition to selling pets, the […]