Fifth Third Business Beat - May 30, 2008

• American Airlines decision to charge passengers a 15-dollar fee to check their first bag has analysts watching closely to see if other carriers will follow suit.
• New software developed here that allows clients to manage and update their own web sites is preparing to launch nationally.
• Murdock, Inc., a company with 155 years of manufacturing history in Cincinnati, has shipped production of its cast-iron drinking fountains to California.
• Peter Seifert, a retired paper industry executive, is touting the benefits of hiking in a new, self-published book - Hike For Your Life.
• The Business Courier's Lucy May studies Cincinnati's carbon footprint.
• Developer Paul Hemmer has a dream of greening Greater Cincicnnati by planting millions of new trees.
• Thompson Hine's Earle Maiman has an interesting history of whistleblower litigation.
• Hear about SCORE from small business advocate Bob Wiwi of the West Chester Chamber of Commerce.
• Sean Rugless reviews his first four months as President of The Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce.
• Kim Borcherding of Borcherding Enterprises, Inc. joins Doug Bolton for Publisher’s Beat.