ATLANTA - It started out in 1907 as the brainchild of two teenagers in a Seattle basement, whose fledgling messenger service made deliveries on foot or on bicycle. As UPS Inc. celebrates its 100th anniversary this...

...be built in Bedford, Pa. Still, REI is trying to balance its glitzy success against the values forged in that Seattle basement. They have become the 800-pound gorilla in an industry where hitting the top of a climbing pitch once meant more...