Mineta to join public relations firm

Mineta to join public relations firm    Norman Y. Mineta, will step down as U.S. Transportation Secretary, but he is not leaving Washington.
   Mineta, who announced his resignation June 23, will join the Washington office of the public relations company Hill & Knowlton as vice chairman on July 24. He will report to Hill & Knowlton chairman and chief executive officer Paul Taaffe.
   Hill & Knowlton, one of the world’s biggest public relations companies, is owned by British advertising firm WPP Group PLC.