Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News back issues from Monday, May 17:
Benefits Becoming More Important to Employers, Employees.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Shopping for a job used to be simpler. Salary drove the shopping cart. But the market has radically changed and stressed-out workers, in search of balance in their lives, are looking down the benefits aisle ...
The Arizona Republic Naaman Nickell Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- FDIC MAKING Y2K REASSURANCE TOUR: Just the thought of thousands of Mason jars stuffed full of currency and buried in back yards across the United States is enough to send government officials scurrying around the country with ...
Chandler, Ariz., Mall Signs Nordstrom as an Anchor Store.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15 -- Phoenix shopping mall developer Westcor confirmed Friday it has landed Nordstrom, along with Dillard's and Robinson-May as anchors for its SanTan Fashion Center in Chandler. The two-story, 144,000-square-foot Nordstrom ...
The Arizona Republic Naaman Nickell Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- WORKER DEVELOPMENT STILL A PROBLEM: When it comes to workforce development in the state, there are more answers than questions, which results in a great deal of confusion as to who is doing what and where. For the past ...
US West Merger with Global Crossing Ltd. Expected.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- US West is expected to announce today that it will merge with Global Crossing Ltd., an international telecommunications company based in the Bahamas. Company spokesman David Beigie confirmed there would be an announcement ...
Arizona Marketing Company Offers Employers On-Site Child Care.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- "Take Your Child to Work Day" is no big deal for Stephanie Barbini. She rolls into work every day with her 2-year-old son, Austin, dropping him off at her company's child-care center next door. She absolutely loves it. ...
Phoenix Employers Use Signing Bonuses to Attract Workers.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Help wanted! Traditionally, it was notification to job seekers that a company was hiring. But with metro Phoenix at nearly full employment, it also could serve as a cry from area employers looking for ...
Arizona's Top 100 Private Companies Increase Revenue in 1998.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Arizona's top private companies represent a mix of old and new: from construction, real estate and agriculture to high-tech manufacturers and multilevel marketers. Together, the top 100 generated $13.3 billion in revenue ...
Beverage Maker to Build Warehouse in Phoenix.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- For a company whose founder rode into Arizona on a wagon train, Zeb Pearce Cos. is charging into the future. The family-owned distributor of Coors, Corona and Heineken beers and Crystal Geyser waters is building a ...
Online Job Hunting Gaines Popularity for Arizona Residents.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- California transplant Georgette Asfura was looking for a job in Arizona. Bank One was looking for a loan specialist in Arizona. The Internet connected the two. Asfura, who had used the Internet for about a year, ...
Experts from Varied Fields Look at Labor Shortage in Phoenix.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Finding qualified workers and keeping them in an increasingly tight labor market is a growing problem for metro Phoenix companies. The Valley's booming economy during the past five years has translated to a near record ...
More Companies Are Using Training to Sharpen Employees Skills.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- With a name like Hamburger University, the McDonald's Corp. training facility might not have the sizzling cachet of a big-time business school. Students get degrees in hamburgerology, not a master's in business ...
Arizona's Top 100 Employers' List Reflects Frenzied Growth.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- It seemed like a week didn't go by in 1998 without news of one megamerger or another. If it wasn't one giant bank acquiring another, then it was two telecommunications powerhouses joining forces or a hotel chain gobbling ...
The Arizona Republic Work Briefs Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Companies are increasingly offering additional benefits to retirees in an effort to retain existing employees who are sensitive to retirement issues and to hire the former workers back as temporary labor. A recent survey ...
The Arizona Republic Mutual Fund Briefs.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- DESSAUER FUND 1ST TO SHIFT FROM CLOSED TO OPEN PORTFOLIO: The Dessauer Global Equity Fund has become the first closed-end portfolio to convert automatically to open-end status. Closed-end funds issue a limited number of ...
Company Hosts Forum on Investing for Startups in Arizona.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Take the growing numbers of experienced business people who've made money either in their own firms or the stock market boom. Mix in the constant supply of small companies that need capital and expertise to grow, and that ...
Arizona Resorts Offer New Year's Packages in the Thousands.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Father time is a Rolex this New Year's Eve, and free-spending partygoers could wake up in the new millennium with a Dom Perignon financial hangover. Under the assumption that revelers want to mark the occasion with a ...
The Arizona Republic David Hoye Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Are you ready to publish your Web site? In this, our third and final look at Web-page design, we'll refine what we've learned so far, we'll discuss publishing Web sites, and we'll look at how to get your site listed on ...
The Arizona Republic Answer Files Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- QUESTION: Can you provide me with your minimum recommendation for a laptop? My main usage will be on-site income tax preparation and I want a long-life battery. Also, do you feel that with the introduction of the Pentium III there ...
The Arizona Republic Datebook Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- TODAY: -- CREDIBILITY, COMPOSURE AND CONFIDENCE When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Hyatt Regency, 122 N. Second St., Phoenix. Agenda: Learn how to protect competence and professionalism, keep ...
Phoenix-Based Motorola to Sell Chip Division.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Steve Hanson knows when to take a chance on people. When Motorola Corp. sent Hanson to Europe in 1993 as the assistant general manager for its Semiconductor Products Sector there, he ventured through a shut-down chip plant ...
Venture Capital for Austin, Texas, Firms Is Plentiful in First Quarter.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- The first quarter is traditionally a slow one for Austin companies seeking to raise venture capital. But that wasn't the case this year. In the first three months of the year, 13 area companies raised $85.7 ...
Amherst, N.Y.-Based Manufacturer Faces Another Shareholders Uprising.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Columbus McKinnon Corp. is feeling the heat from a group of disgruntled shareholders who have a history of picking fights with managements and eventually getting their way. The group of unhappy shareholders trying to dump ...
OPINION: Erie County, N.Y., Lacks Clear Policy on Aiding Hotels.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- It isn't easy to just say no, especially when an important business is looking for what it perceives as a needed incentive. But that's just what the Erie County Industrial Development Agency did last week when the Hyatt ...
Federal Reserve Report Shows Little Job Growth in Buffalo, N.Y., Area.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- The upstate economy is finally starting to rebound, but the Buffalo area is not feeling much of the bounce. On the heels of a rosy Pataki administration view of the economy upstate, a new report just released by economists ...
Mattel Raises Preschool Profile of Western New York-Based Fisher-Price.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- When Western New Yorkers think of Fisher-Price Inc., what likely comes to mind is an East Aurora-based toy company with a rich local history. But in the eyes of its parent company, Mattel Inc., Fisher-Price has evolved ...
Buffalo, N.Y., Metal Company Is Interested in Exporting to Ireland.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12 -- The owner of a Buffalo sheet metal company sat in a stately castle in Tullamore, Ireland, at midnight one night last week, talking trade with a man who wants to forge new trans-Atlantic alliances. Rick Smith, general ...
The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- MCCOLL PROMOTES UPTOWN TO VISITORS: If you're going to showcase your center city, you might as well call in one of its strongest proponents. That's what Charlotte Center City Partners did Monday, turning to Bank of ...
The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Carolinas Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- CHARLOTTE PSYCHIATRIC CLOSING DOWN: Charlotte Psychiatric Associates, which has operated in Mecklenburg County for about 30 years, will close May 31. The practice, which was purchased in 1997 by Carolinas HealthCare ...
Greensboro, N.C.-Based N. C. Trust Co. Sells to New York Firm.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- N.C. Trust Co., the state's largest independent trust company, said Monday it's selling to New York-based U.S. Trust, another indication that buying wealth-management firms continues to be a popular play in financial services. ...
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., Agriculture Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- URBANA, Ill. -- FARMERS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE IN GMO DEBATES: Emerson Nafziger says he's puzzled by major processors' plans to keep genetically modified grain out of their bins. "It's one thing to say, 'Don't deliver it to ...
Judgment Could Benefit Charleston, S.C.-Based Power Firm's Creditors.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- A $1.3 billion ruling in Pakistan could come into play in Marine Energy Systems Corp.'s bankruptcy case in Charleston. According to a court document, a judge in Pakistan has issued a judgment in that amount to Wak Orient ...
Job-Hunting Resources Available on the Internet.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Good economic times have created a wealth of employment opportunities in many different career sectors. Some of the best places to check out job possibilities are on the World Wide Web, where sites provide listings for a wide range ...
The State, Columbia, S.C., Computing Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- NetStudio has released its 1999 best and worst Internet sites, and you might want to take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly. What is so amazing about this year's worst sites (www.netstudio.com/mudbrick) is that two ...
Web Site Lets You Send Faxes for Free.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Internet telephony has been around for some time now. Making free long distance phone calls using the Internet has become old news. And although voice quality for the most part remains lackluster, the fact that you can make these ...
The State, Columbia, S.C., Flying Solo Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- QUESTION: During our childhood, our parents hardly ever raised their voices at each other. However, over the past 10 years or so, our father has been put through hell by our mother, who seems to have had a complete personality ...
The State, Columbia, S.C., First Bytes Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- NEW WINDOWS PRODUCTS ON THE HORIZON: You're going to be given several choices for Windows in the coming months all of them costing money. But should you buy any of them? After promising that Windows 98 was the end of the ...
The State, Columbia, S.C., NextSteps Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- QUESTION: After my father's lingering illness that almost bankrupted her, my mother (age 76) decided that she should see a lawyer who could help her plan to save the family home (worth about $60,000) and some of her remaining cash ...
American Airlines Pact Upgrades Attendant Pay, Pensions.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- American Airlines Inc. and its flight attendants' union said Monday that they have reached a tentative six-year agreement that would provide higher pay and better pensions. The Fort Worth-based carrier and the Association ...
The Dallas Morning News Robert Miller Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- NONPROFIT AGENCY EXEC FINDS A REAL CHALLENGE IN MBA CLASS: Dallas Challenge Inc., despite the "Inc." after its name, is not a multinational corporation. And if executive director Lynn Davis hadn't been a member of the University of ...
Dillard's to Add Day Spas, Larger Menswear Sections to Stores.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Dillard's Inc. is adding day spas and men's big-and-tall apparel departments to many of its stores this year and plans to start selling on the Internet this summer. Chief executive William Dillard II ...
The Dallas Morning News Texas Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- TEXAS SALARIES ON THE RISE AS BUSINESSES MOVE IN: If a job pays $50,000 on average nationally, how much would it pay in Dallas or Houston? About $50,000. Actually, that salary would be about $550 more in Dallas and $500 ...
Oil Industry Chafes under Antitrust Scrutiny from FTC.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission is performing exhaustive drilling and exploration on oil industry mergers as regulators, faced with deal after deal, deepen their knowledge of energy companies. FTC queries have grown so ...
Irving, Texas-Based Energy Exploration Firm to Sell Some Assets.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Pioneer Natural Resources Co. reached an agreement Sunday to sell some of its assets for $245 million in cash and stock to Prize Energy Corp., a privately held firm based in Tulsa, Okla., with close ties to the Irving-based energy ...
Airlines Reaching Out to Make Sure Passengers Return Satisfied.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- It was one of those days that makes businesspeople like Mark Herndon of Dallas wish they didn't have to fly so much. An American Airlines Inc. flight from Chicago was more than halfway to Cleveland when the airplane had to ...
Customers Send Tales of Woe, Intriguing Ideas to Southwest Airlines.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- Nobody remembers what young Jake Weaver did on Southwest Airlines Co.'s Flight 505 in December 1990, but apparently it was very, very bad. "I'm sorry for the way I acted on the plane," Jake wrote, in a handwritten letter ...
The Dallas Morning News Real Estate Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 16 -- JPI BREAKS GROUND ON NW DALLAS APARTMENTS: Irving-based apartment builder JPI has broken ground on a 384-unit rental community in northwest Dallas. Called Jefferson at La Valencia, the 15-acre complex is on Stemmons ...
Judge Orders Grapevine, Texas, Winery into Receivership.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15 -- GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Delaney Vineyards in Grapevine was ordered into receivership Friday by a Tarrant County District Court judge, who also wrote in a court order that the winery should be sold. The order came after a ...
Texas Utilities Changes Its Name after International Expansion.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15 -- FORT WORTH, Texa -- Texas Utilities Co. is renaming itself TXU to reflect its global acquisitions and aspirations, the company announced Friday. Dallas' hometown utility company wants to project an image that is, well, a ...
Allen, Texas, School Officials Change Schedule in Response to Bomb Threats.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- ALLEN, Texas -- Allen school officials never intended to cancel the rest of the school year because of repeated bomb threats, Superintendent Barbara Erwin said Monday. Instead the plan was to cancel classes Friday and ...
Policymakers at Federal Reserve Might Decide on Inflation Risk.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- WASHINGTON -- Policymakers at the Federal Reserve Board aren't expected to change interest rates Tuesday. But they might make a subtle change in attitude that could ripple through the economy. Simply stated: Economists ...
DaimlerChrysler Prepares Show for German Stockholders.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- STUTTGART, Germany -- Eckhard Strauss rattles off the provisions he has amassed for today's first annual shareholders meeting of DaimlerChrysler AG: "We have 30,000 saitenwurstchen (a type of German sausage), 20,000 ...
Ford on Board with Cleaner Trucks.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- Pushing harder for an image as a cleaner, greener automaker, Ford Motor Co. said Monday it will sell low-emission pickups nationwide starting with all F-Series pickups in the 2000 model year. Ford vows to produce more than ...
Kmart Recovering, but Still Remains Well Behind Wal-Mart.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- In less than four years on the job, Kmart Corp. Chairman Floyd Hall deserves to be proud. The Troy-based retail chain he leads: -- No longer battles bankruptcy rumors. -- Has seen its stock price ...
Ameritech Service to Allow E-Mail Retrieval by Phone.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- Ameritech customers will be able to check their E-mail messages over the telephone for $9.95 a month. The Chicago-based phone company Monday announced a program that allows subscribers to call a toll-free number and ...
Bank One Replaces Nearly 1,000 Signs in Michigan after Merger.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- A quiet change swept through Michigan last night and took with it another venerable hometown name. Starting this morning, customers used to being greeted by the familiar blue NBD Bank logo, which withstood a 1994 merger ...
Wayne County, Mich., Stadium Project Cost May Rise.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- Although a new ballpark for the Tigers is now more than half finished, the stadium authority says a judge's ruling threatens to push land costs for the dual stadium project over budget. The Detroit-Wayne County Stadium ...
Schools' Spending Feeds Britain's Information Technology Sector.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- Forget the fears of a slowdown in information technology spending. Business is still booming, says a clutch of companies. The computers-for-schools group RM reckons its market will grow 400 percent over five years. Just 1 ...
Reuters Moves In on Dow Jones with Database Merger.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- Information giant Reuters is edging closer to control of Dow Jones. Its latest partnership merges the two companies' huge databases of stories. Reuters is to pay an "undisclosed" sum to merge its business briefing with ...
British Oil Firm's Shareholders Plan Rebel Meeting.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- Stand by for fireworks at Premier Oil's agm today. Rebels led by Peter Felter were too late with motions to sack four directors, so they will hold their own meeting after the main one. The World Development Movement will protest ...
Owner of Small Durham, N.C., Grocery Store Beats Chains with Service.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- For almost half a century, Billy Matthews has been offering more than high-grade steaks and fresh seafood at the Red & White Carolina Duke Food Store in Durham. Matthews, who bought the small University Drive grocery store ...
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-Based Cargo Airline Finds Underserved Markets.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Growing up as a missionary's son in the jungles of South America, Dave Bassett learned early to appreciate planes carrying supplies and to build relationships with people of cultures different than his own. ...
Global Economy's Improvement Expected to Boost Florida Tourism.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- The last time international tourism to the United States slumped, in 1994, one of the reasons was local: crime against visitors in Florida. When the number of foreign tourists dropped last year, the main cause was global: ...
Florida's Proposed Statewide Building Code Draws Criticism in South Florida.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18 -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- In a room of 200 people there was really only one opinion of the first draft of a new statewide building code. "Why doesn't Tallahassee leave South Florida alone?" Parkland Building Official Dale ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Trade Secrets Column.
May 17, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17 -- GIVE YOUR BUSINESS A BOOST WITH EFFECTIVE USE OF THE PHONE: The telephone is one of our most important business tools. It's such a timesaver. You can reach 10 people by telephone in the time it would take you to meet one ...