Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News back issues from Sunday, July 25:
South Dakota Churches Take Active Role in Supporting Farm Community.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 20 -- Salvation, yes. But social justice, too. That's the double-edged gospel that some South Dakota church leaders are proclaiming to farm families worried about being finished off by perennially low prices. ...
Akron, Ohio, Users Group Shares Interest in Linux Operating System.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- AKRON, Ohio -- It doesn't take a lot of expertise for some Akron technology fans to set up a network. All they need is a big restaurant table and plenty of spaghetti. They gather to talk about Linux, the new computer ...
Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Net Rider Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- AKRON, Ohio -- With all of the emphasis on Internet privacy, you might think life on the Web would be more civilized. Of course, the Internet can be an ugly place. Citing their right to privacy, some people make portions ...
Alaska Conservation, Tour Groups See Benefits in Saving Wildlife.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Alaska's wealth of wildlife is an untapped gold mine. And the state needs to take advantage of the public's growing interest in viewing grizzly bears, wolves, eagles, moose and other animals less visible in the Lower 48. That was ...
Anchorage, Alaska-Based Utility Group to Vote on Power Company Sale.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Chugach Electric Association members will vote Nov. 18 on a proposal to sell the state's largest power company to Palmer-based Matanuska Electric Association. The vote is designed to settle a simmering stew of claims that MEA could ...
Anchorage, Alaska, Electric Association to Vote on Power Company Sale.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Chugach Electric Association members will vote Nov. 18 on a proposal to sell the state's largest power company to Palmer-based Matanuska Electric Association. The vote is designed to settle a simmering stew of claims that MEA could ...
The Arizona Republic AZ Inc. Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- BOFA SPORTS ITS NEW BRAND: Bank of America converted its 230 banking centers and 1,300 automated teller machines in Arizona and Nevada to its new brand on Friday. The bank, which has merged with NationsBank, also donated ...
Lofts Emerge as Phoenix's Latest Housing Trend.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- New York has high-priced ones in Soho; San Francisco's are south of Market Street; Chicago's Loop-area is a hot spot for them; San Diego has some in its downtown; and Denver's are part of its emerging LoDo district. All ...
Phoenix-Based Commerical Finance Company Replaces Auditors.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Finova Group Inc. has replaced its longtime accounting firm, Deloitte and Touche, after an embarrassing earnings restatement earlier this year. The Phoenix-based commercial finance company Thursday announced that it has ...
Phoenix-Based Fund Family Acquired by Minneapolis-Based ReliaStar.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Pilgrim Capital Corp., a Phoenix-based mutual fund family that has grown rapidly over the past few years, is being acquired by a Minneapolis insurance and financial services firm for $258million. ReliaStar Financial ...
Atlanta-Based Hotel Franchiser Becomes Major Player at CEO's Hands.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- ATLANTA -- Mike Leven used to be unhappy during the day but slept like a baby at night. That was when he was the No. 2 person at Holiday Inn Worldwide. Today that's changed. As president of one of the nation's ...
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Insider Trading Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- ATLANTA -- Georgia-Pacific executives have sold Georgia-Pacific Group shares -- representing the company's paper, pulp and building products businesses -- for "portfolio management" purposes, said spokesman Greg Guest. ...
Developer Withdraws Offer to Convert Atlanta Macy's into Apartments.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- ATLANTA -- Post Properties has withdrawn its offer to purchase the downtown Macy's store. Post had proposed to convert the store into loft apartments and offices, while keeping Macy's on the lower three floors. Post ...
Small Atlanta Banks Find Community, Business Niches.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- ATLANTA -- At the same time big banks like NationsBank are merging with the likes of Bank America and becoming colossal, small banks are popping up, and established ones are doing well. It appears the market is so broad and complex ...
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Ahead of the Curve Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- ATLANTA -- CLAYTON HERITAGE EQUITIES INC. is launching the first phase of a large retail/office development in the Ga. 138-North Avenue-Tara Boulevard area near Jonesboro. The first 200,000-square-foot development on an 18-acre ...
Local Phone Company Could Provide Long-Distance Service, Study Shows.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. said Thursday that a newly released and "extremely gratifying" study by an outside consultant bolstered its campaign to enter the long-distance business. AT&T Corp. did not agree. ...
Buffalo, N.Y., Railroads Remain Choked Following Takeover.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Delays clogging the former Conrail system show signs of improving, but Buffalo-area yards remain among the worst choke-points in the troubled rail network, state and county officials said Wednesday. Rail cars languished ...
Recycling Company to Announce Buffalo, N.Y.-Area Job Cuts.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Browning-Ferris Industries will announce local job cuts as early as next week as a result of the company's acquisition by Allied Waste Industries. Frank Zawodzinski, district manager for BFI, said Wednesday that local ...
Call Center Closes in Bradenton, Fla..
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- BRADENTON, Fla. -- Workers at The Signature Group's Bradenton call center got some bad news when they arrived at work Thursday morning. They learned the company was closing the 4-year-old facility at 600 U.S. 301 Blvd ....
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-Based Company to Buy Avionics Spare-Parts Supplier.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Rockwell Collins has agreed to acquire Intertrade Ltd., a leading avionics spare-parts supplier based in northeast Cedar Rapids. "This acquisition will broaden our services business," said Harry Gregory, vice president ...
Westport, Conn.-Based Heavy Equipment Maker Buying Raytheon Subsidiary.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Connecticut company has signed an agreement to buy road equipment manufacturer Cedarapids Inc. for $170 million from Raytheon Co. Terex Corp., a publicly traded company based in Westport, Conn., manufactures construction ...
The State, Columbia, S.C., Lee Bandy Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- BUSINESSES PULL UP A CHAIR AT S.C.'S POKER GAME: With the state's business environment at risk, South Carolina corporate chieftains are quietly developing a strategy to encourage voters to turn out in large numbers to outlaw video ...
End of Reno, Nev.-Based Airline Is Bittersweet for Employees.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- RENO, Nev. -- On July 1, 1992, Laura Tuttle and Shelly Dannels handed out the drinks and snacks on Reno Air Inc.'s inaugural flight, which flew from Reno to Seattle. They'll also be there at the end. The two ...
The Dallas Morning News Ideas at Work Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- A GEN-X STATE OF MIND: Bradley Richardson crossed over to the dark side last year. Now he's trying to enlighten it. Since writing JobSmarts for Twentysomethings in 1995, the Dallas-based author has guided fellow Gen-Xers ...
Dallas-Based Suiza Foods to Buy Virginia Dairy Group.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Dallas-based Suiza Foods Corp. continued its buying spree with the announcement Friday that it has agreed to purchase Valley of Virginia Cooperative Milk Producers Association for an undisclosed price. The deal would ...
Oklahoma Trade Group's Plan to Create `Floor Price' for Oil Is Rejected.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Save Domestic Oil, an Oklahoma-based trade group, said Friday that it offered to settle its anti-dumping complaint regarding petroleum imports from Mexico, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iraq -- but the offer was rebuffed by the ...
Aetna Dispute with Texas Attorney General May Delay Acquisition.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Texas Attorney General John Cornyn's office is concerned that Aetna Inc. is trying to backpedal on its promise to sell two divisions of NYLCare Health Plan, officials familiar with the discussions said Friday. The latest ...
Beavercreek, Ohio-Based Plastic Trim Maker to Grow during Consolidation.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Beavercreek-based Plastic Trim Inc. is continuing to grow, with operations from sister company JPE Finishing and three independent companies consolidating in the company's facility at 3909 Research Blvd. General Manager ...
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Business Briefs Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- OBIE WINS CONTRACT FOR K.C. BUS ADS: Obie Media Corp., an outdoor advertising company based in Eugene, said Thursday it has been selected to provide transit advertising services for the Kansas City (Mo.) Area Transportation ...
Bank to Open Permanent Headquarters in Eugene, Ore..
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- McKenzie State Bank, which has been operating out of temporary quarters since last November, will open its permanent headquarters July 26. The new 5,500-square-foot office has been under construction ...
Harrisburg, Ore.-Area Recreational Vehicle Maker Reports Losses.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Recreational vehicle maker SMC Corp. remained stuck in a financial rut during the second quarter of this year, reporting a loss of $149,000 on a slight gain in sales over the same period in 1998. For the three months ...
Part-Time Jobs Help Wales, N.D., Farming Family Make Ends Meet.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- WALES, N.D. -- For 23 years, Janet Jacobson worked at a flower shop in Langdon, N.D., 16 miles from their 640-acre farm. All the while, she wished she could be driving a tractor or tending to her sheep instead. "We ...
Child Support Collector Not Up to Par, El Paso County, Colo., Finds.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- DENVER -- When El Paso County decided to turn over its child support collection to a private company in 1996, it hoped to see a better job done for less money. Three years later, Virginia-based Maximus Inc. has been ...
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo., Ask a Lawyer Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- DEAR JIM: What responsibility does a chain pizza company have when one of its drivers has an at-fault accident while delivering the company's pizzas? Does the driver's insurance pay because the driver caused the accident or does the ...
Colorado Springs, Colo.-Based Software Developer Splits Focus.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- Interactive Communication Systems Inc. has survived for nine years writing custom software programs for other companies. Now, with new identity, new money and a new business plan, the Colorado Springs company is remaking ...
Colorado Springs, Colo., Venture Capital Fund Closes.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- The founders of Colorado Springs' only venture capital fund have split to pursue other business opportunities, but not before delivering a financial lifeline to six Front Range start-ups. Valerie Anderson and Craig Dawson ...
Following Talent, Software Company Locates in Colorado Springs, Colo..
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- As Silicon Valley employees and companies flee the costs and congestion of California, some have headed to Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs' best-known example may be ChannelPoint Inc., a company that sells software to ...
US West to Be Investigated for Possible Regulatory Violations in Colorado.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- DENVER -- The Public Utilities Commission will move ahead with its investigation into possible state regulatory violations by telephone titan US West, which may lead to fines against the Denver-based Baby Bell or refunds to ...
Harrisburg, Pa., Company Designs, Sells Pools for Physical Therapy.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- Paul R. Hetrick believes a serious blow to the head as a youngster changed his life -- perhaps for the better. Hetrick was 12 and in the seventh grade at Lower Dauphin High School in 1966 when his head accidentally ...
South Plainfield, N.J., Firm Turns Used Plastic into Wood Substitute.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- Like modern-day alchemists, the workers at Polywood Inc. spend their days turning flakes of recycled plastic into massive, hardened railroad ties. To make one tie, 200 pounds of plastic bits from milk bottles and ...
Houston Chronicle Real Estate Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- HOME BUYERS STAKE THEIR CLAIMS TO FORT BEND RANCH LAND: The appeal of a "home on the range" has proved to be very popular at the Booth Ranch. Booth Ranch, which dates back to the 1800s, once covered more than 20,000 ...
Houston Chronicle Business People Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- Williams' gas pipeline unit has announced three organizational changes. Gary G. Lauderdale has been named senior vice president and general manager of Williams Gas Pipeline-Transco. David L. Young has been named senior vice ...
High Point, N.C., Home Furnishings Showrooms Have Own Architectural Assets.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- The goal of any business is to stand out from the competition. That's especially true in the highly competitive home furnishings industry, where profits are won or lost on the slightest differences in texture, color or design of the ...
Idaho Commission to Decide If Foreign Utility Can Buy Energy Company.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- Public hearings this week in Rexburg and Pocatello could weigh heavily in determining whether a foreign utility will be allowed to buy out PacifiCorp, which provides power to 53,000 people in eastern Idaho. That's ...
Idaho House Republican Blasts Democrats for Opposing Tax Cuts.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Idaho 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson, who joined 1st District Rep. Helen Chenoweth, R-Idaho, in voting for the Republican tax cut proposal Thursday, is especially pleased about the reduction in the marriage penalty tax and the ...
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Voters to Cast Ballots on Facilities Levy.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Explaining the importance of a 10-year plant facilities levy is easy for Ririe School District officials: The money puts roofs over students' heads. "It's been really good for us," Trustee Blair Moncur said. "It's ...
Governor Awards Idaho University Money for New Center, Academic Track.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- POCATELLO, Idaho -- Gov. Dirk Kempthorne awarded Idaho State University $364,000 Wednesday to use in two programs. About $140,000 will be used to create a baccalaureate program at ISU's School of Applied Technology in ...
Elkhart, Ind.-Based Electronics Maker Enters Wireless Field.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- An Elkhart, Ind., company that once made magnetos to power crank-up telephones of yesteryear has dialed into the wireless phone industry. CTS Corp. shares (NYSE:CTS) have rung up 157 percent since the company announced ...
Author Predicts Hot Investment Strategies for the Next Century.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- Want to make money in the millennium? How about investing in companies that specialize in bomb detection, prison management, food inspection or providing antidotes to chemical attack? Author David Wanetick says those ...
EPA Announces New Review of Hog Producer's Actions in Missouri.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- Federal officials announced Friday that they have begun a new pollution investigation into the giant hog producer Premium Standard Farms in north Missouri. The investigation, although in its early stages, "has already ...
Day-Trading Industry Faces Increasing Fire from Regulators.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- Scott Swartz walked into Kansas City's first day-trading shop last year and entered an industry facing increasing fire from regulators. The Lee's Summit landscaper is suing to recover money he said the now-defunct ...
Baseball's American League President Joins Topeka, Kan., Utility Board.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Gene Budig is back in power. Budig, former Kansas University chancellor and current president of baseball's American League, has rejoined the board of directors of Western Resources Inc., the Topeka-based utility company ...
Colorado Resources Company Stakes Claim to Natural Gas Wells.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- A Colorado company has staked a claim to natural gas wells in Jefferson County that are expected to produce net revenues of more than $1 million a year. Lexico Resources International Corp. of Englewood, Colo., said ...
Food Distributors to Provide Kmart with Grocery Products.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Food distributor Fleming Cos. Inc. said Wednesday that a new three-year distribution agreement with Kmart Corp. would add about $1.4 billion in business a year. Earlier, Kmart, the nation's third-largest retailer, said ...
Kansas City, Kan., Agribusiness Company Loses Nearly $12 Million.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Farmland Industries Inc. lost $11.7 million during the past nine months, a steep slide from the $55.3 million profit it reported during the same period a year ago. While blaming the losses on downturns in markets for ...
Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Bankruptcies Column.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26 -- CHAPTER 7, ASHLAND DIVISION: Gregory Scott Davis, Grayson. Debts, $12,200; property, $1,545. 99-385. Gerald R. Johnson, Catlettsburg. Debts, $85,183; property, $47,800. 99-386. Joe Childers, Louisa. Debts, ...
Pacific Bell to Add 150 Jobs Technology Center near Atwater, Calif..
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- ATWATER, Calif. -- In just two years, the number of employees at Pacific Bell's technology center at the old Castle Air Force Base has grown by 70 percent. This week, Pacific Bell representatives announced that they will ...
Small Business Administration to Open Office in Memphis, Tenn..
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- The Small Business Administration, the federal agency that helps small business owners finance their operations, will open a Memphis office July 29.. The new office, in the Memphis Technical Assistance Resource Center at ...
Profits Jump for Memphis, Tenn.-Based Electronic Transaction Processor.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Profits at Concord EFS Inc. of Memphis rose nearly 40 percent during the second quarter; all segments of the electronic transaction processing firm's business grew over the past year, company executives said Thursday. ...
Hampton, Va., Aviation Program Gets Donation from American Airlines.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 24 -- NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Hampton University's Aeroscience Center will fly a little higher with a boost from American Airlines. The center, based at the Newport News airport, got a promise Thursday of free training from the ...
New Jersey Technology Project Battles MIT over Name.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Oxygen may be free as the air, but now two major technology projects will be fighting over whether they have enough breathing space to both use that name. The first is "Project Oxygen," a New Jersey firm which is in the ...
Apple's New Laptop Puts Aesthetics, Portable Power in Sync.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 22 -- Apple Computer is taking its funky-colored iMac desktop computer to places it's never been before. Delighting crowds of devotees and others, interim Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the futuristic new Apple laptop that's ...
Newport Beach, Calif.-Based Company to Pair Movies with Dinner, Drinks.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 25 -- IRVINE, Calif. -- Picture luxury boxes at a stadium, but instead of the Angels in the outfield, think "Austin Powers" on the big screen -- and a glass of bubbly in your hand, your fork hovered above a plate of chicken satay over ...
Santa Ana, Calif.-Based Laser Printer Company Goes Public.
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- Troy Group Inc., a Santa Ana company that customizes laser printers for financial institutions, raised $17 million Thursday by selling 2.5 million shares of common stock at $7. The public offering represents about 25 percent of ...
Planned Wal-Mart Store Has Opponents in Huntington Beach, Calif..
Jul 25, 1999; ... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23 -- HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Crest View residents say a guide to Wal-Marts around the nation that includes their neighborhood is, well, misguided. Wal-Mart got the go-ahead last December from the City Council to move ...