Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) articles from February 2001

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) archives from February 2001

Oklahoma Customers Challenge High Calling Card Charges.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Paul English Feb. 17--Customers of many telephone companies have reported being charged outlandish fees for using calling cards, Southwestern Bell said Friday. Bell spokeswoman Emily MacDonald said many complained that they...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Charles Crumpley Feb. 18--If you watched many news broadcasts or read many articles about electricity woes in California, you probably concluded that the problems were caused by deregulation. Many newscasts began something like...

Bush Plan to Eliminate Death Tax Raises Washington Debate.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Feb. 18--Four generations of farmers have fed cattle and planted wheat on the Henry Jo Von Tungeln land in the heart of Oklahoma. Since the early 1890s, the farm has gone from family member to family member with...

Oklahoma Regulator Urges Boost for U.S. Energy Industry.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Paul English Feb. 17--It's long past time for the federal government to give a big boost to the energy industry by following the lead of Oklahoma legislators who have helped the industry survive bad times. That's the view of a...

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Feb. 18--When Loc Van Le stepped aboard a merchant ship on the Vietnam coast, he turned around and torched the boat he escaped in. That was in April 1975. In the far distance, Le's employer, the American military,...

Oklahoma Home Builders Turn out for Atlanta Expo.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Feb. 17--ATLANTA--In frontier days, supply trains kept storekeepers in business, settlers in goods and everyone up on the latest news. These days, of course, materials make it to Oklahoma by plane, train and...

U.S. Homebuilders Plan Missionary Trip to China.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Feb. 17--ATLANTA--The nation's home builders are planning a missionary journey to China. The message: Home ownership, the American dream, is the way -- the just, equitable, legitimate way. Godspeed, builders....

Strikes May Block Iraqi Plans of Becoming Higher Producing OPEC Member.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Feb. 17--The former secretary-general of OPEC, visiting the University of Oklahoma on Friday, said the U.S. air strikes in Iraq risk interrupting the possibility of Iraq's becoming a full-fledged -- and...

Oklahoma Stocks End Week on Relatively Calm Note.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus Feb. 18--Stock markets closed before political repercussions from the U.S. military's attack on Iraq installations could affect stock prices, ending the week on a mostly calm financial note. The stock prices of...

Bush Trade Plans May Be too Optimistic, Expert Says.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Feb. 17--NORMAN, Okla.--A Bush administration drive to speed the start of a Western Hemisphere free-trade zone may be too optimistic, given the current state of Latin American trade cooperation. Dr. Rene G. Ortiz,...

Oklahoma Unemployment Numbers Rise with Job Growth Despite Cuts.
February 21, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus Feb. 18--After recent job-cut announcements from giant companies including Lucent Technologies, Goodyear tire manufacturing, and the retailer Montgomery Ward, who doesn't worry about employment? But overall it's not...

American Cancer Society to Open Administrative Office in Oklahoma City.
February 26, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Feb. 24--The American Cancer Society is opening an administrative office in northwest Oklahoma City that will bring 200 new jobs to the area, officials said. The office will house all financial functions for the...

AT&T Wireless Enters Talks with Oklahoma City Communications Firm.
February 26, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Feb. 23--AT&T Wireless has been talking with Oklahoma City's Dobson Communications Corp. about an unspecified "potential transaction," according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...

Oklahoma Court Rules Against Oklahoma City-Based Equipment Manufacturer.
February 26, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Feb. 23--In the largest court ruling against CMI Corp., Oklahoma's Western U.S. District Court favored Iowa-based Cedarapids Inc. in a patent dispute that could cost $11 million, a CMI officer said Thursday. The...

Oklahoma City Designer to Visit Mardi Gras Festival to Hunt for Fashion.
February 26, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Feb. 23--An Oklahoma City woman will be among the estimated 3.3 million revelers on the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday during the last day of the two-week Mardi Gras celebration. For designer K.D....

Broken Arrow, Okla,-Based Tech Firm Stock Falls after News of Income Drop.
February 26, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Feb. 23--Broken Arrow-based Xeta Technologies stock plummeted 25 percent Thursday -- a plunge even deeper than the company's drop in quarterly net income. Xeta shares closed down $2.44 at $7. The tech...

Albertson's, Wal-Mart Square Off in Metropolitan Oklahoma City.
February 26, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Feb. 23--Albertson's plans to wave no white flag in what it calls "Wally war" -- competition with Wal-Mart's Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets. Albertson's plans to build eight supermarkets in the metro area...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Charles Crumpley Feb. 25--If the drumbeat of big layoff announcements has you spooked, take heart. A good portion of the supposed "layoffs" are just for show. Although several companies in recent months posted some startling...

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
February 28, 2001... Feb. 25--In 1977, Bill Cameron climbed aboard his father's company airplane with no intention of entering his family's profitable insurance business. A high school senior with a slight rebellious streak, Cameron had just been accepted by...

Oklahoma City Financial Software Firm Gets Multi-Million Dollar Asian Contract.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus Feb. 24--An Oklahoma company has landed a multimillion dollar deal to provide a Southeast Asian country with technology developed in the state, representatives said Friday. Gary Nelson, Advanced Financial Solutions...

Oklahoma Commission Sets Hearing on Natural Gas-Cost Charge.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Paul English Feb. 24--The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has set a hearing for Friday on the natural gas-cost charge to be passed through to customers of Oklahoma Natural Gas and OG&E for March. Commissioners held a similar...

Oklahoma City Employers Use Personality Tests to Improve Placement.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Gregory Potts Feb. 26--Joy Reed Belt, an Oklahoma City human resources consultant, tells a story about leading a seminar for a business whose growth had stalled. She decided to give all the employees personality tests to see...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Feb. 24--ATLANTA--It has a real home theater appointed in rich, movie-theater maroon -- not just a game room with a big-screen TV. Six comfy seats sport cup holders. There's room for the kids on a pallet on the...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
February 28, 2001... Feb. 24--It's no stretch to look to Scripture for inspiration for real estate and development. Not if you believe in the Bible and believe in Oklahoma City. Fred Jones Hall believes in both. As president of Fred Jones Cos. Inc.,...

Oklahoma Residents Seek Assistance to Help Pay Natural Gas Bills.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Feb. 25--This winter, 135,000 Oklahoma families have used "interest-free loans" to help pay their skyrocketing natural gas bills. Harvey Hightower is among that growing number. Hightower is enrolled in the...

Stock of Oklahoma Energy Company Seriously Undervalued, Experts Say.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Feb. 26--Ask the experts. Chesapeake Energy is more than a $9 stock. Forget that Chesapeake is up more than 200 percent from a year ago -- and up more than 1,000 percent from its lowest days, not long ago, when...