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

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

Edmond, Okla., Auto Group Sees Sales Climb at Indoor Dealership.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 2--Car sales at Oliver Auto Group in Edmond accelerated to $20 million last year from $9 million in 1999. The 4-year-old dealership specializes in the sale and lease of pre-owned luxury cars including...

Growing Oklahoma: It's Going to Take Better Jobs to Do So.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 2--When we read about thriving economies in states that have high-paying jobs to fill, those jobs are not usually in government, but in the private sector. These states aren't relying on lower paying jobs in the...

Currency Clip Puts Norman, Okla., Inventor in the Money.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 2--When Norman businessman Bobby Cleveland lost a money clip his wife gave him, he could not find a replacement he liked. So Cleveland designed his own money clip -- a recently patented product that...

Oklahoma Natural Gas Reports Losses.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 2--An Oklahoma Natural Gas executive says that ONG racked up $71.9 million in unrecovered gas costs partly because of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and the money should be recovered from customers before...

Trammell Crow Cuts Won't Touch Oklahoma City Office.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 2--Cutbacks and reorganization within Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. won't reach the 53-year-old commercial realty firm's Oklahoma City operation, managing director Shaun W. Frankfurt said Thursday. The...

Birth of Downtown Oklahoma City Business Improvement District Begins.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Jack Money Mar. 7--Oklahoma City leaders Tuesday started the process to establish a Business Improvement District for downtown Oklahoma City. The City Council authorized the city engineer to develop plans and tax assessment...

Increase in Jobs Is 'a Good Sign' for State, Oklahoma City Economist Says.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 7--Though the state's unemployment rate increased slightly last month, employment in Oklahoma is up from this time last year. That's "a good sign," a local economist said Tuesday. "Year over year, we...

Oklahoma Landowners Gain More Rights against Seismic Surveys.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 7--As the natural gas boom continues, it could happen. A man could show up at your door saying he wants to set off explosions on your land to look for gas and oil. If you own a sizable amount of property, it...

Ada, Okla.-Based Legal Services Firm Prevails with Oklahoma City Employees.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Jack Money Mar. 7--Ada-based Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. won the right to keep doing business with Oklahoma City employees Tuesday. Oklahoma City Council members had been considering whether to authorize negotiations for...

Tribe Plans Second Modular Home Factory for Stigler, Okla.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 7--The Choctaw Nation's housing authority is building another factory to build modular homes for low-income tribal members, this one in Stigler, the tribe's executive director said. The authority opened its...

Norman, Okla.-Based Online Pharmacist Gets Tennessee License after Raid.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 7--The owner of a Norman Internet pharmacy that was raided Monday -- and hit with a complaint of selling 151,000 pills of controlled drugs -- has received a license to operate an online pharmacy in Tennessee. ...

Oklahoma Governor Calls for Better-Educated Work Force.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 7--A better-educated work force can help Oklahoma compete in foreign trade, Gov. Frank Keating said Tuesday at a Trans Atlantic Business Conference. He spoke at Oklahoma City Community College. About 50 attended...

Lure of Future Drives Public to Oklahoma City International Auto Show.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 9--There's so much polish and chrome at the Oklahoma City International Auto Show that some visitors may overlook the distinction of two kinds of vehicles on display. As expected, lustrous new cars and trucks...

Oklahoma Hosts Growing Number of Biotech Information Companies.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 1--Oklahoma is "strategically ready" to become a world leader in the emerging bioinformatics industry, which could create 40,000 jobs in the state in the next 20 years, a report for The State Chamber says. ...

Durant, Okla.-Based Nonprofit Group Loans Money to Small Businesses.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Mar. 2--In 1997, sales soared for Joe Inda's metal manufacturing business in Shawnee. Contractors and do-it-yourselfers were ordering sheets and sheets of the stuff for more than just metal buildings, custom...

Tulsa, Okla., Man Specializes in Helping People Start Businesses.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 8--A safe syringe just four years ago seemed destined for nothing more glorious than a trash heap. But Tulsa entrepreneur Gifford Mabie stuck with it, and his company has won an exclusive license to make and...

Boeing Expands Presence in Oklahoma City.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 6--It was almost two decades ago that Boeing Co. managers realized the military was spending only 30 percent of its airplane budget to get a plane designed, made and delivered. The rest of the money came later,...

Bottled Water Plant with Local Labels to Begin Operation in Oologah, Okla.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Don Diehl Mar. 8--So, besides a nice clear bottle of water with a colorful reproduction of Will Rogers on its label, what's so special about bottled water? And why are people lapping up bottled water in such increasing...

Oklahoma City-Based Communications Company Posts Record Fourth Quarter.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 6--Dobson Communications Corp. enjoyed a record fourth quarter, boosted by soaring demand for digital telephone services and strong holiday sales. Oklahoma City-based Dobson provides cellular phone service to...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 4--This winter's dramatic rise in natural gas prices has been a painful reminder that we need to take charge of our personal finances. This came to mind Tuesday evening during a Citizens League of Central Oklahoma's SPEAK UP! session...

Oklahoma Residents to See Slight Increase in Electric Bills in March.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 6--March electric bills are a little more than 3 percent higher than February bills for customers of American Electric Power's Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, the company said Monday. The utility blamed the...

Stocks of Oklahoma's Energy Companies Hold Steady.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus Mar. 4--In an otherwise uneventful stock trading week, Oklahoma-based energy industry companies held their ground. In a comparison of Friday's closing prices with those a week earlier, only a couple of companies --...

Nashville, Tenn.-Based Gaylord Entertainment Reports Losses in 2000.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 8--NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Gaylord Entertainment lost $153.5 million in 2000, a year the company that owns the Grand Ole Opry declared as one "we are glad to have... behind us." "To correct this situation, Gaylord Entertainment began a...

Oklahoma Businesses Applaud, Labor Boos Repeal of Workplace Ergonomics Rules.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 9--The State Chamber cheered Congress' repeal of ergonomics regulations this week, while the Oklahoma office of the AFL-CIO booed it -- attributing the defeat to partisan politics. "We feel like it's...

Owner Takes Welch, Okla., Estate off Auction Block.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 9--The "absolute auction" of the Bill Patch estate -- a 17,000-square-foot mansion on 181 acres just west of Welch -- was called off Thursday when owner John Shipman backed out at the last minute. Shipman,...

Oklahoma Utility Companies Try to Avoid Estimation of Usage.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 8--"Estimated." The word strikes fear in the hearts of some people when they see it on their utility bill. Higher energy costs coupled with greater usage have prompted more people to question the accuracy...

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Mar. 4--It's a Saturday afternoon and B.C. Clark is showing a perfectly cut Lazare diamond to a customer in the B.C. Clark Jewelers store at 101 Park Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City. Of course, this is not the...

Oklahoma Farmers, Environmentalists to Meet, Discuss Endangered Fish.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 3--Farmers and fish fans will make their feelings known Tuesday in Ada. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold the year's first Oklahoma meeting on the Arkansas River Shiner. The fish no bigger...

Oklahoma Senate Bill Offers Filmmakers Rebates for Filming in State.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 9--The state Senate on Thursday approved the payment of up to $2 million a year in state funds as rebates to movie production companies filming in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 674, which now goes to the House, would...

Oklahoma Waits to Regain Cash Allegedly Stolen by Financier.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus Mar. 3--Oklahoma is patiently waiting its turn to get money back from crimes allegedly committed by fugitive financier Martin Frankel, an Insurance Commission spokesman said Friday. Frankel was being extradited to...

Racially Written Insurance Policies Are Rare, Oklahoma Commissioner Says.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus Mar. 3--A Tulsa woman's lawsuit against an insurance company claiming years of racially discriminatory policy sales is a rare problem in Oklahoma, state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher said. The plaintiff,...

Oklahoma City Jewelry Designer Stays on Top of What's Hot.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 9--While many people watch TV programs or movies to get away from their jobs and relax, Dixie Newcomb can't fully do either without constantly thinking about her work. When she and her husband saw the...

Ada, Okla., Legal Services Firm's War against Critics Evokes Deja Vu.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 4--In 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission asked Ada-based Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. to change its accounting practices. The SEC proposed that Pre-Paid Legal begin treating the costs associated...

Ada, Okla.-Based Legal Services Firm Answers Critics with War in Courts.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 4--ADA, Okla.--Nearly two years ago, Richard Starke -- a former executive director for Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. -- sent a warning letter to the company's Ada headquarters. "The secret's out," Starke...

Ada, Okla.-Based Legal Services Firm Issues Warning of Lower Results.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 9--Ada-based Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. -- a company plagued by class-action investor lawsuits -- issued an earnings warning after trading closed Thursday. The company lowered its expected first-quarter...

Southwestern Bell to Offer Long-Distance Service in Oklahoma.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 6--The regulatory combat is over, and Southwestern Bell will roll out its long-distance service to Oklahomans on Wednesday. It's been an off-and-on fight for about two years to get state and federal approval...

Natural Gas Sector's Stock Rises on Shell's Bid for Denver-Based Company.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 8--Stock prices for Oklahoma natural gas companies soared Wednesday after an offer by Houston-based Shell Oil Co. to purchase another company in the natural gas sector. In an unsolicited $1.8 billion bid,...

Norman, Okla., Pharmacy Raided by Federal, State Agencies.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 6--NORMAN, Okla.--Agents with at least six federal and state agencies raided a Norman online pharmacy Monday on complaints that the pharmacy sent out "alarming quantities" of controlled drugs. Agents...

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Petroleum Services Firm Disappointed in Record Posting.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 9--Tulsa-based Nesco Inc. reported a record fourth quarter -- but still expressed disappointment that the quarter wasn't better. The company also restated its third-quarter results, lowering its revenue and...

Cox Communications Adds to Phone Service Competition in Oklahoma City.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 8--No competition in the local residential telephone market in Oklahoma City? Don't believe it, Cox Communications general manager Dave Bialis said. "We are a major player," Bialis said. "We're really...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 3--Home values in the Oklahoma City metro area increased 4.5 percent last year. Home values in the Oklahoma City metro area increased 2 percent last year. The first figure came from the Office of Federal...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 3--Think beyond "safe room." Think "safe house," where every exterior wall is made of concrete, the same material that makes tornado-resistant safe rooms safe. With storm season approaching, the people at the...

Oklahoma Businesses Opt to `Try Before They Buy' with Hired Temps.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 4--It was a recurring frustration for Jack Johnston, director of human resources at Greco frame and supply company in southwest Oklahoma City. He would conduct a two-hour interview with a prospective...

Commission Cuts Oklahoma Utilities' Fuel Charges.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 3--The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted unanimously Friday to reduce the fuel adjustment charges two of the state's largest utilities wanted to pass on to their customers in March. "Today's vote will help...

Oklahoma Utility Can't Pass along Bad Deals, State Says.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 3--An administrative officer for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission said Friday his department could ask the commissioners to disallow a sizable part of gas-purchase costs incurred by Oklahoma Natural Gas Co....

Bottled Water Company in Oologah, Okla., to Use Local Images on Labels.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Don Diehl Mar. 8--OOLOGAH, Okla.--Around here there are a lot of things that carry his name -- major streets and highways, airports, museums and landmarks. Now there is a bottled water named for Will Rogers, and that could...

Clinton, Miss.-Based WorldCom Begins Round of Layoffs, Some in Tulsa, Okla.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Don Diehl Mar. 1--TULSA, Okla.--Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc., trying to cut expenses and increase profits, has laid off nearly 6,000 workers in the United States, including perhaps 400 workers in Tulsa. Employees...

Only Bank in Kaw City, Okla., to Close Doors in May.
March 13, 2001... Byline: Dawn Marks Mar. 12--KAW CITY, Okla.--The only bank in this Kay County town will pull out this spring for financial reasons. Kaw City BancFirst customers received letters in late February saying that the branch would close May...

General Motors Plant in Oklahoma City to Stay Idle for Two More Weeks.
March 13, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 10--Swollen car inventories will add two more weeks of downtime to the schedule at the Oklahoma City General Motors Assembly Plant, a GM spokeswoman said Friday. The plant makes the Chevrolet Malibu sedan....

Oklahoma City Area Sees Decline in Number of Housing Permits.
March 13, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 12--Home building continues to slow in the Oklahoma City metro area, with the number of homes permitted so far this year off 12.8 percent compared with the first two months of 2000. The trend is set. The...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
March 13, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 12--In Oklahoma City, "upscale" and "infill" are seldom, if ever, uttered in the same breath when someone is talking about housing and development. "Upscale" generally refers to the well-heeled, of course....

Oklahoma Residents Satisfied with Relatively Low Utility Bills.
March 13, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 12--EDMOND, Okla.--Moms call Gaylia Pickard and want to know about her house: "Does it really stay warm?" Pickard, a young mom of three herself, said she answers in the affirmative. Yes, the geothermal system...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Charles Crumpley Mar. 11--When Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys' owner and president, cut quarterback Troy Aikman on Wednesday, he was quoted as saying that it was a tough decision. It might have been tough for him emotionally,...

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 11--Dr. William "Bill" W. Talley II sometimes seems like a one-man union of opposites. Talley, chairman of the Oklahoma City-based RAM Cos., is a man of extensive academic credentials, yet he veered off from...

Ada, Okla.-Based Legal Services Firm Nears Rock Bottom as Economy Slows.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 11--Pre-Paid Legal hasn't been this cheap since 1998. The stock dipped below $16 Friday before closing at $16.85 a share. Trading volume was heavy -- nearly triple the company's average -- as investors dumped...

Multilevel Marketing Has Plenty of Fans, Foes.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 11--During the mid-1990s, James Smith decided to give multilevel marketing a serious try. He has since retired from Oklahoma City to sunny Florida. But multilevel marketing hardly paid his way. Rather,...

Oklahoma City Stock Picker Wins National Contest.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 11--The e-mail had to be a joke, reasoned Oklahoma City native Tracy Jenks. "I thought it may be... something like, get 50 of your friends signed up and get a free pair of Gap jeans," Jenks said. The...

Bush's Tax Plan Would Help Many Oklahoma Families, Small Businesses.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 11--One recent morning, Deana Morgan was busy packing the peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches. Fifteen-month-old Jared was taking his bottle while his brothers, 7-year-old Joshua and 4 1/2-year-old Jacob stood on...

Oklahoma Farmers May Clinch Wheat Trade Deal with China.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 19--A farmer wants to put the nutty flavor of Oklahoma wheat in Chinese bread -- and more money in wheat farmers' pockets. A trade effort may mean that American farmers could sell more wheat to China than to...

Oklahoma Cities Bethany, Yukon, Coming Closer Together.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 19--Bethkon? Yuthany? That's silly, but the cities of Bethany and Yukon are coming together. Experts say the thinning sliver of undeveloped property between the two will build up quicker than ever now that the...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
March 20, 2001... Mar. 18--If Americans made a desperate plea for help, would Washington respond? It looks as if the answer is "no." Americans, indeed, cried out desperately last week when they hammered the price of stocks to frightening lows. The...

Oklahoma Professors Receive Grant to Stop Computer `Terrorism'.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 17--Two professors have been awarded almost $1 million to stop cyberterrorists from setting off an electronic Pearl Harbor. The Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism and...

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 18--Dave Bialis arrived in 1992 to lead Cox Cable in Oklahoma City. The company had about 90,000 customers in the city area and offered 40 channels. Today, Cox Communications has 260,000 customers in the...

Oklahoma Legislators Change Lien Law after Objections from Trade Groups.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 17--The Senate has passed a bill changing last year's controversial mechanic's lien law to meet concerns voiced this year by construction trade groups. The bill is now before the House. "It passed unanimously....

Oklahoma-Based Natural Resources Company Defies Bear Market.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 18--Panhandle Royalty stood out last week. The company was setting 52-week highs while other stocks were struggling -- and mostly failing -- to hold their own. On Monday, when some declared the "bear...

SEC Investigates Accounting Practices of Ada, Okla.-Based Legal Services Firm.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis Mar. 19--The accounting methods of Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. -- already at the center of numerous class action investor lawsuits -- are now being questioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well. ...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 19--Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar -- all for a cut in interest rates, stand up and holler. Youngsters, ask your grandparents to explain that a "bit" is 12 1/2 cents, hence, two bits is a quarter,...

Midwest City, Okla., Makes Plans for Big Shopping Center.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson Mar. 19--Midwest City officials are stepping up plans for an 80-acre shopping center at what residents call their "front door." About 50 percent of the property -- along and north of SE 29th Street, just...

Oklahoma City Newspaper Conducts Poll on Proposed Tax Cut.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 18--Oklahomans and others clicked out mixed responses to President Bush's version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." During his speech earlier this month touting his tax cut proposal, he said that some...

IRS Checks for Match between Tax Return, Social Security Number.
March 20, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 19--The letter Deanna Bradley received from the Internal Revenue Service was a bit of a shock. It said her Social Security number didn't match her name on her tax return, and she could lose deductions if the...

Oklahoma Residents Await Federal Reserve's Decision on Interest Rates.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 20--Home and car sales might get a healthy boost if Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cuts interest rates today as expected, Oklahomans say. Federal monetary policy-makers are expected to deal with the...

SBC Communications Gives Technicians Latest, Best Equipment.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 21--That beefy belt jangling with metal tools is a dinosaur in today's telephone world. One telephone company has replaced it with a toss-it-in-the-pool, drop-it-from-18-feet laptop computer with a lid like a...

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Cos. Accused of Manipulating Energy Prices.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 21--A Tulsa-based company is accused of being responsible for 30 percent of the $135 million that federal officials say California utilities were overcharged in January and February. The Federal Energy...

Oklahoma Offers Amnesty to Businesses with Unclaimed Property.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 21--Amnesty is being offered to businesses that have failed to turn over unclaimed and abandoned property to the state, state Treasurer Robert Butkin said Tuesday. By giving the unclaimed property to the state...

Oklahoma City Power Executive Wants Increased Access to Federal Lands.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 21--Increased access to federal lands would mean growth for a broad range of U.S. energy companies, not just for super-majors, such as Exxon, Chevron and Texaco. It could also mean a long-term shot in the arm...

Oklahoma City Hotel, Conference Center to Take Ramada Name.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 21--A prime Oklahoma City hotel and conference site is getting dressed up as a Ramada Inn after months of operation under a flapping "change is coming" sign. The 30-year-old property, best known as Lincoln Plaza...

Stock Market Falls Again as Investors Express Disappointment with Rate Cut.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 21--Investors pouted over a disappointing interest rate cut Tuesday and wound up steering the stock market to levels analysts compared to a train wreck. The market faltered on the interest rate news,...

Oklahoma Senate Committee Passes Bill over Mechanic's Lien Law.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize Mar. 21--A Senate bill changing last year's mechanic's lien law to meet the concerns of construction trade groups has passed the House Judiciary Committee and is now before the full House. Senate Bill 112,...

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Energy Denies Allegations of Overcharging.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Paul English Mar. 21--Williams Energy's actual costs on many of its alleged overcharges to California utilities probably exceeded a "price screen" used to determine overcharges, the company said Tuesday. The Federal Energy...

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Airline Completes Takeover of Columbia, Mo., Counterpart.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 22--TULSA, Okla.--Great Plains Airline Holding Co. said Wednesday that it has completed its takeover of Ozark Air Lines. The move could result in nonstop service from Oklahoma City and Tulsa to the East Coast...

Oklahoma City-Based Energy Firm Goes Ahead with Initial Offering.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson Mar. 22--The recent market for initial public stock offerings has been as frigid as the weather. There were 10 IPOs last month, versus 55 the previous February. One Oklahoma City energy company plowed ahead,...

Oklahoma City Printing Firm Ends 20-Year Association with Xerox.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 22--A sluggish sales outlook is leading an Oklahoma City company to drop its Xerox product line in favor of Hitachi, said Timothy Clem, president of Document Solutions Co. Clem, doing business as The Document...

Investors in Oklahoma City-Based Tech Firm Sue after Overstated Revenues.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg Mar. 22--Investors from Oklahoma and across the nation have lost millions of dollars in a high-tech company that overstated its revenues by $4 million, alleges a class-action lawsuit. An Oklahoma City firm filed a...

Muskogee, Okla., Courts New Tile Factory.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton Mar. 22--Muskogee may well be on its way to a $58 million factory with Texas tile giant Dal-Tile, an official with the Port of Muskogee said Wednesday. Just don't ask Port Director Scott Robinson to confirm the...