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

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

Tulsa, Okla.-Based E-Business Files $2 Million Lawsuit.
May 31, 2001... Byline: Larry Levy May 31--TULSA, Okla.--A Tulsa-based e-business is seeking more than $2 million in actual and punitive damages in federal court for alleged breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation by a company that processed...

Insurers' Tally on Recent Weather Damage in Oklahoma Expected to Be High.
May 31, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 31--Insurance companies have called in their national catastrophe teams to handle thousands of claims resulting from recent storm damage in Oklahoma. Together, State Farm and Farmers Insurance have fielded...

Quality Jobs Program to Bring 327 Jobs to Oklahoma.
May 31, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes May 31--Oklahoma's Quality Jobs Program will add 327 jobs to the economy in the next three years, a state Commerce Department spokeswoman said Wednesday. Ann Dee Lee said two more companies have signed on to the...

Power Outages Generate Mixed Blessings for Some Oklahoma Businesses.
May 31, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 31--Aggreko Inc. in Edmond kept one of its rental generators for its own use to keep the business open after storms knocked out electricity this week, Logistics Coordinator Keith Jackson said. "We've rented out...

Oklahoma-Based Wireless Firm's Shares Canceled; Remaining Stock May Rise.
May 31, 2001... May 31--A judge Wednesday canceled millions of shares of stock in Broadband Wireless International Corp., a company charged with bilking investors in Oklahoma and other states. Judge David Russell heard evidence in U.S. District Court in...

Ethanol Fuels Sales at Williams Cos. Bio-Energy Unit.
May 30, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 30--TULSA, Okla.--Williams Bio-Energy announced Tuesday it has completed its sixth ethanol marketing deal in five months, agreeing to sell all fuel-grade ethanol made by South Dakota-based Tri-State Ethanol Co....

Lucent May Rehire in Oklahoma City.
May 30, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 30--Lucent Technologies Inc., which had hoped to enlist 400 volunteers for early retirement by Tuesday, instead got roughly 900, a union spokesman said. So many workers volunteered to leave that the big...

Developer Has Office Plans for Edmond, Okla., Sites.
May 30, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 30--EDMOND, Okla.--Work on Village Center Medical Office will begin in July and the developer, Turner & Co., is planning its new corporate office next door at the Village Center at Coffee Creek, a 23-acre...

Nintendo Game Boy Jumps to Next Level.
May 29, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 29--The funny-looking guy on the screen bounced around, stomped spotted mushrooms and yelped pitifully as he almost fell into the water. He's the main character in Rayman Advance, one of the most popular...

Seminars to Help Explain Changes in Oklahoma's Mechanics Lien Laws.
May 29, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 29--The Tulsa construction attorney who was largely responsible for recent changes in the state's mechanics lien law will have meetings in Tulsa and Oklahoma next month to explain exactly what lawmakers did. ...

Oklahoma City-Area Realtors to Tour Commercial Properties.
May 29, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 29--Commercial Realtors will be driven outside their individual specialties June 13 during the second annual bus tour of commercial property organized by the Commercial Industrial Division of the Oklahoma City...

Omaha, Neb., Area Seeing Shortage of Skilled Craftsmen.
May 27, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 27--A residential carpenter, Jeff Moxley, 21, loves nothing more than driving by a new home after he's helped construct it. "I look at it and think 'Hey, I built that,'" Moxley said. Trim...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
May 27, 2001... Byline: Charles Crumpley May 27--COMPUTER HASTENS PINK SLIPS: As if we needed any further evidence that manufacturers are getting hammered, we got it last week with the news of 225 additional layoffs at Charles Machine Works in Perry....

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
May 27, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 27--FINDING A RECESSION-PROOF NICHE: Don Smith was looking for a solid business niche when he came across the term "halfway house" in the newspaper one day. It was 1984, and Oklahoma was in the grip of...

Oklahoma Farmers' Early Harvest Comes In above Expected Yield.
May 27, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 27--Oklahoma farmers already have climbed into the seats of their combines and are taking them across wheat fields. Southwest Oklahoma farmers pushed the season into gear Wednesday night in what could be the...

Ada, Okla.-Based Pre-Paid Legal Services Seeks Name of Online Critic.
May 27, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 27--During a deposition last spring, Gregg Sturz told lawyers he couldn't identify "skeptic_ill," an Internet message board user who has criticized -- often in minute detail -- the accounting and business...

Tulsa, Okla.-Based Williams Communications Loses Price Gains in Stock.
May 27, 2001... May 27--Investors took away from Williams Communications Group Inc.'s stock price gains Friday even though company executives clarified the company is safely and fully funded and isn't seeking investment from other telecom companies. The...

Great Plains Airlines Launches Service in Oklahoma City.
May 26, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 26--Lowell and Connie Schmidt climbed aboard a Great Plains Airlines jet on Friday on their way to Albuquerque, N.M., as happy fliers with nothing but travel on their mind. Not that Mayor Kirk Humphreys and...

Oklahoma City Misses the Train on `Telecom Hotel' Trend.
May 26, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 26--Oklahoma City pretty much missed the train, the one hauling plans for converting old buildings into "telecom hotels." It never pulled up. A year ago, nobody saw what was 'round the bend. A...

Memorial Day Travelers Unfazed by High Gas Prices, Slow Economy.
May 26, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 26--Memorial Day travelers are heading out in large numbers, unfazed by high gasoline prices and a drooping economy. In Oklahoma, about 408,000 people -- 12.3 percent of the population -- are expected to hit...

Local Financial Executive Says Bank's Growth in Oklahoma is On Target.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 25--Local Financial Corp. has made "significant progress in our mission to build a major commercial banking franchise in Oklahoma, Chairman and Chief Executive Edward A. Townsend told investors Wednesday. With...

Justices Won't Hear Oklahoma Natural Gas Case over Sales Records.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 25--The Oklahoma Supreme Court has voted unanimously against accepting jurisdiction in two Oklahoma Natural Gas affiliates' bid to block state regulators from seeing records of their sales to third parties. ...

Opening Health Shop Helps Heal Career of Oklahoma City Man.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 25--The day former Sprint employee Charles Lewis fell from a ladder working on his house 10 years ago, his 9-to- 5 workdays were over. Exacerbating an athletic injury from college, Lewis, a father of...

Oklahoma City Convention Director, Downtown Hotels Battle over Room Prices.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 25--A tourism tug-of-war is under way in downtown Oklahoma City. City convention planners say two upscale hotels are charging high prices, driving away business that the remodeled Myriad Convention Center is...

Ada, Okla.-Based Legal Insurance Company Officers Remain Uninsured.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 25--Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. -- a company that markets legal insurance-type memberships -- has no legal insurance of its own. In a Thursday morning interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Pre-Paid Chief...

Tulsa, Okla., Methane Chemical Company Shows Promise to Investment Watchers.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 25--TULSA, Okla.--Name a 20-year-old Oklahoma company that has a market capitalization of $425 million, a 50-person research staff, seven big-energy companies as clients -- and has never reported a dime in...

Natural Gas Prices Ease in Oklahoma; Cool Weather Curbs Demand.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 25--Natural gas prices have wilted in recent weeks -- news that may be cheering to consumers and sobering to energy-company executives. In fact, prices in Oklahoma and across the nation have dropped nearly...

Opposition Raised Against New Arcadia-Luther, Okla.-Area Power Plant.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 25--"Ancillary health issues" raised by an opponent of a proposed power plant in the Arcadia-Luther area cannot be considered by the state Department of Environmental Quality, attorneys for DEQ and the plant said...

Lawton, Okla., Goodyear Plant Rolls to Provide Ford's Tires.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 25--Lawton's Goodyear Tire Plant is cranking out replacements for the Firestone tires recalled Tuesday by Ford Motor Co., plant spokesman Geary Hearn said Wednesday. While Goodyear can't work fast enough to...

Oklahoma Utility Customers Get Rate Credits, Reductions.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 25--AEP/Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced about $9 million worth of good news Thursday for its customers. AEP/PSO will give its customers about $9 million in combined rate credits and cost...

Oklahoma Utility Sees Quarterly Net Loss.
May 25, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 25--OGE Energy Corp. had a net loss of $14.97 million in the first quarter that ended March 31, due mostly to a $13.97 million net loss by its Enogex subsidiary, the company announced Thursday. Oklahoma Gas...

Official at Oklahoma's BOK Financial Cools Talk of Sale.
May 24, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 24--Although BOK Financial Corp. Chairman George Kaiser recently was quoted as saying he'd sell BOK if earnings failed to stay reasonably high, company executives said the comment was taken out of context and that...

Nonprofit Group Buys Oklahoma City Apartments.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 23--A nonprofit group tied to the National Council of Young Israel bought its first apartments in Oklahoma City, using $9.8 million of a $100 million bond issue approved by county commissioners last year. The...

Tulsa, Okla., University Gets Grant to Train against Cyber Terrorism.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 23--A $2.79 million grant will fund the University of Tulsa as a training center for tomorrow's "Cyber Force" -- professionals who will defend the nation against cyber terrorists, a TU professor said Tuesday....

Future of Electricity Deregulation in Oklahoma Remains in Doubt.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 23--Oklahoma lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to repeal a planned 2002 startup of electric deregulation and authorized a task force study on how to restructure the industry. Senate Bill 440 says that...

Discount Grocer to Close an Oklahoma City Location.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 23--Pratt Discount Foods is closing its doors at Interstate 240 and S Walker, where it has operated more than 10 years. The company's lease has expired at 7501 S Walker, J.B. Pratt, president of...

Perry, Okla.-Based Trenching Machine Maker Cuts 225 More Jobs.
May 23, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 23--PERRY, Okla.--Charles Machine Works Inc. laid off 225 full-time employees this week in another attempt to fit the plant's work force to shrinking sales of its Ditch Witch trenching machines. In early May,...

Trade Group Requests Investigation Into SBC Communications.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 22--The trade association for phone companies has asked for a Federal Communications Commission investigation into SBC Communications, a new long-distance provider in Oklahoma. Competitive Telecommunications...

Rival to SBC Launches DSL Network in Oklahoma.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 22--Birch Telecom on Monday launched its DSL network for speedy Internet service to businesses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The pesky pup company -- recognizable for its spokes-pooch gracing billboards --...

Oklahoma Legislators Agree to Delay Electricity Deregulation.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 22--Legislative conferees Friday signed out a bill designed to delay electricity deregulation in Oklahoma until at least 2003 and create a blue ribbon task force to advise the 2003 Legislature on deregulation....

Home Permits in Oklahoma City Area Rise in First Quarter.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 22--The metro area saw slight growth in home permits through April compared to the same months in 2000, despite reduced rebuilding in Moore and stalled development in Norman, where the sewer system is nearing...

Sale of Plants in Oklahoma, Ohio Would Ease Lucent, Alcatel Merger.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 22--The possible sale of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s manufacturing plants in Oklahoma and Ohio would not handicap a merger by Lucent and its French rival, Alcatel SA, industry observers said Friday. If anything,...

Report Says Oklahoma Ranks Third in Indian-Owned Businesses.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 22--Oklahoma ranks third behind Texas and California in leading the nation in American Indian-owned businesses, the U.S. Commerce Department is expected to report today. In 1997, a total of 197,300 American...

Oklahoma Senate Panel Reconsiders Delay in Electric Deregulation.
May 22, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 22--A proposal to delay electric deregulation until at least 2003 was sent back to conference committee Monday to remove tax incentives for Oklahoma manufacturers of wind turbines. The Senate is expected to...

Oklahoma Legislators to Discuss Prevention of Disease in Livestock.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 20--State legislators will consider a bill this week to help keep Oklahoma free of foot-and-mouth and mad cow diseases. House Bill 1190, scheduled for consideration Tuesday, would increase livestock...

Minority Builder Aids Oklahoma City Baseball Programs.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 20--Frank Narcomey's passion is baseball. He says baseball is "kind of like life." "Where can you hit three out of 10 times and call yourself a professional?" he asks. "It's a game of failure. It's how to...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Charles Crumpley May 20--CONSERVING CAN'T CURE POWER ILLS: Even before Thursday, when President Bush outlined his plan to extract us from the looming energy crisis, environmentalists and conservationists derided the plan. They...

More Oklahomans Seeking Green during Golden Years.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 20--"When I retired, it was just like I had lost something," Bob Pressley said. "It was only a short time before I told my wife, 'I have to go to work or go crazy.'" The 67-year-old car salesman said returning...

Oklahoma-Based Energy Firms See Stocks Thrive after Bush's Proposal.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 20--Oklahoma energy companies, already enjoying spectacular earnings, found new reasons to celebrate last week. On Monday, Kerr-McGee agreed to buy a San Francisco natural gas company for $1.75 billion --...

Mysterious Foal Deaths Puzzle Kentucky Horse-Breeding Farms.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 20--Rather than watching foals graze alongside their mothers this spring, Kentucky horsemen are counting dead foals. A mysterious illness has killed horses in that state, but Oklahoma horsemen may be able to...

Oklahoma City Portfolio Manager Swears by Computerized System.
May 20, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 20--Keith Sanders has a portfolio manager who automatically sells any stock that loses 10 percent of its value and who sometimes pulls him out of the stock market entirely. As a result, Sanders escaped last...

Basement Contractor Expands Living Space in Oklahoma Homes.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 19--When is a 2,500-square-foot house more than a 2,500-square-foot house? When it's a 2,500-square-foot house with a 2,500-square-foot, built-out basement. No matter how you slice it, that's 5,000 square...

Oklahoma City-Area Grocer Plans to Open Natural Foods Store.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 19--Longtime area grocer J.B. Pratt Jr. next month will open a natural-foods grocery at 1409 E Danforth in Edmond's Kickingbird Square. Pratt leased the 32,000-square-foot building, formerly a Jim's...

Construction Completed on Oklahoma City-Area Office Building.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 19--A new five-story, 59,479-square-foot office building that sits adjacent to Hefner Parkway on the northeast corner of Lake Hefner is complete and more than 70 percent leased, one of its owners said...

IPO for Tulsa, Okla.-Based Power Plant Construction Firm Called Success.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 19--TULSA, Okla.--Global Power Equipment Group Inc.'s IPO has been a hit. The Tulsa-based power plant builder completed an initial public offering Thursday of 7.35 million shares of common stock at $20 per...

Real Estate Not As Easy as Book Suggests.
May 19, 2001... Byline: Richard Mize May 19--Some of us just want the telephone to work, every time. We want phone service at a fair price, and we don't care who's ringing the bells. Some of us just want the lights to come on, every time. ...

Kansas City, Mo.-Based Building Supply Company Closes Oklahoma City Store.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 18--Payless Cashways, a national building supplier, on Wednesday closed its store at Northwest Expressway and County Line in Oklahoma City -- along with two stores in Louisville, Ky., and sites in...

State Officials Target Beaver County, Okla., Hog Farm for Closure.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 18--An official in the state attorney general's office promised Thursday to take Seaboard Farms to court if the corporation's license isn't pulled from a hog farm in the panhandle. "I think the record is...

Oklahoma Experiences Big Increase in Demand for Housing.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 18--Census data just released indicates Oklahoma saw a strong surge in housing demand during the 1990s. The rise even topped a rise in nationwide demand that took experts by surprise. Census figures show the...

Enid, Okla.-Based Company Buys Energy Assets of Mount Vernon, Ill., Firm.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 18--ENID, Okla.--Continental Resources announced Thursday it has agreed to buy all the energy assets of privately held Farrar Oil Co. of Mount Vernon, Ill. Farrar, third-largest oil producer in Illinois,...

Reston, Va.-Based Company Provides Self-Checkout Technology to Indiana Stores.
May 18, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 18--Tired of waiting in line at the store reading tabloid headlines? Shoppers can check out on their own at the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, which opened in January at 1101 NW 164. Five of the...

Oklahoma City Airport Officials Discuss Budgetary Issues.
May 17, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 17--Airport trustees approved a $54.8 million budget Wednesday, then turned to collecting $241,000 in fees from bankrupt TWA. TWA owes the airports $140,000, billed before the airline filed for Chapter 11...

Oklahoma City-Based Pre-Paid Legal Services Company Issues Earnings Warning.
May 17, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 17--Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. warned investors Wednesday that its earnings would be slashed by more than 50 percent under an accounting change recommended by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The...

Natural-Gas Outlook Brings Oil Companies Back to U.S. Soil, Executive Says.
May 17, 2001... Byline: Rick Robinson May 17--The natural-gas outlook is so strong that even large independents and major oil companies, which have focused internationally for years, are now actively looking and buying operations in the continental...

Target Builds New Super Store in Oklahoma City.
May 17, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 17--Target Corp. is building its first Oklahoma super store just north of Memorial Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. The site is practically next door to the Quail Springs Target store at 2201 W Memorial...

U.S. Agricultural Officials Fear Terrorist-Aided Arrival of Disease.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 16--Foot-and-mouth disease could come creeping into the United States in a zip-top bag carried by a terrorist. Experts say the livestock disease that has swept Britain easily could reach America through a...

Bethany, Okla.-Based Small Aircraft Company Hurt by Reduced Stock Value.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 16--Months of declining stock values have caused almost a third of Aviation General Inc.'s customers to cancel or postpone their purchases of small aircraft, the Bethany company reported Tuesday. As a result,...

Oklahoma Economists Pessimistic about Economy in Wake of Interest Rate Cut.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 16--The Federal Reserve's cut of a key interest rate by half a percentage point Tuesday gives some hint that the U.S. economy is weaker than initially thought, Oklahoma economists said. The large cut -- the...

Ada, Okla.-Based Pre-Paid Legal Accused of Improper Accounting Practices.
May 16, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 16--Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc.'s controversial accounting practices are improper, a division of the Securities and Exchange Commission has told the company. Ada-based Pre-Paid said it has received a letter...

Devon, Penn.-Based SupplyOne Merges Plants in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Okla.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 15--Pennsylvania-based SupplyOne has merged Oklahoma City and Tulsa box plants into a new manufacturing company, CPD Tech Pack, a spokesman said Monday. Gary Clonts, former president of Tech Pack Inc., has been...

Conoco to Build Fuel Plant in Ponca City, Okla.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 15--PONCA CITY, Okla.--Conoco Inc. on Monday announced plans to construct a small, $75 million demonstration plant in Ponca City to convert natural gas into 400 barrels a day of liquid fuels such as diesel, jet...

Net Income Up at Oklahoma City-Based Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Paul English May 15--Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. Monday reported net income of $73.4 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, on revenues of $212 million in the first quarter of 2001. That was way up from net income of $8.9...

Oklahoma City Stock Buyer Admits Internet Fraud.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Ed Godfrey May 15--A former American Online employee accused of sending $1.5 million in phony checks to buy stocks over the Internet pleaded guilty Monday to mail fraud. Daniel W. Ausmus, 32, pleaded guilty before U.S....

Avalon Prison Service Sees Rise in Profits.
May 15, 2001... Byline: Jon Denton May 15--Higher inmate populations led Avalon Correctional Services Inc. to an increased net income of $244,000, or 5 cents per share, on revenue of $5.9 million in the first quarter ended March 31, president Donald...

Oklahoma Farmers Expect to See Prices for Agricultural Products Increase.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 13--Oklahoma farmers will find prices going up for two chief agriculture products, the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report says. The forecast shows Oklahoma wheat production will be down 32...

Oklahoma Businesses Find Merit in Using Golf to Establish Relationships.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 13--When a certain secretary in Oklahoma City says her boss is at a meeting with the Woods and Greens, public relations executive Brent Gooden knows exactly what that means: His client is playing golf....

Oklahoma Experts Urge People to Buy Long-Term Health Care Insurance.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 13--Grace Norris, the aging mother of Dorothy Moses, was living independently in western Oklahoma -- with money in the bank -- when a minor stroke crippled her health. Other strokes followed. Soon, Norris --...

Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce President Makes His Job Everybody's Business.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 13--Richard Rush has had a personal interest in business since he was 10 years old. Rush grew up in the inner city of southside Chicago. His father died when he was 9, and Rush and his brother had to find jobs,...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
May 13, 2001... May 13--Now that gasoline prices are painfully high, some "experts" have started to cry that the government ought to impose price controls. The government ought to do something, all right. But the government should definitely not impose...

Oklahoma City Energy Company Launches a Successful IPO.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Melissa Davis May 13--Where can savvy Oklahoma investors find a young Nasdaq company whose stock price is going north? Right under their own noses. Three months ago today, GMX Resources Inc. -- an Oklahoma City energy...

The Daily Oklahoman Executive Interview Column.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Brian Brus May 13--Richard Rush has had a personal interest in business since he was 10 years old. Rush grew up in the inner city of southside Chicago. His father died when he was 9, and Rush and his brother had to find jobs,...

Prices of Cattle, Wheat Expected to Increase, Federal Officials Say.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Sonya Colberg May 13--Oklahoma farmers will find prices going up for two chief agriculture products, the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report says. The forecast shows Oklahoma wheat production will be down 32...

Business Leaders Outline Etiquette for Golf Course.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes Erickson May 13--Considered a gentlemen's game, golf has its own etiquette. Business golf carries additional social rules, players say. Here are a few: - Never bet a client. "It's just common sense," said...

Golf Etiquette Ensures Business Won't Be Rough.
May 13, 2001... Byline: Paula Burkes May 13--Considered a gentlemen's game, golf has its own etiquette. Business golf carries additional social rules, players say. Here are a few: -- Never bet a client. "It's just common sense," said Rich...