Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from January 2004

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from January 2004

Electronics Hot Sellers for Dayton, Ohio-Area Retailers.
January 3, 2004... Byline: Jason Roberson Jan. 3--After the salesman finished ringing up her cellular phone purchase, Kanika Keith paced the Radio Shack showroom floor for 20 minutes until activation was complete. Keith, 20, of Dayton said all of her...

Feds May Impose Rules on electric Power Grids.
January 3, 2004... Byline: Jeff Nesmith Jan. 3--WASHINGTON--Moving into an area left empty by Congress, federal energy regulators are considering plans to impose mandatory reliability standards on the nation's electric power grids. Reacting to the Aug....

Businesses Encouraged to Tackle Issue of White Collar Crime.
January 4, 2004... Byline: Barbara Sager Jan. 4--When crime occurs in the workplace, it is often referred to as white collar crime. This covers a wide range of criminal activity that is either financial or corporate in nature. Law enforcement agencies...

Springboro, Ohio, Firm Sells Security Division to Focus on Medical Monitoring.
January 4, 2004... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Jan. 4--Turning its focus to medical monitoring, Valued Relationships Inc. of Springboro has sold its home security division and increased the number of clients that rely on the company for medication reminders,...

Chinese Business Executives to Help with Ohio MBA Program.
January 4, 2004... Jan. 4--Wright State University today will formally welcome 30 Chinese business executives who will participate in a university MBA program and become the first cohort group from abroad to study at Wright State, according to the university. ...

GM, Ford, Chrysler Unveil New Models at Detroit Auto Show.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 5--DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. continued its new-car offensive on Monday, unveiling the Pontiac G6 sports sedan at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. GM touted the 2005 G6, a...

Big Three Auto Firms Aim for Car Driver's Seat.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 5--DETROIT -- Cars are back. After ignoring them for a decade in favor of hot-selling pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, Detroit's automakers will bring a slew of new and redesigned car models...

Japanese-Owned Company Sells Dayton, Ohio, Tool Firm to Management.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Jim Bohman Jan. 5--Dayton Reliable Tool & Manufacturing Co., which gave the world the pop-top beverage can, is again a locally owned company. Gary L. Van Gundy, president and chief executive officer, announced that management...

Vendors Irked by Low Payment Offers for Dayton, Ohio, Flight Celebration.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Jim DeBrosse Jan. 5--DAYTON, Ohio -- The general contractor for the Inventing Flight celebration has asked vendors to accept payment of one-third of their claims for helping stage the 17-day fest in July -- a request some local...

Dayton, Ohio, Area to Host Home Improvement Show.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Laura Dempsey Jan. 5--The "granddaddy of all home shows" opens Wednesday at Hara Arena, featuring 120 exhibits offering everything from decorating advice to financing. "If you don't have a home, we can build one for you," said...

Pentagon Calls for Data on Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Jan. 6--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--The Pentagon on Monday told military base commanders to gather facts and figures aimed at helping it decide which military bases to recommend closing in 2005. ...

Bon-Ton Stores to Cut 311 Moraine, Ohio, Jobs.
January 6, 2004... Jan. 6--DAYTON, Ohio -- Bon-Ton Stores Inc. said Monday it will eliminate 311 of 450 jobs at Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. headquarters in Moraine. Bon-Ton said 132 hourly workers and 179 managers were told Monday that their jobs will be cut...

Challenges Ahead for Beavercreek, Ohio's New City Manager.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Amelia Robinson Jan. 6--BEAVERCREEK, Ohio--Council members Monday predicted that new City Manager Timothy C. Hansley will have his hands full with growth, budget and construction issues, but said his nearly 30 years in government...

Contaminated Kerosene Sold in Southwest Ohio.
January 6, 2004... Jan. 6--Marathon Ashland Petroleum is warning that some kerosene sold in southwestern Ohio may be contaminated with gasoline and could cause a fire or explosion if used. If kerosene smells like gasoline, a company advisory said, it should...

Dayton, Ohio, Schools Approve Minority Preference Program for Construction.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Scott Elliott Jan. 6--DAYTON, Ohio--The city school board launched a one-year experiment Tuesday designed to encourage the use of minority-owned business and small local firms by major contractors who this year will begin building...

DT Industries Says Sale of Technology Division Is Almost Complete.
January 6, 2004... Jan. 6--DAYTON, Ohio -- DT Industries says it expects to complete the sale of its Converting Technologies division in Hyannis, Mass., by Jan. 16. The undisclosed proceeds will reduce debt and satisfy the $2.7 million debt payment that the...

Ohio-Based Dayton Reliable Tool Gets $200,000 Economic-Development Grant.
January 6, 2004... Jan. 6--KETTERING, Ohio--The new owners of Dayton Reliable Tool & Manufacturing Co. received a $200,000 economic development grant to help cover the cost of buying back real estate from DRT's former owner. The Montgomery County economic...

CEO of Miamisburg, Ohio-Based Huffy to Retire.
January 7, 2004... Jan. 7--MIAMISBURG, Ohio -- Don R. Graber on Wednesday announced his retirement as chief executive of Huffy Corp., capping six years of momentous change for the Miamisburg-based company. Huffy's board elected Paul R. D'Aloia, who has served...

Automakers Unleash New, Redesigned Models at Detroit Show.
January 10, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 10--DETROIT -- "Blitz" is the catchword in the automotive industry these days as automakers prepare to unleash an unprecedented number of new and redesigned vehicles in the U.S. market. Many of the...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, Jim Dillon Column.
January 10, 2004... Byline: Jim Dillon Jan. 10--This and that... The Big Three automakers in Detroit have finally come out swinging. Is it too late? One look at the cars and trucks unveiled at this year's North American International Auto Show in...

Dayton, Ohio, Embezzler Also Falsified Documents to Get New Job.
January 10, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Budd Jan. 10--Marcia Snively definitely landed on her feet after losing her job at the Warren County Foundation. The foundation had hired her in 2002, after she was released from prison where she served time for...

Passenger Traffic Up almost 12 Percent at Dayton, Ohio, Airport.
January 11, 2004... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Jan. 11--DAYTON, Ohio -- The birthplace of aviation is well down the list of cities with the busiest airports, but Dayton International Airport appears to have enjoyed a hefty increase in passenger traffic during...

Ohio Fund Likely to Give Money to Redevelopment Project in Downtown Dayton.
January 11, 2004... Byline: Susanne Cervenka Jan. 11--COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The first phase of a six-year near-downtown rehabilitation project may soon get $3 million promised in December from the Clean Ohio Fund. The state Controlling Board today is expected...

Vandalia, Ohio-Based Baby Equipment Firm to Consider Selling Company.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Jason Roberson Jan. 12--VANDALIA, Ohio -- Directors of Vandalia-based Evenflo Co. Inc. said on Monday it will consider strategic alternatives, including sale of the company. Evenflo, a manufacturer of infant and toddler...

Dayton, Ohio, Day-Care Center Fills Parents' Special Needs.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Margo Rutledge Kissells Jan. 12--Karen Hathaway struggled to find day care for her 2-year-old daughter, Anna, who is developmentally delayed and has seizures. The Kettering woman found many providers unable to handle the additional...

Dayton, Ohio-Area Officials Discuss Proposed Actions by Utility Company.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Cathy Mong Jan. 12--CENTERVILLE, Ohio -- A planned $1.90 monthly billing charge by Dayton Power and Light Co. to customers taking part in a proposed electric aggregation program stymied Monday's public hearing held by members of...

Private Investment Firm Buys Four Alcoa Business Units.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Jim Bohman Jan. 12--SIDNEY, Ohio -- American Industrial Partners, a private investment firm with offices in San Francisco and New York, said Monday it has purchased Stolle Machinery and three other related Alcoa business units. ...

Cincinnati-Based Frish's Restaurants Posts Gain in Second-Quarter Earnings.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Jim Bohman Jan. 12--CINCINNATI -- Frisch's Restaurants Inc. reported Monday that fiscal second-quarter earnings increased 9 percent to $2.4 million on revenues that rose 10 percent to $60.4 million. Earnings per share for the...

Xenia, Ohio, Schools Outline Severe Cuts If Levy Bid Fails.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Anthony J. Gottschlich Jan. 13--XENIA, Ohio--Superintendent James A. Smith outlined Monday evening $4.9 million in possible staff and program cuts in the next school year should voters reject a 7.9-mill emergency operating levy on...

Six Ohio Gun Dealers Named to National List.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Lou Grieco Jan. 13--Six Ohio gun dealers made it onto a list of the nation's top 120 stores who sold guns later used in a crime, according to a study released Monday by a gun-safety group. Two of the six were two in the...

Database Pioneer Retires from LexisNexis.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Jason Roberson Jan. 13--MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County -- They were a handful of men working 60 hours a week in the early 1970s in the 111 Building in downtown Dayton. Mead Corp. had recently purchased software and technology...

Ohio Reports Record Year for Liquor Sales.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Benjamin Kline Jan. 13--Ohioans spent $27 million more on hard liquor in 2003 than the previous year, according to sales figures compiled by the state's Division of Liquor Control. Sales of spirituous liquor — at least 21...

Fourth Employee Quits FM Station Owned by Ohio's Antioch University.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Jim DeBrosse Jan. 13--YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio--Staff departures continue at public radio station WYSO-FM with the resignation this week of Business Manager Judy Pitstick -- the fourth person to leave the station in a month. ...

Dayton, Ohio, Chamber Critical of Utility Opt-Out Option.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Jim Bohman Jan. 13--DAYTON, Ohio -- The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, which endorsed electricity deregulation when it became state law five years ago, now opposes certain power buying plans by community purchasing groups. ...

GM's Promotional Giveaway Increases Traffic at Dayton, Ohio-Area Dealers.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 14--General Motors Corp.'s "Hot Button" new-car giveaway, launched last week, has spurred showroom traffic at local GM dealers. But it's not clear whether the promotion is driving sales. The world's...

Landfill Neighbors Fear Toxic Chemicals in Dayton, Ohio.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Dale Dempsey Jan. 14--DAYTON, Ohio -- Werner Storost lives at 1000 Brandt Pike with a methane gas detector in his basement, a gas probe in his back yard and a constant sense of uncertainty. "It is kind of like living on a stick...

Ohio-Based Sporting-Goods Firm Huffy Corp. Cuts Earnings Forecasts Again.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 15--MIAMISBURG, Ohio--Huffy Corp. today cut its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings forecasts because of low profit margins in its backboard and sporting goods segments and higher-than-expected costs at...

Greene County, Ohio, Health District Tells Restaurant to Shape Up.
January 17, 2004... Jan. 17--GREENE COUNTY, Ohio -- The Grub Steak II Restaurant, 2220 Ohio 35 near Beavercreek, will be closed and without a food service license until at least Tuesday pending health code improvements ordered by the Greene County Combined Health...

Democratic Party Head Brings Jobs Message to Columbus, Ohio, Audience.
January 17, 2004... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Jan. 17--COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe kicked off his State of the American Worker tour in Columbus and Toledo on Friday and stood shoulder to shoulder with unemployed...

Dayton, Ohio, Rubber Plant to Pay $500,000 Toxic-Emissions Penalty.
January 17, 2004... Jan. 17--DAYTON, Ohio -- Mullins Rubber Products Inc. and its president, William R. Mullins Sr., pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency. Mullins Rubber underreported the level of toxic...

Sporting-Goods Acquisition Fails to Come Through for Huffy Corp.
January 17, 2004... Byline: Jim Dillon Jan. 17--One year ago, the Dayton Daily News published a story about Miamisburg-based Huffy Corp. in which Chairman Don Graber said the company was poised for tremendous growth. That vision relied not so much on the...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, Business Briefs Column.
January 18, 2004... Jan. 18--DAYTON, OHIO, UNIVERSITY NAMES NEW ENROLLMENT MANAGER: Robert E. Johnson, who built a successful enrollment management operation at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., has been named vice president for enrollment management at the...

Xenia, Ohio, Bookstore to Shut Down after 27 Years.
January 18, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 18--XENIA, Ohio -- When Alan Liming decided to close his Xenia bookstore after 27 years, he held a members-only going-out-of-business sale. The members, who paid an annual fee to get a discount and...

Lexus Used-Car Dealership to Open in July near Dayton, Ohio.
January 19, 2004... Byline: Jim Bohman Jan. 19--WASHINGTON, Ohio -- Lexus of Dayton, a successful luxury car dealer for 14 years, has broken ground for a separate "pre-owned" Lexus facility on Lyons Road. The $3.2 million facility, between Yankee Street...

CORRECTION: Fourth-Quarter Earnings Drop 31 Percent for Auto Company Delphi.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 20--The story slugged DY-DELPHI, which was moved Jan. 20 by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, contained an error in the headline. Please delete or kill the first version and use the following...

Dayton, Ohio, Black Chamber Gives Back to Business Community.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Jason Roberson Jan. 20--DAYTON, Ohio -- Following the tradition of their elders, Eleanor Stocks and Gayle Harden-Renfro have partnered to give back to the black business community. Stocks, president of the Greater Dayton...

Performance of General Motors' Finance Unit Offsets Sluggish Vehicle Sales.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 20--General Motors Corp. reported flat fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday as a gain on the split-off of its Hughes Electronics subsidiary and another strong performance by its GMAC finance unit offset...

Job Cuts May Loom, Panasonic Tells Workers at Troy, Mich., Plant.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Ben Sutherly Jan. 20--TROY, Mich. -- MT Picture Display Corp. of America, better known locally as Panasonic, began informing workers this week of job cuts and layoffs that may be needed to stay competitive during the upcoming...

Fourth-Quarter Earnings Drop 41 Percent for Automotive Company Delphi.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 20--Delphi Corp. said Tuesday restructuring charges caused its fourth-quarter earnings to drop 31 percent. But the company beat analysts' expectations as it continued to expand its non-General Motors...

Quarterly Profits Rise for Milwaukee-Based Electrical Products Firm A.O. Smith.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 21--A.O. Smith Corp. said today its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 13 percent on improved earnings in its water systems division. But the Milwaukee-based company, which employs about 500 in Tipp...

Increase in Housing Starts Leads to Record Year for Home Builders.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Jason Roberson Jan. 21--A surprise increase in housing starts last month made 2003 the best year for home builders in 25 years. The Commerce Department said Wednesday housing construction increased by 1.7 percent from November....

Dayton, Ohio, Group to Discuss Downtown Redevelopment Options.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Jan. 21--A committee of local officials, business leaders and development experts will present recommendations for the redevelopment of the Arcade to the Downtown Dayton Partnership next week, President Maureen...

Emery Parent CNF Reports Income Boost despite Writeoff of Dayton, Ohio, Unit.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Jan. 26--CNF Inc. on Monday reported a 22 percent increase in net income for the fourth quarter over the same period last year despite a charge for restructuring a unit that includes the former Emery Worldwide...

Four Dayton, Ohio-Area Facilities Named Distinguished Hospitals.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Kevin Lamb Jan. 26--HealthGrades has given its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence to four local hospitals, ranking Grandview Medical Center, Miami Valley and Good Samaritan hospitals and Mercy Medical Center of...

Ohio's Miami University Receives $1 Million Gift from Alumnus.
January 26, 2004... Jan. 26--OXFORD, Ohio -- An alumnus has given Miami University a $1 million gift of six fiber strands used for Internet high-speed broadband telecommunications. "The vision is to give the students of Butler County access to the world,"...

Two Ohio Banks to Merge.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Jim Bohman Jan. 27--Huntington Bancshares, operator of 13 Huntington Bank offices in the Dayton-Springfield area, said Wednesday it has agreed to purchase Unizan Financial Corp. in a stock swap valued at $587 million. ...

Landmark Arcade May Be Renovated or Razed in Downtown Dayton, Ohio.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Jan. 27--DAYTON, Ohio -- If a complete redevelopment of the Arcade can't be subsidized to make it profitable, the community should consider other options for the historic site, even tearing down some of the...

ATM Maker NCR Posts 40 Percent Earnings Hike in Fourth Quarter.
January 27, 2004... Jan. 27--DAYTON, Ohio -- NCR Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 40 percent on major expense cuts and strong sales of automated teller machines and data warehousing products. For the three-month period ended Dec. 3, NCR...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Business-Form Printer May Miss Earnings Goal.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jan. 27--DAYTON, Ohio -- The $37 million in pretax charges Standard Register Co. expects to record in the fourth quarter will likely cause the company to fall short of Wall Street's earnings expectations for...

U.S. Home Sales Set Record in 2003.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Jason Roberson Jan. 28--Home sales ended 2003 on a strong note and set an annual record. There were 6.1 million sales of previously owned homes in 2003, up 9.6 percent from the previous record of 5.6 million in 2002, according...