Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from March 2002

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from March 2002

Dayton, Ohio-Area Metalworking Group Retools Strategy with New Partnerships.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Mar. 6--DAYTON, Ohio--The ToolValley Network Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the Miami Valley's metalworking industry, unveiled Tuesday a new organizational structure. As part of...

Panasonic Production Plan Brightens Jobs Outlook in Troy, Ohio.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Ben Sutherly Mar. 6--TROY, Ohio--Panasonic plans to invest nearly $17 million to bring a new production line to town, a move that should help retain jobs, a company official said Tuesday. Formally known as Matsushita Display...

Tax Refunds Larger This Year, IRS Says.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Jason Roberson Mar. 6--DAYTON, Ohio--Miami Valley residents on average will receive a $2,025 tax refund this year, up 35 percent from last year's average refund of $1,500, according to local Internal Revenue Service officials. ...

Vice President and General Manager of Dayton, Ohio, TV Station Steps Down.
March 6, 2002... Byline: Bob Batz Mar. 6--DAYTON, Ohio--David La France, vice president and general manager of WDTN-TV (Channel 2), is leaving the station and he will be succeeded by Greg Bendin, who will come to Dayton from New Haven, Conn. It is the...

Dayton, Ohio, Students to Ride Public Buses if District's Drivers Strike.
March 7, 2002... Byline: Scott Elliott Mar. 7--DAYTON, Ohio--The Dayton school board will ask middle school students to ride public buses to school if bus drivers strike Monday. That request is part of a four-point plan the board voted to accept after...

EPA Regulations Create Niche for Dayton, Ohio, Laundry Business.
March 7, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 7--DAYTON, Ohio--Concern about water and soil pollution and possible penalties is rising at corporations that use industrial chemicals, and Mel Tatman couldn't be happier. Tatman is president of Multi-Service,...

Bookstore in Downtown Dayton, Ohio, to Close.
March 7, 2002... Byline: Jason Roberson Mar. 7--BookFriends, located at 19 E. Second St. inside the Fifth Third Center's Gallery Shops, closed last week after owner Jim Latham decided to combine the store with Wilkies, his other bookstore, at 101 S. Ludlow...

Dayton, Ohio, Power Company Executives See Salaries Drop in 2001.
March 7, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 7--Salaries for top executives at DPL Inc., parent of the Dayton Power and Light Co., were sharply lower last year as mild weather cut profits. Allen M. Hill, president and chief executive officer, saw his pay...

Southwest Ohio Air Force Base Plans Aerospace Research Site.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 8--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--Top local Air Force and business leaders say they want to restore Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's reputation as the "place to go" for aerospace technology with an...

Successful Dayton, Ohio-Area Smoothie Store to Add Location.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Jason Roberson Mar. 8--Quick success, military discipline and a tested business model are pushing Brian Ingram to expand his growing fruit smoothie business. Since June 2000, Fruit For All Reasons Inc. in the Dayton Mall has...

Salaries Plunge for Dayton, Ohio, Power Firm's Executives.
March 8, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 8--DAYTON, Ohio--Salaries for top executives at DPL Inc., parent of the Dayton Power and Light Co., were sharply lower last year as mild weather cut profits. Allen M. Hill, president and chief executive officer,...

Dayton, Ohio, Garage's Impending Fall May Squeeze Some Out of Parking Spots.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Jim Bebbington Mar. 12--DAYTON, Ohio--The planned demolition of the Lazarus parking garage provides the latest step in the ongoing downtown parking boogie. Two new parking garages are going up in the meantime, one that will be...

Centerville, Ohio, Officials Push Renovation of Ailing Shopping Center.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Jason Roberson Mar. 12--CENTERVILLE, Ohio--Persistence and cash incentives helped Centerville officials convince an out-of-state owner of a dying shopping center to invest $7 million in it and give it new life. The Centerville...

Residents File Second Suit to Block Wal-Mart in Huber Heights, Ohio.
March 12, 2002... Byline: Jim Babcock Mar. 12--HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio--A group of Huber Heights taxpayers has filed a second lawsuit asking the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to block Huber Heights from permitting a Wal-Mart Supercenter near the city's...

Books-A-Million Opens Store with Ohio Connection in Homewood, Ala.
March 13, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 13--KETTERING, Ohio--Books & Co., a comprehensive local bookstore with throngs of loyal fans, now has a sister store in Alabama with the same format and more may follow. Books-A-Million Inc., a national chain...

GM Looks to Cut Spending During 2002.
March 20, 2002... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Mar. 20--A day after reaffirming better-than-expected sales and earnings forecasts, General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that it is looking to cut spending by $1.3 billion in 2002. Speaking to analysts at...

Procter & Gamble Boosts Profit Outlook.
March 20, 2002... Byline: Tim Tresslar Mar. 20--CINCINNATI--Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble said Tuesday it expects to exceed previous third-quarter earnings projections. The company, which owns local pet food manufacturer Iams Co., attributed...

Dayton, Ohio, Auto Show Promotes Several New Hatchback Models.
March 21, 2002... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Mar. 21--The hatchbacks, the unfashionable but functional little cars that were trampled by sport utility vehicles, are back. A number of hatchbacks, including General Motors Corp.'s Pontiac Vibe, Ford...

Union Says Delphi Plans Job Cuts at Kettering, Ohio, Parts Plant.
March 22, 2002... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Mar. 22--KETTERING, Ohio--The union representing hourly workers at Delphi Corp.'s Kettering suspension parts plant has issued a bulletin to its members that says Delphi plans to cut by 65 percent the plant's...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Elder-Beerman Posts Quarterly Retail Profit.
March 22, 2002... Byline: Jason Roberson Mar. 22--MORAINE, Ohio--Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. finished fiscal 2001 with a fourth-quarter profit and a narrower full-year loss, which the company's new chief executive called "respectable" in what was a difficult...

CEO of Indiana-Based Natural Gas Supplier Takes $1.1 Million Cut in Pay.
March 22, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 22--The salary of Vectren Corp.'s top boss plunged more than $1.1 million in 2001, but Niel C. Ellerbrook still got a 17 percent jump in base pay. Ellerbrook, chairman and chief executive of the company that...

Air Force, Union to Sign Deal in Ohio.
March 22, 2002... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 22--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--Leaders of the Air Force Materiel Command and the American Federation of Government Employees were scheduled to sign a new labor contract Thursday night,...

Earnings Slide in Second Quarter for Dayton, Ohio-Area Pump Maker.
March 22, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 22--DAYTON, Ohio--Costs related to buying a European company cut into profits at Robbins & Myers Inc. in the fiscal second quarter. The global manufacturer of industrial pumps, mixers and vessels reported net...

Dayton, Ohio, Spa, Pool Retailer Buys Site in Bellbrook.
March 27, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 27--CENTERVILLE, Ohio--Watson's of Dayton, a retailer of spas, pools and saunas with an outlet in Bellbrook, has purchased a site near Interstate 675 for a large, new store. The Cincinnati-based chain has...

Honda Reveals New Light Truck to Be Built in East Liberty, Ohio.
March 28, 2002... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Mar. 28--American Honda Motor Co. unveiled on Wednesday a preproduction model of the Element, a new light truck that will be built at its East Liberty plant and will go on sale in December. The Element,...

American Heart Association Teams Up with Subway Spokesman to Promote Events.
March 29, 2002... Byline: Scott Elliott Mar. 29--MIAMI TWP., Ohio--Jared Fogle swears there are two songs about him in the eight Subway commercials he's done, but the one everyone wants to sing is about that other guy. "He's Henry, Clay Henry," Fogle...

Florsheim Shoes Hires Liquidator for 131 Stores.
March 29, 2002... Byline: Jason Roberson Mar. 29--Florsheim Shoes announced Thursday that it gave sole authority to Hilco Merchant Resources, a Chicago-based asset disposition company, to liquidate its inventory in 131 Florsheim Shoe Stores in 33 states,...

Mortgage Company to Bring Midwest Headquarters, 330 Jobs to Dayton, Ohio, Area.
March 29, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 29--Radian Group Inc., a Philadelphia-based mortgage services company, will bring 330 jobs to a Midwest headquarters it plans in the Kettering Business Park on Wilmington Avenue. Radian has been in negotiations...

REX Stores Beat Expectations with Sales of Big Screen, Digital TVs.
March 29, 2002... Byline: Jim Bohman Mar. 29--The stock of REX Stores Corp. climbed $1.20 per share, or 7 percent, Wednesday after the TV and appliance chain reported a 19 percent gain in full-year profits, while sales dipped 2 percent. Stuart Rose,...