Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 31 1996

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 31 1996

Bradenton, Fla., Pest Control Business Honored for Entrepreneurship.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
May 31, 1996... BRADENTON, Fla.--May 31--In 1976, Dan Molter left the Bradenton Police Department to start his own pest control business. He started with no employees and just one customer, a local bar owner. Twenty years later, Molter employs 15 workers...

Computer Services Company Broadway & Seymour Turns Corner on Reorganization.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Broadway & Seymour, which until last year had been one of the nation's fastest growing computer services companies, capped a major restructuring Thursday by announcing the appointment of Alan Stanford as chief executive. The...

Bradenton, Fla., Area Chamber Honors Three Entrepreneurs.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Three local business owners were honored Thursday as Manatee County's Small Business Person of the Year winners in a ceremony at the Manatee Convention and Civic Center. Emily Anne Smith, Eatman & Smith Architecture Planning...

Deal Settles Florida Cemetery Bailout.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
May 31, 1996... BRADENTON, Fla.--May 31--An agreement bailing out the financially troubled owner of local funeral homes and cemeteries was signed by the May 29 deadline set by a Sarasota judge, a state Department of Banking and Finance official said Thursday....

Letter Carriers' Union Plans Protest Move Over Postmaster General Remarks.(Originated from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Columbus letter carriers are greeted at the end of the work day by a green and white sign at the general mail facility that says, "Welcome Back. Job Well Done." Local United States Postal Service managers may feel that way, but...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith Column.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--HOT SITE PREPPED FOR USE When dirt moves, people get real interested real fast. F.T. Williams Co.'s heavy equipment has just begun clearing 18 acres at Park Road and Park Cedar Drive in Pineville near Interstate 485. And people...

Tri-State Diary to Cut Distribution System and About 125 Jobs in South.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
May 31, 1996... MACON, Ga.--May 31--Tri-State Dairy Inc. will change its delivery system in Georgia, a move that could cut up to half of the 250 jobs at its Macon plant. Tri-State, which licenses the Borden name in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, no longer...

Judge Upholds Award in Fired First Union Worker's Favor.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--A judge dealt First Union a defeat in its dispute with a former employee who claimed the Charlotte bank fired her because she complained about the investment-sales tactics of First Union's brokerage arm. A U.S. District Court judge...

Pay Dispute Mushrooms into Boycott of Florida's Quincy Farms.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 31, 1996... May 31--The United Farm Workers union, a pioneer in organizing boycotts in behalf of agricultural workers, has brought the technique to Florida. In March the union mounted a boycott of Quincy Farms, a mushroom grower in North Florida about...

Miami Marine Hardware Store Proves Itself Over Time.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 31, 1996... May 31--New stores keep opening in Dade County, targeting its growing population and steady stream of tourists. But many new retailers could only hope for the longevity of Hopkins-Carter Co., a marine hardware store, a three-generation,...

Bradenton Beach, Fla., Young Small Business Honored.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
May 31, 1996... BRADENTON, Fla.--May 31--Emily Anne Smith didn't let a torrential downpour steal her thunder or her joy at winning a Small Business Person of the Year award on Thursday. She was honored as Manatee County's top entrepreneur in the category...

Cabbies Overcharging Airport Passengers in Columbus, Ga., for Years.(Originated from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Columbus taxi drivers have been overcharging passengers from the airport since 1991. Nothing has been done about it because city officials, the Columbus Police Department and airport officials say they were unaware how much drivers...

BellSouth Annual Gathering Revolves Around Games.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
May 31, 1996... BILOXI, Miss.--May 31--About 500 BellSouth Pioneers from Mississippi will gather at the Broadwater Beach Resort this weekend for the group's annual assembly. The gathering, which begins today and ends Sunday, will include discussions of...

Lawyer Exiled from Florida Bar.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Elliott Barnett, whose 26 years at the helm of Fort Lauderdale's biggest law firm ended last September with an alleged breach of ethics, won't practice law in Florida until 1999. On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court granted...

Marine Hardware Store Has Kept Miami Afloat for 80 Years.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 31, 1996... May 31--New stores keep opening in Dade County, targeting its growing population and steady stream of tourists. But many new retailers could only hope for the longevity of Hopkins-Carter Co., a marine hardware store, a three-generation,...

Lexington, Ky., Metro Area among Nation's Fastest-Growing Exporters.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
May 31, 1996... WASHINGTON--May 31--The Lexington metropolitan area exported more than $1 billion worth of goods during 1994, making it one of the nation's fastest-growing exporters that year, according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Commerce...

Construction Begins on Office Max, Circuit City Stores in Wichita, Kan.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Construction has begun on a new Office Max office supply store and a Circuit City electronics superstore in the Westgate shopping center. Both stores will be housed in an extension of the Kohl's Department Store building at 6900 W....

Kansas Agency Approve Cut in Workers' Compensation Insurance Rates.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--The Kansas Insurance Department has approved an 11.5 percent reduction in rates for workers' compensation insurance the largest decrease in several decades. The reduction, effective Saturday, will trim $39.2 million from the more...

Three Texas Executives Indicted on Frad, Conspiracy Charges.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Three Texas business executives have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Fresno on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and money-laundering in connection with a health insurance trust fund scheme. The government also is seeking...

Six Are Finalists for Director's Job at States Ports Authority.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
May 31, 1996... CHARLESTON--May 31--The State Ports Authority, which is being sued by a newspaper challenging its secret search for a new director, on Thursday released the names of the six finalists for the $190,000-a-year job. Authority board Chairman...

Lexington, Ky., Retailers Say Business is Good.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
May 31, 1996... LEXINGTON, Ky.--May 31--Lexington retailers say business is good -- sale or no sale. Lazarus, which is owned by Federated Department Stores, has little trouble selling merchandise at full price, assistant manager Tim Smith said. "Price is...

Two Mississippi Port are Fastest Growing Exporters in the U.S.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
May 31, 1996... WASHINGTON--May 31--The ports of Pascagoula and Gulfport are the fastest growing exporters in the United States, with the value of their exports increasing 160 percent between 1993 and 1994, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Here's why:...

Grandson of Calumet Farms Founder Files for Bankruptcy Protection.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
May 31, 1996... LEXINGTON, Ky.--May 31--On Derby Day this year, Warren Wright III, whose family had taken home a record eight blankets of roses, signed the forms to file for protection from his creditors in bankruptcy court. With his application, Wright, the...

Motorcycle Traffic Hurts Myrtle Beach, S.C., Tourism Business.(Originated from The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--What ought to be one of the most profitable weekends of the year has turned into a money-losing mess for many Grand Strand business owners. Thousands of motorcycles create a weekend-long traffic jam each Memorial Day holiday during...

Horry County, S.C., Jobless Rate Plummets in April.(Originated from The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Horry County's unemployment rate plunged in April to 3.4 percent as hiring for the tourism season went into full swing. The reading was 1.5 percentage points lower than March and a half-point down from a year earlier. The tight...

Fresno, Calif.-Based Air 21 Raises Funds to Expand Fleet, Service.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
May 31, 1996... May 31--Air 21 is spreading its wings and gaining altitude as it works hard to become commercial aviation's newest success story. The Fresno-based low-cost jet airline is proceeding on several fronts: raising money to expand its fleet of jets...

It Pays to Know Why Insiders Are Selling Their Own Stock.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
May 31, 1996... TACOMA, Wash.--May 31--Let's say you own 100 shares of Company A. One day, you pick up the newspaper and read that Joseph Smidley, CEO of said company, is selling his own stock in the firm. Figuring Smidley must know something you don't, you...

Seattle-Based Airline Inaugurates New Landing System at Alaska Airport.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
May 31, 1996... TACOMA, Wash.--Until this week, Juneau was a one-way airport. You could fly in from the west. But to the east lay the Gastineau Channel -- 15 nautical miles long and as little as a mile and a quarter wide. Mountains on both sides and...

Experts Advise Expanding Washington State Transportation Infrastructure.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
May 31, 1996... TACOMA, Wash.--May 31--The time for planning is over. The time to act on improving the state's transportation facilities has arrived. That was the message from several speakers at a conference on global trade held at the University of...

Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile Starts Work on Charlotte Digital Switching Center.(Originated from The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.)
May 31, 1996... CHARLOTTE, N.C.--May 31--Digital phone technology is about to hit the airwaves in the region. Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile broke ground this week on what will be a $5 million, 31,000-square-foot digital switching center in University Research...

Intel Lays Out Plan for Several PC Innovations by Year's End.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
May 31, 1996... NEW YORK--May 31--The best way to get people to buy new computers is to keep developing cool new functions consumers absolutely can't live without, Intel officials told Wall Street analysts Thursday. So the company, once known simply as the...