Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from October 31 1997

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from October 31 1997

Karbank Plans Kansas City, Mo., Warehouse, Lenexa Building.(Originated from The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
October 31, 1997... KANSAS CITY, Mo.--Oct. 31--Kansas City developer Barney Karbank, who has aggressively constructed speculative warehouse structures in the last couple of years, plans to continue the trend. Karbank Investment Co. intends to break...

GTE Increases Pay Phone Rates in Texas.(Originated from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
October 31, 1997... FORT WORTH, Texas--Oct. 31--GTE Thursday joined Southwestern Bell in raising local pay phone call rates from a quarter to 35 cents throughout Texas. The increase is the first for GTE since the mid-1970s, when the price reached 25...

South Carolina McDonald's Has New Designs on Fitting into Vista.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--McDonald's plans to give up its West Columbia site on Meeting Street if it wins city approval to build a fast-food restaurant in the Congaree Vista. The closing would be by choice, reflecting McDonald's longing to locate...

Cox to Lay Off 170 PrimeStar Employees in Georgia.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Cox Communications Middle Georgia plans to close its PrimeStar by Cox call-in center in Macon early next year, eliminating 170 jobs. The closing is part of a restructuring of PrimeStar -- a small-dish satellite television...

Knight-Ridder Sells One Georgia Newspaper, Buys Another.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Knight-Ridder Inc., parent company of The Macon Telegraph, has sold one Middle Georgia newspaper -- The Milledgeville Union-Recorder -- and acquired another -- The Daily Sun in Warner Robins. In a deal announced Thursday,...

Knight-Ridder Deal's Impact Uncertain at Neighboring Georgia Newspapers.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
October 31, 1997... WARNER ROBINS, Ga.--Oct. 31--You would have thought somebody might have told Foy Evans, founder of The Daily Sun, that the paper he created in 1949 was being sold to its biggest competitor. But there was no word until someone called...

School-to-Work Programs Need Improvement, Conference Speaker Says.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Schools aren't honest, if they believe tech-prep programs are working, Tom Ledbetter of Pirelli Cable Corp., told a conference of educators and business executives Thursday. Ledbetter, director of operations and...

Canadyne Settles Georgia Lawsuit in Midst of Trial.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
October 31, 1997... FORT VALLEY, Ga.--Oct. 31--A Fulton County jury never got to decide whether a major chemical corporation was responsible for exposing a group of Fort Valley residents to dangerous poisons. Instead, after nearly six weeks of...

Knight-Ridder Sells Newberry, S.C., Newspaper.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Knight-Ridder Inc. will sell the The Newberry Observer as part of a multi-newspaper deal with Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. Employees of the Observer, a thrice-weekly newspaper received news of the sale Thursday. Terms...

Prosecutor in Columbia/HCA Inquiry Under Scrutiny Herself.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
October 31, 1997... FORT MYERS, Fla.--Oct. 31--Kathleen Haley, one of the lead prosecutors in the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. investigation, finds herself on both sides of a grand jury. As an assistant U.S. attorney in Fort Myers, Haley has spent...

Columbia/HCA Executives Seek New Judge.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
October 31, 1997... FORT MYERS, Fla.--Oct. 31--Three indicted Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. executives have asked Judge Lee Gagliardi to remove himself from their Medicare fraud case because of allegations of wrongdoing about the judge and prosecutor Kathleen...

Big Snafu Stymies Mutual Fund Quotes.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Millions of investors were left in the dark Wednesday over the performance of their mutual funds after Wall Street's wild ride -- all because a computer logjam delayed reporting prices to newspapers nationally. Officials...

California Nurses, Kaiser to Resume Talks.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Negotiators for Kaiser Permanente and the California Nurses Association are expected to resume bargaining today in Oakland after a three-month lull. Possibly influencing the talks will be a legal victory the nurses' union...

North Carolina Expansion Part of 'Filling in the Gaps' at Legg Mason.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--As one brokerage after another is sold, Legg Mason Inc. has long been viewed a takeover target. But in the Carolinas, it isn't acting like a company for sale. Baltimore-based Legg Mason has aggressive plans to double the...

Lexington, Ky., Company Ranks Among 50 Fastest Growing.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--If ever there was a case of practicing what you preach, this is it. WYNCOM, a Lexington-based firm, specializes in spreading the insights of such world-class business minds as Tom Peters, Stephen R. Covey, Ken Blanchard...

Bradenton, Fla.-Based Staff Leasing Gets $20 Million Line of Credit.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
October 31, 1997... BRADENTON, Fla.--Oct. 31--Bradenton-based Staff Leasing Thursday signed a letter of commitment for a $20 million acquisition line of credit with NationsBank. Staff Leasing, the country's leading professional employer organization,...

South Carolina Contract Awarded to Measure Gambling Dollars.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--A new computer system will tell regulators how big South Carolina's video-poker industry really is and possibly lead to a new tax on the proceeds. Gambling-equipment giant International Game Technology of Reno, Nev., has...

The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., In-Basket Column.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
October 31, 1997... TACOMA, Wash.--Oct. 31--CONVENTION BOON: You can understand why city officials are anxious for Tacoma's largest-ever convention to start on Sunday. It's not only that about 4,000 delegates (and an additional 3,000 family members)...

Bradenton, Fla.-Based Staff Leasing Opens Edina, Minn., Office.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
October 31, 1997... BRADENTON, Fla.--Oct. 31--Venturing outside the Sunbelt, Staff Leasing last week opened its first Midwest office to tap a strong manufacturing market. The nation's largest professional employer organization -- or PEO --opened its...

Yelm, Wash., Furniture Store Succeeds with Top Quality, Affordable Prices.(Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
October 31, 1997... TACOMA, Wash.--Oct. 31--Selling furniture these days can be tough. Just ask Smith's Home Furnishings, R.B. Furniture, Rogers Home Furnishings, Greenbaum's or Levitz. That is, if you can find them. All either have gone out of...

Sears to Reveal Fort Worth, Texas, Renovation Project.(Originated from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
October 31, 1997... FORT WORTH, Texas--Oct. 31--Sears will unveil its $5.5 million Ridgmar Mall renovation project this weekend with a ribbon cutting ceremony and appearances by Texas Ranger Mark McLemore and Michael Lowry of TV's "All My Children". ...

Mississippi Casinos to Continue Construction Boom.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Mississippi's 29 state-regulated casinos have invested $2.3 billion in construction with another $1.5 billion planned for the next two years, according to figures released Thursday by the state Gaming Commission. The...

Wireless One Announces Satellite Television Deal.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
October 31, 1997... BILOXI, Miss.--Oct. 31--Raising the stakes in the competition for television programming subscribers, Wireless One announced Thursday that through a deal with DirecTV it will add 20 channels to its regular service for multifamily...

Survey Reports that Most California Firms Support Welfare Reform.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Most California companies support the state's new welfare reform policy -- this year's political hot potato -and think the business climate and economic conditions continue to improve, according to the annual Business Roundtable...

California Supreme Court Leaves Older Workers at Risk for Layoffs.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Older, higher-paid workers are more likely to be the targets of corporate layoffs after California employers were handed fresh legal elbow room this week to favor lower-paid workers who are usually young. That's the view of...

Developers Propose Big Cinema for Sacramento, Calif.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--The developers of Natomas Marketplace have filed an application to build a 3,200-seat theater complex and entertainment component at the shopping center being built a few miles north of downtown Sacramento. Donahue...

Survey Reports North Texans Pleased with HMOs' Service.(Originated from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
October 31, 1997... DALLAS--Oct. 31--A new survey of health maintenance organizations in North Texas found that members believe their HMOs are generally doing a better job providing preventative services than they were a few years ago. But significant...

130,000 Shoppers Pack Grapevine, Texas, Outlet Mall Opening.(Originated from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas)
October 31, 1997... GRAPEVINE, Texas--Oct. 31--Grapevine Mills opened with a bang -- and a whimper or two. The crescendo of hundreds of balloons popping overhead capped the requisite opening speeches and a lively University of North Texas drum line,...

Kansas City, Mo., Neighborhood Opposes Business Park Developer.(Originated from The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--A dispute over how to use two sizable pieces of vacant land south of 31st Street between Roanoke Road and Southwest Trafficway threatens to turn into a long and possibly costly battle for Kansas City. Kansas City...

The Kansas City Star, Mo., Cityscape Column.(Originated from The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--DEVELOPER'S PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN PUTS PEOPLE FIRST: Stanford Glazer says plans for Union Station and Centertainment are good ideas, but he thinks his plan is better, and he had it more than 25 years ago. "Those are not the...

Consulting Company Sues Kansas Kickapoo Tribe Over Casino Contract.(Originated from The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--A casino consulting firm has sued the Kickapoo tribe in Kansas, claiming it is owed $20 million in a breach of contract case that seeks to foreclose on Kansas' first American Indian-owned gambling parlor. A Kickapoo tribal...

Bank Midwest Foreclosed on Kansas City-Area Firm, Boese Electric.(Originated from The Kansas City Star, Mo.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 31--Boese Electric, one of the area's largest electrical contracting companies, has been closed as a result of a bank foreclosure, and the assets of the Merriam-based company will be sold to pay debt. "Everyone is gone. The...

Columbia/HCA Reports Steep Decline in Earnings.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
October 31, 1997... Oct. 30--Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., under pressure from an ongoing federal investigation, reported a 57 percent drop in earnings in the third quarter due in part to a slower rise in hospital admissions and higher operating costs. ...