Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from April 8 1996

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from April 8 1996

California-Based Center Promotes Financial Education for Children.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
April 8, 1996... LEXINGTON, Ky.--Apr. 8--If you have children at home, don't let them leave home without a financial education, says the non-profit National Center for Financial Education, a San Diego-based group. Learning how to spend money wisely, using...

Hand Guns, Associated Industries Are Big Business in Georgia.(Originated from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Danny Redden is your average kind of guy. Dark-haired, a big man, he sells cars at Gateway Lincoln Mercury in Columbus. On Wednesday, his off-day attire is jeans and a short-sleeved shirt. In his pocket, he carries a five-shot, .22...

The People's Bank Marks 100 Years on Mississippi Coast.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
April 8, 1996... BILOXI, Miss.--Apr. 8--Here are highlights of The Peoples Bank's involvement on the Coast: 1896: On April 2, a meeting is held at Volunteer Company Firehall on Lameuse Street in Biloxi to organize new bank. Eleven days later, The Peoples...

Manatee County, Fla., Chamber's Spring Trade Fair Opens Tuesday.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
April 8, 1996... BRADENTON, Fla.--Apr. 8--Manatee Chamber of Commerce members are gearing up to head "South of the Border," and they are inviting the public to go along for the ride. More than 125 businesses and organizations will display their products and...

For North Carolina Insurance Commissioner, Humor Is Best Policy.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Tipped off by a colleague, N.C. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long couldn't wait to crack open a copy of the Observer after his breakfast meeting at the Charlotte Chamber last Thursday. One of Thursday's editorial page cartoons, drawn by...

Car Insurance Firm Leaves Georgia, Cites Money Problems.(Originated from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Money problems have driven the Alabama-based insurer that covered most of Columbus' cab companies out of Georgia. Montgomery-based Co Op Transportation Companies Inc. was fined $14,850 and ordered by the Georgia Insurance...

Mississippi Coast Gambles on Gaming Industry.(Originated from The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.)
April 8, 1996... BILOXI, Miss.--Apr. 8--Late on the night of Dec. 4, 1990, the news was not good for Chevis Swetman, president of The Peoples Bank, and other supporters of legalized gambling. Voters in Harrison and Jackson counties had turned out in...

One Year After Viacom Fallthrough, Calif. Businessman Picking Up Pieces.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Sacramento entrepreneur Frank Washington says he isn't bitter -- not even discouraged. He says he doesn't spend much time dwelling on the remarkably swift series of events that cost him the deal of a lifetime. It has been one year...

Nike Serves Up Another Plus in Television Commercials.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--You probably saw James Carville on TV during the NCAA tournament dissecting the strategy behind Ken Griffey Jr.'s mock presidential campaign. Carville, one of President Clinton's political advisers, explained why it was a brilliant...

Health Networks Hire Lobbyists to Track Industry Legislation.(Originated from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Managed care...medicaid cuts...insurance deductibles...health care reform. That's confusing enough. Add in congressional sub-committees and legislation, and some doctors would throw in their stethoscopes. That's why Lamar Sims,...

Wal-Mart Builds Supercenter in Bradenton, Fla.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
April 8, 1996... BRADENTON, Fla.--Apr. 8--"Huge" is the word people use to describe the Wal-Mart Supercenter, 5315 Cortez Road. The Supercenter site is as big as the 27-acre Woodbury Apartments, 955 53rd St. W., a 270-unit complex completed this month....

Bradenton, Fla., Business Owners React to Wal-Mart Plan.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
April 8, 1996... BRADENTON, Fla.--Apr. 8--Here's just some of what you can do when the Wal-Mart Supercenter, 5315 Cortez Road, opens in early June: Go to the bank, buy new clothes, get a hair cut while your oil is changed, grab a sandwich at McDonald's, buy...

Car Insurance Firm Leaves Georgia, Cites Money Problems.(Originated from Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Money problems have driven the Alabama-based insurer that covered most of Columbus' cab companies out of Georgia. Montgomery-based Co Op Transportation Companies Inc. was fined $14,850 and ordered by the Georgia Insurance...

Kansas Truck Stop Thrives on Good Service.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
April 8, 1996... NEWTON, Kan.--Apr. 8--On any given night, more than 100 trucks surround Newell Truck Plaza in orderly rows that resonate with the rumble of idling diesel engines. The nightly rush hits around 4 p.m. as the truck drivers begin pulling off the...

Prague's Opportunities Are Attracting Business Executives.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--About 30,000 Americans are calling Prague home these days. Among them is R.G. "Skip" Kugler of Columbia. Kugler managed Teepak's plant in Sandy Run for a number of years. He came to the Czech Republic three years ago as director of...

Ga.'s Brandi Lee Gift Shop Knows Secret to Success.(Originated from The Macon Telegraph, Ga.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--People who give advice on money matters have a one-word answer to questions about how to make investing safer -- diversify. If that advice applies to retail sales, then the women who own Brandi Lee Gifts and Consignment shop downtown...

Weather Favors California Strawberry Crop.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--One of the nation's first signs of spring is a juicy, red strawberry, and the Californians who grow them are seeing a lot of red this year. That's basically good news for the growers, the people who sell the strawberries and those who...

Fuller Brush Company Celebrates 90 Years in Business.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--"I'm just a stickfast," says 74-year-old Clifford Olson, neatly attired in coat and tie, his sample case resting at his feet. He took a second job to pay his wife's medical expenses and his son's college tuition in June, 1959, and now,...

Downtown Modesto, Calif., Businesses Depend on Visitors' Dollars.(Originated from The Modesto Bee, Calif.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--When 5,000 operating engineers came to town in March for an annual exposition at Modesto Centre Plaza, they did more than learn about toxic pollution and the latest pumps. They spent thousands and thousands of dollars at nearby...

The Wichita Eagle, Kan., What's New Column.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Havertys Furniture the newest competitor in the retail furniture market is getting ready to open the largest furniture store in the Wichita area. The sheer size of the 55,000-square-foot store makes an instant impression. When...

The Wichita Eagle, Kan., Aviation Notes Column.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
April 8, 1996... Apr. 8--Representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration wasted little time contacting the Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau about the possibility of holding next year's general aviation forecast conference in the Air Capital....

Charlotte, N.C., Business Leaders Speak on Regional Partnership.(Originated from The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.)
April 8, 1996... CHARLOTTE, S.C.--Apr. 8--Five of the region's heaviest economic hitters will help the Carolinas Partnership mark its fourth year Tuesday. NationsBank's chief executive Hugh McColl, First Union Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ed...