Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from February 8 1999

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from February 8 1999

Canton, Ohio-Based Steel Company Waits on New Plant Project.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Canton-based steel and bearings maker The Timken Co. has postponed -- likely for at least a year -- a decision to build a new $110 million seamless tube mill. The company blamed the global...

British Petroleum Suspends Production at Badami Oil Field in Alaska.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. announced Thursday that production will be suspended at the Badami oil field on Alaska's North Slope. With dismal production and extreme low temperatures, BP...

The Arizona Republic Naaman Nickell Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- PHOENIX JUST RIGHT FOR FIRM'S GROWTH: Phoenix is looking very attractive to a group of recently laid-off workers in Tulsa, Okla. The attraction centers on Midland Credit Management Inc., a...

The Arizona Republic AZ Inc. Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- CLINTON PRAISES ENTERPRISE EFFORT: President Clinton on Friday honored a Tucson microenterprise program and encourged Congress to more than double the government's support for small enterprises....

Krispy Kreme to Open First Phoenix-Tempe, Ariz., Area Store.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7 -- An institution in doughnut making is rolling into the Valley. Krispy Kreme, whose baked goods have inspired a cultlike following in the South and have found their way into a movie, TV shows...

The Arizona Republic Technology Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5 -- HITECSOFT CORP. of Scottsdale has launched its commercial Internet portal service, Patchlink. The service that allows users to find the latest software patches and updates for existing...

America West's Bid from United Recalls 1995 Merger Mania.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- From Rinaldi's Deli in downtown Tempe to the manager's office at Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio, people are anxiously awaiting United Airlines' next move on America West Airlines....

Phoenix Xerox Executive's Plan Includes Golf.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- With a husband, two children and 1,000 employees, it's hard to get in a decent game of golf, Donna J. Carpitano says. Still, the 45-year-old head of Xerox Corp.'s Phoenix-based Southwest...

Xerox Alters Name, Recaptures Business.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- After losing a large chunk of the U.S. copier market to Japanese interlopers in the 1980s, Xerox Corp., which now wants to be known as The Document Company Xerox, has recaptured most of the lost...

The Arizona Republic Real Estate Briefs.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- THE SMALL CUSTOM-HOME BUILDING BUSINESS that Bill Cleverly and Steve Hilton started 14 years ago has grown into a $255 million company. Scottsdale-based Meritage Corp., formerly known as...

Atlanta-Based Power Company Stalled in Chinese Investment Plan.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Plans by Southern Co. to invest in a state-owned Chinese power company were set back Monday when Shandong International Power Development Co. withdrew an overseas stock sale. "We are...

DuPont's Cancellation of Georgia Mining Project Comes with Condition.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- FOLKSTON, Ga. -- The DuPont Co. signed an agreement with environmental groups on Friday promising to drop its plans to open a titanium strip mine in a 38,000-acre tract next to the famed...

Major Developer Alarmed by Atlanta Pollution, Congestion.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Ray Weeks has $1 billion invested in metro Atlanta and, frankly, he's concerned about the area's future. "People who want the status quo have not spent enough time studying the implications...

HBO to Air the Work of Buffalo, N.Y., Computer Animation Firm.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Benjamin Porcari's inspiration to drop out of college and do computer animation came from "The Lawnmower Man," a 1992 film so lacking in critical success that Stephen King removed his name from...

Independent Bookstores Close in Face of Big Chains, Internet Sales.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Buffalo's oldest independent bookstore shared with its customers a quote from Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza in its winter newsletter: "All things excellent are as difficult as they are...

Buffalo, N.Y., Firm Helps Inventors Turn Ideas into Products.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Rebecca Christie never had visions of becoming an inventor. But as an occupational therapist who worked with a woman who had Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis, she wanted to...

Belleville, Ill., YMCA Designs Employee-Motivation Programs.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Look out Dilbert, YMCA's Life Adventures office has a plan of attack for disgruntled employees and their managers. The program, called Team Builders, is designed to motivate, inspire and...

OPINION: California Newspaper's Credit Union Coverage Too Negative.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- To the editor, This is in response to your top story in the Feb. 1 issue of The Business Press, "Area credit unions rated as 'troubled.'" Was it intentioned by your writer to imply...

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Doug Smith Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Five months ago developer Robert "Nate" Bowman was worried about not having any product to show in Vermillion, a New Urbanism neighborhood taking shape on 350 acres in Huntersville. Now...

Credit Card Issuers Look for New Uses of Consumer Data.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- MasterCard International plans to sell information about credit card users' purchases to retailers, the latest effort by a card association or issuer to make use of consumer information. ...

Greenville, S.C.-Based Apparel Firm to Disband into Units.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Delta Woodside, plagued for years by poor performance in its apparel units, said Monday it would dismantle the company. Delta, based in Greenville, S.C., wants to spin off its Duck Head...

Applebee's Chooses New Land for Restaurant in Phenix City, Ala..
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar has not forgotten about Phenix City. The chain still plans to build a restaurant adjacent to the Russell Crossing Shopping Center on U.S. Highway 280,...

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Marketing Firm Bends to Customers' Needs.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Successful businesses sometimes are the product of great corporate vision. Other times, they are created to meet the needs of a client. Bridgepoint of Cedar Rapids, created Thursday by...

Planner Says Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Woman Can Achieve Financial Goals.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Sylvia McGuire felt "rather panicky" when she thought about her financial future. At 49, the divorced mother of two grown daughters and a recently hired reliability engineer at the Norand...

Iowa Consumers Will Choose Local Long-Distance Service Provider.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Consumers will have a choice of telephone companies to carry their long-distance phone calls within their area codes. The Iowa Utilities Board decided Friday to accept a US West...

Illinois Firm to Acquire Iowa's Ertl Toy Company Inc..
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- A Glen Ellyn, Ill., toy-car manufacturer has signed a letter of intent to purchase Eastern Iowa's own The Ertl Toy Company Inc. Ertl, a manufacturer of die cast model farm toys since 1945...

Columbia, S.C.-Based Utility Firm Reports Earnings Increase.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Sweltering heat during the summer propelled SCANA Corp.'s 1998 profits to $223 million, or $2.12 per share, compared with $221 million, or $2.06 per share in 1997. Columbia-based SCANA is...

Court TV's Legal Questions Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- The information provided is general in nature; consult with an attorney or legal expert for specific advice on your case. Q: What happens to a child who is born after a will is made? Does...

Nokia Surpasses Motorola in Mobile Phone Sales in 1998.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Nokia became the most popular brand of mobile phone in 1998, topping longtime industry leader Motorola Inc., according to research by Dataquest Inc. The Finnish company, which makes phones...

Defunct Dallas-Based Bookstore Chain Sues Superstores, Publishers.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- Taylors Bookstores is out of business, but it's still fighting the competition. The once-dominant Dallas-based chain of bookstores filed for bankruptcy and closed its last store in 1996....

American Airlines Grounds 11 Percent of Flights in Pilots' Dispute.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- An apparent sickout by American Airlines pilots intensified Sunday, with the Fort Worth-based carrier canceling nearly 11 percent of its scheduled flights because it did not have enough people...

Continental Express Flies Fuller Planes than American at Love Field in Dallas.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Time hasn't improved American Airlines' business at Love Field. After months of flying between Austin and Dallas, American's flights still are carrying few passengers. On average, three of...

AT&T Uses Grocery Chains to Promote Long-Distance Service.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- AT&T Corp. is going grocery shopping for subscribers in an unusual, monthlong promotion with four chains including Tom Thumb and Randalls. The promotion targets customers who use preferred...

Disagreement Between American Airlines, Pilots Leads to Canceled Flights.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Tens of thousand of passengers had their travel disrupted Monday after a dispute between American Airlines Inc. and its pilots union forced the carrier to cancel more than one of every five...

American Airlines' Dispute Proves Costly for Some Dallas-Area Customers.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Irving computer consultant Clint Cooper lost $1,000 in business fees Monday because of American Airlines' dispute with its pilots. The airline cancelled his 5:30 p.m. flight Sunday to...

Pilots Cite Past Grievances in Current Dispute with American Airlines.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- The flight cancellations may have just begun, but the current American Airlines Inc. flap with its pilots probably stems from events that happened years ago. Drained by several years of...

Firms Offer Mobile Phones as Alternative to Land Lines.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- NEW ORLEANS -- The industry that makes it possible to talk on the phone away from home is staking out new territory inside the home. With lower prices and more reliable networks, wireless...

Ameritech Forced to Halt Its Slamming Safeguards.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Ameritech has pulled the plug on its slamming protection program again. Michigan's biggest local phone company Monday said a January ruling by an Ingham County Circuit judge makes it...

Employees at General Motors Dealers Get Discounts.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- SAN FRANCISCO -- In an effort to shore up its slipping market share, General Motors Corp. is offering its dealership employees discounts on new vehicles similar to discounts long enjoyed by GM...

Miller, Pabst Buy Stroh Brewery Brands.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- After months of speculation, Stroh Brewery Co., a 149-year-old Detroit brewing tradition, announced Monday it is selling its beer brands and bidding adieu to the beer business. The nation's...

Detroit Newspapers, Union Reach Deal.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- The first of six unions involved in a 3 1/2-year-long labor dispute with Detroit's two big daily papers has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The deal was announced Friday...

Phone-Service Data Secrecy Bill Advances in Colorado State Senate.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- A controversial bill allowing US West Inc. and other carriers to keep some telephone service information a secret from the public won preliminary approval in the state Senate after lawmakers...

Battle May Occur as Suitors Look to Bid on British Engineering Firm.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Takeover talk is running hot at engineer FKI, up 11 1/2 pence to 175 pence, after revelations that chairman Jeff Whalley considered a bid last year. Analysts believe a battle could emerge,...

British Telecom-Microsoft Alliance Worries Mobile Phone Company.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- In January, shares of Psion doubled on hopes for Symbian, its mobile phone offshoot. Yesterday they plunged 52 1/2 pence to 876 pence -- on fears for Symbian. The jitters were caused by a...

British Oil Company's Stock Gushes on Talk of Offer from Pipeline Giant.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- The name of Lasmo was on everyone's lips last night as shares of the independent oil explorer gushed to 125 pence in hectic trading before closing 14 pence higher at 118 1/2 pence. One slick...

General Mills Makes Deal with British Company for Rights to Product.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- For years some breakfast cereals have promised a sunshine lifestyle of slimness and games on the beach. The hype may come nearer to reality thanks to a landmark deal between Scotia and General...

Durham, N.C.-Based Technology Supplier Has Year-End Losses.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- As a possible Nasdaq delisting action looms, BroadBand Technologies Inc. reported fourth quarter earnings of $6.6 million. But when unusual events are removed from the equation, the 49 cents...

Oversupply of Most Paper Products Takes Toll on Oregon Mills.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- How ironic: The only grades of paper not in the pot in terms of price this year are tissue and toilet paper. Prices on all other grades -- ranging from writing and printing paper to the...

British Trade Officials Eager to Keep Birmingham-Area BMW Plant.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Trade Secretary Stephen Byers today spelled out the Government's readiness to help keep BMW at Longbridge, breaking off a trip to Wales to visit the plant near Birmingham. Officials at the...

Specializing Works for British Technology Training Firm.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Dalkeith Information technology shares have been market favourites on both sides of the Atlantic for months. The only cloud on the horizon appears to be lack of staff to operate the equipment,...

Murdoch Media Firm May Bid for Music Company EMI.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Shares in music giant EMI could fly today after reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation was planning a UKpound 4.2 billion bid. Record industry sources say he is ready to offer 520...

Britain's Inchcape Sells Global Network of Shipping Agents.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- ISS INCHCAPE has sold one of its oldest businesses, a global network of shipping agents dating back to the days of the Victorian tea clippers, in a UKpound 47.5 million disposal. The...

Regional Flavors May Go National under Florida-Based Barbecue Chain.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Sweet Memphis-style barbecue. Smokey Texas-style. Spicy North Carolina. Take your pick from regional sauces at Red's Backwoods BBQ. That's the idea behind Bruce Wunner's...

Treatment of New Pilots at Issue in American Airlines Labor Dispute.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- The main issue in the dispute between American Airlines and its pilots may seem simple: how to integrate 300 pilots from Reno Air into the 9,000 who work for American. But federal safety...

Deaf Man Sues Tandy Corp. in Assault at Radio Shack.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- FORT WORTH, Texas -- A deaf man in Reston, Va., has sued Tandy Corp. for $1 million, alleging that a Radio Shack store clerk assaulted him when the customer was trying to buy batteries for his...

American Airlines Cancels 36 Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Citing unexpected pilot absences, American Airlines canceled more than 10 percent of its scheduled flights yesterday, causing long waits and missed connections for some passengers at...

Del Monte Foods, Delphi Automotive Systems Offer Stock to Public.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- It's been a good week for initial public offerings, and Fort Worth-based TPG Partners joined the activity yesterday when its Del Monte Foods Co. sold 16.7 million shares to raise $250 million....

Fort Worth, Texas-Based Tensor Finds Niche Building Large Computer Networks.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fred Fleury, Rob Hatcherson and Travis TeSelle are well-versed in the art of networking. The three engineers met at General Dynamics Corp.'s Fort Worth plant, where...

Study Forecasts Smaller Increases in Costs for Business Travel.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Though business travel costs will rise in 1999, the increase will be only about half as much as last year's, according to American Express' annual study, Trends & Forecasts for the Business...

Head of Dallas-Based Chancellor Media Expects Deal Soon.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- Chancellor Media Corp., which said last month that it might sell its operation or spin off assets to boost its stock price, said yesterday that it hopes to complete a deal by the end of March....

Insurers Prominent in Lawsuits Tied to 1997 Grand Forks, N.D., Flood-Fire.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7 -- Identifying the players in the two lawsuits relating to the Flood of 1997 and the ensuing fire is somewhat confusing. While the plaintiffs are primarily insurance companies, specific companies...

Lexington, Mass., Firm to Market Voice-Mail Software in Britain.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Take a message, luv? Sophisticated voice-mail software made by Wildfire Communications Inc. hasn't drawn more than a few thousand customers in the United States. So the Lexington company is...

Framingham, Mass.-Based Firm Licenses Cancer-Fighting Protein to Hospital.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Genzyme Molecular Oncology yesterday said it has licensed a cancer-fighting protein developed by noted Children's Hospital researcher Dr. Judah Folkman, which it hopes to start testing in humans...

New York Developer Plans Additional Boston Projects.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- The founder of Millennium Partners said yesterday his New York development company was so bullish on Boston that it had taken on a fourth project here and had no thought of backing off its...

The Boston Globe Consumer Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7 -- THE HUNT FOR THE BEST DEAL ON AUTO INSURANCE GETS A BIT TOUGHER: Getting the best deal on auto insurance this year won't be easy, partly because discounts are drying up and because consumers...

The Boston Globe Kenneth Hooker Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- QUESTION: I am enrolled in a 403(b) plan, and included in this portfolio are holdings in Fidelity's Latin America and Emerging Markets funds. Would it be a good investment strategy to roll over...

The Boston Globe Kenneth Hooker Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7 -- QUESTION: I read somewhere that $1,000 invested at compound interest at birth would result in close to $1 million at some point in the foreseeable future. I am interested in investing for each...

Price-busting PCs bring computers to the masses.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7 -- To judge by all the attention it has garnered, Apple Computer Inc.'s sleek, colorful iMac might seem to be the most significant high-tech hit of 1998. Not necessarily. Another computer,...

Bell Atlantic Says It's Ready for Onslaught from Rivals in Massachusetts.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7 -- It's open season on Bell Atlantic Corp. For years after the Baby Bells were spun off from AT&T Corp. in 1984, Bell Atlantic lumbered along, wielding its monopoly power over local phone...

The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo., Office Technology Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- How much did you spend on your last laptop? How much time have you invested in the work you've done on your laptop? Were these investments you can afford to lose? According to a prominent...

General Motors' Dealers Hit the Road Due to Problematic Ordering System.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- North Jersey General Motors dealers are traveling as far away as Vermont to get the cars their customers want because of foul-ups with a new GM computer system that was supposed to simplify the...

Chubb Corp. to Acquire Simsbury, Conn.-Based Specialty Insurer.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Chubb Corp., looking for a larger footprint in the market for corporate risk insurance, has acquired a specialty insurer for $1.05 billion. The specialty insurer protects company officers...

Houston-Based Energy Company Gives Warning of $199 Million Charge.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Ocean Energy warned its investors Monday that it will take a $199 million charge on its fourth-quarter earnings out later this month. The Houston independent oil and gas company said it was...

Three Companies to Build Natural Gas Pipeline off Texas Coast.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- A three-way venture that includes Houston-based Leviathan Gas Pipeline Partners and the ANR Pipeline subsidiary of Coastal Corp. plans to build a $90 million offshore natural gas gathering...

Columbus, Ohio-Based Company to Purchase Auto-Parts Manufacturer.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- In its biggest acquisition in more than a decade, Arvin Industries Inc. said Monday it's buying the Purolator Products automotive filter business from New York-based Mark IV Industries Inc. ...

Kansas City, Kan.-Based Staffing Firm Wins Government Contract.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Riojas Enterprises Inc. has been awarded a government contract that is expected to add about 225 people to its payroll. The company, also known as Able Employment and based in Kansas City,...

Missouri-Based Network Provider's Strength Causes Drop in Stock Price.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Slowly and steadily, shares of Jack Henry & Associates Inc. have tumbled 37 percent from a high in November. Analyst Robert Meeder at George K. Baum & Co. said strong earnings had been Jack...

Lawrence, Kan., Company Makes Deal with Denver's Qwest Communications.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- A little-known Lawrence firm has a new name, a new business, and is getting set to sell shares of the company in an initial public offering. St. Andrews Telecommunications, which had been...

Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky., Business Briefs Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- MOTOROLA, CISCO JOIN TO PURSUE WIRELESS NET: Motorola Inc., the No. 2 cellular-phone maker, and No. 1 networking-equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. formed an alliance to enable wireless-phone...

Wal-Mart Balks at Louisiana Jury's Decision in Favor of Former Employees.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- Wal-Mart says it didn't get justice from the small-town jury that slapped it with a $20 million judgment last month for firing four Monticello employees who ate company candy. According to...

The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C., Business Briefs Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9 -- BASSETT FURNITURE TO HAVE NMB DEALER: Global furniture company Bassett Furniture Industries Inc. will soon have a dealer on the Grand Strand. John and Karen Gaar, former owners of Better...

The Miami Herald Business Briefs Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- MCLEOD LEAVES TO JOIN VENTURE: Roderick K. McLeod, a 27-year veteran of the cruise industry, was named president and chief executive of American Classic Voyages' Project America, an initiative...

The Miami Herald Advertising and Public Relations Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8 -- BATES LATIN AMERICA WINS MERCEDES-BENZ ACCOUNT: Persistence pays and Bates Latin America can prove it. The agency just won the pan-regional account for Mercedes-Benz Latina business in...

Daily Press, Newport News, Va., Ticker Column.
February 8, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 6 -- FINE'S FILES CHAPTER 11; LOCAL STORES STILL OPEN: Norfolk-based Fine's has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Its stores, including ones at Patrick Henry and Coliseum malls, will remain open...