Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from May 19 1997

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from May 19 1997

Apartment Construction on the Rise in California.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
May 19, 1997... May 19--Apartment construction, a giant sleeping in California for nearly a decade, is showing signs of re-awakening. But a return to the massive construction of new apartment buildings that occurred in the 1980s is not likely soon,...

Drug Store War Could Erupt in Sacramento, Calif.(Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
May 19, 1997... May 19--The latest salvo in what could become a drug-store war was fired Friday by Rite Aid Corp., which announced plans for two more new stores in the Sacramento area. The Pennsylvania-based company, which bought Thrifty Payless...

Kentucky Merger Threatens to Subordinate One Company to the Other.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
May 19, 1997... May 19--If the letter of intent to merge most of the refining and retailing businesses of Ashland Inc. and Marathon Oil is like an engagement ring, what will the marriage be like? Specifically, how can Ashland maintain some level of...

Creators of Ripley's Museums Try Hand at Aquarium in S.C.(Originated from The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
May 19, 1997... May 19--Bob Masterson can't help but get excited as he talks about the latest attraction joining Ripley's Sea Aquarium. "We have a giant Pacific octopus arriving by air later this week," Masterson, the president of Ripley's...

Salt Lake City's Non-Stop Produces Memorable Tunes.(Originated from The Salt Lake Tribune)
May 19, 1997... May 19--You may never have heard of Salt Lake City's Non-Stop Productions. But chances are good you have heard them. The rough-and-tumble Hank Williams Jr. "All My Rowdy Friends" song that blasts as ABC's "Monday Night Football"...

Growing Number of Florida Professionals Take on Part Time Work.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
May 19, 1997... BRADENTON, Fla.--May 19--During the day they're teachers, probation officers, and office managers. But at five o'clock they trade their pumps and ties for part-time togs. A growing number of professionals who have full-time jobs are...

Kansas Access to Telemedicine Redefines Patient Care, Access.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
May 19, 1997... May 19--Nine-year-old Lonnie Perez was walking like a tiny, arthritic woman ten times her age. She had been sick a few days when her mother, Sally, drove her to Kearny County Hospital in small-town Lakin, Kan. The child's...

Aircraft Company Gives Royal Treatment to Top Customer.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
May 19, 1997... May 19--Raytheon Aircraft Co. Chairman Art Wegner doesn't normally fly to a customer's headquarters to announce an airplane sale. But then Richard Santulli is not your run-of-the-mill customer. So when Santulli's Executive...

In Anchorage, Alaska, On-the-Job Hazing Turns into Lawsuit.(Originated from Anchorage Daily News)
May 19, 1997... May 19--During his 2 1/2 years as janitor at Anchorage Refuse Inc., co-workers burned Stanley F. Herrman with a metal cutting torch and stuffed him in trash cans. They hung him from a hoist and wrapped him in duct tape. The guys...

Trio Tries to Sell Alaska on $125 Million Fish Processing Venture.(Originated from Anchorage Daily News)
May 19, 1997... May 19--Few would have faulted Howard Benedict for retiring at age 64. Instead, the Anchorage real estate developer embarked on a new enterprise. Now eight years later, he, his wife and a seafood industry veteran are trying to...

Florida's Vitech America Signs Deals for Software, Financing.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 19, 1997... May 19--It's been a pretty good month for Vitech America Inc. The Dade County, Fla.-based manufacturer and distributor of personal computers in Brazil signed two recent deals that create credibility and financial stability for a...

Merger of PanAmSat, Hughes Unit Extends Global Reach.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 19, 1997... May 19--When Hughes Communications merged its satellite operations with PanAmSat on Friday, creating the world's second largest satellite services company, it seemed to be a marriage of opposites. The merger joined a brash upstart...

PanAmSat Stations International Teleport in Homestead, Fla.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
May 19, 1997... May 19--Tucked in among the AAA Lumber Hardware and the Gonzalez Auto Center in Homestead, it seems an unlikely candidate for a global communications center. But 10 large satellite dishes aimed skyward provide a clue to the...