Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from October 9 2000

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from October 9 2000

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, New Business Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 6--CENTER OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE: The Alaska Center of Oriental Medicine has opened at 1225 E. International Airport Road, Suite 135, Anchorage, said Rande Lucas, the owner. Lucas is an acupuncturist and registered nurse, and the business...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Inside Alaska Business Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 6--ACS OFFERS FLAT FEE: Local phone company Alaska Communications Systems is launching flat-fee long-distance calling, the Anchorage company said. For $20 a month, a residential customer calling from home can get unlimited interstate...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Inside Alaska Business Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 7--CRAB FLEET INSPECTIONS: The Coast Guard and the state Department of Fish and Game will be inspecting the crab fleet at Dutch Harbor for possible safety violations. The inspections will run from Sunday through Oct. 15, or just before...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Fish Report Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 8--KODIAK, Alaska--The numbers are in and they're worse than people feared. Kodiak has gone into a slow bleed now that two-thirds of the late summer pollock catch remains in the water. It means a loss of $2.2 million at the city...

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Tim Bradner Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 8--BATTLE TO SAVE SEA LION THREATENS VITAL STATE LIFELINE: For Anchorage residents who haven't been much beyond Palmer or the Russian River on the Kenai, Alaska's coastal fishing communities may as well be on the moon. But people in...

The Miami Herald Trade Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 9--OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND IN SINGAPORE: Singapore. A visiting entrepreneur sits in her silk bathrobe on the patio of her room in a high-rise hotel, drinking her morning coffee in the tropical heat and humidity. Gazing into the distance,...

The Miami Herald Workplace Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 6--Feeling confused about what's legitimate and what's not in investments? Don't know how much you're supposed to know? Arthur Levitt, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is coming to Fort Lauderdale next week to...

The Miami Herald Real Estate Deals Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 9--BEACH APARTMENT 1551 Pennsylvania Ave., Miami Beach. Seller: James F. Perry & Co., James Perry, president Buyer: MMCDC: 1551 Pennsylvania LLC, Roberto Da Torre, manager Price: $760,000, or $71.42 per square foot ...

The Miami Herald Professions Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 9--ACCOUNTANT GUIDING HIS WORKERS BY THE BOOK: These days, accountant Larry Blum acts more as a book giver than a bookkeeper. Blum regularly passes out business books to his entire staff at Rachlin Cohen & Holtz. He even stuffs them...

The Miami Herald Agenda Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 9--BROWARD TODAY Florida Department of Revenue: Sales and use tax seminar; 10 a.m. (in Spanish); Hollywood Beach Culture and Community Center, 1301 South Ocean Dr., Hollywood; free. Call Alberto Collazo at 954-967-1821, or...

The Miami Herald Technology Law Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 9--COMPUTER CRIME: CHANGING THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION: You remember Jonathan James? He made national news a couple of weeks ago. You know, he's that nice 16-year-old young man convicted of hacking into computers at the Pentagon, NASA,...

The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C., In Business Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 6--PROMOTIONS & HIRES KLAIBER JOINS NBYC: Kelly Klaiber has joined National Bank of York County as a UVEST investment consultant. NBYC partners with UVEST to provide mutual funds, annuities, retirement plans and other investment...

The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Jack Sirard Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
October 9, 2000... Oct. 6--QUESTION: I am interested in buying shares of Citigroup, which is buying Associates First Capital (ticker symbol AFS). Would I be better off buying the acquiring company or the one that is being acquired? -- Coral D., Davis ...