Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from June 14 1998

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from June 14 1998

Pueblo, Colo., Woman Sells Crafts New Showroom.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Armed with her retail sales license and a showroom next to the family home on St. Charles Mesa, Eleanor Thompson has opened a craft shop. Mrs. T's Craft Reflections features a broad range of items...

Owner of Pueblo, Colo., Building Supply Firm Retires.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--After a quarter-century of helping to put roofs over people's heads, John Bertholf is moving on. Bertholf last week agreed to sell his Soco Manufacturing to a Colorado Springs company. But even...

Former Pueblo, Colo., Man Crafts Custom Panama Hats.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Trent Johnson takes his hat off to teachers. For a while, in fact, Johnson thought he'd follow his father in a career in the classroom. The 1990 South High School graduate went off to college....

Fundraisers Work Hard for Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--The first $50,000 practically poured in last fall. The balance of the more than $1 million needed to launch a race-against-time makeover of the Fairmount Water Works flowed in with remarkable speed...

Disney Opens Electronic Game Emporium in Florida.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.--Jun. 13--DisneyQuest is not your grandfather's penny arcade. Or the video arcade at the neighborhood mall. Inside this flashy five-story electronic game emporium you can design and...

Tampa, Fla,-Based Davel to Buy Ohio Operator Of Pay Phones.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News TAMPA, Fla.--Jun. 13--Davel Communications Group is bidding to become the nation's largest independent operator of pay phones. The Tampa company on Friday said it will buy Cleveland-based PhoneTel...

California, Lockheed Martin Unit File Dueling Suits over State Computer.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--The state of California and Lockheed Martin Information Management Systems Corp. have hit each other with dueling lawsuits stemming from a bungled statewide computer system designed to follow...

Small Manufacturer Has Links to McClellan Air Force Base in California.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--The folks at Hamilton-Clarke Industries, a small manufacturer launched by current and former workers at McClellan Air Force Base, don't believe in thinking small. Their company is still just...

Western Sierra Bancorp of California Plans Another Acquisition.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Western Sierra Bancorp, which two weeks ago reached agreement to acquire Lake Community Bank in Lakeport, announced plans Friday to purchase Roseville 1st National Bank for $8 million. Similar to...

Comcast, Other Cable Companies Get Tough on Illegal Descramblers.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Warren Mayberry has three garages jammed with junk. Hundreds of paintbrushes, thousands of screws, dozens of televisions -- and cable TV descramblers. The pile of descramblers, commonly called...

Windows 98 Makes the Internet Connection Easier, Quicker.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--If you connect your computer to the Internet, you'll probably want to upgrade to Windows 98. While Microsoft Corp. has built several new levels of Internet functionality into this latest offering,...

Television Is Close Behind Web as PC Viewing Option.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Microsoft Corp. designed Windows 98 to make it easier to browse not only the Web, but also the airwaves. The new version of Windows comes with an electronic TV program guide that is continuously...

Stock Options Often Reward Coveted Skills More Than Early Risk.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Stock options count for virtually everything in Silicon Valley start-ups. They explain why fledgling companies attract employees from secure firms to 90-hour workweeks. They set financial and...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Technology Testdrive Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--WINDOWS 98 ISN'T A MUST UPGRADE: I am a computing conservative. I don't want radical change in the computers I use every day for writing, exchanging electronic mail, surfing the World Wide Web and...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Biz Question & Answer Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--MILLENNIUM STRATEGIES AND PROTECTION: The Year 2000 is still 18 months away, but already eight lawsuits have been filed in the United States alleging that technology products do not correctly handle...

Semiconductor CEOs Earn Less than Executives in Other Industries.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Leonard Perham, the CEO of chip-maker Integrated Device Technology Inc., would love to forget 1997. The semiconductor industry veteran, famous for his workaholic ways, pocketed little more than his...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Phillip Robinson Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Windows 98 Plus is a $35 CD-ROM full of extras for Windows 98. No, it's a marketing decision that truly excitable Windows owners will part with more money if Microsoft Corp.'s latest operating...

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Talk Is Cheap Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--VENTURE PARTNERS SAY NOTHING'S WRONG: It's a funny thing about partnerships. Often, there's no one in charge. And while many firms can and do run successfully on unspoken or private understanding...

Merger Bids, Takeovers Roil Networking Equipment Industry.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Bay Networks Inc., which makes computer network hardware, rejects a bid from Northern Telecom Inc., which makes telephone network hardware and desperately wants to expand into Internet technology....

Residential Phone Customers in Utah Have No Choice for Local Provider.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Amid all the technological innovations and new services, the telecommunications industry has yet to deliver on one promise to Utah residential telephone customers: competition. Utahns have choice...

Cost of Tallahassee, Fla., Garbage Collection to Increase in October.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Starting in October, city residents likely will pay an extra $21 a year for garbage pickup. They won't get more for their money, however. The increase makes up for the cost of inflation, officials...

Large Florida Law Firms Plan Merger.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--The law firm of Katz, Kutter, Haigler, Alderman, Bryant & Yon -- one of Tallahassee's largest -- is getting bigger. The firm is merging with the Orlando firm of Rosenbluth, Losey, Bittman, Morse &...

Charleston, W.Va., Businessman Wants Companies to Display U.S. Flag.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Ever count the number of American flags visible from Interstate 64 between Charleston and Huntington? Greg Carpenter did and a new business was born. "Driving through the valley I noticed how many...

Asian Economic Crisis Reaches Alaska's Biggest Industries.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--A seismic event last July 2 in far-off Thailand is shaking the Alaska economy. Oil prices -- the state's single most vital economic statistic -- are mired at their lowest levels since Prudhoe Bay...

Asia's Woes, Oil Glut Hurt Alaska's State Budget.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Only a small amount of Alaska's oil production is shipped to East Asia, but given the global nature of petroleum markets, some of the state's budgetary woes today are caused by the currency crisis...

Alaska's Air-Cargo Business Booms Despite Asian Crisis.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Look up in the sky above Anchorage, and you can still see the parade of cargo jets filled with designer clothing, sneakers and CD players on their way from Asia to New York, Los Angeles and Chicago....

Japan's Yen for Seafood Suffers.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--As Alaska's seafood industry shifts from pollock season into salmon season, companies are resigned to the poor economic news coming from Japan, its biggest customer. Seafood prices have been soft...

Alaskan Timber Firms Cut Jobs as Market Hits Logjam.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Bob Loescher, president of Sealaska Corp., can recite the day's yen-to-dollar rate by heart. It's one of the vital statistics tracking the health of Alaska's timber industry and his company. That...

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Marilyn Geewax Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ATLANTA--Jun. 14--TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING JOBS NOW JUST A 'BLIP' IN U.S. ECONOMY: When Henry Ford announced in 1914 that he would pay $5 for eight hours of factory work, other business owners attacked his...

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Insider Trading Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ATLANTA--Jun. 14--TWO HOME DEPOT EXECS SELL SHARES: Home Depot's chief administrative officer, Ronald M. Brill, sold 14 percent of his holdings on May 28, a day after the company boosted its regular...

Georgia Power's Debts on Power Plants Hamper Deregulation.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ATLANTA--Jun. 14--Deregulation of Georgia's electric utility industry is probably years away, but a preliminary skirmish will be fought in the coming months as state regulators consider a three-year plan by...

Browning Ferris Industries Explains Landfill Woes.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Browning Ferris Inc. officials Tuesday night tried to douse the flames of discontent in an already heated relationship between the waste disposal company and Canyon residents. BFI employees along...

Missouri Goodwill Industries to Open Store in Glen Carbon, Ill..
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News GLEN CARBON, Ill.--Jun. 15--The newest Goodwill store in the metro-east will be located in one of the area's wealthiest communities. Missouri Goodwill Industries chose the site in Cottonwood Plaza off...

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Media & Marketing Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--The Mills Corp. has signed a marketing and promotional partnership arrangement with America Online Inc. Under the agreement, the world's largest commercial on-line service will become Mills'...

Return Trips Keep Atlanta Airport Coffee Shop Percolating.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ATLANTA--Jun. 15--If someone had told Wassim Hojeij two years ago that his coffee business at Hartsfield would rely on repeat customers, he would have laughed. "You don't think of repeat customers in an...

Hit Hard by Superstores, Office Supply Companies Finding their Own Niche.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ATLANTA--Jun. 15--In 1970, when Tom Freeman started Freeman Forms & Supplies, the most complicated item in his office supply inventory was a brand-new little gizmo called the hand-held calculator. Today,...

Dell Releases Glossier Annual Report, Shows Focus on Image.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ROUND ROCK, Texas--Jun. 10--In a year that Dell Computer Corp.'s revenues grew by 52 percent, to $12.3 billion, it's not surprising that the company's annual report got bigger too. But those eight...

Filing Details Plans for Electrosource.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Financially struggling Electrosource Inc.'s mysterious new partner may move the company into the electric vehicle business or relocate its battery-making operations to Malaysia, according to a...

Developers Float New Arena Plan for Ontario, Calif..
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Developers and Ontario city officials are in discussions that could culminate in the construction of a sports arena west of the Ontario Mills mall. The city has been in discussions with a...

Agua Caliente Tribe Markets Canyon Land for New Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif..
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Ten boarded-up years after hosting its last overnight guest, a once-notable Palm Springs hotel site may stage a comeback. The Canyon Hotel, which has foundered for a decade under several...

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Business Briefs Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--BOPF TO LEAVE NORTON REUSE AGENCY: A change of command is in the works for San Bernardino's former U.S. Air Force base. Bill Bopf will step down from his position as executive director of the...

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., New Media Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--DESERT SUN NEWSPAPER UNVEILS TRIO OF ON-LINE SITES: A local daily newspaper has debuted a trio of Web sites, the major one geared toward the local residential real estate industry. The Desert Sun...

Chino Hospital in Chino, Calif., to Sell Home Health Agency.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--One local home health agency is among 71 nationwide that will switch ownership from one Tennessee-based health care giant to another. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. of Nashville has signed a letter...

California Grape Grower Suffers from Rains, Patent Infringement.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--It's bad enough for one Coachella Valley grape grower, knowing it is competing with its own grapes. But the problem has been particularly troubling this year, as the region's grape growers try to...

Unusual Funding Helps Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Hospital Triple its Size.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--A local hospital plans to triple in size, financed by a bond issue with an unusual twist. Heritage Hospital in Rancho Cucamonga will add 120 beds to its current total of 55 with construction of an...

Landmark Restaurant on Weekhauken Waterfront in New Jersey Burns to Ground.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Judie D'Imperio tried to laugh about her fate, but it wasn't easy after watching her wedding plans go up in smoke. On May 24, the day after the New Milford woman had finalized plans for an October...

Houston Chronicle Jim Barlow Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--DEREGULATION FIGHT WILL RESUME IN '99: When the Texas Legislature meets next January we will see round two of the fight over electricity deregulation. But even if the Legislature does deregulate...

For Price of an ATM, Banks Can Offer Internet Transactions.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--As a Bank One customer last year, Scott Miller got an itch to do his banking on his computer. But the giant bank told him that the online banking service he wanted wasn't available at that time....

Kansas Man's Antiques Provide Backdrop for CBS Made-for-TV Movie.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News BALDWIN, Kan.--Jun. 15--Ron Haskey has seen antiques come and go in his Grove House Antiques store in downtown Baldwin. Usually people buy an item or two, and then go on about their way. So Haskey was...

Backers of Lawrence, Kan., Radio Station Plot New Strategy.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--A low-power Lawrence radio station has gone off the air and is searching for a new frequency, but staff members and proponents of the station have vowed KAW-FM will live on. The station stopped...

Tobacco Options Offer Little Difference in Dollar Value.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--As the vote on a massive tobacco bill draws near, Kentucky farmers are anxious to see which plan being kicked around will be best for them. What is best for farmers has led to a split between the...

Fresno, Calif., Doctors Stop Seeing Sante HMO Patients After Payments Cut.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--When Sante Health System cut payments to some of its contracted physicians, a Fresno endocrinology group said enough is enough. That decision is expected to affect about 500 patients of Dr. Joseph...

Many GM Suppliers in Indiana Continue Work.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News FORT WAYNE, Ind.--Jun. 15--Workers laid off at General Motors Corp.'s Fort Wayne Assembly Plant left the factory after completing their first shift Friday without knowing when they'd be back. But some said...

Senate Action Concerns Wheat Producers.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News WASHINGTON--Jun. 15--The early stages of the agriculture appropriations process in Congress are providing good news for wheat growers, bad news for Midwestern dairy producers and potentially bad news for...

West Virginia Examines Strip Mining Sites.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9--On one end of the Dal-Tex complex, huge shovels and dozers rip apart mountains and bury streams with mine waste. Like most active strip mines, it looks like a moonscape. Over the hill, alfalfa,...

Digital Equipment Officials Say Colorado Springs Jobs Safe.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Compaq Corp. will shed 17,000 jobs as it swallows Digital Equipment Corp., but layoffs aren't likely to sweep Digital's Colorado Springs operation, company officials say. Company officials...

The Orange County Register, Calif., Small Business Notebook Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--BANK OF AMERICA'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Bank made more small-business loans in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties than any other lender during the first six months of the federal fiscal...

Senator Boxer Sides With Indians on Gambling.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News WASHINGTON--Jun. 10--Taking sides Tuesday in a legal dispute between Gov. Wilson and California Indian tribes, Sen. Barbara Boxer told Indian officials in Washington she supports gambling operations on their...

Developer Proposes Massive Fresno, Calif., Rehabilitation Project.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--The Fresno developer who triggered the suburban rush to Madera County with free land for Valley Children's Hospital is now proposing one of the biggest redevelopment projects ever seen in downtown...

Miami's WAMI Beams Unique Local Shows Toward a Fragmented Market.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News MIAMI--Jun. 14--Is Lips At Eleven the future of television? The lips are now playing at an obscure spot on the UHF dial for a minute each evening. They read the news -- a sort of CNN Headline News without...

Penrose, Colo., Apple Orchard Plans Further Expansion.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News PENROSE, Colo.--Jun. 15--While the Penrose apple industry is declining overall, the Happy Apple Orchard is expanding. The largest orchard operation in the area draws as many as 3,000 people from as far...

The Library Restaurant in Superior, Minn., Closes for Renovation.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Geof Azuz walked though the closed Library restaurant in downtown Superior Tuesday, pointing to what needed repairing and sprucing up. Some booths were sunken. Chairs needed to be tightened....

The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C., Sunday Buzz Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Ticket to ride: Next month, Durham-based Southern Coach Company will begin test runs of its new Bull City Sightseeing Tours, a motor coach excursion designed to introduce visitors and newcomers to...

Skirmish Flares Between Aetna, North Texas Doctors.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--About 750 physicians affiliated with Presbyterian Healthcare System notified Aetna U.S. Healthcare on Friday that they would leave its North Texas health maintenance organization next month unless...

Texas Senator Proposes Extending Federal Reach to Railroads.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, trying to "establish a middle ground," proposed Friday to extend the reach of federal regulators over the railroads. The Texas Republican, who chairs the Senate's...

Union Pacific, Critics Debate Improvements as Deadlines Loom.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News HOUSTON--Jun. 15--Diesels thrum, freight cars rumble into yards, and work gangs throw down tracks and ties. The busiest Texas terminal of the nation's largest railroad chugs along atop a wave of Gulf Coast...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Michael Liedtke Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Wells Fargo & Co. hurt itself badly during its takeover of First Interstate Bank, but there's a good chance that the San Francisco bank can use its latest mega-merger to salve those old wounds. By...

California Investigators Check Psych Ward at San Bernardino County Hospital.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--State investigators visited the San Bernardino County Hospital psychiatric ward last week to investigate overcrowding. Meanwhile, hospital officials closed an outpatient unit in a dispute over who...

New Palm Springs, Calif., Bank Raises $8 Million in Stock Sale.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Organizers of Canyon National Bank in Palm Springs are filling in the last few blanks to complete the creation of what will be the city's only locally owned bank. Chairman Tom Suitt expects the...

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Main Street Briefs Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Returning and expanded airline service has pumped up passenger totals at Palm Springs Regional Airport by 10% so far this year. In the Fall, three airlines established its number of flights by...

The Business Press, Ontario, Calif., Company Profile Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--FARMER BOYS FOOD INC.: Family-owned chain is cooking up plans to expand by franchising. Sixteen years after opening their first Farmer Boys restaurant in Perris, the Havadjias brothers are getting...

Texas High-Tech Companies React to Flaggin Asian Economy.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--High-tech companies in Austin and throughout Texas are reacting to problems with the Asian economy with job cuts, production cutbacks and streamlining. But the most recent figures from the state...

Samsung Parent to Temporarily Suspend Chipmaking.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9--Samsung Austin Semiconductor said Monday its production would not be affected by a plan by South Korean parent Samsung Electronics Co. to temporarily stop production on memory chips next week....

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Retail Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--MORE TEXTILES BLANKET HARDWARE AISLES: Turn the corner in your favorite home improvements superstore today and you're as likely to find rugs and towels as you would hammers and nails. Several...

Sea-Land of Charlotte, N.C., Sets Sights on New Northeast Port.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--Weeks after negotiating new contracts with its critically important trans-Pacific shippers, Sea-Land Service Inc. is focused on high-stakes talks with another key partner -- The Port of New York....

The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Business Profile Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--QUESTION: CVS Corp. executives will be in town Wednesday to talk about how the drugstore chain is converting Revco stores following last year's acquisition. How many stores in Charlotte will be...

R.J. Reynolds Employees Defend Jobs, Company.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--When he started with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Michael Lamphier pondered the potential quandaries of working for Big Tobacco. "You wonder, in the back of your mind: What if some day I find out...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Bankruptcies Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 14--The following businesses filed for legal protection from creditors in the federal bankruptcy court in Oakland. Companies most commonly file for protection under three chapters of the bankruptcy...

The BizSmart Column, Street Fighter Inc..
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--COMPETING WITH THE COMPETITION: When a competitor opens near you, with a huge advertising budget, it's time to get creative. Consider Video Palace, an electronics store in Colorado. A major...

The Bradenton Herald, Fla., New Deals Column.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--Dan Gilmore, vice president at Moseley Investment Management, 1724 Manatee Ave. W., completed the educational and examination requirements for the designation of accredited asset management...

Ontario, Calif., Golf Club Manufacturers Nervously Eye Talk of Change.
June 14, 1998... Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 15--As a battle brews over what constitutes a legal golf club, two Inland Empire club manufacturers are anxiously awaiting the outcome. On one side sits the U.S. Golf Association, the game's overseer...