Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from October 15 1995

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from October 15 1995

European Tourists Flocking Back to Miami.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Many of the Europeans scared off by crimes against tourists in 1993 are flying back to Miami this year. "Miami is back on the map," said Brian Tickle, Miami commercial manager for British Airways. "So far this year, our passenger...

Florida's Tourism Promotors Work for Unified Image.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Coming off its worst tourism year in the last decade, out- advertised by aggressive competitors and under growing pressure from its own members, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau is facing its toughest test in years....

South Florida's Big Catch: Bass Pro Superstore.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--By most accounts, Bass Pro Shops' mammoth Outdoor World in Springfield, Mo., is, well, almost as big as the great outdoors. It's a superstore and tourist draw all rolled into one. What's the lure? A four-story waterfall,...

Mershon Sawyer Estate Lawyers Leaving to Form their Own Firm.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Lawyers in the largest and most lucrative practice area of Mershon Sawyer Johnson Dunwody & Cole are leaving to form their own law firm. The group of 12 lawyers that make up the trusts and estates practice includes name partner Atwood...

Women Making Strides in Banking Despite Glass Ceiling.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Deborah Wilde Prehn, a second-generation banker from Palm Beach County, recalls a time when the rules were different for women who worked in banking. Twelve years ago Prehn was employed by a small, conservative bank in Palm Beach...

The Miami Herald Auto Column.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--If that's Ford's new F-150 pickup, can the '97 model year be far away? The calendar says it's 1995, but in one large corner of the automotive world it's 1997. No sooner were car buyers introduced last month to the restyled and...

The Miami Herald Newsmaker Column.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--DEALER HAS FOUND HIS NICHE IN USED LUXURY CARS: Just about every evening, Jose Ramirez Jr. drives a different car home. Wednesday, it was a plush 1989 BMW 735 with leather interior. The night before, it was a 1992 gold Mercedes sedan....

National Women's Business Group Lends Hand to Entrepreneurs.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--After suffering through a difficult marriage for 13 years and working as an operating room nurse for 16, Saulene Sutton found herself single and underemployed. Unable to get a job in the medical field, she had been working part-time...

The State, Columbia, S.C., Personal Finance Column.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 15, 1995... BROKERAGE CHIEF PREDICTS BETTER DAYS Oct. 16--Marshall Wishnack sees better days ahead for workers and investors. Those days may begin if Congress approves cuts in capital gains taxes and allows loosening of rules on individual retirement...

The Miami Herald Dave DuPont Column.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Roger Ballou knows his way around travel and tourism. An outspoken force with a reputation as a master marketer, he says the industry generally is visible only when it's in a downturn. With a global perspective, he cites the Persian...

Throngs Shop at Kentucky's Factory Outlet Shopping Centers.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
October 15, 1995... LEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 15--They come by the thousands in cars, trucks and buses. Their objective is any of Kentucky's six factory outlet shopping centers. The most committed might visit two or more centers a day. "This is a destination for...

Symbios Logic First to Market With New Computer Technology Standard.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 14--Symbios Logic Inc. has introduced a new product line that can move information four to five times faster than existing computer-storage systems. "It's a major technology step forward in terms of the transfer rates of data," said Ron...

California Packing Company Sues Cargill, ADM, Others for Price-Fixing.(Originated from The Modesto Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... MODESTO, Calif.--Oct. 14--A spokesman for Cargill Inc. in Minneapolis on Friday called price-fixing allegations in a civil lawsuit filed in Stanislaus County "spurious" and said they would be "contested aggressively in court." Cargill, along...

California Poultry Growers Face Fresh Labeling Setback.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 14--California poultry growers got sort of blind-sided in their campaign to prevent frozen chickens and turkeys from being labeled as fresh. The industry had finally won a ruling from the United States Department of Agriculture...

Retirement Complex in Fresno, Calif., Adopts 'Assisted-Living' Format.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 14--The Fresno Hacienda is no more. The once-plush resort motel that became a convention center and then a retirement living complex is vanishing, at least under the Hacienda name. Renamed Arbor Village, the "campus" on Freeway 99 at...

California Poultry Growers Wage 'Fresh vs. Frozen' Label Battle.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 14--California poultry growers got sort of blindsided in their campaign to prevent frozen chickens and turkeys from being labeled as fresh. The industry had finally won a ruling from the U.S. Department of Agriculture outlawing "fresh"...

Lexington, Ky., County Markets to Become Kroger Stores.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
October 15, 1995... LEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 16--County Market will close for good Oct. 28. Randall's four Lexington supermarkets will close for inventory the same day and reopen Nov. 1 as Kroger stores. Kroger still has not signed a contract to buy Randall's...

Allstate Insurance Drops Homeowner Policies for South Florida Homes.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 14--Nearly 1,600 condo associations and apartment complexes in South Florida will lose their property insurance next year because of a decision by Allstate Insurance to shrink its storm exposure in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Allstate...

Florida Company Sees a Gusher in (Used) Oil.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--If you change your own motor oil, chances are you dispose of it before the grungy black fluid ruins your spotless cement carport. And if a service station or quick-lube center changes the oil for you, do you really care what they do...

People with Disabilities Struggle to Beat Odds in Search for Jobs.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--More than anything else, Carlos Marcello wants a job. A job means fixing the roof over his head and the engine of his car. A job means no longer being dependent on $458 a month in disability benefits and the stomach-tightening $39 a...

Two Commercial Real Estate Firms Merge in Fresno, Calif.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 15--Two commercial real estate agencies in Fresno are merging in an alliance they say benefits both companies. Diel Andrews & Co. and Scott Lauritzen Mathias Associates are joining to become Alliance Commercial. The new company...

Venezuela Agrees to Reforms in IMF Loan Deal.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 14--The Venezuelan government plans to lift exchange and price controls early next year as part of a future loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Luis Raul Matos Azocar said Friday. The moves are needed...

Florida Regulators Investigate 'Sister' Firms, Viatical and Mutual Benefits.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 15--Fort Lauderdale-based Viatical Benefits Foundation shows deep concern for AIDS patients. It donates money to groups that help patients, bought a bed for a destitute sufferer and buys toys to put in the Easter baskets of sick...

Southern Plastics Expands on Success of American Filtrona.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Southern Plastics isn't a high-profile company, but it is an example of how companies can grow from modest beginnings into major national corporations. The plastics maker on Dunbar Road in Columbia began 55 years ago. At the time --...

Boeing Machinists' Strike about Principles, Perceptions.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--At first glance, the Machinists union's strike against the Boeing Co. doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. The workers in Boeing's plants in Wichita and the Seattle area make good wages and have excellent benefits -- far better wages...

Dream Delayed, but Ferguson's Fresno, Calif.-Daycare Centers Now a Reality.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Lynette Ferguson wasn't the first high school student to ask her parents if she could convert the family garage into something other than a place to park cars. But how many teens want to turn it into a day care center? "I was the...

Garcias Turn Fresno, Calif., Construction Company into $2.5 Million Business.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Twenty years of swinging a hammer and pushing a pencil in Fresno's volatile building industry have taught Joseph V. Garcia the value of positive thinking. "If you're a pessimist," he said. "You have no reason to be in construction."...

After 36 Years, Fresno, Calif., Supermarket Owner Opens Second Store.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--The threat came not long after Keith Chun had moved to Fresno in 1959 and opened Gong's Market. Chun said a rival owner with seven stores vowed to start a price war and drive Gong's out of business. "He bled in seven places and we...

California Aluminum Recycling Market Flooded, But Price Stays High.(Originated from The Modesto Bee, Calif.)
October 15, 1995... MODESTO, Calif.--Oct. 16--Gleaming cans rattle on the conveyor belt at Modesto Disposal as Ismael Bettencourt and his son unload their cache of aluminum cans. "It's gasoline money, or extra money for our Christmas party," Bettencourt says of...

General Motors Wants Dealers to Sell Only Its Vehicles.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
October 15, 1995... LEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 16--General Motors Corp. wants its dealers to sell only GM vehicles, a plan that could change the face of Kentucky dealerships and might result in some closing. The strategy made public this week targets GM dealers who...

Health-care Companies Launch Marketing Blitz.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Retailers have Christmas. Beach-resort owners have the summer. Health insurance companies have the fall "open enrollment" season. It's the one time of year when employees of many large companies can switch among their company's menu...

Thrifts Converting to Stock Ownership Rack Up Bonanzas for Investors.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
October 15, 1995... Oct. 16--Nothing in investing is certain, but the pending conversion of Charlotte's Home Federal Savings & Loan Association from mutual ownership to stock ownership looks close to a sure bet. "It's definitely an opportunity unlike any other...