Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from December 27 1994

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from December 27 1994

Florida Engineer Finds Busy, Rewarding Life After IBM Pullout. (Originated from The Miami Herald)
December 27, 1994... Dec. 26--While IBM lays off workers in Boca Raton, Frank Wang asks for their resumes. Wang, 42, was one of the engineers assigned to launch the original IBM PC in 1981. He resigned almost as soon as the PC hit the market. But unlike many...

Entrepreneur's Key to Survival: Realistic Planning. (Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
December 27, 1994... Dec. 25--Lynn Sturdivant opened her own nail salon seven months ago with dreams of being a successful small business owner. But like most entrepreneurs in their first years in business, Sturdivant's immediate goal was to avoid becoming a grim...

Rose Hill, Kan., Woman Hopes Scents will Turn into a Pile of Dollars. (Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
December 27, 1994... Dec. 26--Ever wear a perfume that smelled like rain? Sniffed potpourri with the scent of freshly mowed hay? Given a toddler a chocolate-scented bubble bath? A new Butler County business is betting there are plenty of people out there whose...

Profile of Richards Gregory, CEO of Carolinas' Builders Supply. (Originated from The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.)
December 27, 1994... RICHARDS GREGORY Age: 26, born April 5, 1968. Education: Bachelor's degree in physical education in 1990 from Winthrop University. Family: Single; father, Chauncey Gregory Jr. of Lancaster; mother, Eleanor Tillman of Beaufort; brother, state...

Carolina Retailers Outpace Nation in Holiday Sales. (Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
December 27, 1994... Dec. 28--Jeffrey Hearn knew Christmas '94 wasn't going to be a ho-hum season as soon as it started. "My first clue was when there were 200 people lined up in my lobby at 7 a.m. waiting to get in on the day after Thanksgiving," said Hearn,...

Charlotte, N.C., Motor Speedway Owner Plans Initial Public Stock Offering. (Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
December 27, 1994... Dec. 28--Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith is taking a path that few sports moguls have tread before. By announcing Thursday that he would sell shares of Speedway Motorsports Inc. to the public, his business will become one of the...

Idaho's Micron Technology Considers Chip Plant Near Tacoma, Wash. (Originated from The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.)
December 27, 1994... TACOMA, Wash.--Dec. 28--Boise-based Micron Technology is considering an area near Interstate 5, about four miles south of the Pierce County border, as the site for its planned $1.3 billion semiconductor-manufacturing complex. The plant...