Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News articles from October 4 1995

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News archives from October 4 1995

Philadelphia Newspapers Plan Staff Reductions, Price Hikes.(Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 4--The Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer are planning organizational changes, staff reductions and price hikes, publisher Robert J. Hall said yesterday. Hall, chairman of Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., the publisher of...

Third-Largest Funeral Home Chain Acquired Fresno-Based Company.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--The third-largest funeral home chain in the country has acquired a Fresno-based company with eight mortuaries in California. Buchheim Family Inc. was the largest remaining independent funeral home company in Fresno and the...

Palmetto Corporate Complex Has Lots of Vacant Space to Fill.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
October 4, 1995... BRADENTON, Fla--Oct. 5--The loss of Saraventures Fixtures Inc. leaves the Palmetto Corporate Complex and local officials the task of filling a lot of vacant space. MagneTek Transformer and Eastern Electric Inc. are the two remaining tenants...

Saraventures Ventures South to Sarasota.(Originated from The Bradenton Herald, Fla.)
October 4, 1995... BRADENTON, Fla--Oct. 5--The loss of a large company that called Palmetto and Ellenton home for the past seven years is taking local officials by surprise. Saraventures Fixtures Inc., which makes high-volume store fixtures such as tables,...

Central Carolina Bank Planning 5 Supermarket Branches in A Retest.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--On their next trip to Harris Teeter, some N.C. customers might pick up a car loan along with a loaf of bread. Central Carolina Bank said Wednesday it will open five full-service branches in Harris Teeters in Cary, Greensboro, Wilmington...

The State, Columbia, S.C., Dewanna Lofton Column.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--HOTELS TO POP UP ON I-26, I-77 CORRIDORS: Columbia is getting three new hotels -- two of them within minutes of each other off I-26 and a third off I-77. Demand is increasing in Columbia for accommodations for business travelers who...

The State, Columbia, S.C., Bill Hughes Column.(Originated from The State, Columbia, S.C.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--A PAUCITY OF PUMPKINS this fall isn't expected to doom Halloween, but consumers can expect to pay more and search longer for a prize jack-o- lantern this year, experts say. Hot weather followed by drenching rains have cut pumpkin...

Moran, Huizenga Discuss Auto Venture.(Originated from The Miami Herald)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--Two of Broward County's wealthiest entrepreneurs are considering going into the automobile business together. H. Wayne Huizenga, who enjoys collecting cars, and Jim Moran, who enjoys selling them, are discussing a possible alliance in...

California Wineries Fear Demand for Premium Varietal Wines to Lead to Fraud.(Originated from The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--Some of California's best-known wineries fear the current consumer frenzy for premium varietal wines could entice unscrupulous grape sellers to toss some coal in with their diamonds. Why? Greed. With premium wine sales expected to...

Effect on Wichita Economy of Strike by Boeing Workers Expected to be Grave.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--No question. If Boeing Wichita workers strike after midnight tonight, the Wichita area will feel the economic crunch. When Boeing workers went on strike in 1989, the impact on the local economy was widespread and immediate. During the...

Sony Theater in Lexington, Ky., Area to Show Bargain Second-Run Movies.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
October 4, 1995... LEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 5--Coming soon: more bargain movies. The 10-screen Sony Theater in the North Park shopping center will begin showing second-run movies starting Friday. The price for all seats: $1.75. Instead of showing new movies such as...

Mexican, Italian Restaurants to Share Space in Lexington, Ky.(Originated from Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
October 4, 1995... LEXINGTON, Ky.--Oct. 5--By November, a little bit of Mexico will be closer to a part of Italy. Just downstairs, in fact. Mesa Verde restaurant will take over the first floor of what is now Bravo's of Lexington restaurant in Victorian Square...

Boeing Workers in Wichita Face Day of Decision.(Originated from The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
October 4, 1995... Oct. 5--Dianna Frazier will leave work at Boeing Wichita later this morning, drive to the Kansas Coliseum and, she says, vote to strike Friday. This is the day when more than 30,000 Machinists union members will decide whether to accept the...