Business Journal-Portland articles from October 1995

Business Journal-Portland archives from October 1995

TriQuint joining chip plant boom. (TriQuint Semiconductor Inc.)
October 6, 1995... Stock offer paves way for Portland expansion Homegrown TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. hopes to join the crowd of new chip plants by building a factory and headquarters at Hillsboro's Dawson Creek Park. Flush with $48 million in cash from a...

Pruning branches hard for new U.S. Bancorp.
October 6, 1995... U.S. Bancorp executives are still pleading with regulators behind the scenes over a proposed list of branches to be placed on the auction block, despite shareholders' overwhelming approval of a $1.6 billion merger with West One Bancorp. "We'd...

Local veterinary chain links up with Petsmart superstores. (Medical Management International)
October 6, 1995... A local company has capitalized on America's concern for their pets by creating a chain of 45 veterinary clinics located inside Petsmart stores. Medical Management International (MMI), of Portland, has grown its animal clinic business by...

Nike cuts deal to supply international amateur hockey uniforms. (Nike Inc. closes contract to supply uniforms for all International Ice Hockey Federation championship games)
October 6, 1995... Look for the Nike swoosh on player uniforms at all major international amateur hockey events for the next four years, including all teams participating in the 1996 World Championships and 1998 Olympic Winter Games. Nike Inc. has inked a...

Hollywood Video spruces up Texas stores, eyes Midwest. (Hollywood Entertainment Corp.)
October 6, 1995... Beaverton-based Hollywood Entertainment Corp. is eyeing new markets in the Midwest and giving a face-lift to its Texas retail network. Perry Wickens, a real estate developer employed by the fast-growing Hollywood Video chain, said it may be a...

Allen blazing trail. (software owner Paul Allen)(includes related article)
October 20, 1995... Will software billionaire score in spots multimedia? Trail Blazer owner Paul Allen wants to lead the NBA in software development. Allen intends to capitalize on the dazzling electronic systems developed for his new Rose Garden arena and will...

Market proving Epitope's toughest test. (Epitope Inc.)
October 20, 1995... After a disappointing market debut of its oral screen for AIDS and a nose dive in its stock, Epitope Inc. is retrenching. The 16-year-old publicly owned Epitope has slashed staff. It has renewed focus on an oral cocaine detection test. Epitope...

Wells Fargo takes aim at First Interstate. (Wells Fargo and Co.; First Interstate Bancorp.)
October 20, 1995... Wells Fargo & Co. hasn't done business in Oregon since 1852 when its stagecoaches rumbled through gold camps halfway between Portland and San Francisco. Now, the stage drivers are poised for a dramatic re-entry with guns drawn and $10.8 billion...

Miles finds success smooth as fiberglass. (Miles Fiberglass and Plastic Inc.'s president Lowell Miles)(Small Business Success)
October 20, 1995... Fiberglass may shine, but it isn't flashy. Neither is Lowell Miles, president of Oregon City-based Miles Fiberglass and Plastic Inc. But he has built a long and lucrative career studded with accomplishments in both business and civic life....

Graduation party. (first-year business celebrations)(includes related articles)
October 20, 1995... The Ad Agency This is the last in a four-part series of articles that has followed the fortunes of three local first-time business owners as they've journeyed through their first year in business. Their stories appeared in our Small Business...

Bioject tries to inject profits in its future. (Bioject Inc.)
October 20, 1995... New CEO, automated plant help 10-year-old biotech firm clear product hurdles Buoyed by new leadership, Bioject Inc. is trying to sail into a sea of production and profits. The Portland company has never been profitable, despite having a...

Coffee People steams toward private placement. (Coffee People)
October 20, 1995... Coffee People, the homegrown Oregon company founded by a pair of rumpled caffeine aficionados, is raising between $2 million and $3 million in a private placement aimed at expanding its base beyond the Beaver State. "The capital we raise will...

Saucy entrepreneur spices up Port panel with dose of energy. (Junki Yoshida)
October 20, 1995... Junki Yoshida is sitting on the floor of his office surrounded by oversized architectural drawings. A harried real estate manager crouches by his side. "We've got to have the waterfall," says Yoshida. "We've just got to have the waterfall."...

Kaiser officials say they have no plan to close Sunnyside. (Kaiser Permanente)
October 20, 1995... More radical changes are under way in California SAN FRANCISCO - Despite talk of a major retrenchment in Northern California, Kaiser Permanente's Northwest operation should not feel the same scalpel. Although closure of its North Portland...

Fierce competition drives Pietro's pizza chain to Chapter 11. (Pietro's Corp.)
October 20, 1995... SEATTLE - The national pizza wars have pushed Bothell-based Pietro's Corp. into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bob Adamowski, chief executive and co-owner of the 40-store pizza parlor chain, said the company has already closed four under-performing...

McCaw Jr., Allen commit more resources to professional sports. (Seattle Mariners' minority owner John McCaw Jr. and Portland's Trail Blazer owner Paul Allen)
October 20, 1995... Two of the Northwest's richest men are plunging portions of their personal fortunes into professional sports. John McCaw Jr., already a minority owner of the Seattle Mariners, is putting a reported $300 million into hockey's Vancouver Canucks,...