Business Journal-Portland articles from September 2001

Business Journal-Portland archives from September 2001

In the right place at the wrong time.(MBK Northwest's new development CascadeStation)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... CascadeStation's retail developer is sure he's in the right place, but during an economic slowdown, he's wondering if now is the right time. Projected to cost $400 million, CascadeStation is a 120-acre, mixed-use development southwest of...

Intel leads industrial revolt against rate hike.(Portland General Electric's rate increases)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Portland General Electric's sizable Oct.1 rate increases sailed into rocky waters this week as industry and consumer groups orchestrated an 11th hour mutiny. Associated Oregon Industries, Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities and...

Local web conferencing companies finding favor.(Encounter Communications, PlaceWare Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The sudden decline in US. business travel could easily benefit companies that offer web conferencing services, including two local businesses in the field. The companies--Encounter Communications and PlaceWare Inc.--are connected: A year...

Oregon Health Forum feud upstages hospital debate.(dispute with Legacy Health System)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... It was supposed to be a debate about hospital services for Clark County, but instead a long-simmering feud between the Oregon Health Forum and Legacy Health System boiled over, tainting the debate. At issue are competing proposals from...

Polis helps employers deal with changes in HR laws.(human resources management software)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Nobody likes layoffs. Employees, whether they are let go or remain on the job, certainly don't like them. Managers worry about overwork and plunging morale among those who are left. And sometimes, executives who have had to make the hard...

Water Tower tenants told a sale is in the works.(mall/office building in Portland)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Developer John Gray appears to be close to selling The Water Tower retail mall and office building that he built in Johns Landing in the early 1970s. Tenants at the Southwest Portland mall said they received a Sept. 19 memo from manager...

Hilton expansion not deterred by industry woes.(new hotel in Portland)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Hilton Hotels Corp. announced its Portland expansion project--downtown between Southwest Taylor Street and Sixth Avenue and catty-corner to an existing Hilton--won't be affected by the slump in the tourist industry. The project, which...

PacifiCare Health Systems Inc.(drops Secure Horizons insurance plan)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. dropped its Secure Horizons insurance plan in 44 counties in six states, including Multnomah County. The cancellations will ultimately affect 64,222 members. In addition, officials said that premiums and...

Pictsweet Mushroom's.(United Foods closes Salem farm)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Pictsweet Mushroom's parent company, United Foods, will close the Salem farm by November, laying off 312 workers. Various factors were cited for the decision, including increased competition from British Columbia. Northwest Treeplanters and...

Associated Oregon Industries.(protests Portland General Electric price increases)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Associated Oregon Industries, Industrial Consumers for Northwest Utilities and the Citizens' Utility Board tiled motions with the PUG to oppose Portland General Electric rate increases. Approved by OPUC, the rate increases would boost costs...

Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp.(acquires Oregon Auto Insurance Co. and subsidiary North Pacific Insurance Co.)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp. announced that it has agreed to buy Oregon Auto Insurance Co., along with its subsidiary North Pacific Insurance Co. Together, the combined companies will handle approximately $300 million in premiums in...

Columbia Sportswear Co.(signs Fossil Inc. licensing agreement)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Columbia Sportswear Co. has signed a North American license agreement with Fossil Inc. to produce an extensive line of wristwatches and watch fobs for men, women and children. Columbia and Fossil said they expect the watch collection, with...

Banner Corp.(to acquire Oregon Business Bank)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Banner Corp. of Walla Walla, Wash., will acquire Lake Oswego's Oregon Business Bank for about $10 million cash. The deal has already been approved by each company's directors, but still requires approval from regulators and Oregon Business...

Alaska Air Group.(to begin service to Dulles International Airport)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Alaska Air Group said it will begin service to Dulles International Airport in washington, D.C., from Seattle's SeaTac Airport Oct. 8. It will offer the service in the wake of terrorist attacks that resulted in the closure of Reagan National...

CORRECTIONS.(Correction Notice)
September 28, 2001... The Sept. 21 page one article, "Stoel Rives finds partner in California," should have said the merger will create a firm employing about 370 attorneys with combined revenue of $150 million.

Direct Focus turns its attention to Schwinn.(acquires Schwinn/GT fitness equipment division)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 28, 2001... ROBERT GOLDFIELD Marketing company Direct Focus Inc. (Nasdaq: DFXI) completed its $65 million acquisition of the assets of Schwinn/GT's fitness equipment division. The Vancouver, Wash., direct marketing business said the Schwinn...

Clark County hospitals joust in spirited debate.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Oregon Health Forum's debate Wednesday on competing proposals for a hospital in Clark County was spirited, but not nasty It's hard to be contentious in a one-sided debate. Legacy Health System wants to build a $170 million hospital in...

Freightliner facing big loss and more cuts.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Freightliner LLC, the heavy truck subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX), expects to lose a record $1.2 billion this year, possibly forcing the closure of two plants at the truck maker's headquarters in Oregon, according to a report in the...

Forest activists scoring victories over logging.(Logging plans will be suspended until at least next summer at the Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Opponents of logging in Oregon national forests reveled in small victories this month as high-profile timber sales garnered increased scrutiny and hit bureaucratic snags. Local news outlets reported last week that Boring-based Vanport...

PDX at 80 percent following attacks, but carriers hurting.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... After industrywide staff layoffs and service cuts, airlines at Portland International Airport are offering about 80 percent of the flights available before terrorist attacks Sept. 11. The airline with the biggest presence at PDX, Alaska Air...

Sharp's Camas division ships new chip designs.(Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA), located in Camas, Wash., is shipping the very first system-on-chip (SOC) designs to come out of the Camas facility. The new chips, now en route to their beta customers, are the first tangible...

Software firm moves to new CEO's hometown.(Merant PLC relocates to Hillsboro)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Reversing the trend of corporate headquarters leaking away to other cities, Merant PLC (Nasdaq: MRNT) brought a fresh burst of energy to the technology sector of Portland and its environs. The software company, until now based in...

Zoo projects 'overly optimistic' and too costly.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Portland's only African lions are on an extended trip to Florida and their return appears cloudy. The Oregon Zoo sent its African lions away in order to have their pen renovated. But the zoo put the brakes on the new pen because of budget...

AVI to launch clinical trial of promising drug.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... AVI BioPharma Inc. has launched a phase I human clinical trial of its NeuGene antisense technology. The trial is part of a strategy to establish new alliances with pharmaceutical companies. It will be conducted in Belfast, Ireland, on up...

BioDelivery sending its first product to market.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... BioDelivery Systems Inc. has developed the world's first delivery system for surgical biomaterials. Carl Wilcox, president and CEO, introduced the system, dubbed Celltran, at the Emerging Medical Technologies conference held in Cambridge,...

Digimarc amplifies counterfeiting product line.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Tualatin-based Digimarc Corp. (Nasdaq: DMRC) is introducing a new product to detect counterfeited packaging, labels and other printed materials that carry corporate brands. Excalibur Copy Detection, a new system that uses Digimarc's...

Washington worrying about Boeing lob cuts.(Teh company's downsizing could lead to a full-fleged recession in the state)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The Boeing downsizing announced this week "is going to have a major impact on our state," said Washington Gov. Gary Locke. Whether it pushes the state into a full-fledged recession, he said, "really depends on the events of the next weeks and...

Boeing cuts create fear in real estate market.(Puget Sound Metro Area)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The impending layoffs announced by The Boeing Co. this week create a new level of uncertainty in a Puget Sound commercial real estate market that was enjoying the effects of a major boom only a year ago. Properties owned or leased by the...

Retailers don't expect much of a Christmas shopping season.(Seattle-area retailers)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Seattle-area retailers could be in for one of the worst Christmas shopping seasons in the past 10 years, economists warned this week. In the wake of uncertainty caused by the recent terrorist attacks on the East Coast and the sudden...

Bette Sinclair.(president, B Sinclair Public Relations)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Bette Sinclair Organization: B Sinclair Public Relations Title: President What we do: I'm a public relations consultant and publicist. I help promote and publicize people, products and businesses...

Who's running the asylum?(Oregon Research Institute )(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Scientists and staff have their say at Oregon Research Institute The University of Oregon casts a long shadow in Eugene, a city where one in five people is either a student or a worker at the school. That's why it's easy to overlook a...

Corvallis firm aims tech-toy rollout for holiday.(Emerald Forest Toys receives funding)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Emerald Forest Toys, a six-employee company located in Corvallis, has just received over $500,000 in seed money, The company is designing and making "magical" toys, and plans to have its first products on the market in time for Christmas this...

NEW SOFTWARE FROM NEW COMPANY.(Merant PLC)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Merant PLC (Nasdaq: MRNT), a software company that is reversing the usual trend and gladdening denizens of the Silicon Forest by relocating its headquarters from Maryland to Hillsboro, is highlighting the core business that brought it here in...

MAKING THE WEB BETTER.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... WebCriteria Inc. is introducing a new product, dubbed Site Analyst, intended to help companies analyze which specific changes to their web sites have the greatest impact on business results and to provide recommendations for site...

CAREER DEVELOPMENT ON TAP.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Attention, those seeking work: Kathy Condon, a career coach accredited by the National Career Development Association, is presenting a career development seminar series at the Ace Communications Training & Learning Center in October. ...

ZAPATURE.COM OFFERS PHOTOS ONLINE.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Vancouver, Wash.-based Zapature.com has launched its stock photography gallery at www.zapature.com. Photographers can register with the company to receive assignments and can also sell their images through Zapature's online gallery Clients...

Institute's research helps smokers kick the habit.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... You can almost hear the gears turning. In the heart of the Oregon Research Institute, 34 scientists research and interpret information to explain what makes humans tick. Why does parental substance abuse correlate to a child's...

Environmental agenda pushed to back burner.(EmphasisWar)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Despite a recent downward spiral in conference and convention attendance numbers, the Society of Environmental Journalists is reporting that sign-up for its Oct. 17-21 annual conference in Portland is at or above par. Yet even while...

TO SALMON, HOGAN'S NO HERO.(Federal judge, Michael Hogan rulles that coho salmon are no lonlger endangered; cites hatchery raised salmon as proof)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Given the delicacy of domestic grief and global politics these days, news last week that drastically altered the fate of wild salmon went largely unnoticed. A single federal judge in Eugene ruled that coho salmon should no longer be...

SUPERFUND LEGENDS OF THE FALL.(Willamette River's Portland Harbor Superfund is moving forward with cleanup)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Could the Willamette River's Portland Harbor Superfund actually be showing signs of progress? The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has been working with no fewer than 40 riverside property owners to conduct investigations and...

CERTIFIED RESOLVE.(Certified Forest Products Council conference)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... By the time these words become ink on the pages of The Business Journal, Portland-based Certified Forest Products Council will be wrapping up an international industry conference and exhibition in Atlanta. CFPC chose to take part in the...

Hawkins flies Andersen coop for a smaller firm.(Rick Hawkins leaves Arthur Andersen for Geffen Mesher and Co.)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Well-known Portland accountant Rick Hawkins has left the local office of Arthur Andersen to become a shareholder in locally based Geffen Mesher & Co. Hawkins, who joined Geffen Mesher on Sept. ,1 made the move after 10 years as a partner...

NEW AGENDA.(Venture Oregon 2001 conference)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The Venture Oregon 2001 conference might rightly be termed Capital Oregon 2001. The Oct 3 event at the DoubleTree Lloyd Center Hotel, is sponsored annually by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum. The event traditionally consists of young...

VENTURE FORECAST DIFFICULT.(economy will remain sluggish after September 11 terrorist attack)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Venture Oregon comes as the venture capital industry retrenches in the wake of the events of Sept 11. Commenting on the economic fallout of the terrorist attacks, the National Venture Capital Association said the industry is preparing...

RISING SALARIES.(VentureOne found CEOs earning more but getting less bonuses)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Despite a vastly different business climate compared to a year ago, cash compensation for CEOs at startups and other venture-stage companies rose to a median of $216,000 in the first half of 2001, up $11,000 from the second half of 2000,...

PAST DUE.(ABA finds that an increasing number of people are delinquent on their credit card payments)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... More people were past due on their credit card bills in the second quarter of 2001 than in any quarter since the American Bankers Association started tracking the statistic in 1980, the association recently reported. The ABA stated that...

Foreign affairs: not just for back pages anymore.(newspapers and television programs improving quality of information after September 11 terrorist attack)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... In the weeks following the terrorists attacks, media coverage in newspaper pages and on radio and TV broadcasts gave rise to many questions of substance. The media is functioning as part of a massive effort to make sense of what happened in...

Top commercial printers.(list of 18 top printers in Oregon, with contact information)
September 28, 2001... Top commercial printers Ranked by number of full-time employees Rank Phone last fax Rank year Company ...

The year of the struggle.(venture capital investment)
September 28, 2001... Venture capital was hard to come by last year for new companies, as investors favored supporting more established interests When 16 small ventures made presentations to potential investors at the 2000 Venture Oregon conference, the...

Startups take the beating as VCs tighten strings.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Despite all the talk about the dearth of venture capital investments, Oregon companies didn't do too poorly in the first half of 2001--at least by the numbers. Oregon businesses received venture capital totaling $129 million in the first...

Venture Oregon evolves into 'Capital Oregon'.(venture capital conference)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Not every company presenting at Venture Oregon will be seeking venture capital. Some aren't seeking capital of any kind-yet. But their presence could provide them with exposure to important funding sources for the future. Therein...

Investors to gather here at second VC conference.(National Association of Seed and Venture Funds conference)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... As potential investors hear the pitches of local startups at Venture Oregon, government and private investors from around the country will hold their own Portland conference. On Oct. 3-5, the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds...

Top venture capitalists.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 28, 2001... Top venture capitalists Ranked by number of deals Number of investments Rank Company in Oregon companies 1 FBR CoMotion Venture Capital 6 Seattle, Wash. ...

Be wary the traps awaiting outsiders at a family firm.(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
September 28, 2001... Every so often I hear from a reader who is thinking about going to work for a family-owned business. Usually, the note or e-mail from the nonfamily job candidate reads something like this: "It's a great opportunity. But I've been told...

A home in the marina.(McCuddy's Marina)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... McCuddy keeps business shipshape by offering indispensible customer service Offer your customers an indispensable service and you'll ensure an ongoing market for your products. At least that's the formula that's allowed McCuddy's 30...

Game developer has high hopes for 'Harry Potter' link.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Dan Elenbaas grew up playing the Intellivision video game system back in the early 1980s. Now, the president and chief executive of Amaze Entertainment Inc. has made a business out of creating video games and even has one the programmers...

Necessity breeds a new PalmPilot software application.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The lives and fortunes of Alexander and Tamara Hinds changed inside the tiny laundry room of their small one-bedroom San Francisco apartment. That's where Hinds, an ophthalmology resident at California Pacific Medical Center, spent every...

Congress asked to break up big contracts by agencies.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The federal government's failure to meet any of its small business contracting goals last year has prompted renewed calls for Congress to give the Small Business Administration more power to force agencies to break up big contracts. Only...

BUSINESS LEADERS PUSH FOR DATA.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The National Association for Business Economics (www.nabe.com) has enlisted business leaders in its drive to improve the quality and timeliness of U.S. economic data. The NABE Business Statistics Council raised $50,000 at an...

BANKS OPPOSE WAL-MART'S MOVE.(Wal-Mart to offer financial services)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The Independent Community Bankers of America (www.icba.org) wants federal regulators to block a deal between TD Bank Financial Group and Wal-Mart to provide banking services in the discount stores. "Wal-Mart has no business in the banking...

INTERNET OPTION LAUNCHED FOR PAYING FEDERAL TAXES.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Businesses can now pay their federal taxes through a secure web site (www.eftps.gov), adding an internet option to an electronic filing system that previously required users to use special software and a modem to dial into the Treasury...

ONLINE SURVEY SEEKS INPUT.(Department of Commerce is gathering views on information technology training)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... The Department of Commerce is conducting an online survey (www.ta.doc.gov/ittraining) to gather views from employers, workers, educators and government officials on information technology training. The survey will address demand for IT...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... ARCHITECTURE Czopek & Erdenberger Inc. added Amanda Gatewood as senior designer and Julie Krawsky as designer. Waterleaf Architecture & Interiors added Leslie Rosenberg as associate architect; Jack Lyon as project architect; and...

How do you say, 'You're laid off'?(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... There is no easy way to tell people they're losing their job, especially when the separation isn't performance-related. As the recession--for that is surely what this is--becomes a part of our daily lives, more managers are going to have to...

INS reveals The O's hypocrisy.(Evaluation of The Oregonian newspaper and the Immigration and Naturalization Service)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... I am not one of those people who always says, "I hate to say, 'I told you so."' In most circumstances, I love saying it. But not this time. I just got back from a weekend trip to Seattle. I picked up my Oregonian, and saw the shocking...

Speech comes freer for some at BLM timber sales.(Report on a sale at the Bureau of Land Management Salem, Oregon office)(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... On Aug. 29, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management held an auction at its Salem headquarters to sell the "Rusty Saw" timber sale, despite its close proximity to the U.S. Forest Service's highly controversial Eagle Greek sale. The BLM's...

They say they want peace, but, reader says, their hatred betrays them.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... To the editor: No Hate... that seems to be what we hear from these so-called peace groups, such as Portland Peaceful Response. However, these groups hate our government, hate our troops and anything else they do not agree with. They are...

Insider Trading.(corporate executives trading company shares)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 28, 2001... Insider Trading The buying and selling of stock shares by area executives Bank of America Liam McGee Shareholder Bank of America Corp. Shares to sell: 8,163 Share price: $1 86.45 [*] Share value: ...

Winners & Losers.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... Airport MAX Airport MAX riders are tickled that it takes just over 30 minutes to zoom from downtown to the airport, cruising past I-205 traffic backups. While cab drivers cringe over likely lost fares, airport workers and commuters...

SLAPSHOTS.(Brief Article)
September 28, 2001... "The Crucible," now playing at Artists Repertory Theatre, is a good story and an even better play, one of the powerful products of the mind of playwright Arthur Miller. The plot is absorbing, as The main characters inflict their beliefs an...

Compassion denied for some.(racial incidents inspired by terrorist attacks)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Restaurateur feels backlash against Arabs In the four years that he has run his restaurant, Khalid Houdroge has never had a flag in the place. Not a Lebanese flag, not an American one. But there's a stars and stripes hanging in his...

Compassion denied for some.(Violence in the aftermath of New York disaster)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Local Muslims carry burden of mistrust The Portland-area business community comprises people from many cultures. And in the wake of the Sept. 11 disasters, Muslims, and those assumed to be Muslims, are finding that they have a lot of...

Stoel Rives finds partner in California.(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Stoel Rives LLP, one of the Northwest's largest law firms, announced today it will merge with San Francisco-based Washburn Briscoe & McCarthy, a 34-lawyer company that specializes in the energy industry and natural resources. The merged...

Port puts brakes on PDX shops in new concourse.(financial aspects for retails at airports)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Officials at Portland International Airport put the brakes on development at the airport's newest concourse. A grand opening scheduled for Sept. 15 to celebrate completion of most of the work at the newest portion of PDX, Concourse C, was...

Portlanders take stock of New York experiences.(drive home cross-country after 11 September)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Last week, The Business Journal reported on a group of Portlanders and a local marketing executive who were caught up in the confusion and terror surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks in New York. Days later, the Portlanders made their way home,...

Annual awards event has new flavor this year.(Portland's High Tech Awards Dinner)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Organizers of the annual High Tech Awards Dinner steered clear of some of the Silicon Forest's more prominent names when picking finalists for the 2001 awards. Missing are companies such as Tektronix, InFocus, TriQuint and Lattice...

Portland freight network responds to call for help.(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... TransCore's electronic freight-exchange network helped direct 700 trucks to New York to aid in disaster relief after last week's terrorist attacks. GST, a transportation broker and client of Portland based TransCore, answered FEMAs request...

Hollywood Entertainment Corp.(will not change accounting procedures)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (Nasdaq:HLYW) squashed rumors that it might change its accounting procedures and take an additional charge for depreciation. The Wilsonville company doesn't plan to change its depreciation policy nor does it plan...

Western Power & Equipment Inc.(Western Power and Equipment Corp. selling most of its assets)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Heavy equipment dealer Western Power & Equipment Inc. (NasdaqSC: WPEC) will sell most of its assets to e*machinery.net Inc. WPEC, based in Vancouver, Wash., said it signed a sales agreement to sell assets and liabilities to e*machinery, which...

MDU Resources Group Inc.(buying Oregon Electric)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... DU Resources Group Inc. (NYSE:MDU) will acquire Oregon Electric. Annual revenue of Oregon Electric exceeds $100 million, while MDU earned $1.19 billion in the first six months of 2001. MDU, which provides services for energy transportation...

The Portland Oregon Visitors Association.(reports room reservation cancellations following 11 September)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 21, 2001... The Portland Oregon Visitors Association said more than 3,900 room reservations have been canceled in the Portland area during the past week after the attacks on New York and Washington. Portland International Airport reported that it was...

CORRECTIONS.(West Coast Net's internet connection service speeds)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... In the technology column published Sept. 7, we were in error regarding the speeds of West Coast Net's ISDN and multilink internet connection services. WCN's ISDN service runs at rates of 128 kilobytes per second, 256 Kbps, or 384 Kbps. WCN's...

Red Cross flooded by business contributions.(for 11 September relief)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... Decades ago, American pioneers used the Oregon Trail to trickle westward. Today, Oregonians are using the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross to flood money, blood and love back East. A full week after mayhem swooped over New...

Weyerhaeuser claiming takeover news off beam.(Weyerhaeuser Corp. still interested in buying Willamette Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 21, 2001... News last week that Willamette Industries shareholders were losing interest in Weyerhaeuser Corp.'s hostile takeover attempt was erroneous, according to company officials. And the mistake was apparently made when reporters overlooked the...