Pittsburgh Business Times articles from March 1996

Pittsburgh Business Times archives from March 1996

Texas firm claims four retail sites. (Woodmont Cos.)
March 11, 1996... Sources say Woodmont Cos. may already have national tenants PITTSBURGH - A secretive Texas developer plans four new regional shopping centers here, a strategy that may destroy the region's reputation as lacking buildable retail sites. Real...

A battle of letters: AGH vs. UPMC. (Allegheny General Hospital; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
March 11, 1996... Hospitals embrace different strategies to build networks PITTSBURGH - This town ain't big enough for the both of us. That theme, once prevalent in low-budget Western films, now appears to be the framework for the fierce hospital competition...

An agile adviser. (management consultant John Canter)
March 11, 1996... John Canter teaches companies how to be nimble and successful, traits he shares. SQUIRREL HILL - Business is John Canter's business. Owner of the Di-Helix Group, an international management consultancy with offices in Pittsburgh - where he...

Computer Research Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts)(Company Profile)
March 11, 1996... (NASDAQ:CRIX) Computer Research Inc. is a data processing company that provides accounting services related to securities and investments to about 55 brokerage firms, banks and other financial institutions around the country. It charges for...

Agencies throw cold water on WPXI ratings. (advertising agencies express concern over ratings of television stations)
March 4, 1996... Media buyers consider boycott over contests PITTSBURGH - What price victory? For WPXI, it was $87,000. That's how much the local NBC television affiliate paid last month to winners of "Watch and Win," its 4-year-old contest trotted out for...

Consortium picks Pittsburgh to test new Internet appliance. (Digital Lynx Group's Transphone)
March 4, 1996... WQED, Carnegie Mellon ties bring TransPhone roll-out here OAKLAND - George Jetson had a car that folded into a briefcase. Pittsburghers will soon have telephones that unfold and connect them to the World Wide Web with the push of a button....

Arnheim & Neely sold to principals. (Arnheim and Neely Inc.)
March 4, 1996... Minority owners, Silk & Stewart principals buy real estate company DOWNTOWN - The majority owners of Arnheim & Neely Inc./Oncor International plan to sell, ushering in a new era at one of Pittsburgh's oldest and largest commercial real...

Fort Pitt Capital, Bill Few feuding. (Fort Pitt Capital Group; Bill Few Associates)
March 4, 1996... Claims of stolen clients, broken contracts fuel fight DOWNTOWN - When relationships go sour, the break-up sometimes turns friends into legal adversaries. That's the case with Bill Few Associates and Fort Pitt Capital Group, two local money...

Target Stores frustrated in search for Pittsburgh sites. (Pennsylvania)
March 4, 1996... Minneapolis chain shelves local expansion plan Has Pittsburgh missed the bull's eye? Apparently so. Target Stores, one of the nation's largest and most successful discount retailing chains, recently backed away from its Pittsburgh site...

Advanced Manufacturing Network aims to end isolationism in industry.
March 4, 1996... High Tech Council, SPIRC join forces in collaborative group DOWNTOWN - For manufacturing to thrive in Western Pennsylvania, local companies must interact, share information and educate one another. That's the thinking of two local...

The man with a $100 million mission. (Hallmark/Tassone Chairman and CEO Bill Binstock)
March 4, 1996... In three years. Bill Binstock has merged four local advertising agencies DOWNTOWN - For Bill Binstock, the strategy toward building a midsized advertising agency into a superpower is straightforward and simple. Buy. "As far as I'm...

Local venture firm will reap benefits of InSoft, Netscape merger. (Adams Capital Management; Netscape Communications Corp.'s acquisition of InSoft Inc.)
March 4, 1996... SEWICKLEY - There's a local twist to the recent headlines about Netscape Communications Corp.'s acquisition of InSoft Inc., a deal that's expected to close by the end of this month. Adams Capital Management, a 1-year-old venture capital firm...

American Express takes the lead in brokerage race. (American Express Financial Advisors Inc.)
March 4, 1996... Investment firm opens offices to capitalize on mutual fund rise PITTSBURGH - The money flowing into mutual funds continues to break records - $28.9 billion was invested in January, more than all 12 months in 1990. That rush of money and...