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Pittsburgh Business Times archives from October 1996
Software firm pins IPO hopes on year 2000. (SEEC Inc.'s initial public offering)
October 28, 1996... SEEC Inc. initial public offer could raise up to $11 million
OAKLAND - Several local high-tech firms were expected to go public over the next year. Low-profile SEEC Inc. hadn't been one of them.
Nonetheless, the tiny software firm with a...
What's nearly as popular as Kordell Stewart but about twice as hot? Bootleg sports merchandise.
October 28, 1996... NORTH SIDE - The Pirates have finished their season, but for the pirates, the season has just begun.
The Steelers are back on the field, and the Penguins are on the ice. And that means T-shirts, jackets, sweatshirts, caps...
Not all of...
Kaufmann's could derail Nordstrom. (Nordstrom Inc.)
October 28, 1996... May Co. won't sell warehouse, for Rooneys' North Side plan
DOWNTOWN - Art Rooney II is hoping that Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy will smooth a king-sized bump in his plan to develop a $600 million riverside complex west of Three Rivers Stadium....
A new lumber queen? (Joe Hardy's new girlfriend Debbie Maley)
October 28, 1996... BENTLEYVILLE - The king of 84 Lumber Co. appears to have a new queen.
Millionaire Joe Hardy, who has been going through a messy divorce from wife Dorothy, recently sent out invitations to the "King of the Hill" pre-opening feast on Nov. 8 at...
Italian Oven's Chapter 11 filing makes stock cheaper than its food.
October 28, 1996... Protection from creditors is latest move in year of turmoil since IPO
LATROBE - It's not often you can buy stock in a popular business with pocket change, but willing investors now have that opportunity with Italian Oven, Inc.
Following...
Simmons venture capital fund gives business a boost. (Allegheny Teledyne Inc. Chmn. Richard Simmons; Birchmere Investments Inc.)
October 28, 1996... Allegheny Teledyne chairman spreads the wealth to start-ups
DOWNTOWN - In the last three years, somewhere between $2 million and $5 million in venture capital funds have been invested in regional companies. The painfully low numbers were...
Abarta's Charlotte magazine courts new readers, ads. (Abarta Inc.)
October 28, 1996... But a lawsuit charges it with failing to pay agreed price
O'HARA TOWNSHIP - Abarta Inc. has ambitious plans for its monthly magazine, Charlotte, which serves the North Carolina city of the same name, and has also made a key acquisition in its...
A client developer, a rainmaker.
October 28, 1996... Newly elected CEO Joe Otto takes the reins at Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote
DOWNTOWN - The new year will bring new leadership to the law firm of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote P.C.
After 30 years at the helm, David Armstrong, 65, will start...
L.B. Foster Co. (proxy report excerpts)(Company Profile)
October 28, 1996... (OTC: FSTRA)
L.B. Foster Co., Green Tree, manufactures, fabricates and distributes tubular products, rail and track accessories, construction and highway products. Its products serve the mass transit, infrastructure and energy industries....
