Puget Sound Business Journal articles from October 1997

Puget Sound Business Journal archives from October 1997

On the floor: market frenzy leaves traders in a sweat.
October 31, 1997... Downtown Seattle was still dark at 6:28 a.m. Tuesday, but already there was hell to pay in a trading room on the 26th floor of the Washington Mutual Tower. Stock markets on the East Coast were 90 seconds away from opening, and stock...

Local dealmakers undeterred. (stock market volatility)
October 31, 1997... Wall Street turmoil can sometimes rewrite the terms of pending acquisitions and stock offerings, but this week's market roller coaster doesn't seem to have derailed any major deals. Still, said Stewart Landefeld, a corporate transactions...

Boeing to face scrutiny.
October 31, 1997... As The Boeing Co. staggers from the impact of $1.6 billion in charges tom production problems this year and another 81 billion expected next year, industry watchers are beginning to wonder what's happening at the helm. And with a...

Mayoral race a study in contrasts; tough issues face Schell, Chong. (mayoral candidates Paul Schell and Charlie Chong)
October 31, 1997... For only the third time in 28 years, Seattle voters on Nov. 4 will elect a new mayor - one who will, in all likelihood, lead this booming city into the next millennium. Voters in September narrowed the field of 11 mayoral candidates to two:...

Nothing like '87 crash, say stock mavens. (stock market crash)
October 31, 1997... Robert Toomey remembers clearly the stock market crash of 10 years ago - that sinking feeling back in Boston as he watched in a daze as wealth drained away on his computer screen. Panic and gloom set in. Talk turned to a recession, if not a...

High-tech, Eastside dominate our 100-fastest.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Researching and compiling the 100 fastest-growing private companies list has been a three-month-long learning process for me, the new Business Journal research director, or the list person, as I often refer to myself. One very telling...

Sims has upper hand in county exec's race; Cooke presses incumbent on hot issues. (King County Executive Ron Sims; Rep. Suzette Cooke)
October 31, 1997... Republican State Rep. Suzette Cooke of Kent is fighting an uphill baffle to oust incumbent King County Executive Ron Sims, a Democrat who was appointed executive in December. It's been a tough slog for Cooke. She finished a distant second to...

Small LAN systems keep Ansel perched at top. (local area network; Ansel Communications Inc.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... The Latin market looks very alluring; the firm opens offices in Chile, Mexico and Argentina For the second year in a row, Ansel Communications Inc. in Redmond ranks as Washington state's fastest growing private business. The company focuses...

Power source could propel Innovation in new ways.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Innovation Inc., a Bothell-based company that designs and integrates base stations for the wireless communication industry, has developed a new product that eliminates the need for batteries, rectifiers and generators at wireless sites. The...

Health-care initiatives draw biz opposition.
October 31, 1997... Voters next week will see on the ballot three initiatives related to health care, two of which business groups have strongly opposed. The Association of Washington Business, the Independent Business Association and the Greater Seattle Chamber...

Local bank stocks come out relatively unscathed.
October 31, 1997... As the stock market plummeted on Monday, Washington Mutual Bank chief financial officer Bill Longbrake thought to himself, "Here we go again; I've seen this happen several times before." The first time was in 1963, when John Kennedy was...

Technology companies bounce back from a jolt.
October 31, 1997... Northwest technology stocks took a shelling when the tech-heavy Nasdaq market came under fire earlier this week. But the tech companies that felt the brunt of the bombardment did not stay down long, and helped to spearhead the rally taking...

Minor impact on economic growth predicted.
October 31, 1997... The solid regional economy that Pacific Northwesterners have enjoyed in recent years should stay solid, despite expectations of continued volatility in the U.S. stock markets, say several local economists. "I don't think the economy is going...

Fund managers say more corrections may lie ahead.
October 31, 1997... Mutual fund portfolio managers around the region reacted to Monday's stock market tumble and Tuesday's considerable rebound with surprising serenity. Several warned, however, that this week's lows could again be tested and that the market is...

Chase Bobko separates data wheat from chaff; info overload not Fremont firm's only forte; staffing, software creation also on agenda.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Info overload not Fremont firm's only forte; staffing, software creation also on agenda The co-owners of a Fremont-based high-tech consulting company that helps organizations deal with information overload may not be able to explain what...

Swedish Medical left out in Hutch clinic deal. (Swedish Medical Center; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
October 31, 1997... Will see drop in bone-marrow transplants Construction of a new $50 million outpatient clinic on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's campus southeast of Lake Union will cost Swedish Medical Center about 410 bone-marrow transplants a...

Moose Logic makes dumb terminals work smarter.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... When most people think of moose, they don't think high tech. Instead, the animal brings to mind the lumbering beast on the set of the television show "Northern Exposure" or Bullwinkle, the none-too-brilliant cartoon character who's perpetually...

Clubs just for kids. (FirstTour Junior Golf)(Small Business Weekly)
October 31, 1997... FirstTour's golf equipment fits juniors to a tee A classic sales pitch for golf clubs usually goes like this: "The reason you're shooting those high scores is because your clubs don't fit correctly. If you buy this expensive set, you'll be...

Summit reaches for urban growth; cable company channels aggressive effort into Bellevue market. (Summit Communication Inc.)(Small Business Weekly)
October 31, 1997... Like a rural survivalist, the bulk of Summit Communication Inc.'s 24-year history has been spent roaming the backwoods providing cable service to underdeveloped areas the large companies didn't reach. But recently the Bellevue-based company...

A 'Jewell' of an idea: turnkey birthday parties: Kirkland's Birthday Express expects to ship out some 150,000 sets of party regalia this year. (Mike and Jan Jewell; 1997)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)(Cover Story)
October 31, 1997... Kirkland's Birthday Express expects to ship out some 150,000 sets of party regalia this year With so many mothers working in the hectic corporate world, yet trying to organize quality events with their children, it was probably just a matter...

Web-Centric developer creates new online paths. (Centric Development Inc.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... True, Centric Development Inc., a Kirkland-based Web application developer, has been contracted to rework Paramount Studio's official "Star Trek" Web site. But its bread-and-butter business is much more down to earth. Centric specializes in...

Amtech shoots for the big orders - and gets them.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Think big. That's what Yelm-based Amtech Corp. does nowadays since it discovered that a faster and better way to grow is to take on high-volume customers. Amtech, which makes custom fiberglass and vacuum-formed parts, has been shying away...

Multiple licenses bolster BEI software revenues. (Barratt Edwards International Corp.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... The U.S. Marines may deserve some credit for the success of Bellevue's Barratt Edwards International Corp. After Morgan Edwards, BEI's 50-year-old founder and president, finished high school in Vancouver, Wash., he joined the leathernecks. As...

Pyramid Breweries Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts)(Company Profile)
October 31, 1997... 91 S. Royal Brougham Way, Seattle WA 98134, (206) 682-8322 Pyramid Breweries Inc. is a brewer that markets about 20 ales and lagers under the Pyramid and Thomas Kemper brands. The company has a brewery in Seattle and another in Kalama, Wash.,...

ST Labs debugging path to a $14 million year.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... ST Labs Inc. has become the king of bug hunters. In just four years the Bellevue company has vaulted to the top of the arcane world of software de-bugging, doubling in size every year. With $6.9 million in sales in 1996 the company will jump...

Da Vinci staging a chocolate-confections revival. (Da Vinci Fine Chocolates)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Firm targeting $10 million in sales this year Soon after founding Da Vinci Fine Chocolates, the two founders switched from making candy to producing flavored syrups. It was a good move, for the eight-year-old Seattle company, renamed Da...

WinEstimator takes guess-timating out of estimating.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Estimating: It goes with the contracting industry like cranes and concrete. And in 1992 it gave Steve Szabo a migraine. While working as a manager for J P Francis and Associates Inc. in Kent, Szabo bought a DOS-based estimating program. On...

Surviving diversity training shake out. (Executive Diversity Services Inc.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Diversity training is no longer the hot field it was just a few years ago, and many local firms and individuals that touted themselves as diversity experts are no longer in business. One that is though, Seattle's Executive Diversity Services...

Accounting Partners growing out-of-state.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... One of Washington state's fastest growing businesses, Accounting Partners in Bellevue, is already expanding to other states in its quest to become a national temporary and permanent employment services firm specializing in the accounting field....

Intuitive taps need in manufacturing software. (Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Inc.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... At Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Inc., the workplace slogan should be, "Hang On." Last year the Kirkland company came from out of nowhere, got a toehold in the competitive corporate-software industry and rocketed onto a couple of...

CRTV wrote the book on infomercials. (Cesari Response Television Inc.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Infomercials usually have one of two effects on television viewers: They send them running for cover or they strike a chord of interest. Rick Cesari, president and co-founder of Seattle-based Cesari Response Television Inc., hopes an...

Muscle stimulator jolts RS Medical forward. (International Rehabilitative Sciences Inc.)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... VANCOUVER, Wash. - International Rehabilitative Sciences Inc., which does business as RS Medical, can't help but grow at an electrifying pace. Electrotherapy is its business. The product RS Medical develops and distributes is a hand-bald...

Hard Drives Northwest up to big-box challenge.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Four-year-old Hard Drives Northwest Inc. was busily moving into its new Bellevue store in October. The 20,000-square-foot retail and manufacturing space is the fledgling company's third location, with each location bigger than the last....

Martin grows Greenwood by acquiring rivals' assets. (Greenwood Heating & Air Conditioning owner Patricia Martin)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Patricia Martin has bought the assets of six companies since she purchased Kirkland's Greenwood Heating & Air Conditioning in 1992. The acquisition strategy has opened new niches within the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)...

Rod's, Power City link up creates big electrical firm. (Rod's Electric Inc.; Power City Electric)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... The growth of Bruce Morelan's company will look even more impressive during 1997 than it has over the three previous years. That's because Rod's Electric of Spokane more than doubled its size this year with the acquisition of Power City...

Asian-made soccer wear scores goals for Fraje.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... When Levi Strauss & Co. bought Brittania Sportswear 10 years ago and moved it to San Francisco, Strauss employees Frank Carter and Jeff Bates decided their time to move on had come. The two worked in "production sourcing" in Southeast Asia,...

Survival bushwhacks way into consumer market.(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Last Christmas, Lee Brillhart chopped down his tree in less than a minute with a hand chain saw that folds up into a small carrying pouch resembling an eyeglass case. The portable saw is one of an array of survival tools manufactured by his...

Rogers leads Typesetter Corp. to new heights. (Frances Rogers)(100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies)
October 31, 1997... Frances Rogers proved long ago that she could successfully run Bellevue's Image East, a pre-press business she started in 1979. Now she's proving she also can successfully run Printex Press, a separate commercial printing business in Bellevue...

Slow Boeing: suppliers scramble to adjust as Boeing changes pace. (Boeing Co.)
October 24, 1997... The abrupt production slowdown instituted by The Boeing Co. this month is echoing through the ranks of aerospace contractors in unpredictable ways. For some it means overtime, for others it means downtime. For many the slowdown will be...

$30M to buy vet clinics. (Pet's Choice Inc.)(Company Profile)
October 24, 1997... Thanks to healthy investments made by venture capitalists, growth has come quickly to Issaquah-based Pet's Choice Inc. The year-and-a-half-old company, which is buying and consolidating veterinary clinics, last month raised $19.5 million in a...

Ref. 47 takes on property tax. (referendum; property tax reform's impact on Puget Sound property values)
October 24, 1997... One of the state's most durable and complex issues of the 1990s - property tax reform - is back on the ballot at a time when Puget Sound-area property values are soaring. Referendum 47 would try to slow the increase in government...

Hotel-office project slated in Bellevue. (Washington)
October 24, 1997... Touchstone joins a crowd of new contenders A Seattle development company is quietly drawing plans to transform a medical office complex next to Interstate 405 in downtown Bellevue into a high-tech campus-type development that would include a...

Trawl tale: ship returns to haunt industry. (Apollo II; pending legislation to ban factory trawlers rebuilt in Norwegian shipyards)
October 24, 1997... You could make a case that were it not for the speculative notions of Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. in the late '80s, Seattle's factory trawler fleet would not be threatened with extermination by a bill now pending in the U.S. Senate. The key to...

Quinton Instruments up for sale.
October 24, 1997... Quinton Instrument Co. of Bothell, one of the region's oldest and largest medical device companies, is on the sales block. The company, with about $100 million in annual sales and 750 employees worldwide, is being divested by parent company...

Bellevue hotspot bristles with projects. (downtown Bellevue, Washington)
October 24, 1997... Developers are lining up to cash in on rebuilding a one-block stretch of 108th Avenue Northeast in downtown Bellevue from Northeast Fourth Street to Northeast Second Street. * Eugene Horbach's E&H Properties proposes to build a...

QFC nears decision on its distribution plans. (Quality Food Centers Inc.)
October 24, 1997... After much general talk on the subject, Quality Food Centers Inc. may finally announce the launch of its own distribution operation in November. The Bellevue-based supermarket chain plans an announcement on the subject next month, confirmed...

'Truck corridor' to ease congestion is proposed.
October 24, 1997... Seattle's Fisher Mills Inc. has doubled the number of trucks carrying flour to the Kent Valley, even though volume is up only 30 percent. Why? Growing traffic congestion means Fisher has to compensate for slower drive times by putting more...

Money's the catch for transportation plans.
October 24, 1997... State and local officials have developed dozens of proposals for easing the Puget Sound region's growing transportation woes. Now comes the hard part - finding the money to pay for them. The bill for building new rail crossings and highways...

Two real-estate vets open a new development firm. (Craig Wilson and Neil Hokonson form Financial Engineering Inc.)
October 24, 1997... Craig Wilson has left CB Commercial Real Estate Services, where he was senior vice president and a high-producing Eastside broker, to form a new Eastside real estate company with developer Neil Hokonson. Hokonson was president of a Canadian...

Manufacturing a strong local force: confidence high, but labor availability a worry. (Puget Sound, Washington)(The New Realities of Manufacturing: Changed Forever and Forever Changing)(Industry Overview)
October 24, 1997... Confidence high, but labor availability a worry Traditional economic theory holds that the manufacturing sector is the central core of the economy. As these jobs go, so goes the business community. Hebert Research has found this to be true...

Manufacturers make change a challenge. (Washington state)(The New Realities of Manufacturing: Changed Forever and Forever Changing)(Industry Overview)
October 24, 1997... Innovation drives financing, technology needs Even in a strong economy, perhaps especially in a strong economy, Washington's manufacturers are facing new challenges that demand open minds to new ways of doing business. As a result,...

Itron rebuts allegations by Forbes. (Itron Inc.; Forbes magazine's negative column about the company's prospects)
October 24, 1997... Itron Inc., sensing it's under attack by short-sellers, this week acted quickly to downplay a somewhat negative column about the company's prospects that Forbes magazine will publish in its Nov. 3 issue. The Spokane-based producer of...

Washington is fertile ground for aerospace.(Washington Aerospace Alliance)
October 24, 1997... This state has one of the highest concentration of aerospace companies in the US which can be attributed to Washington state's economic history and its continuing commitment to concentrating on technologies of the future. Seattle-Tacoma...

A brief history of WA state's aerospace industry.(Washington Aerospace Alliance)
October 24, 1997... The aerospace industry in Washington began only 50 years after the founding of Seattle in 1851. A few decades later, the Alaskan Gold Rush spurred Seattle's growth as the area became a vital link to prospector communities in Alaska and Canada....

Bankruptcy exemptions are often ripe for abuse. (bankruptcy law's impact on Washington)
October 24, 1997... WASHINGTON - In the mid-1980s, hundreds of real estate developers around the nation found themselves in serious financial trouble; some were forced to go out of business or file for bankruptcy. But bad luck was not going to deter Melvin Lane...

Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts)(Company Profile)
October 24, 1997... 1201 Third Ave., Suite 2200, Seattle WA 98101, (206) 624-8100 Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. is a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that develops, acquires, owns and manages self-storage centers...

Olympics bid picks up speed: Boeing to boost commitment. (Seattle Bid Committee and the Boeing Co coordinate efforts to make Seattle the site for Olympics 2012)
October 17, 1997... Boeing to boost commitment The Seattle Bid Committee, energized by new deadlines, is stepping up its campaign for the political and financial support it needs to bring the Summer Olympics to Seattle in the year 2012. The get-the-games...

Tony Maroni's seeks OK for $4.4M IPO. (Tony Maroni's Famous Gourmet Pizza to raise funds for expansion)
October 17, 1997... Tony Maroni's Famous Gourmet Pizza, a Bellevue-based chain of upscale pizza parlors, has filed for approval of a small public stock offering the company hopes to make next month. If given the go-ahead, the capital generated from the offering...

Starbucks' strategy: full steam into Asia. (Starbucks Coffee Co)(Company Profile)
October 17, 1997... Howard Schultz talks about building Starbucks Coffee Co. one cup at a time, but the company chairman and chief executive has been pouring money by the bucket into the hot Pacific Rim. Barely a year after its foray into the high-risk,...

Trammell plans 23-story tower; 'spec' project to cost $70M. (Trammell Crow Co to construct One Convention Place)
October 17, 1997... 'Spec' project to cost $70M Trammell Crow Co. says it will build a 23-story office tower next summer atop an expanded portion of the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle. The 300,000-square-foot, green-tinted...

Baxter Co. sold off in $50M deal. (Hobart Corp buys Baxter Manufacturing Co from Capstan Partners)
October 17, 1997... Just two years after buying Baxter Manufacturing Co., Capstan Partners has sold the oven manufacturer for a healthy profit. Hobart Corp., a $1 billion manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment based in Troy, Ohio, has purchased Baxter in...

Trillium has big plans for Semiahmoo resort. (Trillium Corp to manage Semiahmoo golf and housing resort)
October 17, 1997... As new majority owner and managing partner of Semiahmoo Corp., Trillium Corp. has plans to heat up business at the stylish Semiahmoo resort complex. Bellingham-based Trillium recently replaced Snowmass Pacific Corp. of Colorado as managing...

City mulls proposals for affordable housing. (Seattle's Affordable Housing Team plan construction of low- and middle-income housing)
October 17, 1997... The city of Seattle may try to blunt rising housing costs for its low- and middle income residents by allowing smaller lots, offering tax incentives and either selling or developing its surplus properties. Those are some of the proposals...

Matsushita bets on big chips with expansion. (Matsushita Semiconductor Corp of America to expand Puyallup plant)
October 17, 1997... Washington's largest manufacturer of semiconductors is about to get a lot bigger. With a $600 million expansion nearly finished, Matsushita Semiconductor Corp. of America is about to launch into the high-level world of manufacturing...

Reign storms back for second season; growth in women's sports boosts ABL. (Seattle Reign and the American Basketball League)
October 17, 1997... Growth in women's sports boosts ABL Competing leagues in professional sports is nothing new - unless you're talking about women's professional basketball, which boasted one fledgling league last year. After debuting in Seattle, Portland...

Tacoma plant closed as cracker sales crumble. (Interbake Foods Inc closes Tacoma plant)
October 17, 1997... Blame it on health food cookies and crackers. Interbake Foods Inc., a Richmond, Va.based baker of cookies and crackers, has decided to close its 150,000-square-foot Tacoma plant. About 217 people will lose their jobs when the plant closes on...

New insurance firm will cover high-cost claims. (Avandel Healthcare Inc to sell insurance to health insurers)
October 17, 1997... A new Lynnwood company, Avandel Healthcare Inc., has formed to sell insurance to health insurers. The coverage Avandel sells will pay for the high claims costs that hit health carriers when their policyholders need organ or tissue...

Bentall sells Renton buildings to Spieker. (Bentall US L.L.C. sells to Spieker Properties)
October 17, 1997... Bentall US L.L.C. has sold two Renton office buildings it acquired with the portfolio of the late Basil Vyzis to Spieker Properties. Bentall also sold a Bellevue building from the Vyzis collection to a different buyer, Principal Mutual Life...

Brotman, Oki make big pitches for United Way. (Jeffrey Brotman of Costco Cos Inc and Scott Oki of Oki Foundation support United Way of King's County)
October 17, 1997... It's fall, so for thousands of people in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties, it means signing up for their United Way payroll deduction pledges. Employee campaigns typically generate 70 percent of United Way of King County's $50...

An appetite for stability: Consolidated Restaurants Inc thrives on consistent food, strong locations and a steady staff.(Company Profile)
October 17, 1997... Consolidated Restaurants Inc. thrives on consistent food, strong locations and a steady staff At least one of these local eateries should be familiar to the Seattle dining enthusiast: Metropolitan Grill, Union Square Grill, Elliott's Oyster...

Study shows widespread Net use. (survey by American City Business Journals/The NETWORK of City Business Journals reveals nearly 33% of small businesses use the Internet)
October 17, 1997... CHARLOTTE - Nearly one-third of U.S. small businesses now have Internet access, and another 10 percent are likely to link up within the next year, according to a national survey recently conducted by American City Business Journals/The NETWORK...

Bankruptcy proposals aim at small business. (National Bankruptcy Review Commission sets limits to Chapter 11 provisions)
October 17, 1997... WASHINGTON - Consider: After three years of toiling hard to make the company work, an entrepreneur falls behind on taxes, bank payments, paying his suppliers, and keeping his employee workers' compensation and pension fund payments current....

A wok on the wild side of world cuisine at Axis. (dining at Axis restaurant)(Company Profile)
October 17, 1997... The hostess confessed, charmingly, that she didn't know exactly what the name of the new restaurant was meant to convey. Isn't Axis something like an intersection? she wondered. A place where things come together? Well, sort of. An axis is a...

Web ads gaining, but not booming. (The Silver Co profits from Web ads)
October 17, 1997... Quiet now but by one projection this could be a $3 billion global market by 2000 The World Wide Web may be a marvel of modern technology, but Web advertising is barely out of the Stone Age. Over the next few years, though, it's expected to...

Ad shops enjoying good times. (EvansGroup Inc and Bondo and Remer enjoy profit boost)
October 17, 1997... Advertising agency clients are enjoying a greater variety of communications options, but CEOs say it's the freshness of their creativity that makes the real difference for clients. EvansGroup Inc., with roots in Seattle stretching back to...

Dailies courting the elusive youth market. (Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
October 17, 1997... Today the newspaper industry is healthy after coming off one of its best years in about a decade. An expanding economy is contributing to advertising revenue increases, and the dally newspaper is still the number one media outlet companies turn...

Local graphic design prowess gains prominence. (Seattle's graphic design industry)(Industry Overview)
October 17, 1997... The retro milk bottle of Starbucks' Frappuccino, the understated blue shopping bag from Nordstrom and the box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese - instantly recognizable symbols of consumerism. It's packaging, all made in Seattle, a city where...

New mag out to show law coverage need not be dry. (West Publishing Co releases 'Washington Law and Politics' magazine)
October 17, 1997... The law may be "a ass, a idiot" as a Dickens character once noted, but boring it is not. That's the premise, anyway, of a new monthly magazine that covers both law and politics in Washington. The first issue will be out before the end of...

Film, video overwhelmed by techno razzle-dazzle. (corporate film companies enjoy lucrative business)
October 17, 1997... With so much out there, today's corporate presentation is very much of a mixed media object The corporate film industry hasn't been just a "film" medium for many years, since the advent of videotape. But experienced Puget Sound-area media...

Bill Gates. (Microsoft Corp chairman)(Interview)
October 17, 1997... Software giant Microsoft Corp. was a bit slow to pick up on the Internet explosion. But once Microsoft chairman Bill Gates grasped its significance, he threw the company's vast resources behind an effort to "embrace and extend" the Internet's...

Internet success stories: visionaries tell their stories of how they are making money on the Internet.(Cover Story)
October 17, 1997... PHOTODISC: ONE SHOT AT A GOOD IMPRESSION SEATTLE - By 2000 Mark Torrance pictures half of PhotoDisc Inc.'s revenues coming from its Internet site. That's significant when you take into account that PhotoDisc, which sells digital stock...

Internet security. (safety measures for teleshoppers)
October 17, 1997... Fear of Buying On The Internet: Coming In For A Soft Landing? The way Henry Messenger figures it, he's about as likely to be ripped off using his credit card to buy goods or services over the Internet as he is buying goods and services at a...

Taco del Mar aims at East Coast. (Mexican-style, fast-food restaurant's expansion)
October 10, 1997... Boston will anchor expansion Taco del Mar, a Seattle-based chain of Mexican-style fast-food restaurants, will kick off an East Coast expansion campaign next month with the opening of a Boston location. James Schmidt, chairman and CEO of...

Bankruptcy goes on trial. (rising number of personal bankruptcy cases in Puget Sound area, Washington)
October 10, 1997... Congress looks at reforms as filings increase WASHINGTON - Jeffrey Sternklar walked up the steps of a Massachusetts bankruptcy court recently, and all he could see were scores of people: couples with children, individuals and attorneys...