Business First-Columbus articles from September 1995

Business First-Columbus archives from September 1995

Local unions face uphill fight. (labor unions)
September 4, 1995... Flat industrial base, growing service sector make organizing tough Five times this year union organizer Al Cummings has attempted to win a "yes" vote for Teamster Union Local 284. Five times, he has been shot down. The union's most recent...

Republicans take aim at workers' comp. (employee compensation)
September 4, 1995... Setting the stage for a major battle between business and labor, majority Ohio House Republicans will unveil another wave of workers' compensation reforms later this month. Democrats and the AFL-CIO, however, pledge a major fight over any more...

Park Medical starts foundation, launches community campaign. (Park Medical Center)
September 4, 1995... Park Medical Center, one of two for-profit hospitals in Franklin County, has formed a nonprofit foundation to show the community it hasn't forgotten them, after all. The move is part of a larger campaign to boost Park's image, which hospital...

City takes cautious steps on plans for old state pen. (Columbus, Ohio; state penitentiary)
September 4, 1995... The old state pen just ain't what it used to be - and it appears city officials won't lose any sleep if the downtown Civil War-era complex is torn down to make way for a stadium and arena. "The goal is to use that land in a way that will...

Consignment shops recycle high style for less money.(Directory)
September 4, 1995... Sharon Hunt often noticed how well-dressed her secretary was. Even more perplexing, how could her secretary afford that wardrobe on her salary? Hunt, who owned a drain cleaning business with her husband, later learned that her secretary...

New Galbreath CEO ready for firm's next growth phase. (Galbreath Co. CEO Lizanne Galbreath)
September 4, 1995... Lizanne Galbreath has prepared for years to succeed her father as head of the family's international real estate company. Still, the 37-year-old New Yorker did not expect the transfer of power to happen so soon. Galbreath became chairwoman...

Minority contract quotas await court ruling. (minority- and female-owned business firms)(Small Business Strategies)
September 4, 1995... Legal mood casts doubt on system Columbus may face an uphill battle to win a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the city's set-aside program for minority- and female-owned businesses. The original suit, filed in 1989 by the...

Performance makes the most of training. (Performance Excavating)(Small Business Strategies)
September 4, 1995... Daniel E. Lorenz is a man who believes his company won't grow unless his employees do too. Lorenz, president and CEO of Performance Excavating, brought in independent consultant Michael Colburn three years ago to help implement what has become...

Internet makes bedfellows of 2 local firms. (SBC Advertising; MC2 Cyberspace)(Small Business Strategies)
September 4, 1995... As technology evolves, so must businesses or risk being left behind. Imagine the rewards brought about by television, cable networks, and video technology. In each case, the ones who were ready for the movement into each new medium made the...

Deregulation fuels delivery service's growth. (courier services)(Small Business Strategies)
September 4, 1995... U.S. Cargo and Courier Service, started in 1972 by an out-of-work Vietnam vet, is acting on the opportunities provided by this year's deregulation of courier services. "Before deregulation, we were allowed to carry limited commodities, and...

Loan covenants help banks monitor money.(Small Business Strategies)
September 4, 1995... While covenants on small business loans aren't an inevitability, small business borrowers, especially first-timers, should be aware of what they are and how to pre-empt bankers' concerns. Loan covenants are parameters that a bank puts on your...

Showroom 'to the trade' boosts supplier's sale. (Interior Supply Inc.)(Small Business Strategies)
September 4, 1995... Believing that seeing is believing and buying, Interior Supply Inc., an acoustical and insulation products distributor, has tripled its display area. Interior Supply has been in Columbus for seven years and is owned by Bob Piekard and Tim...

ODOT contract draws fire. (Ohio Department of Transportation; Paul Werth Associates)
September 18, 1995... Critics are charging that state transportation officials flouted competitive bidding laws by awarding an unnecessary contract to a Columbus public relations firm. The $24,900 contract awarded to Paul Werth Associates last year by the Ohio...

PCS debut expected to spark wireless market competition. (personal communications systems)
September 18, 1995... The wireless telecommunications market is about to become more competitive. In March, AT&T and American Portable Telecommunications each paid the federal government nearly $22.3 million for the rights to service Columbus on a newly released...

Ricart purchase could help accelerate Chrysler sales. (Ricart Jeep/Eagle Inc. acquires Chrysler Plymouth East)(Column) (Column)
September 18, 1995... The sale of Chrysler Plymouth East to Ricart Jeep/Eagle Inc. would hit a high note for guitar-strumming Fred Ricart. Ricart, co-owner of Ricart Automotive, said he has a tentative agreement with the co-owners of the now-shuttered Chrysler...

Applied Innovation slides.
September 18, 1995... Applied Innovation decreased 15.2 percent to close Sept. 12 at $21. Among stocks of local interest, 36 increased, 33 decreased and 10 were unchanged. Gregory Mesniaeff, an analyst with Wheat First Butcher Singer, said Applied Innovation is...

Mid-American Waste Systems Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts)(Company Profile)
September 18, 1995... MAW NYSE Mid-American Waste Systems Inc. of Canal Winchester is an integrated solid waste management company that provides nonhazardous solid waste collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services to approximately 320,000 residential,...