The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun articles from November 1995

The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun archives from November 1995

MetraHealth fires 800 doctors. (MetaHealth Companies Inc.)
November 17, 1995... MetraHealth Insurance Cos. Inc. will dump 800 Arizona physicians from its managed-care program by Dec. 31, sending thousands of patients scrambling for new doctors. "I think this will shock a lot of people, but I think we will see a lot more...

Stealth plant could vanish in U.S. cuts. (B-2 bomber)
November 17, 1995... A lack of federal funding could shut down the Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Chandler plant, where 64 employees make products to help the B-2 stealth bomber to avoid radar. Defense spending has plummeted to $281.5 billion in 1994 from its high of...

Circle K bites into take-out meal outlets. (Circle K Corp.)
November 17, 1995... As part of its aggressive growth strategy, The Circle K Corp. is branching into the take-out meal business. Judy States, director of corporate relations for the Phoenix-based convenience store chain, confirmed the company is "in the very...

Lottery-less EvansGroup calls it quits. (closes down office in Phoenix, Arizona)
November 17, 1995... The Phoenix office of Salt Lake City-based EvansGroup laid off its eight employees and will close its doors Nov. 30, unable to recover after losing the lucrative Arizona Lottery advertising account earlier this year. Some of the assets are...

DREAMR awards go to Bladine, Suns' Colangelo. (Phoenix, Arizona, deputy city manager Ray Bladine; Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondback CEO Jerry Colangelo)
November 17, 1995... The Downtown Phoenix Partnership has found its DREAMRs for 1995. Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamond-back CEO Jerry Colangelo and Phoenix deputy city manager Ray Bladine were awarded Downtown Revitalization Effort Awards of Merit and Recognition...

She builds career in construction. (Johnson Carlier Inc. Vice President for development Carol Warner)
November 17, 1995... Mounted on the wall of Carol Warner's office is a foot-and-a-half long peacock bass. The rainbow-striped fish is proudly displayed above her cluttered desk, amid other decorations that include family pictures, a blue hard-hat and awards for...

Tucson firm revving up battery-powered pickup. (EcoElectric Corp.)(Focus: Environment)
November 17, 1995... Ben Franklin may have demonstrated that lightning is a form of electricity instead of fire, which more than 200 years later has the principals of Tucson-based EcoElectric Corp. all fired up about electric-powered transportation. EcoElectric...