Corporate Detroit articles from October 1991

Corporate Detroit archives from October 1991

Dial 900 at tax time. (900 telephone service set up by Jim Jenkins to answer tax questions) (company profile)
October 1, 1991... Think 900 numbers are designed only for rock-video-crazed teenagers and hormone-crazed men? One Southfield-based accountant is offering a more legitimate reason to use them. Last January, Jim Jenkins, owner of Jenkins & Co., installed a 900...

Garbage that pays. (Environmental Management Concerns creates and oversees custom-designed recycling programs) (company profile)
October 1, 1991... Fifteen thousand tires left behind in a rental storage lot. Count 'em. Fifteen thousand. Mountains of used rubber that wouldn't go away -- and couldn't be landfilled either. When Robin Pointer took on the task of ridding her family's truck...

Keeping track of your trucks. (satellite radar system offered by James Scribner of Global Vehicle Tracking Systems) (company profile)
October 1, 1991... James Scribner has a patent to use the same satellite technology that dropped smart bombs on Baghdad for more benign uses. Scribner is offering a satellite radar system that can track hazardous waste from the job site to the landfill, let the...

Power play. (power exercised by Phil Guarascio, executive-in-charge of Corporate Marketing and Advertising of General Motors Corp.)(includes related article on power wielded by corporate giants) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1991... GM's Phil Guarascio brought ad agencies and the media to heel. Now will car customers follow? Phil," people tell him, "you look mah-velous." And it's true, he does. Phil Guarascio, a cigar nearly always in hand, looks the part of a media...

Addicted to big. (how advertising agencies like Campbell-Mithun-Esty manage big powerful clients)
October 1, 1991... A big, powerful client can be one agency's dream -- and another's nightmare. The late '80s could have been bad years for Campbell-Mithun-Esty. After Chrysler bought AMC, the ad agency's long-time client, nothing was guaranteed. CME was...

Orbital flight. (Ken Johnsen and Orbital Engine Co. USA's invention of the 2-stroke engine aimed to change the automobile industry)
October 1, 1991... Can the Australian builder of the heralded two-stroke engine really revolutionize the auto industry? A beam of light filters its way through the dirt-caked windows, illuminating a swirl of dust before settling onto the barren concrete floor....

TV law. (television commercials of lawyers and law firms)(includes related article on basic rules on lawyer advertising)
October 1, 1991... Personal injury attorneys' television ads may have more to do with business than the practice of law. You might want to call them lawyer jokes. They are TV commercials for personal injury lawyers, typically found sandwiched between spots...

Inside Kale's Collision. (questionable franchising activities of automotive repair shop and real estate investment firm headed by Kale Roscoe)
October 1, 1991... Changes backed by former Gov. James Blanchard put a hole in state franchising laws, and Kale's Collision Inc. found a home there. Second article in a series. On the sixth floor of the State of Michigan Law Building in Lansing last spring,...

Dave Bing's best turnaround. (popular choice for mayor of Detroit turns failing business into one successful company)(includes related article on Alpha Capital Management)
October 1, 1991... Most people didn't realize it, but Big Three cutbacks slashed deeply into the ex-NBA star's businesses. Then he took charge himself. Dave Bing, ex-Pistons star and surprisingly popular choice for mayor of Detroit, stands at the open rear...

Field of dreams: will John Rakolta, the CEO of Walbridge Aldinger, be called up to Tiger Stadium? (planned construction of stadium)
October 1, 1991... John Rakolta Jr. has a message for Bo Schembechler, Tom Monaghan and Ed McNamara: When they're ready to build it, he will come. That is, if they want him to. From the sixth floor balcony of his company's new corporate headquarters at 613 Abbott...

The incredible vanishing downtown. (planned development of Dearborn City of Michigan still ongoing after five years)
October 1, 1991... First, Dearborn City officials made part of downtown disappear. But then they couldn't bring it back. It has been a classic case of city government failing to help the business community. To date, the City of Dearborn has spent more than $4...

The coming tele-revolution. (future developments in the telecommunication industry)
October 1, 1991... Get set for info-bots, fiber optics, electronic newspapers, live video link-ups and more. Think 24-hour cable news is a pretty efficient -- and fast -- way of disseminating news? Imagine strolling up to your home computer terminal and...

Romance with a rocket: London Farm Dairy's Doug Mowat moves up with a reincarnated reconnaissance plane.
October 1, 1991... When Doug Mowat, president of London Farm Dairy of Port Huron, travels, he doesn't bother much with freeways. Instead he takes his Riley Rocket, a somewhat rare and coveted reincarnation of a military plane. To the uninitiated, Mowat's...

Frederick Meinberg. (Communications)
October 1, 1991... At Techworld in Troy, a firm that provides technical writing, video production and foreign language translation services, Frederick Meinberg was appointed president and Andy Ihlenburg was appointed operations manager.