Business Courier Serving Cincinnati - Northern Kentucky articles from June 1997

Business Courier Serving Cincinnati - Northern Kentucky archives from June 1997

Ribs giant eyes riverfront annex. (Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse to lease Cincinnati riverfront location)
June 6, 1997... Cantina del Rio would be expansion site The "Ribs King" needs more elbow room. One of the nation's most successful restaurants, Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse - whose owner, Ted Gregory, is known as the "Ribs King" for his succulent...

N. Ky. racetrack would rev economy.
June 6, 1997... Proposed track would see Super Bowl effect As local businessmen mull the possibility of building a NASCAR race track in Northern Kentucky, a Phoenix study shows such a move would likely send some major dollars motoring into the local economy....

Bengals' lease contains lots of high-tech goodies. (terms of lease contract of Cincinnati Bengals with the Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH)
June 6, 1997... Call us goofy, but we found the new Bengals lease with Hamilton County to be fascinating reading - especially the part about how the county might have to cough up extra cash for a holographic instant-replay system. Predictably, stadium tax foe...

Audit, stepped-up criticism put pressure on zoo. (Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens)
June 6, 1997... Pressure is increasing from both private and public interests on the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens as it lobbies for a tax levy to generate $10.3 million a year for the Avondale facility. The Hamilton County Tax Levy Review Committee...

Bedinghaus: Broadway location has other entertainment uses. (Hamilton County Commissioner Bob Bedinghaus)(Interview)
June 6, 1997... Having signed a lease that keeps the Cincinnati Bengals in town until 2026, Hamilton County officials are now free to focus on signing a similar deal with the Cincinnati Reds. Weeks of speculation that a Reds agreement could be reached by June...

Fifth Third Leasing buys Butler Cty. firm. (Gateway Leasing Corp.)
June 6, 1997... Gateway buy aimed at 'small ticket' market One of Fifth Third Bancorp's fastest-growing subsidiaries is about to complete its first acquisition, giving the Cincinnati-based bank one more way to target small-business customers. Fifth Third...

Seattle toilet tissue-maker rolling into P&G's markets. (Linters Inc.; Procter and Gamble Co.)
June 6, 1997... Linters Inc. claims it has first innovation in years A Seattle start-up that claims it's created a new kind of toilet paper hopes to take a small bite out of the market share of giants like Procter & Gamble Co. Linters Inc. has received $3...

Kroger Co. facing battle for share of market in Atlanta. (Bruno's Inc. to buy A&P Foodmarket stores)
June 6, 1997... Bruno's may buy A&P to battle Kroger, Publix Kroger Co. might get a new rival in Atlanta, one of its largest markets. Bruno's Inc., the Birmingham, Ala.-based grocery chain that has been in a holding pattern in Atlanta for three years, is...

Milking the cookie market. (Shur-Good Biscuit Co. to reintroduce Mama's Cookies)
June 6, 1997... Shur-Good hopes to capitalize on baby boomers' love for nostalgia James Carney, former president of the Shur-Good Biscuit Co. Inc., once received an award for selling so many Mama's Cookies that if "placed side by side [they] would circle the...

Apollo hopes to maintain rocket-like growth. (Apollo Heating and Air Conditioning Inc.)(includes corporate profile)(Company Profile)
June 6, 1997... HVAC firm has grown through acquisitions At Apollo Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. in Bond Hill, the numbers have always been the same. The fast-growing residential heating and air conditioning replacement company is an amalgamation of...

`Stadium-style' theater planned.(National Amusements Inc.'s Showcase Cinemas in Cincinnati, Ohio)
June 20, 1997... New Springdale Showcase going high tech National Amusements Inc. plans to build a 20-screen "stadium-style" movie house to replace its existing Showcase Cinemas facility on Ohio Route 4. The project is the latest in National...

Free access could reboot Cincinnati Internet market.(services of local Internet access provider, Tritium Advertising, in Ohio)
June 20, 1997... Local Internet access provider Tritium will offer subscribers free service, with plans to make money by selling advertising. A new Internet-access provider is coming to town with plans to offer its service for free. Here's the catch:...

Fort Hamilton-Hughes may join Mercy System.(merger negotiations between Ohio-based Fort-Hamilton-Hughes Memorial Hospital and Mercy Health System of Greater Cincinnati)
June 20, 1997... Hamilton hospital in discussions seeking group affiliation The Mercy Health System of Greater Cincinnati may soon grow by one hospital - and one minimum-security jail. Mercy, which runs four area hospitals, is the leading candidate in...

Local bank CEOs compete, then cooperate.(CEOs of Cincinnati, Ohio-based banks, Fifth Third Bancorp, Star Banc Corp. and Provident Financial Group Inc.)
June 20, 1997... Cincinnati's three largest banks fight for market share, but their CEOs still find a way to cooperate on community work. By day, the leaders of Cincinnati's three most prominent banking companies preside over a heated competition for...

Firms forced to keep tax-break promises.(non-compliance notices sent to 16 Hamilton County, Ohio-based companies given tax breaks in return for new jobs and investments)
June 20, 1997... 'Non-compliance' letters sent to 16 companies Sixteen Hamilton County businesses that received tax breaks in return for new jobs and investments may not be holding up their end of the bargain, the county's tax-abatement watchdog says. ...

Area high-tech workers net big paychecks.(salary statistics of high technology industry employees in Cincinnati, Ohio)
June 20, 1997... But blue-collar wages rank low in Midwest A tight labor market meant Cincinnati's high-tech industry had to pay the highest salaries in the Midwest in last year. Local blue-collar workers weren't so lucky, however, their wages ranked...

The art of communication.(profile on Dan Pinger and his company, Dan Pinger Public Relations Inc.)(Company Profile)
June 20, 1997... Dan Pinger believes sound public relations starts at home In planning its move to a larger headquarters downtown this fall, one of the challenges for Dan Pinger Public Relations Inc. was how to remodel the three-story space it will occupy...

Varis Corp. expects new product to double sales.(includes related article on the interview with Varis owner, Forrest Gauthier)(Company Profile)
June 20, 1997... Majority of clients are international Forrest Gauthier is used to starting high-tech companies and taking their sales from scratch to millions of dollars in a couple of years. The founder and president of Mason-based Varis Corp. said he...

New name, products mark new Provident focus.(Provident Financial Group Inc.)(Company Profile)
June 20, 1997... Changes aimed at hiking income Cincinnati's third-largest bank-holding company is in the middle of a metamorphosis. That's reflected in the company's recent name change. Effective June 2, Provident Bancorp Inc. became Provident...

Littleford Day mixes longevity with change.(corporate history of Littleford Bros. Inc.)
June 20, 1997... To remain competitive, a company must adapt to change; often, in effect, reinventing itself. The history of Littleford Bros. Inc. represents the dynamics of an American business that has met that challenge. Its origins began with Thomas...

Home boom raises prices.(Northern Kentucky)
June 20, 1997... Northern Kentucky neighborhoods feel the side effects of desirability Several Northern Kentucky communities are benefiting from new home construction, which is driving up the average selling price of houses in those communities. ...