Sunday, March 2, 1997

LEGAL NOTICES in Enquirer-Post Classified.
PROVIDENT LOOKS SKYWARD
Provident, the third largest of Cincinnati's hometown banks, has quietly caught Wall Street's eye by expanding into new lines of business that are expected to boost the bank's profits substantially.
STORY
DURAMED'S FUTURE A MATTER OF FAITH
E. Thomas Arington sees his battle to market a generic version of the country's best-selling prescription drug as David vs. Goliath: His Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a small generic drug maker tucked off Interstate 71 in Pleasant Ridge, vs. drug giant Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories.
STORY
FROM SINGER TO INVESTIGATOR
To the untrained ear, a career transition from professional opera singer to employee background investigator might sound a little off-key.
STORY
SCULLY'S SKYWALK WAR BOOTY HITS COOL $100,000
Mr. Scully, owner of Scully's Sports Cafe, gets $1,000 for each day the skywalk misses its late November deadline. Saturday, that translated into a cool hundred grand for the litigious restaurateur. Cincinnati Development Group, the developer, has to pay it.
TIP SHEET
LOAN GROUP WANTS TO RAISE ITS LOW PROFILE
Here's a downtown group, providing small-business support, organized almost 15 years. Yet few people know it to call and query about a loan, the group's main function.
ENTREPRENEURS
CHECK YOUR SUITABILITY BEFORE TAKING THE PLUNGE
Question: Could you recommend a legitimate home-based business that can be run part time? I have a full-time job. I would probably have 15 to 20 hours a week to devote to it. I also have a state-of-the-art computer and printer at home.
BUSINESS PANEL
PAYROLL HIKES SLOW GROWTH IN MIDWEST
U.S. small businesses recorded 6 percent growth in operating income in the fourth quarter 1996, but regional performances were disproportionate, with the West pulling the nation, and the Midwest sluggish.
SMALL BUSINESS DIARY