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Business Headlines for Friday, August 14, 1998
N.Ky. success traced to 10-year plan
Northern Kentucky's economic success is as simple as an office with a view and as complicated as a long-term plan forged more than a decade ago.
Name game serious business for vehicles
There's a lot riding on the new name of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Princeton, Ind.-built pickup truck, to be unveiled today at the Indiana State Fair.
Numbers leave some 1-800-CONFUSED
The luck of the draw and triple 8s have toll-free callers to the Argosy Casino mistakenly connecting with Whirlpool Corp.'s employee ethics hot line in Benton Harbor, Mich.
Star, watchdog to team
Star Banc Corp. agreed Thursday to team with a Ohio consumer-advocacy group to step up its community reinvestment efforts where the bank operates in the state.
Swift end for Mercantile HQ
Dillard's Inc., with startling speed, completed its acquisition of Mercantile Stores Co. Inc. Thursday and immediately began the process of assimilating the retailer by telling its chief executive that he needn't finish the week.
INDUSTRY NOTES
Total machine-tool orders nationally slipped in June to $597 million from $799 million in the same month last year, according to estimates compiled by two industry trade groups.
TRISTATE SUMMARY
LSI Industries Inc. said Thursday that it agreed to acquire two related Kansas City, Mo., companies that make interior fluorescent lighting.
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Mike Barker has joined R.A. Jones & Co. Inc. as technical sales manager for the communications and electronics industry.
TRISTATE MARKET SPOTLIGHT
Shares of Convergys Corp. climbed as high as $17.06 1/4 Thursday, their first day of trading, before finishing the session up $1.62 1/2 at $16.62 1/2.
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