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Business Headlines for Thursday, November 19, 19983 firms plan layoffs
Three area companies plan to dismiss 385 workers between mid-December and early January, according to records filed with Ohio's Bureau of Employment Services.
Cumberland's work boosts others
Lost among the contributors to the economy's health over the last decade has been U.S. businesses' commitment to quality improvement, says the head of one of Cincinnati's oldest management-consulting firms.
Losses prompt Brazos to seek advice
Brazos Sportswear Inc., which has spent the past year wrestling with consolidation issues, has hired a financial adviser to explore any option to make it profitable again in light of sharp third-quarter losses.
P&G's Pepper urges TV for children's benefit
Media types attending the Advertising Council's public service award dinner Wednesday in New York City were to hear more than a humble acceptance speech from honoree John Pepper.
Gates blasts use of tape
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates accused Justice Department lawyers Wednesday of trying "to put words in my mouth" in the trial of their antitrust suit against his company.
Microsoft: IBM led collusion
WASHINGTON - Microsoft took the offensive Wednesday at its antitrust trial, accusing IBM of recruiting its largest rivals into a plan to cripple the software giant's influence.
TRISTATE BUSINESS SUMMARY
Fairfield-based Kroll-O'Gara Co. is continuing its expansion in South America with an agreement to buy an Argentinian investigations and security consulting firm.
TRISTATE MARKET SPOTLIGHT
Vencor Inc. suffered another blow Wednesday after the Louisville-based nursing home and long-term care hospital chain disclosed that federal investigators are probing its Medicare billing practices.
INDUSTRY NOTES: REAL ESTATE
Equity Group LLC has received the green light from the city of Sharonville and the Metropolitan Sewer District to begin its Summit Woods development.
PRIME DEAL
Transaction: Price Hill Apartment building sold to investor. Price: $1.25 million.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
The most expensive commercial property transfers recorded recently in Hamilton, Clermont, Butler and Warren counties in Ohio and Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties in Kentucky:
GoCINCINNATI GETS NEW NAME
For new Internet surfers boggled by the variety of the World Wide Web, the Cincinnati junction of the information network has come into sharp focus.
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