DEVELOPER PITCHES SITE TO NORDSTROM
Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. has made its first formal proposal to Nordstrom Inc. to entice the trendy Seattle-based retailer to build a store in downtown Cincinnati.
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Business Headlines for Friday, Jan. 7, 2000
Holiday spending eased via Internet
When online retailers started stocking their warehouses with boatloads of merchandise last holiday season, they had online cruisers like Janice Bechtel in mind.
Retailers had merry season
When they weren't decking the halls, shoppers in December were hitting the malls. And hitting them. And hitting them.
SDRC acquires two related firms for $12M
Structural Dynamics Research Corp. said Thursday that it acquired two related companies to expand its share of the growing market for software to manage product development data and to further its own evolving electronic commerce strategy.
Clinton fights cyber-terrorism
Stepping up vigilance against cyber-terrorism, President Clinton plans to announce an initiative today to protect federal computers from infiltrators — including spending $2 billion to make the government's computer systems less vulnerable to attack.
New-home sales fall, as prices climb 5.3%
U.S. new-home sales fell more than expected in November as mounting interest rates slowed purchases in every region and prices reached their highest ever, Commerce Department figures showed Thursday.
New marketing firm speeds growth plan
Exploding demand for electronic commerce services has prompted the newly formed HRS Business-to-Business Inc. to accelerate its own 2-month-old growth plans.
TRISTATE BUSINESS SUMMARY
Shares of Dayton, Ohio-based Rex Stores Corp. fell 49 percent Thursday after the retailer said same-store sales rose just 1 percent in November and December because of lower prices and sales for older products.
INDUSTRY NOTES: MANUFACTURING
The Air Force has exercised an $8.2 million contract option for portable heat pumps supplied by Keco Industries, a Florence-based defense supplier.
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Leora Hargett has been named vice president/human resources for consulting and business development at Target Solutions Inc.
TRISTATE MARKET SPOTLIGHT
Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. gained $4.75, or 4.6 percent, to close Thursday at $107.88.
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