BUSINESS NEWS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001
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Chiquita aim: back by spring
A Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed by Chiquita Brands International Inc. on Wednesday is the “best alternative available to restoring the company to financial vitality,” the company's lawyer said.
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Law firm targeting Kroger Co.
The Washington, D.C., law firm that helped obtain multimillion-dollar race discrimination settlements from Coca-Cola, Winn-Dixie and Norfolk Southern now has Kroger Co. in its cross-hairs.
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Enron junked and jilted
Enron Corp.'s breathtaking descent from power-brokering dynamo to corporate junk ran its course Wednesday, when a smaller rival abandoned plans to buy the energy trader.
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Fed: Slowdown will continue
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy, jolted by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, weakened further in October and November, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. Production declined at American factories and airlines and hotels struggled with a sharp drop-off in travel.
Fed sees light for our region
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its survey of business conditions — commonly called the beige book because of the color of its cover — that many companies in the Fed's Cleveland region have started to see signs of recovery.
Jack's downtown camera shop closing
Jack's Camera Center, which has sold cameras, film and photography equipment for 55 years from its Fourth and Walnut streets location, will close Friday.
Mt. Orab is named as a possible site for Hyundai plant
COLUMBUS — Officials in two communities identified as possible sites for a Hyundai auto plant were short on details about the secretive proposal Wednesday but giddy at the potential for jobs and money.
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CG&E program has few customers
Wholesale natural-gas prices have fallen dramatically since last winter, but that has done little for residentialCG&E customers shopping for an alternative supplier.
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Omnicare eyes growth market
It's the kind of work that Omnicare Inc. president Joel Gemunder says “would make my mother proud if she were still alive.”
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