Friday, May 17, 2002
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Bell moving public office
Cincinnati Bell is moving its public office from the lobby of Atrium One to Centennial Plaza Three, at 895 Central Ave., June 10.
The unit of Broadwing Inc. said the new location is more accessible. It's on a Metro bus route and has more parking options than the Atrium location.
The new office, which handles bill payments and customer service, will have the same staff as the current office, which gets more than 7,000 visitors weekly, Bell said. The company said it will maintain a drop box outside Atrium One for bill payments. The office will continue to operate from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
Business group making a plan
Cincinnati's Minority Business Accelerator, a collection of corporate and civic groups seeking to promote more opportunities for minority-owned suppliers, has hired a local group to write a business plan.
The Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking, run by Cincinnatian Melvin Gravely, will try to find ways to develop bigger minority-owned companies here. Procter & Gamble Co., Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Federated Department Stores and PNC Bank are funding the plan and the accelerator's start-up period.
Vulcan buying its own stock
Vulcan International Corp., the rubber and foam products manufacturer based in Cincinnati, plans to purchase up to 100,000 shares of its common stock at the discretion of chairman and president Benjamin Gettler. The board of directors authorized the stock buyback before the company's annual shareholders meeting last week in Clarksville, Tenn.
— From staff reports
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