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Articles in May 1991 issue of Crain's Cleveland Business

• Aetna chooses Skylight tower. (Aetna Life & Casualty Co.; Skylight Office Tower)
• Union organizers targeting hospitals.
  by De Lafuente, Della
• Transohio may find friend in OTS. (Transohio Savings Bank; Office of Thrift Supervision)
  by Shingler, Dan
• CSA eyes merging hospital budgets. (CSA Health Network Inc.; St. Vincent Charity Hospital and Health Center, St. John & West Shore Hospital, and Timken Mercy Medical Center)
  by De LaFuente, Della
• Xpoco takes a tech focus to meet need. (trade show focuses on computer technology)(InfoExpo)
  by Thomas, Beth
• Ameritrust holds cloud of golden parachutes. (proposed acquisition would result in severance plan implementation for some employees)
  by Shingler, Dan
• High-speed spin costs Royal Appliance $1MM. (Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co. is associate of Indianapolis 500 car racing team)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• Robinson adds another jewel: Crain's award. (Larry J.B. Robinson wins 1991 Crain's Cleveland Business Award for Business Excellence)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Maria Heckaman honored. (president of Maria Heckaman & Associates employment agency)
• Sliding along nicely: Lube Stop profits after buying up competing shops. (company profile)
  by Thomas, Beth
• 4 hospitals consider service-sharing pact. (Deaconess Hospital; Marymount Hospital; Parma Community General Hospital; Southwest General Hospital)
  by De LaFuente, Della
• Paint makers arm selves for a market share war. (increased multi-media advertising budget)
  by Fitzgerald, Kate
• Recession question debated: economist says its over but industry isn't so sure. (Kenneth T. Mayland)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Meridia VP replaces president at Huron. (Vice President David A. Kantor of Meridia Health System; Meridia Huron Hospital)
  by De Lafuente, Della
• Nesco eyeing engine maker. (Hercules Engines Inc.)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Bias suit seeks $13.75MM from Clinic. (race discrimination lawsuit against Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
  by Thompson, Chris
• SPS Tech. selling local fastener plant. (SPS Technologies Inc.)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Nacco HQ to move this fall; leaving Shaker Sq. for Mayfield Heights. (Nacco Industries Inc. moving headquarters from Shaker Square building)
  by Prizinsky, David
• 4 suitors seen in the running for Ameritrust. (banks interested in acquisition are Banc One Corp., NBD Bancorp, Society Corp. and National City Corp.)(includes related articles)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Steel slump hurts Lakes carriers. (steel industry downturn; Great Lakes carriers)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Gateway pact gives Gunds option to lease arena site. (Gateway Economic Development Corp.; Gordon and George Gunds)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Quarterbacks can relax; now Jeter sacks muffins. (former football player Gary Jeter opens My Favorite Muffin franchise in Cleveland) (company profile)
  by Thomas, Beth
• O-M selected to speed Crown Centre leasing. (Ostendorf-Morris Co.)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Tough talk expected at PD. (labor contract negotiations between Teamsters Joint Council 41 and The Plain Dealer newspaper management)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• Accumlating a headache. (should be spelled accumulating; effects of cumulative voting on Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Turning a tidy profit. (bank merger would benefit directors who are also investors)(includes related article on disclosure of offer)
  by Miller, Jay
• Pension plight forces LTV asset sale. (funding needs for steel company's pension plans result in sale of aerospace and defense businesses)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Manufacturers licking their chops. (Ohio manufacturers' new business opportunities in Mexico)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Consolidation may be blessing. (DeVlieg Bullard Inc. consolidates its machine rebuilding operations)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Top accounting firms corner area audit market. (Ernst & Young; Arthur Andersen; Coopers & Lybrand; Deloitte & Touche; KPMG Peat Marwick; and Price Waterhouse audit Cleveland's public companies)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Top grades pay dividend at GM, Com-Corp finds. (supplier rating system of General Motors Corp. increases sales for Com-Corp Industries Inc.)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Clean Air Act fees will cost $15MM in Ohio. (huge cost impact on industries)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Progressive gobbling space; leases signed for 3 sites; downtown HQ talks still alive. (insurance company plans relocation of headquarters)
  by Bullard, Stan
• RTA takes healthcare outside; Metro, St. Vincent get pacts totaling $478,700. (Regional Transit Authority drops in-house employee medical-care service; awards contracts to MetroHealth Medical Center and St. Vincent Charity Hospital and Health Center)
  by De LaFuente, Della
• Belt-tightening shakes Prescott. (Prescott, Ball & Turben Inc.'s personnel reduction)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Beacon Journal carries new look into market fight. (Akron newspaper's new format and design)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• Hospitals win right to build care centers. (Meridia Hillcrest Hospital; Mt. Sinai Medical Center)
  by De Lafuente, Della
• PD out as Grand Prix co-sponsor. (The Plain Dealer newspaper; Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• May opens own bank in Parma. (May Department Stores Co.'s own national bank for its credit card operations)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Partners provide power as sailors return to port. (Roger Mahoney and Jack O'Connell of Electronic Production Concepts; supplies power pedestals which link boats to water and electric utilities) (company profile)
  by Prizinsky, David
• State development chief looks for action. (Donald Jakeway, new director of the Department of Development)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Cleanup row imperils LTV Ch. 11 plan. (LTV Steel Co.'s bankruptcy reorganization plans jeopardized by environmental liability case)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Two retired execs help steel firm forge ahead. (E. Mandell de Windt and E. Bradley Jones joins Birmingham Steel Corp.) (company profile)
  by Prizinsky, David
• Brenlin cleanup suit moves to Washington. (Brenlin Group's motion to transfer the lawsuit to a federal court in Washington D.C.)
  by De Lafuente, Della
• Society Corp. extends net to 1st Nationwide. (Green Machine automatic teller network; First Nationwide Financial Corp.)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Cowen raiding its rivals for staff. (recruitment activities of securities brokerage firm)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Oil distributor's board approves company's sale. (board of Cuyahoga Landmark Inc.)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Nat'l City expects it wouldn't be told to sell branches. (National City Corp.; on proposed acquisition of Ameritrust Corp.)(includes related article on Ameritrust capital branches)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Getting his kicks with the crunch. (George Hoffman's management of major league soccer team Cleveland Crunch)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• Ohio Savings pursuing Columbus growth tack. (Ohio Savings Bank)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Rug dealer closing Higbee departments. (Oriental Rug Importers Inc. to close eight Higbee Co. locations)
  by De Lafuente, Della
• Furrier moving to Cleve. Hts. (I.J. Fox Inc. relocating to Cleveland Heights shopping center)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• Workbench shutting store in the Warehouse District.
  by Mooney, Barbara
• U.S. Merchandise to open River, Cuy. Falls stores. (catalog retailer's stores in Rocky River and Cuyahoga Falls)
  by Mooney, Barbara
• Manager, partner buying Metzger Photo operations. (Milan Chovan and Edward Toth to buy Metzger Photo Supply and Metzger Photo Centers)
• Hudson no longer Alltel's home. (relocation of Alltel Corp. to Little Rock, Arkansas)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Budgetel plans 122-room inn at Puritas/150th. (Budgetel Inns Inc.)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Buy-out appears unlikely. (buy-out of Ameritrust Corp.)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Wolstein Group will press for Aurora zoning change. (from single-family to commercial zoning for shopping center construction)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Ohio Bell cuts cord to billing pay sites. (Ohio Bell Telephone Co. ends collection payments through banks)
  by Shingler, Dan
• Local firm to manage Knights Inn motels. (Economy Lodging Systems Inc.)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Solon imaging firm files for Ch. 11. (Innovative Imaging Systems Inc. files for bankruptcy protection)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Wolsteins pitch old idea at Barrington. (Wolstein Groupl goes for commercial and residential real estate business)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Hotel rates up, but use off. (low occupancy rates in Cleveland-area hotels)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Ohio Edison dedicates clean coal power plant. (construction start of clean coal research project)
  by Thompson, Chris
• Starting over from Top: food company reborn with new name, look. (sale of Top Food Services of Ohio to TFS Acquisition Corp.)
  by Bullard, Stan
• Centerior's subsidiaries get together; parent blending CEI, Toledo Ed into single unit. (Centerior Energy Corp., Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Toledo Edison Co.)
  by Thompson, Chris