Coldwater Creek lays off 48 seasonal workers in West Virginia
PARKERSBURG AP Coldwater Creek cut 24 workers from its distribution center and 24 from its call center at the Wood County facility, part of seasonal staffing for the peak period up to Christmas. The Idaho firm employs about 400 in West Virginia and plans a large call center and distribution complex to reach 1,500 permanent staff.
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Parkersburg
Coldwater Creek
Wood County
David Gunter
Gunter
West Virginia
David Gunter Coldwater
Amtrak appoints Warrington to lead rail revival
Amtrak named George Warrington as president after a year with him acting in the role. He vows a growth driven, commercially focused national rail service aiming for financial self sufficiency by 2003, beyond mere survival. The ceremony followed a Arlington Texas derailment incident under investigation by federal agencies.
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Ashington
Amtrak
National Railway
George Warrington
Warrington
New Jersey
Washington
Union Station
Texas
Federal Railroad Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Arlington
Tech stocks push S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new highs
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite reached record highs as a strong technology rally continued despite impeachment uncertainty. The Dow rose up to 175 points intraday, closing 85 points higher at 8988, with IBM, Dell, and Cisco among top gainers and Amgen advancing after a licensing dispute with J&J. overseas markets mixed.
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Ron Campbell
AFLAC
Ameritech
At&t Corp
AM. Water Works
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Computer
IND. Tech
Ashland Coal Inc
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bankamerica
Bell Atlantic
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
CBS Corp
Cabot OK & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
CON. Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
Crestar Financial
CSX Corp
CVS Corp
Daimlerchrysler AG
Detroit Edison
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastern Ent
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
1ST
Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
Glaxo Holdings
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll-Rand
Intel Corporation
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's Cos
Lucent Technologies
McDonald's Corp
Merck & CO. Inc
Microsoft Corp
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs, Inc
Nash Finch CO
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Pulask
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJR Nabisco Hldg
Rockwell Intl
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
Trcontinental
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Intl
Westvaco Corp
Williams Cos
Valley Nat'l Gases
Xerox Corp
DOW Jones
New York
Clinton
Standard & Poor
House
Iraq
IBM
Dow
Dell Computer
Cisco Systems
Amgen
Johnson & Johnson
J&j
Japan
Germany
Britain
France
Hasbro Toy Donation Under Antitrust Settlement Aids Toys for Tots
Hasbro Inc agreed to give about 6 million in toys and cash to the Toys for Tots program after settling an antitrust lawsuit with 44 states. Virginia programs will receive 11,000 toys to aid Salvation Army distribution for needy children.
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Washington
Virginia
Hasbro Inc
U.S. Marine Corps
Salvation Army
Hasbro
Lynchburg
Baltimore
Brian A. Murray
National Marine Toys For Tots Foundation
Founda
Tion
Washington Post
United States
Murray
Maine
Forndation
Inventor seeks royalties for phone card patent
CENTREVILLE, Va. AP Marvin Marshall, inventor of a computer system that cuts off prepaid phone card calls when time runs out, seeks 1 to 2 percent royalties. The patent, issued after an eight year wait, is licensed by Alpha 2010. Industry analysts doubt he will easily secure payments and emphasize many patents exist in the growing sector.
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Centreville
Marvin Marshall
Marshall
Alpha 2010
Sale of tannery overturned in Pocahontas County
Charleston AP by end, Circuit Judge James Rowe upheld a May referendum approving the sale of the county tannery but voided the 1997 public auction of the property for 100000 dollars led by Marion County Senator Joe Manchin. Rowe said a referendum should precede any sale amid contamination concerns and river risks.
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Charleston
Pocahontas County
James Rowe
Marion County
Joe Manchin
Rowe
Manchin
Leslie McCarty
Greenbrier
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