Muse Air rises as Maverick founder eyes expanding routes
Dallas businessman Mike Muse and father Lamar Muse, once at Southwest, launched Muse Air with 30 million dollars. After a slow start, the carrier turned its first operating profit in the second quarter earning 1.7 million while expanding to Lubbock and planning Austin and San Antonio service. The FAA easing and Braniff’s collapse shape Muse Air growth.
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Lamar Muse
Southwest Airlines
Mike Muse
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Braniff
Muse
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Southwest
Price, Waterhouse and Co
Lamar
Muses
Texas
Houston
Hobby Airport
Lubbock
Austin
San Antonio
Chicago
New York
Washington
Private industry programs aid consumers with complaints
Private programs like HOW, AUTOCAP, and MACAP offer mediation and nonbinding or binding arbitration to resolve disputes between consumers and sellers. Critics say these efforts can be superficial, slow, or uneven in impact, though industry officials defend their usefulness in avoiding court actions.
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Sport Chevrolet
Goodrich
Autocap
Fogarty
HOW
Clarence Ditlow
Center For Auto Safety
Ralph Nader
Council of Better Business Bureaus
Market Rates Move With Treasury Bill Auction And Economic Reports
Treasury bill auction Monday afternoon will set new rates for savers with certificates. Labor Department jobless claims for week ending July 16 are due Thursday. other reports from Commerce and Agriculture departments follow Friday and mid July farm prices. A National Association of Accountants golf outing is scheduled Monday at Indian Creek CC in Marion with 12:30 tee times and 6 p.m. social hour. Non members may contact local organizers for reservations. Professional Women’s Network hosts a day in the sun at Indian Creek CC Thursday 1 to 8 p.m. New York money rates show prime at 10.4 percent and various rates for discount, broker loans, and CDs. In corporate news, 1983 sees a record pace of name changes with 538 American corporations changing names by July 1.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
National Association of Accountants
Indian Creek Country Club
Marion
Carol Painter
Bill Vincent
New York
Anspach Grossman Portugal Inc
Rural water testing firm debuts nationwide
WaterTest Corp launches a nationwide service testing private well water for bacteria arsenic lead and organic halides for 35 dollars. The New London lab aims for 10 000 to 12 000 tests this year with 48 hour results while state officials note limits and cost differences.
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New London
N.H
WaterTest Corp
New Hampshire
WaterTest
Eugene Rosov
Bernard Lucey
Lacey
Rosov
Cornell University
William Rice
Visa redesigns cards to curb counterfeiting losses
Visa International will redesign its cards to combat counterfeiting losses of about $10.9 million in 1982. The new design adds micro printed border codes, an embossed security symbol, a UV readable dove, a hologram, and a fluctuating security code. Phased rollout begins later this year and completes within three years, with bank logos and names on each card.
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Visa International
San Francisco
D.W. Hock
Visa
Visa Security
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Federal Aviation Administration
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Braniff International
Carole Feldman
Seaciated
Donald Priggie
Elgin
Ill
Priggie
Home Owners Warranty Corp
National Automobile Dealers Association
Lorin Goodrich
International Trade Commission
Robert Fogarty
Silver Spring
Virginia H. Knauer
President Reagan
U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
Barbara Warden
The
National Consumers League
Ditlow
Furniture Industry
FICAP
MACAP
Tsfa
Treasury
Labor Department
eCommerce Department
Commerce Department
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Professional Women’s Network
Associated Press
Telerate Systems Inc
Finance Company
Business @ Health
Millhiser Smith Agency. Inc
Oakland Road
Steve King
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