DOE SBIR Grants Offered for Science and Engineering Firms
The U S Department of Energy invites small businesses with strong research capabilities in science or engineering to submit grant applications for the SBIR program. About 200 first phase grants of 75000 dollars and second phase grants up to 750000 dollars will be awarded for topics including solar and wind tech fossil energy waste treatment space nuclear propulsion and fusion systems. Applications must be sent to the Office of Energy Research SBIR Program Manager Washington DC 20585 with a deadline of February 15.
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U-Haul Extends Tender Offer For Shurgard Partnerships
U-Haul International said it extended the deadline on its tender offer for 17 Shurgard Storage Center real estate partnerships to January 28. Shurgard, Seattle based self storage firm, urged 68,000 investors in its limited partnerships to reject the 309.5 million offer unveiled December 3. Shurgard’s limited partners vote on a proposal from general partners to take the company public, announced November 24.
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Northwest cuts winter fares by up to 45 percent
Northwest Airlines announced a winter fare sale with discounts up to 45 percent. The sale runs from today with tickets due by January 11 and valid for travel January 18 to April 15 within the United States, Canada, and most Caribbean destinations. Tickets must be bought at least 14 days prior to travel, include a Saturday night stay, and are nonrefundable.
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Cox Cable to Buy 200000 Digital Converters
Cox Cable will purchase about 40 million dollars worth of digital television converters from General Instrument Corp. The 24-system operator plans to install the set-top units in homes across 16 states. Cox Enterprises Inc. is the parent of Tribune Newspapers.
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93 dividends surge ahead
U S companies boosted dividends in December and for 1993 at record rates, signaling a revival. The Standard & Poor's survey shows 1,635 dividend boosts in 1993, up 23 percent from 1992 and the strongest year since 1989, with 171 increases in December, up 41 percent from December 1992.
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Treasury securities drop as yields rise on recovering fears
Prices of Treasury securities fell sharply on Monday as evidence continued that fears of action faded. The 30 year bond dropped about $10 per $1000 of face value while its yield rose from 6.34 percent, with August maturities mentioned.
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Main Street sells Carnation Dairy Arizona units for over 22 million
Main Street and Main Street and Main sold Carnation Dairy Arizona and Dairy Maid Foods divisions to Sun Street Food Co a Phoenix venture for more than 22 million Sun Street includes Jerry Colangelo David Eaton and John Heath The sale enables Main Street to fund expansion of TGI Fridays restaurants and marks a strategic shift to the western market The two divisions will be led by Louis Carlo as president and CEO with Sun Street planning growth and marketing efforts
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Steven Sherman
Joe Panter
Hensley Names Delgado President As Tempe Plant Expands
Hensley and Co. named Robert M. Delgado president and chief operating officer, succeeding founder Jim Hensley. Delgado guides a planned 3 million dollar expansion of the Tempe facility at 2927 S. Hardy Drive, doubling office space and boosting warehouse space by 50 percent while Hensley remains chairman and CEO. The Arizona distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, established 1955, serves over 3,000 outlets and employs about 264 people in Phoenix and Tempe.
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Waiting for the next stock market correction in 1994
Investors ponder the risk of a pullback after a long uptrend as money flows into stock mutual funds hit 104.7 billion through October 1993. Many fear panic selling if conditions worsen, while analysts note improving fundamentals and a shift toward a sustainable recovery.
Homegrown Balboa Capital hits growth milestone in Arizona
Shawn Giffin and Patrick Byrne built Balboa Capital in Irvine and now open Arizona's first out of state office in Phoenix midtown. The firm, rated 67th fastest growing private company by Inc. magazine, employs 34, projects $25 million in 1994 sales, and provides equipment leasing to small and medium businesses with offices in Los Angeles and Irvine. Giffin cites Arizona's lower taxes and regulation as a prime factor in moving plans.
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