GM Strike Threatens Area Dealers Inventory and Sales
Area GM dealers warn that a prolonged strike affecting over 115000 workers will shrink inventories and curb sales. With Sierra and Sonoma models thinning, dealers predict harder access to specific vehicles. March and April stock building slowed by the strike, and summer demand could falter if the standstill continues.
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General Motors
Tom Fisher
Ideal Buick
GMC
Hyundai
Urbana Pike
Frederick
Sonoma
Fisher
Mr. Hayman
Hayman
Ford
Dodge
Wayne Bramhall
Fitzgerald Auto Mail
GM Corp
Flint
Mich
North America
Associated Press
Automotive News
Clinton says he will not intervene immediately in UAW GM strike
Washington AP reports President Clinton will not seek immediate government intervention in the UAW strike against General Motors. He urges both sides to settle quickly while noting the high Taft Hartley standard for federal action. Labor Secretary Herman may address the Las Vegas convention but likely offer no firm guidance.
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UAW
Washington
Alexis Herman
American Airlines
Man
Teamsters
United Parcel Service
Herman
Las Vegas
National Railway Labor
UPS
GM division funds $100,000 to housing authority to settle pollution complaint
GM's Hydra Motive Division agreed to pay 100000 to a Chicago Housing Authority program aimed at reducing lead poisoning in children to settle pollution complaints. The deal, pushed by Illinois Attorney General and EPA officials, channels funds into community environmental projects as mitigation.
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GM Division
Housing Authority
McCook, el
General Motors
Chicago Housing Authority
Illinois
Bertram Frey
Environmental Protection Agency
Ofee
Hiedtro
Sion
la Grange
Richard Fleming
Abbott Laboratories
Olde Cabin Hollow Opens In Shab Row Frederick
Lisa Teach opens Olde Cabin Hollow at 132 East St Frederick offering country gifts accessories and furniture. Open 10 to 5 Mon Sat and 12 to 5 Sun. Items include stenciled furniture by Stencilling by Sandy candles folk art baskets and prints. For more info call 301 662-8510.
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Lisa Teach
Olde Cabin Hollow
East St
Shab Row
Frederick
Former F M National Bank HQ sold for 1.4 million
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank’s former headquarters at 154 North Market Street sold for 1.4 million. John R. Laughlin, buyer, expects five to seven new offices and at least 50 jobs, pledging annual 1 million dollars for downtown office space and plans a Computer and Corporate Training Center for AccuTech Business Institute opening in September to train Frederick businesses. He credits Mayor Jim Grimes for climate that spurred the investment.
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Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
North Market Street
John R. Laughlin
Laughlin
AccuTech Business Institute
AccuTech
Frederick
Jim Grimes
Mr Laughlin
Stocks of area interest
Market notes show area stocks and market activity with quotations courtesy Ferris Baker Watts.
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Ferris Baker Watts
Judge OKs settlement in Merrill Lynch gender bias suit
U S District Judge Ruben Castillo preliminarily approves a class action settlement in a gender discrimination suit against Merrill Lynch claiming bias toward female brokers. About 2,500 current and former brokers may seek benefits with mediators to determine awards. The deal ends a mandatory arbitration system and allocates 600,000 to the eight original plaintiffs' attorneys.
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Chicago
Merrill Lynch & Co
U.S
Ruben Castillo
Merrill Lynch
Wall Street
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