Parker Hannifin plant earns ISO-9001 certification in Elyria
The Hydraulic Valve Division plant in Elyria receives ISO-9001 Quality Assurance Standards for manufacturing valve products under Colorflow ParTrol and Manatrol brands. QA manager Earl Devereaux notes the certification signals efficient, quality production. The site employs 1500 workers across Elyria and nearby facilities.
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Elyria
Parker Hannifin Corp
Earl Devereaux
International Standards Organization
Richfield Ohio Women Business Owners Conference Set
Northeast Ohio women business owners are invited to a day long conference at the Holiday Inn Richfield Coliseum on April 27. The event opens at 7 45 a.m. with speaker Joline Godfrey at lunch. Sponsoring groups include Bank One and the Women’s Network with local development boards. Registration ranges from 25 to 99 dollars with 125 dollar showcase tables.
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Richfield
Northeastern Ohio
Holiday Inn
Richfield Coliseum
Brecksville Road
Bank One
Women’s Network
Akron Regional Development Board Small Business Development Center
Women Business Owners Association
Akron Regional Development Board
Investors stay calm as mutual funds reshape portfolios
Individual investors like John E. Brown ride out the recent stock slide by relying on long term mutual funds and retirement plans. Experts note educated, baby boomer investors hold about $5.3 trillion in stocks, far above institutional holdings, with confidence that markets will recover.
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Brown
Riverside
Calif
Dow
Joseph Wahed
Wells Fargo Bank
San Francisco
Clinton
Mike Strievy
Los Angeles
Federal Reserve
Ife
Fox plans new cable channel FX launches June 1
Rupert Murdoch recruits Nickelodeon executive Anne Sweeney to head Fox's new cable channel FX. The channel will debut June 1 with seven hours daily of live programming and reruns such as Fantasy Island and The Green Hornet. FX aims for a broad live format amid a crowded niche network market.
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Hollywood
Rupert Murdoch
Nickelodeon
Anne Sweeney
Fox
Rupert
Sweeney
Murdoch
Pepsi to use expiration dates in freshness push
Pepsi-Cola Co announced stamping freshness dates on its drinks, starting with Diet Pepsi four billion pack cases and rolling to Pepsi-Cola and Mountain Dew. CEO Craig Weatherup said the move meets demand for nutritional information and will prompt industry-wide adoption, while Coca-Cola already dates about 20 percent of its products and plans full rollout by June.
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American Society On Aging
Pepsi-Cola Co
Diet Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola
Mountain Dew
Weatherup
Pepsi
Coca-Cola
Robert Baskin
Coke
Craig Weatherup
Pepsi-Cola North America
New York
Ikea gay couple ad sparks hundreds of calls
Ikea says hundreds of viewers called in response to its new TV commercial showing two gay men buying furniture. The ad, airing in New York Philadelphia Washington and Houston, drew both praise as a breakthrough and conservative criticism.
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New York
Ikea
Peter Connolly
U.S
May
Robert Peters
Morality In Media
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
Houston
American Greetings reports record year and quarter growth
American Greetings Corp. posted fourth quarter earnings of 39.5 million dollars or 53 cents a share on 473 million in sales. For the year the firm earned 113.7 million dollars or 1.54 a share on 1.77 billion in sales, beating 1993 results. Chairman Morry Wells called it the best year in company history.
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Cleveland
American Greetings Corp
American Greetings
Morry Wells
Kidron Auction consignments list livestock and hay prices
The Kidron Auction posted comprehensive consignments including 751 hogs across weight ranges with per hundredweight bids, 1,674 feeder pigs by weight, bred sows and service bears, calves and cattle with prices, sheep and goats, dairy cattle, and two horses. Total head 3,278 with 601 consignors. Hay, straw, oats, firewood and barcom prices listed.
Markets Closed for Good Friday Trading Holiday
Markets and many bond and commodity markets remain shut in observance of Good Friday. Trading halts affect equity indices and related financial instruments across major exchanges.
Ohio safety congress and Cleveland exhibits set April dates
The 64th All-Ohio Safety and Health Congress plus a 13th Annual Conference on Employee Ownership & Participation will unfold April 6 to 8 in Cleveland venues. Exhibits exceed 200 booths. contacts include Cathy Ivars ic and Sondra Freurich-Hall for attendance and details. A talk by Bob Burg on networking is April 20 in Broadview Heights, with admission 25 in advance, 35 at the door. A chef executives roundtable on Good Employees is April 21 at Baldwin Wallace College. contacts Tom Monroy and Don Jonowe.
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Wetoorre
Cleveland Convention Center
Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Division of Safety and Hygiene
Stouffer Tower City Plaza
Cleveland
Ohio
Cathy Ivarcic
Sondra Freurich-Hall
Bob Burg
Country Lakes Party Center
Broadview Road
Broadview Heights
Family/Small Business Institute
Baldwin-Wallace College
Tom Monroy
Don Jonowe
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New York Daily News
Harry Berkowicz
Newsday
Am. Greetings
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