Recent stories by Bert

• Insurance Chief Protests ‘Rules’ Changes

  April 4, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Washington Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn bristled Monday at last-minute changes in legislation designed to curtail the ability of several state agencies to write new regulations. While acknowledging the need for …

• Itron Stock Sale Pays Off For Redmond

  April 4, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Washington Water Power Co. paid Chairman Paul Redmond $1.36 million in 1994, largely because of earnings from the sale of Itron Inc. stock. It was the second year in a …

• Key Tronic Stock Trading Soars Upgraded Rating, Buying By Big Investor Contribute To Stock’s Rise

  March 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Trading in Key Tronic Corp. stock exploded Tuesday and Wednesday, lifting volume to 20 times normal and price to levels unseen since the mid-1980s. The stock, which trades on the …

• Region’s Fast Growth Likely To Last Knowledge-Based Industry Offsets Loss Of Boeing Jobs

  March 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Economic growth in the Northwest, powered in large part by inmigration, will outstrip that for the nation as a whole for at least the next year, First Interstate Bank Senior …

• Ruling To Eliminate Some Long-Distance Tolls Expected Today

  March 29, 1995 in City on Page B2 US West Communications has asked Washington regulators to approve plans that would eliminate long-distance tolls between Elk and Green Bluff. A separate filing by US West and PTI Communications also …

• United Security Bancorporation Plans Stock Offering Proceeds Would Help To Fund Growth Of Spokane-Based Firm

  March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 United Security Bancorporation has filed registration materials for an initial public offering of 1 million shares of common stock. Proceeds from the offering, expected to bring $8 to $8.50 per …

• Utility Members Approve Merger Inland Power, Lincoln Electric Start Consolidation Process

  March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Inland Power & Light Co. members overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with Lincoln Electric Cooperative Inc. at their annual meeting Saturday. Manager Richard Heitman said 92 percent of the 6,463 …

• Author Sees Local Stocks Shining

  March 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A new book gives an optimistic reading on the investment potential of three Spokane-area companies that have not enjoyed the best of times lately. “The 105 Best Investments of the …

• Milton Cole Globe-Trotting Businessman Gives Whitworth Students His Insights Into Marketing

  March 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Milton Cole has taken his expertise in international marketing into the classroom. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Banking On The Future Evelyn Meany Helped Guide Struggling Pend Oreille Bank Back To Prosperity

  March 26, 1995 in Business on Page D1 Evelyn Meany, president and chairwoman of the board of Pend Oreille Bank, has engineered a dramatic turnaround in the bank since 1988. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

• Wwp Cites Savings In Utilities Merger Company To Trim 118 Jobs From Spokane Work Force

  March 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The merger of Washington Water Power Co. and Sierra Pacific Resources will cut 118 jobs in Spokane but save ratepayers $449 million over the next 10 years. Another 254 jobs …

• Viaticals Give Terminally Ill Access To Life Insurance Benefits ‘Death Futures’ Derided, But Help Those Who Need Money

  March 12, 1995 in Business on Page D4 When Donald Roadifer died last October of AIDS, he had been on Medicaid and welfare for six months. But if he had not sold his life insurance policy for a …

• Pentzer Adds Another Firm To Its Stable

  March 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Pentzer Corp. has acquired another company specializing in point-of-sale displays and other marketing materials. The Decker Co., based in Memphis, Tenn., joins Graphic Communications and The Form House in Pentzer’s …

• Japanese Customer Thanks Itron

  March 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Klaus Huschke, Itron’s international vice president, shows a Tepco representative the inner workings of some of Itron’s products during a plant tour. Photo by Molly O’Hara/The Spokesman-Review

• Wwp, Sirti Plan Joint Venture Partners To Collaborate On Development Of Fuel Cell Technology

  March 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Washington Water Power Co. and the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute will cooperate on the development of fuel cell technology like that used in spacecraft. Together with other potential …

• Kaiser Pickets Doubt Changes Go Far Enough Steelworkers Union Votes Today On Contract Modifications

  February 28, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Neither side in the weeklong strike against Kaiser Aluminum Corp. takes for granted the outcome of today’s vote on a new contract. United Steelworkers of America pickets at the company’s …

• Next Vote May Hinge On Job Cuts Tentative Agreement Boosts Benefits, But Kaiser Workers Concerned About Combining Jobs

  February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Negotiators for Kaiser Aluminum Corp. and the United Steelworkers of America retired to their corners Sunday after another round of talks yielded a potential settlement to a strike that enters …

• Strike Testing Kaiser’s Mettle Salaried Workers, Executives Getting Better At New Tasks

  February 26, 1995 in City on Page B1 Sunh Han throws aluminum into a crucible of the molten metal at the Kaiser Mead plant Saturday. Han usually works as a lubrication engineer at the Trentwood plant. Photo by …

• Union: Kaiser Willing To Talk Company Remains Mum, But Negotiator For Union Says `It’s A New Ballgame’

  February 25, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 County worker Pat Riley assembles a fence to keep pickets off the streets near Kaiser Trentwood planr. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

• Volunteer Help Sent To Kaiser Salaried Workers From Texas, California Helping Out In Spokane

  February 23, 1995 in City on Page B1 A trucker and his companion are subdued by Kaiser security at the east entrance to the Trentwood plant. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

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