ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, March 14, 1996 TAG: 9603140066
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
GM strike likely to last the weekend
DAYTON, Ohio - Joe Hasenjager, president of a striking union that has crippled three-quarters of GM's North American assembly plants, predicted Wednesday that the walkout would last into the weekend.
Talks Wednesday between General Motors Corp. and United Auto Workers Local 696 lasted about 90 minutes. No substantial progress was made, said Jim Hagedon, a GM spokesman in Dayton. He said no new talks were scheduled, but GM officials were available to meet on short notice.
- Associated Press
Trigon has Web site
Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield now has a site on the Internet World Wide Web. The site, at http://www.Trigon.com, has two purposes: an image-based, brand-name marketing tool, and to investigate the possibility of using the Internet in the future to transact health care business, the company said.
- Staff report
Sam Moore Furniture wins Bedford award
Sam Moore Furniture Industries of Bedford has been named 1996 business of the year by the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce. The citation will be presented March 28 at the chamber's annual meeting.
Founded in 1940 in Delaware, Ohio, by the late Sam Moore, the company, which employs about 400 workers and specializes in making chairs for home and office use, has operated in Bedford since 1947. Moore's son-in-law, John Boardman, owns the business.
- Staff report
Counterfeit-goods bill clears House panel
Rep. Bob Goodlatte's bill to crack down on counterfeit goods unanimously cleared the House Judiciary Committee this week.
The Roanoke Republican's legislation would increase penalties, including jail time, for those who traffic in counterfeit goods and services. It also would give federal law enforcement agencies more power to seize counterfeit goods.
The anti-counterfeiting bill will come before the full House of Representatives later this year.
- Staff report
Maxxim raises offer for Sterile Concepts
RICHMOND - A Richmond maker of prepared surgical trays has received a sweetened takeover offer from a Texas-based medical company.
Maxxim Medical Inc. has offered Sterile Concepts Holdings Inc. $128 million, or $17.50 a share, up from its previous offer of $16.
Sterile Concepts' board of directors will evaluate the revised proposal, vice president D. Randolph Graham said. Sterile Concepts previously was a unit of Carilion Health System of Roanoke.
Maxxim, based in Sugar Land, Texas, approached Sterile Concepts about a month ago, saying it wanted to buy the Richmond-based company for cash, stock or a combination.
- Associated Press
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