THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, July 31, 1996 TAG: 9607310443
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D2 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Briefs
LENGTH: 51 lines
A New Jersey footwear chain and a new 15,000-square-foot building are on the way to Riverdale Plaza Shopping Center, a Hampton strip mall. Sneaker Stadium, a national discounter that last year opened its first store in the state in Virginia Beach, has signed leases for two more locations in Hampton Roads. The second store should open this fall at Norfolk's Military Crossing Shopping Center, owned by Aetna Life Insurance. The company, which is only 18 months old, had sales of $20 million in 1995 with four stores open for the full year. (Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Massachusetts may
publish data on doctors
Consumers in Massachusetts may soon be able to call up or download the disciplinary records of their doctors - a prospect that has outraged many in the state's medical profession. In a move that may pave the way for similar policies in other states, Gov. William F. Weld is expected to sign in coming weeks a bill that would give consumers easy access to data on every Massachusetts doctor's malpractice awards, disciplinary actions by hospitals or medical boards, lawsuit settlements and convictions for felonies or serious misdemeanors. The bill would be the first to offer consumers such extensive report cards on their doctor's performance. (The Wall Street Journal)
Congress approves
publishing ATM fees
A House Banking subcommittee approved a bill Tuesday to require that consumers be told what they are being charged for the use of an automated teller machine. In April, some banks and ATM operators began imposing new fees for the use of their machines. Under the new system, customers may now pay two banks for one transaction. Two of the nation's largest banks, NationsBank Corp., First Union Corp., are already levying ATM surcharges. Congress will probably not enact the bill into law this year though, because time is running out on this year's legislative session. The House bill would require ATM operators to post any charge on the ATM screen and on a sign attached to the machine. (Bloomberg Business News)
Correction
The name of the president of Todd Marine Enterprises, Todd Schaubach, was misspelled in a July 28 Business story. by CNB