BUSINESS NEWS FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2002
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P&G auditors keep tabs on firm's finances
Even before Enron Corp. sprang into the nation's consciousness late last year, Procter & Gamble Co. had tightened its internal audit controls with a program called “Financial Stewardship.”
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Latest P&G innovation is, well, innovation
The latest innovation from Procter & Gamble Co.'s board should increase the company's innovations. P&G's directors this year formed an innovation and technology committee, headed by Duke University Health System president Ralph Snyderman.
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What's the Buzz?
Target Corp. is building a new Tristate store at 9040 Colerain Ave. in Colerain Township, continuing its expansion in an intensely competitive market for discount retailers.
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Hard-charging workaholics put their lives at risk
So many middle-aged people are experiencing heart attacks and potentially fatal circulatory problems that cardiologists are accustomed to seeing arteries clogging early. Many, like UC basketball coach Bob Huggins, are hard-charging workaholics who simply don't leave much time for nonsense, such as exercise and play.
October market surprise in store?
October is when stocks historically have begun to climb, so much so that they've pulled investors out of bear markets nine times over the last half-century. That said, no one knows what will happen on Wall Street this October.
Retailers chase elusive teen market
Know what's hot in teen fashion? Retailers wish they did.
Vet offers latest in high-tech pampering
Ultrasound and laser technology. A pond with a waterfall. An adoption center. A television tuned to Animal Planet. Not what you'd expect at a veterinary hospital, perhaps, but they're standard features at the three Animal Care Centers owned by Dr. Dave Haeussler.
Tristate Business Notes
Female business owners and professionals who want to promote their businesses and enlarge their circle are invited to attend an “Accelerated Networking” event Oct. 24.
Business Meetings & Seminars This Week
Commercial Real Estate Projects
Bankruptcies
Erpenbeck archive
A. William Erpenbeck spent years building a company that appears to be crumbling. One of the Tristate's biggest home builders, the Erpenbeck Co., is under federal investigation for a suspected bank fraud that is affecting lenders, subcontractors and home owners. Click here for links to all Enquirer reports.
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