| Show DOW JONES at 11am 1095971 1289 Friday May 7 er ptandard-Examin- 1 Business Editor: 999 625-424- 9B 5 't BEFSEEF Trade show to spotlight Met tandarfcxaminer staff OGDEN - Internet - CASES TOP OF UTAH perks Trade Hospitals planning week’s celebration Several Top of Utah hospitals will be marking National Hospital Week which - international via the will be the focus of a thee-da- y begins Sunday and ends conference later this month at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center The 1999 Utah Economic Development Conference titled “Log on to the World” is set 7 lor May 25-2- Utah Department of Economic Development director is sponsoring the event Rick Mayfield of the department’s Division of Business and Economic Development said the event is designed to demonstrate how using the Internet can open global opportunities for companies without ever leaving Utah and to allow the division to share international expertise and contacts with businesses that may need help getting into a specific country The conference costs $150 Booth space which is $300 An includes one registration opening-da- y golf tournament costs $25 Registration fees after May 15 will be an additional $25 Details are available by calling Marian Hein at 0 or accessing wwwdcedstateutus The event begins with the golf tournament set for Jlam to 6 pm May 25 It is sponsored by the Ghamber OgdenWeber Conference registration takes places from 4 to 7 pm and an opening-nigh- t reception is set from 7 to 9 pm May 26’s activities include registration from 7 am to noon an 8 am breakfast featuring speaker Hattie Bryant of Small Business 2000 trade show exhibits from 8 am to 8 pm plus meetings and group breakout sessions The meetings from 9:30 am to 6 to talk to the state's allow participants pnlvi!l international marketing representatives from I urope Asia and Latin America Meetings can 7 be scheduled by calling Janis Harvey at or sending jharveyfo dcedstateutus breakout sessions are Among the one-hoEnabling the “Internet 101” ‘Virtual Enterprise’ ” “Creating a Hot Web free-thro- 538-§ft2- Anderson president of Demand and Supply Fulfillment Center poses in front of his company’s display at the Business Summit in Los Angeles Although color bamers remain Anderson and other minonty California never been better for blacks to get into business have times entrepreneurs say IM BUSINESS: Ron African-America- n MINORITY BUSINESS one-on-o- ne one-on-o- Arena welcomes black entrepreneurs 538-878- Barriers remain but success finding ur in more African-America- ns fields high-growt- h high-tec- h The Associated Press ANGELES - On the day his son was bom Ron witnessed a second birth as well: an spirit that drove him from a secure corporate job into the growing ranks of black business owners who see a future in the world of high technology Nine years later Anderson 38 is president of the Demand & Supply Fulfillment Center a marketing cooperative whose members include small computer manufacturing Internet services and DVD production companies as well as more traditional businesses “The idea was formed by the birth of a child” Anderson said Thursday as he manned his company’s booth at the n Business Summit ’99 “My son California was bom and I started thinking about ways I could put some people to work” Although color barriers continue to frustrate minority entrepreneurs Anderson and others attending the conference are convinced times have never been better for Internet “Emerging Telephony” “Creating a ‘Digital Main’ Street” Site’ Technologies: LOS from Unwelcome “Protecting Your Guests” and “Are You Y2K Ready?” A global business reception from 6 to 8 pm wilhe hosted by the Utah International Business Development Team Team members along with thM foreign trade representatives from Argentina Austria BeneluxFrance Brazil Canada Chili China Germany India Israel Japitp Mexico Singapore South Korea Sweden Taiwan and the United Kingdom will be meetings available for brief May 27 includes trade show exhibits open from 8 am to noon an 8 am breakfast featuring PhjJ Burgess of the Center for the New West and brtjikout sessions beginning at 9:45 am The conference will conclude with a noon lunch-GoMichael Leavitt will be the featured speaker er T one-on-o- African-America- blacks to get into business In doing so blacks are targeting higher-prof- it industries such as information technology observers say “Like other people we’re looking at technology telecommunications We’re looking at areas that are growing” said Patricia A Means publisher of Turning summit Point magazine sponsor of the three-da- y Blacks also are finding it necessary to become more sophisticated about marketing venture capital and partnering The 400 or so people who attended the conference sat through sessions telling them how to spot emerging markets and how to influence the political process firms in the United States The number of black-owne- d grew 46 percent to 620912 between 1987 and 1992 nearly double the rate for all businesses Small marginally profitable service businesses such as retail stores beauty shops and employment agencies firms But Means d accounted for 53 percent of and others believe that number is dropping in part because banks and big corporations have realized they can profit by doing business in black communities That has opened doors for black entrepreneurs as suppliers consultants and white-owne- d businesses partners to larger departments and synergy generated by employees working together to care for patients Activities range from a country barbecue and daily treats to contests in creativity and teamwork NATIONAL Disney Nintendo enter games pact BURBANK Calif - Walt Disney Co’s Disney Interactive Inc unit has agreed to allow Nintendo Co to publish video games with Disney characters Disney said Thursday Disney said games with the black-owne- animated characters will be made for Nintendo's N64 and Game Boy platforms Annual reports available for free Partners American Express Morris corner Utah travel As part of the sale announced Wednesday American Express Travel will rent space from Morris Travel and agree not to book leisure travel Morris Travel in turn will not book business trav- Tb&Assooaed Press SALT LAKE CITY - American Express Co’s decision to purchase Moms Travel's corporate division gives the country’s largest travel agency dominance in Utah's business travel market But Morris will remain the state’s biggest travel agency with more than $220 million in bookings last year el Morris Travel officials had announced that their corporate accounts with more than $100 million in annual sales and 150 employees will become part of American Express One a new division formed to serve small and d companies The terms of the deal which goes into effect June 7 were not disclosed In a related transaction six Morris executives are buying the travel agency’s leisure industry from its Las Vegas-base- d parent mid-size- company Yamagata Enterprises The move will make Moms the travel agency largest leisure-onl- y in the West “This is a strategic move for Moms Travel” Mark Slack the company’s president and chief executive officer said tn a release He added that changes tn the business meant the new owners weren’t sure corporate travel would be possible “As airlines and other vendors continually reshape the travel industry Morris Travel is poised to continue us growth in the leisure sector” Slack said Moms Travel is the travel agency in the country with about 450 employees and offices throughout Utah Idaho Montana and Nevada 25th-larg-e- st 328-505- a-t- n pensation 288-81- 05 or k Wednesday Ogden: Seminar tilled to 11:45 “Incident Investigation” am Presented by the Workers Compen- sation Fund of Utah 10:15 Information or Wednesday Salt Lake City: Seminar “Internet Basics” 4:30 to 6 pm Lake Area Chamber of Commerce 600 Cost free to chamber 7 $10 for nonmembers Lake City: Annual Wednesday Salt Utah the Chapter of of meeting 1 Underwrit-Casualty Chartered Property Infor-( HoteL ers University Park Marriott 0 mation: 288-81- 05 Ik 328-504- 553-981- Thursday Layton: Seminar titled "Managing Customer Service Quality” noon to 2 pm Weber State University Davis Center Room 135 Part of Coleman Seminar Series Cost: $10 Informa-tionregistratio- 626-705- n: 1 May 14 Iaiylon: North Davis Cham- SHO-Bi- z (Small and Home Office Business) meeting 730 am Home Town Buffet Cost: $5 Informa3 tion RSVP: Centennial Bank Clinton: 15 May branch grand opening 1 1 am to 3 p m 1727 W 1800 North Ribboncutting at noon Includes prize giveaways refreshments and children’s entertainment Infor4 mation: May 15 Ogden: Business start-u- p seminar 10 am Weber State University’s Wattis Business Building Room 218 Sponsored by WSU’s Small Business Development Center Cost: Free Informa1 tion: k May 15 Brigham City: “Start Smart” seminar 10 am to business start-u- p noon Box Lldcr Economic Development Corp Conference Room 102 W forest St Sponsored by the Box Lldcr County Economic DeveiopmcntTourism Office ber of Commerce 546-129- 773-941- 626-705- and the Brigham City Chamber of Commerce Topics include the entrepreneurial career business planning legal and regulatory requirements choosing a form of organization financing and sources of business assistance Presented by Bruce Davis director of Small Business Development Center at Weber State University Cost: f ree RSVP deadline: May 14 734-263- 4 k May 15 Ogden: Seminar titled "Mannoon to aging Customer Service Quality 2 pm W eber State University Davis Center Room 135 Part of Coleman Seminar Series Cost: $10 Informationregistra-tion- : 626-70- k May 18 Kaysrille: North Davis Chamber of Commerce Women in Business luncheon 11:30 am Davis Applied Technology Center Inclddes announcement of this year’s Athena Award winner Nominees this year are Irene Lebedies Sheri Easley Ktmm Barney Nichotle Roberson and Brenda Jorgenson Infor-mation- P: 546-129- 3 City: Seminar tik May 19 Salt tled "Utah Collection Law and StrateSalt Lake Airgics" 9 am to 4 30 p m Presented by Heritage Hilton port 00-397-0 1 3600 companies can be obtained by phone by calling 1 by fax by or on calling the Internet at www prars com Orders typically are processed within 24 hours 974-222- 9 POfA’UlO 2 4i ffywi 80 14 May 19 Lehi: Annual World Trade Banquet 630 pm social hour 7 pm dinner Thanksgiving Point Presented by the World Trade Association of Utah Cost: $40 per person $75 per couple RSVP deadline: May 14 InformationRSVP: Mark Carter at 994-- 5 27 k May 20 Salt Lake City: Seminar titled “Utah Collection Law and Strategies for Lenders and Creditors” 9 am to 430 pm Salt Lake Airport Hilton Presented bv Heritage Professional Education Cost: k pty'cv w ht 2 7A 3 J 0- a0nowAM o ‘yw' i - CAkaA-w- Informa-lionregistratio- n: 8 7 Ogden: 1999 Utah EcoMay nomic Lkevelopmcnt Conference with the theme “Log On to the World” Ogden Lcclcs Conference Center Information: 0 www deed state ut us or k 25-2- 538-882- 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preregistered members $20 for nonmembers $25 for Reservapeople without a reservation 0 tions: (press 3 then 7) k Wednesday Ogden: Seminar titled to “Controlling Workplace Injuries" 8:30 Presented by the Workers Com10 Information 1 und of Utah May 15 with special activities Brigham City Community Hospital has several events planned throughout the week for employees and volunteers including special cake in the cafeteria Monday a luncheon in the garden room Tuesday golf putting and basketball contests and prize giveaways Wednesday free pizza delivery for evening-shif- t employees and an afternoon ice cream social Friday Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton is hosting its annual Hospital Week barbecue for employees and medical staff Wednesday The grills will be manned by the hospital’s chief executive officer chief financial officer and chief nursing officer Lakeview Hospital will join forces with Davis County Emergency Medical Services for two health fairs The first is from 3 to 8 pm Tuesday at Shopko in Bountiful The other is from 3 to 8 pm Thursday in Centerville Cholesterol screenings will be offered from 5 to 7 pm for $3 at each fair Columbia Ogden Regional Medical Center has planned activities by giving different hospital groups the opportunity to plan events for a particular day It is designed to recognize the interdependence of W''A X i4! 5 3 M 4 4 1 ri - Standard 4’ 5 M Exsrmnef staff |
