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Show B6 TheSalt Lake Tribune BUSINESS Wednesday, January 31, 1996 NASDAQ wae ig oa bere ae ca Pe nln Gai ee risk A MEX ee a Last Chy Name Nam cs I " Cone i A Em ¢ Fen Br 2 + batat C ' | ke TRADEWINDS Bill Proponents Tell Committee e Compiled by Steven Oberbeck Frank E, Berrett has been e Cab Sales Taxes Hurt Elderly = named president andchief execu tive officer of FASTrac Business Centers Inc., Salt Lake City. Ber By Tony Semer: rett formerly was president of Shakertown Corp., a small con- THE SALT LAKE Callanan Plotz TRIBUNE glomerate with more than 20 Having to paysales taxes on taxicab rides has hit Utah's elderly disabled and low-incomeresidents FASTrac is an alliance of compa- Tuesday companies in North nies that America hard, witnesses told a sympathetic provides marketing, management andother services to businesses MATRIXX Marketing Inc. has promoted Channing Wankier to account manager and hired Indra Plotz as automatic call distribution information manager. Both will work in the Salt Lake City based customer-services division. The University of Utah Business Alumni Association has named six new members to its boardof directors. All will serve three-year terms, They are Thom- as Callanan, vice president for sales and marketing at Workers Compensation Fund of Utah: J. Phillip Cook, president of Cook Taylor & Associates: Constantina nardakis, human-resources manager for GE Capital: Tim Weiler, treasurer, Steiner Corp Ronald Weiss, senior vice president of ARUP Ine. and associate professor of pathology at the Wankier Berrett sales-tax exemption ontaxis. Many hopedthestep would help thestate capture revenues fromtourists shuttling to andfromthe § alt La e Cityairport LakeCity, has hired Christopher Lieety as an art director. He has Instead, members of the Senate Taxation and Revenue Committee weretold the changehas hurt thos eight years of experienceas a de- signer, Before joining ScopesGareia-Carlisle, he worked at Crowell andAssociates, Salt Lake least able to affordit ‘This takes a big hunk on what I haveto live on, said Salt Lake resident Joyce Wilson, who uses a wh Ichair andlives on a fixed income. “I can’t hack it. It's too much andit’s unfair.” City Quality Health Care Ine., ray, KPMG Peat Marwick Scopes-Garcia-Carlisle Sen. Charles Stewart, R-Provo, is sponsoring Sen- ate Bill 50 to reinstate the loophole, originallywritten becauseof thedifficulty of collect ting sales taxes on cab fares Stewart called the tax revenues of between 000that statean id local govern380,000 and $ ments wouldlosefrom the change “insignificant — especiallyin a year lawmakers are considering up to $100 million in tax cuts Nobody spoke against SB50 Tuesday. The Senate Mur- has promoted Sherry Feichko to director of professional services at its Castle Country Home Health agency in Pric Previously, Feichko was supervisor of nurses at the Price facility Attorney H. Wayne Wadsworth tising and Public Relations, Salt fore the Idaho Falls inspection The 10th Circuit opinion, writ- ten by senior Judge H. Dale Cook attributes Inter state ownership to Lynn, Robert and John Clayburn — the family’s third venturein the construction industry. An earlier operation Clayburn Inc., went bankrupt and dissolved in 1984 after a worker's fatal fall and subsequent OSHA ByKathleen part of an ongoing consolidation one that offers the industry's many mom-and-pop bakeries Liecty fall-protection violations.” cou said, the including an early- 1991 employee mishap In November 1991, another CCC&Temployee fell — and died — while working on the construc tion of a Shopko store in Boise CCC&T admitted OSHA viola tions and was assessed a $24,000 penalty. according to the court CCC&Ttransferredits assets to Interstate in 1993.” the 10th Circuit noted Interstate’s lawyers insist the Interstate entity has an excellent industrial-safety record. includ ing commendations fromstate of Utah inspectors But the 10th Circuit did not makesuch a distinction for Inter- state’s management. “The fact that such citations and repri case,” the court stated. “since manager and officers of Inter state were onnotice of OSH terpretation of the standards issue Though the court’s 17-page opinion devotes considerable dis. 1992 to pay for school also are used by low-incomeresidents Attempts to reinstate those tax loopholes have failed in past sessions. lenge. industry observers N s, the popular San Lean- dro-based chainof privately held sis on another case. And the 10th Circuit firmly re jected Interstate’s argument that cooning” along construction remainan autonomous subsidiary No consolidation is planned Last March, for instance, Manhattan Bagel. a New Jersey firm beams is an adequate substitute for some safety measures and meets OSHA standards. Cooning occurs when workers, trying to under its own name at threeloca tions in the city Theresa Howard, marketing editorof the weekly Nation’s Res. taurant News, said the bagel industry is one of the hottest segments inthe industry. “It’s really PC SALES: Compaq Leads In U.S., World sit with the beam between their legs then pull themselves takenoff in the last two years. shesaid Howard said the market is con- said quest, which is basedin San Jose Calif The company has forecast worldwide PC les to grow 19.5 percent in 1996 and U.S. sales to grow 13.5 percent Dataquest believes the slow down in sales growth is naturally tied to where PCs are inthe three: ear lifecycle of the key chip that runs them. Intel's Pentium microprocessor, now the standard on PCs, is past its peak growth. The successor chip, called Pentium Pro, will start to become popular late this year and be the standard The Dataquest report solidified a view that PC sales in the fourth quarter were brisk but not as strong expected. Apple and Packard Bell lost market share in the United States during the quarter to Compaq. Packard and Acer, Hewlett- it said Another market researchfirm. International Data Corp. of Fra mingham, Mass. in December forecast the same outcome in U.S POusaeE Bell, Apple, Compaq, Packard IBM and Gateway But the company on Monday not ed that growth for Packard Bel and Apple was sharply the rest of the industr h though it remains splintered. with a considerable numb: r off mom-and-pop bagel component in late 1997 1 storesstill in operation across the country Howard said the fact that Boston Chicken will allow Noah’s to retain its identity is a tribute to the success of the company, which runs 37 kosher bakeries in Cali fornia and Seattle Glenn Bacheller, recently ap- pointed chief executive officer of oah’s, said the company andits new parent are confident that its bagels and stores wil! thrive in newlocations. We all feel that our concept is transferable to other areas,” cheller said Ba Howard said the industry con solidation may prove a boon to in 4 will use the Einstein Bros. name The fate of Noah’s President Bill Hughson hasn't been deter- Bros. Bagels Inc. last March, Un- flying public company, Boston Chicken Inc., for a premium price bought Holey Bagel of San Francisco. Holey Bagelstill operates tion, which, likethesister shops in Utah, Arizona and points east City and Fort Lauderdale and combined them to form Einstein it is being gobbled up by a high- ing aggressively into the business. Chicken’s national bagel opera- Boston Chicken bought regional chains in Salt Lake City, Kansas bagel shops, announced Tuesday solidating. analyst at Data Founder Noah Alper will become vice chairman of Boston like their business just the wayit is mined, Bacheller said The deal, expected to close within two weeks, represents a sudden bonanza for Alper, venturecapitalists at Rosewood Capi for now. rection of coffeehouses. with large chains like Starbucks mov- has “misconstrued” parts of that ruling, and put too much empha: the U.S. vs. the rest of the world this year as well andprobably ina Kimball Brown, the Bay Area. Noahs hadsales of about $35 million in 1995. business to be acquired,’ she said Thenagain, some bagel makers The court states that Interstate that helped moldlater decisions the 37 shops now open, mostlyin make themselvesinto a potential like those companies, Noah's will Thebuyout is part of a national California and the Northwest, to “They still have the cheller, the recently appointed along the beamontheir rearends. more pronounced way.” for buyers. opportunity to be innovative and 1978 ruling in a Colorado case beg the United States, where the per 1 computer born, is « r than other countries to satura n PC demand. When that PI PC companies wil me nT ement ax increase in In recent years, the Legislature has endedsalestax exemptions on coin-operated laundromats a id car washes — in spite of arguments those services andthejob security of Noah's 700 make their way across a high @ Continued from B-4 property buildings shakeout in whichthebagel business seems to be moving in the di- mands were made upon compa- Then Proposals to lift the taxicab sales-tax loophole opens theprospect ofrepealing similar taxes, passed at the behest of Gov MikeLeavitt to avoid a massive of $100 million cussion to OSHA managers’ past record, it also stands behind its Interstate previously had a‘stel lar’ record is immaterial in this the court noted. town by cab. Meanwhile, an estimated 60% to 70% of cab business comes rom the elderly and the infirm, Burnham said — a pattern that grows more pronouncedin winter months. dependent bagel shops looking Sullivan in the booming bagel industry, eral sales manager and Mark Rodman as local sales manager nies other thanInterstate and that ges, only 24% of city airport arrivals are brought into and Louis Trager SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER SAN FRANCISCO — Thesale of Noah's NewYork Bagels Inc. is the Clayburns organized under the name CCC&T. “which was similarly cited several times for ¢ “In an era when we'retrying to reform welfare and promoteself-sufficiency, this tax wor against the population of the state in two ways. Stewart said Keith Burnham, a cab driver for 45 y s, Said professional liability litigation 2 @ Continued from B-4 Lake's 300cab drivers. He described driving ta a common entry-level job for low-income residents. Bagel Bakeries Being Bought by Dozen ofaviation, product liability and both an opportunity and a chal- Safety Infractions Cost Building Firm committee passed the measure unanimouslyandit now headsto the Senatefloor. Stewartsaid that in additionto beingregress ve on the poor, the tax eats into wages andtips for Salt has joined the Salt Lake Citybased law firm Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough. Heconcentrates his practice in defense KUTVTelevision in Salt Lake City has appointed TomLovegenAdver- Senate panel Threeyears ago, in order to raise money for Utah schools, state legislators eliminated a long-standing and RonJ. Wilde, tax manager at ahoma. Last Ch employees is, if anything, enhanced by the deal, Glenn Ba tal LP, 20 percent stakeholder Starbucks Coffee Co., and other stockholders in Noah’s, whichbe- chief executive officer of Noah's said Bacheller will oversee Noah's ganin Berkeleyin 1989. continued rapid expansion and report to Boston Chicken CEO Scott Beck at the buyer's head- EE THE LATEST plans to add 50locations this year tener SQUIRE alone, concentrating on Southern 455 E So Temple 363-8811 quarters in Golden, Colo. Noah's MONEY MARKET 2B 1 Su pauehty a new way of saving at Washington Federal Sayings. Choose between a statement or a passbook | account for your permanent transaction record. 4.50. $1,000 Minimum to Open & Obtain Yield for ne ful yea Fees may reduce earnings Antival Pe wy) Was..ington Federal Sayings |
