Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, March 10, 1997
Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, March 10, 1997
Hawaii-born Sydney Rivera will represent the state's tourism interests in the nation's capital. HVCB hires salesman
for Washington D.C.Rivera has been appointed a regional director of accounts for the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau's national meetings, conventions and incentives office in Washington.
A graduate of Chaminade University, Rivera comes to the HVCB from International Travel Service Inc., where he was the company's Washington-based regional director of sales since 1991. Earlier in his career, Rivera marketed Hawaii as a convention and vacation destination for Hilton Tours Inc.
FORT WORTH, Texas -- American Airlines made a direct appeal to its pilots for the first time in 21/2 years of contract talks, accusing leaders of the pilots' union of reneging on a deal. American Air leader
appeals to pilotsIn a 15-minute videotape mailed to pilots' homes, American president Donald Carty referred to a tentative contract pact reached on Labor Day that he expected Allied Pilots Association leaders to endorse.
"I like to think a deal's a deal," he said, but "several members of the (union's) board, and two of three APA national officers, campaigned against the deal."
The pilots rejected the deal in January. The union called Carty's accusations "a lot of nonproductive finger-pointing."
Negotiators for the airline and union said following Washington meetings last week with a presidential panel that they were willing to participate in mediated talks this month.
President Clinton created the Presidential Emergency Board in the early-morning hours of Feb. 15 to halt a strike by American's 9,000 cockpit crew members declared minutes before.
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission voted today to seek a court order blocking Staples Inc.'s proposed purchase of bigger rival Office Depot Inc., deciding the merger would harm competition in the growing market for office supplies. Feds oppose merger
of Staples, Office DepotIn a closed-door meeting this morning, the FTC's five commissioners voted 4-1 to stop the transaction from proceeding, saying it violates federal antitrust laws. The agency likely will file the suit before Thursday, when the latest antitrust review period is set to expire.
Both companies said they would oppose the FTC's decision in court.
