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Tomorrow: The downtown blues Cincinnati retailers are up against powerful trends that are making business tough. Inside Business Good news, parents: Procter Gamble won't push ahead on diaper price increase, B8 BUSINESS BRIEFING B1 6 Saturday, January 20, 1996 The Cincinnati Enquirer Dow Jones averages Open H0i dose Chg LOCAL STOCKS YESTERDAY TRISTATE BUSINESS SUMMARY -52-week 1667.08 169801 1660.93 1686.51 15.80 227.85 230.78 227.57 229.46 0.63 1882.23 1915.21 1875.97 1897.88 15.17 5110.26 5214 66 5087.49 5184.68 60.33 1 ft YESTERDAY'S frt 5300 5200 5100 5000 4900 4800 4700 4600 A 1ESIEROAY-S CLOSE 5184.68 imiimmi hi JANUARY NOVEMBER DECEMBER OCT. TOP OF THE NEWS Joblessness holds steady barely The unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent in December, but the economy struggled to gain 151,000 jobs. December's monthly job gains fall below 1994's monthly average of 294,000 and would have been even lower if 30,000 Boeing workers weren't back on the job. Story, B8 LOCAL BRIEFING INDEX NASDAQ 100 INDEX YESTERDAY'S CLOSE 611.83 3.59 13-week high 621.71 13-week low 534.42 13-week high 13-week low 576.72 YESTERDAYS CLOSE 564.64 630 620 10.32 dm.

610 MKfTl ml 600 590 580 570 560 550 540 530 A 600 590 580 MM JAN. DEC. DEC. JAN. MMD's Lyons to retire Fred W.

Lyons former 30-YEAR T-BOND YIELD ENQUIRER BLOOMBERG INDEX organizations pay $25, and non-members pay $75. To order by mail, call 579-3136. Envision 1 expands Envision 1 a Reading-based secret-shopper company, has expanded its league of mystery agents by purchasing Who's the Boss? (The Customer of Course!) of Cincinnati. A secret-shopper service sends workers who pose as customers to various companies to evaluate customer service and sales techniques. Kathryn Onassis, who founded Who's the Boss is now vice president of Envision, which is owned by Robert and Ira Diner-man.

Dawahares to close After three years of colorless sales, Dawahares is closing the curtains on its first Ohio store, at Forest Fair Mall. The tentative closing date is Jan. 28. Director of Stores Harding Dawahare, whose grandfather opened the apparel chain in 1907, said a poor draw at the mall fueled the decision to shut down. Revco closing store Revco D.S.

Inc. will close its North College Hill drugstore on Hamilton Avenue today because it isn't profitable. Prescription records have been transferred to Revco's Mount Healthy store at 8200 Hamilton Ave. Partners goes on Web Partners Marketing Communications of Cincinnati has established a site on the World Wide Web at http:www.partnersmc Set up to look like a tabloid newspaper, the site contains information on the company's projects and personnel and contains links to business sites. High Low Div Yield PE Vol.

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JAN. Sources: Bloomberg Business News and The Associated Press MARKET SPOTLIGHT 1 from the drug company, which became part of the German conglomerate Hoechst AG last year. Hoechst Marion Roussel operates a major center in Reading. Up to 350 research jobs in Reading will be phased out or moved to New Jersey as part of the consolidation. Chamber directory out The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce's annual directory of local business is off the presses and on sale.

The 1996 Greater Cincinnati Business Connections Directory both the book and diskette lists more than 6,000 area businesses and organizations, cross-referenced by Standard Industrial Classification code. Directories are for sale at the chamber, 300 Carew Tower, 411 Vine SL Members can buy a directory for $15, non-profit Provident Bancorp Inc. on the half-hour 47.00 46.75 Provident up 250 on light trading Stock in Provident Bancorp gained 25 cents a share Friday, closing at $46.75 on light volume. The uptick came the same day that McDonald Co. analyst Fred Cum-mings raised his rating on the Cincinnati-based bank holding company to "hold" from "underweight" The upgrade came a day after Provident announced record 1995 earnings.

Even so, Cum-mings' six- to nine-month price target remains flat at $48 a share. Provident earned $71.9 million in 1995, a gain of 24.6 percent Robust growth in commercial and consumer loans helped it notch the record. 46.50 mi I 46.2$ 1 I i I 1 I 1 I I I I I 46.04 9:30 FRIDAY 4:00 NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION For information about The Enquirer and The Post's Newspaper in Education program call our NIE coordinator at 768-8130 THE MIDWESTS LARGEST LIVING Sofa Exm-cir 'i'rj'''" I00 of the bolstered item, Storewide Savings At Both Stores! JA 6 Months Free Financing! Free Local Delivery! Register To Win A TjrfT; -k show are i stock next day 'v WlM 35 days or IEr tvey purchase is youl uy- y. -uierence Guar.n rr "iiLl I I Tr 9Wf has best price If It aslgalp Mall ,4 Sofa--l T. Express Wal-Mart SI Bl fr.ll'-A4rfUil- EAST 4394 Eastgate Square Drive (Between Sam's and Wal-Mart) 943-8480 NORTHEAST: 9093 Union Cemetery Rd.

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