ATLANTA-Eight banks are giving the locally based developer $125 million more to draw on and extending the repayment term to 2004.

SAN DIEGO- Funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the program will encourage the elimination of blight in the Downtown area and the addition of character to new and existing buildings

HOUSTON-Encompass Service Corp. grasps for a repositioning that sounds a death knell for its Global Technologies Group. The general contractor and construction management service catered to telecom hotels, call centers and other high-tech venues.

SPOKANE, WA-The hotels are located in Idaho (Twin Falls and Post Falls), Montana (Helena and Kalispell) and Hillsboro, Oregon. In afternoon trading Wednesday, shares of the publicly-traded company stood at $6.00 despite an 8.17 price-to-earnings multiple.