Business
John J.
Feb. 10, 1988
Books
Corporations: $811-million deal would close National Education’s Irvine headquarters but keep most remaining operations intact.
May 14, 1997
High technology: Growing investments in Silicon Valley start-up companies follow trend by U.S. corporations.
May 27, 1997
National Education Corp., the troubled Irvine-based vocational education company, said Thursday that it expects to report a third-quarter loss of about $6 million and that it is having difficulty obtaining necessary financing.
Oct. 6, 1989
Technology and the Internet
When Sumitomo Bank chose recently to upgrade its massive computer system, the decision to replace American-made NCR Corp. equipment with large mainframes from NEC Corp. seemed illogical.
June 21, 1993
National Education Corp. stock plunged more than 30% in heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday in the wake of the company’s announcement that it expects a loss for the third quarter and is having difficulty obtaining financing.
Oct. 7, 1989
The former president of a National Education Corp. subsidiary, Applied Learning International, has proposed purchasing the troubled division, saying that current management is too inexperienced to solve its problems.
Feb. 27, 1990
Computers: Firm has been plagued by red ink from its Sacramento-based Packard Bell unit. Number of U.S. job cuts is not disclosed.
Feb. 20, 1999
NEC to eliminate 20,000 workers
Jan. 31, 2009