BUSINESS BRIEFS : 2 Support Centers Expand at New Sites
The Small Business Development Center and Center for International Trade Development in Pomona have changed addresses and now offer expanded services.
The centers offer free support services and training to any ongoing or potential businesses and entrepreneurs. Services include counseling, workshops and business start-up orientation.
In addition, the centers have added computers equipped with CD-ROMS and laser printers, and a library with information on marketing, accounting, management, international business, resource lists, grant sources and supplier lists.
Jointly sponsored by local colleges and state and federal agencies, the centers have moved to 375 S. Main St., Suite 101, Pomona, and are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. *
A bookstore billed as “probably the largest Chinese bookstore on the West Coast” has opened in Monterey Park.
SUP Bookstore, owned by Sino United Publishing, will stock 45,000 titles in Chinese and English. The aim of the 6,000-square-foot store, at 111 N. Atlantic Blvd., is to promote Chinese culture and facilitate cultural exchange.
Offerings include subjects ranging from Chinese literature to children’s books, cookbooks and economic texts. Patrons will also be able to buy periodicals from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. California-based Chinese newspapers are also available.
Additionally, the bookstore will stock language tapes and videos, Chinese and Western stationery, Chinese stamps, greeting cards and electronic dictionaries.
One corner of the store will be developed for cultural activities such as art exhibits. SUP Bookstore also plans to start a mail-order service.
Stock Watch
Among 24 of the largest San Gabriel Valley-based companies traded on the New York and American stock exchanges and NASDAQ, five gained, 13 lost, and six remained unchanged Tuesday, compared with the same day last week. Here is how six fared over the past week.
Tue. Point Company Price Change GAINERS Avery Dennison Corp. 35.12 +1 3/4 California State Bank 11.06 +5/16 Optical Radiation Corp. 23.37 +5/16 LOSERS Tetra Tech Inc. 18.50 -3 1/4 Wesco Financial Corp. 118.00 -2 CenFed Financial Corp. 20.50 -3/4
Source: Joe Lamas of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Pasadena
