IN BRIEF.VALLEY INDEX JUMPS: The Daily News/Bloomberg Index rose 4.23 to 113.90, led by On Assignment Inc. of Calabasas and Camarillo's Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. On Assignment rose $5.50 to $32. Vitesse rose $4 to $28.4375. - Bloomberg News NEW PLANT: Natren Inc., a maker of bacteria-based nutritional supplements Nutritional Supplements Definition Nutritional supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbs, meal supplements, sports nutrition products, natural food supplements, and other related products used to boost the nutritional content of the diet. , said it has added an 8,600-square-foot encapsulation (1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming. (2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. and packaging facility at its Westlake Village headquarters, bringing the facility to 11,000 square feet. The 20-employee company, which expects 1998 revenues of approximately $5 million, also said it is seeking ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9000 certification. - Daily News FHS FHS - Filesystem Hierarchy Standard SHARES SOAR: Foundation Health Systems Inc. surged 49 percent this week as Superior National Insurance Group Inc. said it expects to complete its $285 million purchase of Foundation's money-losing workers compensation unit on Dec. 10. Woodland Hills-based Foundation, one of California's largest health insurers, rose $2.5625 to $10.50 on Friday. Shares of Calabasas-based Superior National rose $1.50 to $16.75. - Bloomberg News NEW SHOPS OK'D: The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. signed off on the
$60 million Westside retail and entertainment project called Promenade,
part of a plan that has been stalled for more than 10 years. J.H. Snyder
Co. has proposed building a mall with an 18-screen, 4,500-seat cinema
complex, including an Imax theater, and several large stores, including
Nordstrom and Borders Books & Music, near Centinela Avenue Centinela Avenue is an important street in Los Angeles. It generally runs north/south, but also east/west, and is the prime thoroughfare for West Los Angeles, Mar Vista, and Culver City. and
Sepulveda Boulevard just south of Culver City. A decade ago, the owner
of the Howard Hughes property, as it is known, was given permission to
build 26-story office towers, but neighborhood complaints squashed the
plan.
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