Recently added articles from Alaska Business Monthly:
Christmas with the first family.(Season's Greetings)(Cover story)
Dec 01, 2007; Grenn, Ben ... Some of the Palin family's closest friends are dropping in to visit them over the Christmas holiday season. How about several hundred of their "closest" friends. It's all a part of the plans for holiday season festivities for Alaska's first family. Hundreds of ...
Reflections at the top: Gov. Palin rewinds her first year as Alaska's chief executive.(Sarah Palin)
Dec 01, 2007; Grenn, Ben ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's not on her resume yet, but "juggling" may soon be added to the list of job skills and accomplishments that Gov. Sarah Palin has performed during her first year as Alaska's top executive. She was handed the task of running the state's ...
ABM available year-round on Alaska Railroad trains.(TRANSPORTATION)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... Alaska Business Monthly will continue providing complimentary copies to the Alaska Railroad Corp. in its depots and on its trains. These copies reach the business traveler and tourists from around the ...
Western tourism leaders converge in Anchorage.(TOURISM)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... About 200 delegates from visitors bureaus in western states and Canada met in Anchorage in October for the 2007 Western Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. The event was held at the Hotel Captain Cook. Organizers estimated the economic impact of the event at nearly $195,000. The ...
Testing company hits milestone.(MILESTONES)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... A Kakivik Asset Management LLC team successfully performed 1 million hours of nondestructive examination and inspection services for ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. without a lost-time incident. The group worked at ...
Power Association presents awards.(HONORS)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... The Alaska Power Association honored several instate utilities for excellent safety records for 2006. The association, formerly known as the Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative Association, is the 56-year old statewide trade association for urban and rural electric utilities. Six utilities ...
SBDC conducts business performance workshop.(SMALL BUSINESS)(Alaska Small Business Development Center)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Alaska Small Business Development Center's Alaska Performance Excellence program will conduct a free, self-assessment workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 11 at the BP Energy Center. The Alaska Performance Excellence program aims to provide specific ...
Photography company inks Asian deal.(PARTNERSHIPS)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... Alaska Stock Images signed distribution partnerships with two stock photo agencies, Top Photo Corp. based in China and Topic Photo Agency of Korea ....
Airline tests onboard wireless Internet service.(COMMUNICATIONS)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... Alaska Airlines will begin testing an inflight wireless Internet service in spring 2008. The Seattle-based airline would employ Row 44's satellite-based broadband service. Successful tests would lead Alaska Airlines to equip its 114-aircraft fleet with necessary equipment. Passengers with ...
UAA Project Management program earns accreditation.(EDUCATION)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... The University of Alaska Anchorage's Master of Science in Project Management program received accreditation from the Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center. The program, started in 2004, is part of UAA's School of Engineering. The institute is a ...
Rich prospects; difficult circumstances: Alaska's offshore developments are full of promise.
Dec 01, 2007; Liles, Patricia ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alaska's oil production future, while typically described as rapidly declining by many in industry, could receive a substantial kick in the pants from planned and potential offshore developments in the Arctic. Ranging from a substantial, ...
Web-based tools aid businesses: automated treasury solution simplifies cash management.
Dec 01, 2007; Everhart, Joseph C. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Corporate treasury professionals are being charged with ever-growing strategic responsibilities in an increasingly international business environment. That's especially true for treasurers in Alaska, where exports grew more than 12 percent and topped $4 ...
Top business stories of 2007: from politics to health care, from worker shortages to real estate, it was a year full of news.
Dec 01, 2007; Barbour, Tracy ... Alaskans encountered a wide range of experiences throughout 2007, including bad news in the political and business arena, exploration of the world's largest concentration of copper and gold, a shortage of skilled labor, the cooling of the real estate market, a mixed construction industry ...
Talkeetna's Winterfest brightens December weekends: Bachelor Auction and Wilderness Woman Contest top event list.(Alaska This Month)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The darkest days of winter this December face a fierce enemy--Talkeetna residents united in joyful community celebrations and holiday lights brightening town buildings. The Talkeetna Chamber of Commerce coordinates a calendar of events for the ...
December events calendar.(Calendar)
Dec 01, 2007 ... ANCHORAGE 1 David Finckel, Cello; and Wu Han, Piano David Finckel and Wu Han rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Their performances have garnered superlative praise from both press and public. Located at the Alaska ...
Associated General Contractors honors top projects: name safety and Hard Hat Award winners announced.(AGC 2007 CONSTRUCTION AWARDS)(Mike Miller)(Roger Hickel)(Andy Milner Company)
Dec 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The state's largest construction organization, the Associated General Contractors of Alaska (AGC), recognized its top projects, safety programs and individuals during the association's annual conference in Anchorage Nov. 14 to Nov. 17. Mike ...
Cook Inlet Region Inc.(Right Moves)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sophie Minich was appointed chief operating officer for Cook Inlet Region Inc. She previously served as CIRI's senior vice ...
National Consumer Cooperative Bank.(Right Moves)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... Anthony Alvarado was hired as vice president and business development officer in the National Consumer Cooperative Bank's Anchorage office. He previously served as a senior vice president at KeyBank in ...
Tryck Nyman Hayes Inc.(Right Moves)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shaun McFarlane was appointed a shareholder at Tryck Nyman Hayes Inc. He is the waterfront ...
Alaska Supply Chain Integrators.(Right Moves)(Heath Hilyard )(Michael Karchere )(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2007; Pounds, Nancy ... Heath Hilyard has joined Alaska Supply Chain Integrators as business development coordinator. He previously served as committee aide to the Alaska House of Representatives Resources Committee. The company promoted Michael Karchere to maintenance, repair and operations buyer. He is a 2006 ...