Inland Empire Business Journal back issues from January 2005:
Citrus College Center Helps Local Businesses Go International
Jan 01, 2005; ... General Motors, McDonald's and Microsoft ... some people think international business is reserved for the big shots. Not true. Dozenseven thousands-of small businesses have found they can sometimes be a bigger fish in an overseas pond than they can be here at home. They just need some help to ...
Upland Water Company Faces Criticism
Jan 01, 2005; ... A dramatic rate increase of water fees from San Antonio Water Co. which occurred in spring of 2003 has still left a trail of concern among residents and local activists in the San Antonio Heights area. Ken McNeil, a former board member and current shareholder of San Antonio Water Co., ...
HMO Profits Boost in First Quarter of 2004
Jan 01, 2005; ... Efforts to substantially decrease the surging costs of medicine and health services in the U.S. have not stalled Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) from witnessing a sharp increase in profitability. The majority of the nation's HMOs reported a $3 billion profit for the first three ...
Victory Capital Holdings Corp. Signs Telecommunications Agreement With Tel 3
Jan 01, 2005; ... Victory Capital Holdings Corporation (OTCBB:VTYC) announced that it has executed a Telecommunications Agreement with Florida Based Tel3. Under the terms of the agreement, Tel3 will provide Domestic, Private Label, VoIP Calling Card services starting at 3.9 cents per minute-, accompanying ...
Tech Organization Makes a Digital Contribution to Local Schools
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Technology Training Foundation of America (TTFA) and Time Warner Cable teamed up to place 220 high-end computers in 11 area schools last month at Cathedral City Elementary School. "Over the past two years we have been making plans towards the creation of a computer lab. The vast ...
S3I Holding Inc.'s Changes Name and Operations
Jan 01, 2005; ... S31 Holding's Inc. has recently changed its name to S3 Investment Company as the company continues to make transitions towards improvement. The Temecula-based S3 Investment is a closed-end investment company primarily focused on providing equity and mezzanine debt to small- and mid-sized ...
Gourmet Chef Cooking Up Storm in Desert
Jan 01, 2005; ... Jovanna Cruz has quite an appetite for life-and has since the age of seven, she says. "Since I was seven, I loved food. I was always in the kitchen," she said. Cruz is the owner of Jovanna's Bistro Grill in Palm Desert, formerly known as 'A Touch of Mama's.' Since 1981, Cruz has been ...
Children's Fund President Finds Fulfillment in Charity Work
Jan 01, 2005; ... Rebecca Stafford walked a fairly typical path along her career by becoming a medical professional. For more than 20 years she dedicated her expertise as an X-ray technician to others before finding herself in a different arena, providing a different kind of help. "While I was working in ...
Global ePoint Mobile Video Systems Give Police Next-Generation Surveillance and Communication Capabilities
Jan 01, 2005; ... Global ePoint, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEPT), an innovator in homeland and aviation security, law enforcement and advanced digital surveillance and security solutions, has announced that its mobile video-based surveillance and communication systems have performed well in several early test implementations ...
Winter Park Resort, a Hidden Treasure
Jan 01, 2005; ... What's your favorite ski resort in Colorado? Is it Vail, Aspen or Steamboat? What about Winter Park? Winter what? What surprises me about Winter Park Resort is that few people here in California consider it when choosing a ski resort destination. A favorite among Coloradans, Winter Park claims ...
Wine Vineyard Becomes Family Affair
Jan 01, 2005; ... Bill Wilson considers himself a fairly honest man equipped with the usual set of morals and values most people embrace. So, when - and if - asked how much he liked his previous profession, he doesn't hesitate to elaborate on his disdain for it. "I absolutely hated my job and I wasn't ...