San Diego Business Journal back issues from October 2000:
DoD Plan That Threatened Shipyards Dies.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Building Ships in Foreign Nations Threatened Nassco A Pentagon proposal that would have torpedoed a major portion of a local shipyard's business died a quick death last week. Facing congressional opposition, the Pentagon said it would withdraw a plan that would have ...
Qualcomm Spinoff's Cricket Growing By Leaps and Bounds.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Jenipher Lancaster wasn't all that thrilled with her cell phone service provider and monthly bills averaging between $200 to $300, so when her two-year contract expired, she was ready to go sans cellular. That soon changed after she heard about Cricket, the wireless phone ...
What's in a (Domain) Name? $4.5B For SAIC.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Sale of Stock in NSI Reaps Big Reward An investment in an Internet company that registers Internet domain names resulted in more than $4.5 billion in profit for San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. The gains recorded over two years came from the ...
Local Investors Buying Back Palomar Bank.
Oct 02, 2000; ... ESCONDIDO -- In contrast to the long-term trend of San Diego County-based banks being bought by outside financial firms, a group of local investors has announced plans to purchase Palomar Community Bank from its out-of-town owner. Rick Sanborn, president and CEO of the Escondido ...
High Occupancy a Good Sign for Local Hotel Market.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Tourism: 51 Projects Are in the Works For San Diego Upbeat projections about San Diego's hotel industry come down to two numbers: 75.6 percent and $108.60. The first was the average hotel occupancy in the county for January through July. The second reveals the hotels' ...
CORRECTIONS.
Oct 02, 2000 ... An announcement in the People on the Move section of the Sept. 25 San Diego Business Journal should have read that M. Theresa Breining was the winner of the MPI 2000 "Planner of the Year" award during the World Education Congress in Los Angeles. The Business Journal regrets the ...
Local Kyocera Exec Steps Down.
Oct 02, 2000; ... High-Tech: Bob Whisler, a 19-Year Veteran of the Company, Takes Reins David Grooms, the president of two Kyocera Corp. entities in Kearny Mesa and Tijuana, resigned his position last week, triggering the promotion of longtime Kyocera executive Bob Whisler. Jay ...
Governor OKs Peace's Consolidation Plan.
Oct 02, 2000 ... Gov. Gray Davis has signed into law a bill that will either consolidate or improve coordination between several regional agencies throughout the county. Senate Bill 329, authored by state Sen. Steve Peace, D-El Cajon, was signed Sept. 26. The bill allows formation of an ...
Public Firms Sweating Out SEC Ruling.
Oct 02, 2000; ... A hint here, some direction there. It's a game company officials and analysts play when they talk about future earnings. Analysts call it "guidance," and it's what they use to formulate projections on companies they follow. The Securities and Exchange Commission contends the ...
Bill's OK Should Spur Entry to Chinese Marketplace.
Oct 02, 2000; ... South County EDC Preparing for 10th Annual Economic Summit The Senate's passage of the China trade bill last month should spur more interest, and eventually more business for many San Diego companies -- some of which are already there. Net360 Ltd., a Hong Kong-based ...
South County EDC Hosts Summit.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Hard to believe that an economic summit started by the South County Economic Development Council is 10 years old this month, but it is. Doug Perkins, the council's director who has been involved in every event, said the major difference from the first one is size. ...
WTC Heads To Brazil.
Oct 02, 2000; ... San Diego World Trade Center will lead another trade mission Dec. 2-9, this time to South America's largest economy and the eighth largest in the world, Brazil. The trip visits four of Brazil's major cities: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas (a sister city to San Diego and an ...
Cubic Takes A Bow In Sydney.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Millions of Olympic visitors and athletes are using the latest "touch screen" fare ticketing machines for this year's Sydney Olympics. The new machines, installed by Cubic Australia, allow rail customers to purchase tickets using instructions in 14 languages with a simple touch of a ...
Miva Corp. Opens German Office.
Oct 02, 2000; ... San Diego-based Miva Corp., an E-commerce software provider, opened its first outside sales and distribution office in Munich this month. The company cited published reports that the German E-commerce ...
WTC Awards Show.
Oct 02, 2000; ... This year's annual WTC awards gala on Nov. 9 at the Birch Aquarium has a Mexican fiesta theme including Live ...
Will Natural Gas Prices Spike Like Electricity's?
Oct 02, 2000; ... Utilities: Analyst Warns Market Changes Could Raise Local Costs 300% Could local utility customers be facing a massive increase in the cost of natural gas next year, the same way they saw electricity prices shoot up this year? One natural gas analyst believes local ...
Partnership Banking on Baranowski As New Head.
Oct 02, 2000; ... When Fred Baranowski accepted the head position at the Downtown San Diego Partnership, he left behind more than 26 years of banking experience. But he will not be stepping into unfamiliar territory, and his financial background won't be put on a back burner either. ...
ATS Reaches Pact on Investment, Licensing Deals.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Nanogen Sells Its Chip Technology To Cancer Institute San Diego-based Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. received $20 million in a private placement from the state of Wisconsin Investment Board to fund research development. "All programs that we are working on will ...
Chips And SNIPS.
Oct 02, 2000; ... San Diego-based chipmaker Nanogen, Inc. said it sold its chip technology to the National Cancer Institute, which will use it to help diagnose and treat disease. Nanogen said Sept. 21 that NCI chose its chip ...
On A Roll.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Maxim Pharmaceuticals shares traded at $61.63, exceeding its 52week high of $79.50, one week after the biotech announced its drug will be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. The San Diego-based biotech firm said Sept. 18 the FDA's oncology drug advisory committee will ...
Salk Research Leads to Clues to Treating Genetic Illnesses.
Oct 02, 2000; ... The Salk Institute announced Sept. 21 it had captured the "first snapshot" of how behavior varies among mammalian brains. By simultaneously comparing the activities of 13,000 genes in two inbred strains of male mice, the researchers believe they are on their way to treating ...
Local Pharmacies Cater to HIV-Infected Patients.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Health Care: Cocktail Drugs Help Prolong Life Expectancy Late last month, StatScript/Fifth Avenue Pharmacy in Hillcrest reopened with a fresh new look and touting new services to its primary clientele - HIV-infected patients. StatScript Pharmacy is promoted as ...
Mayoral Candidates Debate Economic Development.
Oct 02, 2000; ... San Diego's mayoral candidates met leaders of the city's technology and biotechnology community last week, giving views on everything from growing an economy to moving cars through Sorrento Valley. Judge Dick Murphy and county Supervisor Ron Roberts spoke Sept. 25 at the La ...
Record Sewage Spill Fine May Be Spent Locally.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Infrastructure: Part of $3.4M Levy Could Finance Local Cleanup San Diego's Municipal Wastewater Department will soon find out how much of a $3.4 million fine recently levied against it can be spent locally, and how much of it will have to go to Sacramento. A committee ...
Attorneys Exchange Points on Shareholder Lawsuits.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Ippolito, Budwig Are Now Partners at McKenna & Cuneo William Lerach responded with a series of short, punchy sentences when asked how a company might avoid a securities class-action lawsuit. "By telling the truth," the attorney told the group before him. "By doing ...
Letterhead Changes.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Peter J. Ippolito and two attorneys from his construction practice at Downtown-based Hillyer & Irwin have left to join the Downtown office of McKenna & Cuneo, LLP. Ippolito and Mark G. Budwig are now partners at McKenna, while Steven S. Owen is of counsel. The change brings the number ...
After a Slow Homes Start, Firm Takes Off on Building Schools.
Oct 02, 2000; ... For most companies and start-ups, there are several ways to grow your business: * Create a proprietary product. * Create a niche for your product or service. * Do your homework. Know your market. * Find a growth industry needing your services. ...
S.D. Firm Tops Deloitte & Touche Tech Fast 50 List.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Chalk another one up for the business community in San Diego County. According to the Wilton, Conn.-based accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte & Touche, more than half of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Orange and San Diego counties reside within San Diego ...
Students, Staff Triple in One Year at MicroSkills.
Oct 02, 2000 ... MicroSkills launched in San Diego in October 1999, and since that time has tripled its student population and staff. MicroSkills is corporately based in San Diego and offers specialized Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Certified Novell Engineer comprehensive ...
Software Firms Dominant Among High-Achievers.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Although public investment interest in technology waned after April, private San Diego software companies continued to forge ahead. So far ahead, that they represented 24 percent, or 12 in number, of the 50 companies on the San Diego Business Journal's Fast-Growing Private ...
Local Venture Community Prepares for Rebound.
Oct 02, 2000; ... The San Diego venture community -- including the institutions, venture capital firms, investors, attorneys, accountants, entrepreneurs and others who are involved in the process of starting and financing businesses -- has shrugged off the gyrations in the financial markets of the last year ...
Creating Teams of Outside Consultants.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Webster's Dictionary defines entrepreneur as one who assumes the risk and management of a business. Twenty years ago, people wondered what the impact of the computer would be on business. That question has, of course, been partially answered. The computer has allowed businesses ...
Financial Planning Firm Grows Into a Larger UTC Office.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Pelky & Associates, Inc., a financial/retirement planning firm, has relocated its headquarters to a larger office space in the University Towne Centre area after experiencing growth in clientele and staff. According to Lance Pelky, CEO and founder, since its establishment in ...
When Time Is Right, Consider Selling the Business.
Oct 02, 2000; ... At some point, every business owner will contemplate selling his or her company and wonder whether the time is right. So when is the right time to sell a business? The right time is when the company's future is at its greatest. In fact, the right time to sell is the time you ...
French Pharmaceutical Uses Local Software Models.
Oct 02, 2000 ... Trega Biosciences, Inc. announced Sept. 21 that the French pharmaceutical Aventis Pharma AG has taken an initial license to its "software models" for drug absorption. Aventis will use the models in the firm's drug discovery activities and then report back to the San Diego-based ...
Carlsbad's Industrial Inventory Continues to Grow.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Real Estate: Finding Tenants for Large Facilities Proves to Be a Challenge CARLSBAD -- Local industrial parks are becoming home to many new telecommunications companies, but there is still room for more, with vacant, modern buildings waiting for tenants, a city official said. ...
Publisher's Letter.
Oct 02, 2000 ... Welcome to the sixth edition of the most complete High-Tech Directory of technology companies in the San Diego Region. Since its inception we have continued to improve the features, top lists and of course, the directory itself. As our national economy continues to grow, so does ...
Growing a Workforce in Technology's Not So Perfect Climate.
Oct 02, 2000; ... NASDAQ Stocks-a-leaping; Men and Ladies Dancing San Diego's economy is in its strongest and longest run ever. In the month of August, the unemployment rate dipped to 3.3 percent, and employers added 4,800 jobs, pushing the county's employment to a record high. According to a ...
E-Tailers Heed Lessons from TV's First 'Survivor'.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Like Rich, the winning strategist in this summer's television blockbuster Survivor e-tailers are planning ahead in order to outlast their competition. Online merchants, including Lillian Vernon, CDNow.com and Ashford.com, are already setting up their Internet "Santa Shops." Their goal? To ...
Finding The Right People For The Job Is Challenging.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Deadlines, percentage completion, probability of success, budget variances, tolerances, lines of code, component count, kilobytes, megabytes, terabytes, megahertz, gigahertz, and PERSONNEL ...managing a technology project can be overwhelming! Success depends on finding the right people for ...
In-Building DSL: The Next Space Race.
Oct 02, 2000; ... In-building broadband is fast emerging as a huge market. And DSL is fast emerging as the preferred technology for this market, which includes business multi-tenant units (MTUs), residential multi-dwelling units (MDUs), and multi-hotel units (MHUs). The competitive advantage will go to DSL ...
Booming Local Tech Market Calls for Global PR Resources.
Oct 02, 2000; ... MSNBC, Forbes, Business Week, and The Wall Street Journal have all identified San Diego as one of the nation's fastest growing high-tech hot spots. Bolstered by the leadership of companies in telecommunications and wireless communications, IT and electronics manufacturing, software and the ...
Putting A New Twist On Technology And Business.
Oct 02, 2000; ... The Titan Corporation puts a new twist on technology, innovation and business. Its business model is to create, build and launch technology-based businesses, and then to spin off each of these pure-play businesses as standalone public companies. A billion dollar company with ...
Capitalizing on the Broadband Wireless Access Market.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Company's next-generation systems revolutionize delivery of high-bandwidth telecom services to businesses In 1997, a group of industry veterans with deep roots in the San Diego communications community decided to form a company to capitalize on the emerging broadband wireless ...
Providing Companies With The Tools of E-Commerce Trade.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Irvine, Calif.-based Magic Software Enterprises is perhaps the longest surviving, independent application development tools company in existence. Moreover, one of the earliest to use its unique technology roots to carve a successful growth strategy out of the emerging e-commerce trade for ...
Combining Interactive Training with Time and Cost Effectiveness.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Finding the right person for the job remains one of the most significant challenges for any customer service center. Customers today demand outstanding service and what determines which company they will do business with often depends on how they are handled when they call. Whether it is ...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Soar To New Heights.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Predators, prowlers and gnats. These may not be words you associate with a leading manufacturer of unmanned aircraft surveillance systems, but at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) these are names of the state-of-the-art products they are most proud of. As an ...
Comprehensive Financial Plans And Managing Your Stock Options.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Company stock options have become an integral part of employee compensation in San Diego. The "exercise" of an option is the actual purchase or sale of the stock. When you exercise the option, you actually take possession of the stock or sell the stock. If you don't exercise the option ...
Video-On-Demand May Be Cable's Next Big Opportunity.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Video-On-Demand. You've probably heard about it already - the ability to choose the programming you want when you want it, instead of being limited by a set broadcast schedule. In fact, Video-on-Demand (VOD) is emerging as the next big revenue opportunity in the cable TV industry. The ...
$100 Investment Grows to $10 Billion In 40 Years.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Think global. Act local. A business axiom of sound practice that produces bottom-line results. Here in San Diego, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) epitomizes this philosophy. Founded in 1959, CSC was started by two partners with $100 between them. Today, that modest ...
Internet Taxation Issue Still in Debate.
Oct 02, 2000; ... What companies can do to get ready Congress continues to struggle to define and enforce a taxation structure specifically for the Internet. Most of the tax laws currently applied to e-commerce are still based on the traditional way of doing business, where the focus is on a ...
The Role of IT In Collaborative Business Re-Engineering.
Oct 02, 2000; ... In today's business world (manufacturing, services, et al) companies are faced with complex issues. The escalating demand of managing leaner businesses, producing more output using fewer resources, is a great challenge. Complexity stems from both external influences and internal elements ...
Delivering DSL Without Limits: A New Idea.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Faster Internet access. Video conferencing. PDF downloads. E-mailed X-rays. Bulk data transfers for backup. Electronic whiteboards shared by distant users. Remote access to a company LAN for telecommuters. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Everyone today can think of content-rich and ...
End-to-End Infrastructure Management Solutions.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Forward thinking, innovative products and strong leadership have secured San Diego-based Peregrine Systems, Inc. as a technology market leader since its founding in 1981. Today, Peregrine leads the industry in providing end-to-end infrastructure management solutions. More than 2,5OO people ...
Small Size, But Large Performance.
Oct 02, 2000; ... G2 Software Systems, Inc. (G2), located in San Diego County, California, has been providing high-quality Software Application Development and Systems Engineering solutions since 1989. A woman-owned small business, G2 boasts an experienced, qualified staff of over 40 personnel comprised of ...
Leading the Way With Innovative Computing Solutions.
Oct 02, 2000; ... ICS Advent, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynatech Corp., is continuing its leadership in the applied computing platforms arena. Founded in 1985, the San Diego-based company provides the critical PC hardware infrastructure required to support today's high-availability applications, such as ...
How To Protect Your Company From Benefit Liability.
Oct 02, 2000; ... An Overview Of The Microsoft "PERMA TEMP" Case As many readers have heard over the last few months, Microsoft has had an ongoing legal issue with the courts over their classification of temporary employees. The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused, for the second time in recent ...
Affordable, Supportable And Operative Simplicity Sells.
Oct 02, 2000; ... For over 30 years, Kearny Mesa-based, Audio Video Supply, Inc. (AVS) has been providing affordable solutions to an impressive list of worldwide customers. One of the nation's largest distributors of closed-circuit, industrial, medical, and machine vision as well as professional video, AVS ...
Changing Technology Presents Problems And Opportunities.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Information Technology (IT) is changing at an accelerated rate, thanks to the Internet. There are enormous opportunities for individuals, start-up companies and established organizations. Traditional "brick and mortar" companies realize they need to exploit the Internet to remain ...
Auto Industry Moves Into Fast Lane With Internet Technology.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Old and slow. That unflattering tag is how many people would describe the North American auto industry. But in the past year or so, auto companies have worked feverishly to adopt New Economy business models and the latest information technology. The goal is to combine these best ...
What's The Best Kept Secret in IT?
Oct 02, 2000; ... In an industry where information is critical, USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems Association, has been a Mecca for IT professionals seeking practical learning and inside information on new technology. In the last 25 years, USENIX has set the standard for highly technical ...
Building Stock and Stock Option Value: A Means To An End.
Oct 02, 2000; ... The acquisition or public offering of a company with a broad-based option plan is an exhilarating experience for all involved. It is a time when owners, managers, and employees reap the financial rewards of the commitment made and time spent creating a successful company. ...
Taking Computer File Storage to the Internet.
Oct 02, 2000; ... With data storage doubling every year, corporations are struggling to maintain enough memory to handle increasingly large data files. In addition, road warriors and knowledge workers are demanding mobile accessibility to those files. Now, with the help of San Diego-based ...
Take Time to Listen to Your Employees - Old Ways in the New Century.
Oct 02, 2000; ... Technology is great. The Internet has given us quick access to vast amounts of information. You can buy almost anything from your home computer, and getting the latest news and weather is old hat. Companies work hard to make their Web sites faster and more entertaining for the ...
Meeting the Communication Needs of Diverse Companies.
Oct 02, 2000 ... Anaheim-based EIS Systems, which supplies a variety of telephone, computer telephony, unified messaging systems, audioconferencing and videoconferencing to meet the communications needs of diverse companies, experienced unprecedented recent growth. The company, which teetered on the verge ...