Daily Business Report — Feb. 26, 2010
San Diego Economic Indicators Rise The University of San Diego’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County rose 0.6 percent in January, led by an increase in initial claims for unemployment insurance. There were also solid increases in building permits, local stock prices, help wanted advertising and the outlook for the national economy, [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 25, 2010
Voters Get Final Say on New City Hall Voters in the city of San Diego will get final say in whether a new city hall is built. Councilmembers Carl DeMaio, Kevin Faulconer, Donna Frye and Sherri Lightner assured that on Wednesday when they committed to voting against any project that emerges from negotiations that does [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 24, 2010
Housing Commission to Purchase Downtown’s Sanford Hotel The San Diego Housing Commission received approval Tuesday from the San Diego Housing Authority to acquire the 130-room Sanford Hotel at 1301 Fifth Ave. in Downtown to preserve it as affordable housing for low-income seniors. The Centre City Development Corp. will loan about $6 million to the Housing Commission for the four-story building, which was [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 23, 2010
Changing to Green Custom Q Inc. has become the latest San Diego company to take advantage of the popular “green” movement. It has changed its name to GreenHouse Holdings Inc., effective today. The company describes its work as “providing sustainable energy solutions for a broad range of applications, from residential to commercial and governmental.” Quidel [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 22, 2010
San Diego’s Consumer Prices Climb Consumer prices in the San Diego area in 2009 climbed by 0.6 percent from the previous year and advanced 1.1 percent in the second half of the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Regional Commissioner Richard J. Holden noted that higher prices for [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 19, 2010
Affordable Housing Roundtable Session Set for March 4 The San Diego Housing Federation will present the next installment of its Affordable Housing Roundtable series — “The Housing Element as a Tool for Affordable Housing Development — on March 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the NTC Command Center in Point Loma. The session will [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 18, 2010
Al Gore and Steve Forbes to Address Human Resources Conference Former Vice President Al Gore and Forbes Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Forbes are to keynote the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2010 annual conference and exposition to be held June 27-30 at the San Diego Convention Center. The conference will have more [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 17, 2010
County Homes Sales Decline Home sales in San Diego County in January declined sharply from December and registered a 5.6 percent decline from January 2009, according to a report by San Diego-based MDA DataQuick. The median home price in January was $305,000 — down from $330,000 in December but an increase from the $280,000 median [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 16, 2010
Airport Improvements Ready to Start Beginning in March, travelers to and from San Diego International Airport will notice construction activity in front of Terminal 2 related to The Green Build, the largest project in the airport’s history. The Green Build will bring a number of upgrades for passengers traveling in and out of the airport, [...]
Daily Business Report — Feb. 15, 2010
Health Care Panel Talk Scheduled Tonight “The Changing Landscape of Healthcare” is the topic of a panel talk tonight sponsored by the Southern California Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association from 5 to 8:30 p.m. in Otterson Hall of the Rady School of Management at UCSD. The panel will explore changes in the health care industry. Panelists will [...]
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