Daily Business Report — Dec. 31, 2010
Words To Live By In The New Year “I will seek elegance rather than luxury, refinement rather than fashion. I will seek to be worthy more than respectable, wealthy and not rich. I will studyhard, think quietly, talk gently, and act frankly. I will listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with an open [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 30, 2010
SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOPS SCORE San Diego has scheduled January workshops to help small business owners and those interested in starting a small business. Fees range from $29 to $109. For more information, call (619) 557-7272. To register for a workshop online, visit scoresandiego.org. Upcoming SCORE San Diego Workshops: • Jan. 6 – Business Basics 101 [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 29, 2010
Del Mar Highlands Town Center to Get Facelift The 20-year-old Del Mar Highlands Town Center in Carmel Valley is slated for a major renovation, including the conversion of the UltraStar 8 theater into a luxury boutique movie setting. The movie theater will close down on Jan. 3 and will reopen in conjunction with the grand [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 28, 2010
Big Prop National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) shipyard workers use a barge crane to move the propellers and rudder of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The parts will be trucked across country to a refurbishment facility then returned to the ship. Bonhomme Richard is in dry dock through April. (U.S. Navy photo [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 27, 2010
International Business Leadership Awards Jan. 11 World Trade Center San Diego will present its annual 2011 International Business Leadership Awards on Jan. 11 — recognizing companies, people and technologies that embody the best of the international trade communityt and outstanding achievement in exports and imports. It will be held at 4:30 p.m. at the Parma [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 23, 2010
Pasha Automotive Renews Operating Agreement with Port Pasha Automotive Services and the Port of San Diego have signed a 30-year operating agreement for Pasha’s operation at the National City Marine Terminal. The agreement extends through Dec. 31, 2040. Pasha has committed to an investment of over $10 million in improvements over the life of the [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 22, 2010
Merry Christmas! From Bob and Rebeca Page and the staff of SD METRO, the North Park News and Kensington News Economic Index Rises The USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County rose 0.3 percent in November. Leading the way to the upside were big gains in the [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 21, 2010
Anthony Pico Takes Viejas Reins Again Anthony R. Pico, who served as tribal chairman of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians for more than two decades, has returned as chairman of the Alpine tribe. He and six others were elected to the Tribal Council in voting this past Sunday. Also elected were Robert “Cita” Welch [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 20, 2010
Two San Diego Attorneys Appointed to Judgeships Michael S. Groch, a deputy district attorney in San Diego, and Steven E. Stone, an assistant U.S. attorney here, have been appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court bench by Gov. Schwarzenegger. Groch, 44, has been a deputy district attorney since 1993. Prior to that, he served [...]
Daily Business Report — Dec. 17, 2010
Assemblywoman Toni Atkins Named Majority Whip Freshman Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) has been named Majority Whip of the state Assembly by Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles). It’s a key position in the Democratic Caucus leadership. Atkins, a former member of the San Diego City Council, was elected to the 76th Assembly District seat in [...]
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