Daily Business Report — June 30, 2011
Navy’s New Destroyer Arrives Friday to its Home Port The Navy’s newest destroyer, the USS William P. Lawrence, is scheduled to arrive at its home port at Naval Base San Diego on Friday. The guided-missile destroyer, the 60th Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was built in Pascagoula, Miss. ,and commissioned during a ceremony at the Alabama [...]
Daily Business Report — June 29, 2011
Debra Reed Elected CEO of Sempra Energy Debra L. Reed, a veteran of the utilities industry, has been elected chief executive officer of Sempra Energy, parent company of San Diego Gass & Electric and four other subsidiaries. Reed, 55, who has been with Sempra Energy companies for 13 years, succeeds Donald E. Felsinger, who will [...]
Daily Business Report — June 28, 2011
Bressi Ranch Village Center Sold Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC, a real estate investment adviser, has purchased the 111,403-square-foot Bressi Ranch Village Center in Carlsbad on behalf of one of its institutional clients. The price was not disclosed. The Village Center is part of the 525-acre Bressi Ranch development. It was built in 2009 and [...]
San Diego Scene 6.2011
UCSD alumni are innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders who continue to change the world across all industries, from science, technology, medicine and public service to business, education, politics and the arts. And they continue to make headlines. Recently San Diego-based Cymer Inc., founded by alumni Robert Akins and Richard Sandstrom, was named by Forbes as the [...]
Stephen Weber’s 15-Year Legacy at SDSU
The retiring president recounts some of his major accomplishments and disappointments By Manny Cruz Educated as a philosopher, Stephen L. Weber never intended to become a university president. Yet here he is, 42 years after receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, capping a 15-year stint as president of San Diego [...]
SBA to Bestow 2011 Small Business Awards
San Diego-area companies to be honored for business success Cindy Erie, president of E-World Recyclers in Vista, has been named the 2011 Small Business Person of the Year by the San Diego district office of the Small Business Administration. Erie and six other business owners and small business advocates will be honored at the SBA’s [...]
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement
The San Diego Museum of Art will present “Gustav Stickley and the American Arts and Crafts Movement” June 18 through Sept. 11, an exhibition that will examine Stickley’s contributions to the history of American design and architecture during his most productive and creative period from 1900 to 1913. The exhibit will provide new insights into [...]
Hidden costs in lease operating expenses
By David Marino When a tenant signs a lease, the business owner often adds up the rent payments under the lease and thinks that is the total extent of the obligation. However, there are “operating expenses” in every lease that are effectively additional rent to the tenant. These operating expenses are the taxes, damage and [...]
Diesel Deliverance: 2011 Audi Q7
By Eric Peters So, what’s the real-world mileage of Audi’s Q7 TDI diesel? I wish I could give you an exact number, but while I was trying to get the Q’s fussy trip computer to spit it out, I inadvertently cleared the memory. But, I can tell you this: The Q7 was dropped off on [...]
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