Alaska Business Monthly articles from September 2001

Alaska Business Monthly archives from September 2001

Denali Alaskan FCU Opens Insurance/Investment Company.(Denali Alaskan Financial Services )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union has created Denali Alaskan Financial Services as a wholly owned subsidiary. The financial services company is working with CUSO Financial Services to offer financial products including asset management, life...

Knowles Signs New Bill for New API Facility.(Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Gov. Tony Knowles)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Gov. Tony Knowles has signed into law a measure authorizing a new, modern Alaska Psychiatric Institute and issuing $16 million in certificate of participation bonds. "That money is the final piece needed for construction of a $41.7 million...

WTCA Plans Food Supply Mission to Chile.(World Trade Center Alaska)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... World Trade Center Alaska is planning a business mission to Chile, designed for seafood harvesters, processors, policy makers, transportation and logistics professionals, seafood product suppliers, educators and related industry professionals....

STEELFAB Doubles Steel Cutting Capacity.
September 1, 2001... STEELFAB has added another plasma fueled cutting head to its 46-foot-long, custom-made, computer-driven burning table. The second head allows the machine to cut stainless and carbon steel, and aluminum, up to 400 inches per minute. With...

BLM Retains Financial Guarantee Rule for Hardrock Mining.(Bureau of Land Management)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Bureau of Land Management has announced it is briefly extending the deadline for mining operators to meet financial guarantee requirements (bonding) for mining operations conducted under federal surface management regulations, or 3809...

Petro-Canada America Signs Petro Star Inc. as New Distributor.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Petro Canada America has reached agreement with Petro Star Inc. to distribute Petro-Canada lubricant products to Alaska. Petro-Canada America Lubricants Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroCanada, which distributes more than 350 lubricant...

Anchorage Producers Selected for National Academy.(producers from Blueberry Productions take part in producer training program)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The two partners of Anchorage-based Blueberry Productions scored a singular achievement when both were selected to take part in separate producer workshops held by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcasting System. ...

Doyon LTD Develops Plan for Filling President Position.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Doyon LTD's board of directors recently met to discuss plans to fill the president and CEO position, vacated by the untimely death of President Rosemarie Maher. Jim Mery, senior vice president, will continue to be in charge of the...

Gunther Weller on Global Warming and Alaska.
September 1, 2001... Global warming will impact all industry in Alaska-everything from fisheries to the oil patches. In fact, some industries are already impacted, both for the positive and negative. Also affected are those who rely on subsistence lifestyles. ...

MORE THAN OIL.(Prudhoe Bay)
September 1, 2001... PRUDHOE BAY IS NOW BEING TARGETED AS THE LOCATION FOR AN INTERNET SERVER HUB, WHICH WILL EMPLOY 300 IT WORKERS AND SUPPORT STAFF. Could the Lone Gunmen be headed for the North Slope? While Fox TV has no known plans to film an episode of the...

First National's D.H. Cuddy Celebrates 50 Years at Bank.(bank president reflects on his experience and bank's history)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... This September marks my 50th anniversary as president of First National Bank. Since 1951, though the bank has grown from $25 million to approximately $1.7 billion in assets, I have never received a promotion. A half century in Alaska...

A Vacation in Paradise.(traveling in Hawaii)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Hawaii is one of Alaskans' favorite fall and winter destinations. September brings thoughts of colder, shorter days; another long winter; and Hawaii. With sun, sand, water-and only a five-and-a-half-hour, nonstop flight away-Hawaii is...

RUNNING THE Equinox Marathon.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Fairbanks race attracts athletes of all abilities. Day and night have special meaning for Alaskans. The autumnal equinox, when day and night are said to be of equal length, is a perfect time to celebrate new seasons and begin preparing for...

ANCSA Corporations are Leading Alaska Business.
September 1, 2001... We always look forward to our September issue of Alaska Business Monthly. There is something special about it. In the September magazine we focus on Alaska Native business news. Our record shows that we have always had a soft spot for reporting...

FEAST or FAMINE: DIVIDENDS FOR NATIVE SHAREHOLDERS.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Regional ANCSA corporations' dividends vary widely-from $50,000 per shareholder in one distribution to nothing at all. Dolly Kalerak is a CIRI shareholder who purchased this Toyota Tundra in May 2001. This is Kalerak's first new vehicle,...

SPECIAL LISTING: Alaska Native Regional Corporations.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... The 13 Alaska Native regional corporations are wealthier and own more private land in the state than any other sector in Alaska. And their subsidiaries--close to 200 of them--span the state and globe. These regional corporation, which were...

BERING STRAITS NATIVE CORP.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... From rags to riches, this Native corporation highlights its successes. From the Nome headquarters of Bering Straits Native Corp., tomorrow is just over the horizon. Spread along the Norton Sound and Bering Sea coasts in Western Alaska,...

BRISTOL BAY Native Corp.(investments and financial management)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
September 1, 2001... This organization's 6,5000 shareholders reap the benefits of the company's sound investments. Lately, the economic news out of Alaska's Bristol Bay fisheries has been bleak: Some years, the world-renown sockeye salmon runs failed to appear...

CALISTA CORP.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Hard times are familiar to this Native corporation, but there is hope for a brighter future. For Calista Corp., the path to self-sufficiency has been a bumpy ride, strewn with the debris of good intentions gone bad, failed business...

right moves.(personnel appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... FNW/Alaska Pipe & Supply Harry R. Bates III was hired for inside sales and estimating for Alaska Pipe Waterworks. He has a year of sales experience and four years as a general contractor. Jeff Walters, who recently worked in the heating...

ALASKA'S FLYING TRUCKS.
September 1, 2001... THESE AIR CARGO AND PASSENGER AIRLINE COMPANIES MOVE PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS EVERYWHERE FROM PETERSBURG TO PRUDHOE BAY TO THE PRIBILOFS. Air commerce in Alaska carries the equivalent of four times the state's population each year, compared to...

INVESTING ALASKA!(Local investment firms)
September 1, 2001... Local investment firms cater to Alaska's clientele. Years ago, retired Air Force Colonel Warren Hoflich and his wife, Betty, had an account with one of the largest brokerage firms in Alaska. But the more the firm's Anchorage branch...

A Metaphor for Business Success.(Quantum Organizations: A New Paradigm for Achieving Organizational Success and Personal Meaning )(Review)
September 1, 2001... Quantum Organizations: A New Paradigm for Achieving Organizational Success and Personal Meaning Ralph H. Kilmann Ph.D. Davies-Black Publishing Palo Alto Calif. 2001, 344 pages, $45.00 During the past 40 years metaphors to the business world...

Successful Tricks of the Trade Show.(tips on trade show and conference management)
September 1, 2001... MAXIMIZE THIS MASSIVE MARKETING TOOL. If you want to show off your latest and greatest or simply maintain your name in your industry, a trade show is the place to be. But not just any show will do. A trendy theme or a glitzy gimmick does...

THE BUSINESS OF B & Bs.(bed and breakfast establishments)
September 1, 2001... Bed and Breakfasts across the state are marketing for year-round occupancies. Donna Gentry Massay opened her two-unit bed and breakfast facility located just outside of Palmer about four years ago, a home-based business that she and her...

norma goodman.(tributes to KTVA television personality on her retirement)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... After Norma Goodman retired her weekday show, some friends recall fond memories working with this Alaska pioneer. "When Norma Goodman premiered on Anchorage television Dwight Eisenhower was not halfway through his first term as our...

september alaska trends.(economic, business and industry)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... september alaska trends Units Period GENERAL Personal Income -- Alaska Millions of $ 1st Q01 Personal Income -- United States Billions of $(SAAR) 1st Q01...