Washington Business Journal articles from September 2000

Washington Business Journal archives from September 2000

The pick of the crop?(retail industry growing in Washington D.C.)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... As D.C. retail takes off, retailers face task of stocking up on workers When David Schwartz hires workers, he wants a smile and a positive attitude. If you can't give him that, you'd better look elsewhere. "Our employees are the...

Group opposes Wilson labor agreement.(Agreement proposed by Maryland for interstate bridge)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The opposition to a project labor agreement on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge has organized. Formation, of the Coalition for Open Competition on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is the latest step in the embittered battle surrounding the estimated...

Cyveillance needs new chief.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... BRANDY THOMAS, an entrepreneurial star in D.C.'s tech galaxy, has resigned as CEO of CYVEILLANCE. Although some say he was pressured to leave the company he co-founded, Thomas and Cyveillance called it a "mutual decision." "I don't...

ONE WASHINGTON CIRCLE HOTEL.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The fate of ONE WASHINGTON CIRCLE HOTEL is anyone's guess now. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY spokeswoman BARBARA PORTER says the school was in negotiations this summer with STARWOOD to buy the hotel as an investment. "We've been advised by...

STEVIE WONDER.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... STEVIE WONDER was "giving for the city" -- and so were hundreds of Washington's business leaders -- at School Night '00, an extravaganza at MCI Center that raised $6.6 million for scholarships that enable local children to attend private or...

OCTAGON.
September 29, 2000... OCTAGON didn't waste much time in Sydney. The McLean sports representation firm inked swimmer MEGAN QUANN before her swimsuit dried. The signing brings the company's swimming medal count to seven golds and two silvers at the 2000 Olympic...

WALTER A. SMITH JR.
September 29, 2000... Pedaling for votes. That's what D.C. attorney WALTER A. SMITH JR. spent the last month doing. On Sept 26, he finished a 25-day, 1,700-mile bike ride from Minneapolis to New Orleans, during which he stopped in small cities and towns to...

CORRECTIONS.(Correction Notice)
September 29, 2000... * A quote in the Quotable section of the Sept. 22-28 issue was incorrectly attributed to Michael St. Patrick Baxter, a partner at Covington & Burling. Richard Kremen, co-chair of Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe's bankruptcy practice, said:...

UPS & DOWNS.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Winners and losers this week in Greater Washington business. Retail in D.C.: There's been a lot of talk about the nation's biggest retailers setting up shop in the District. Home Depot. Kmart. Even Macy's. We've come a long way, baby....

Bethesda REIT to be sold.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Bethesda-based First Washington Realty Trust agreed to be sold to U.S. Retail Partners, a joint venture of the California Public Employees' Retirement System and National Retail Partners, for $800 million. First Washington (NYSE: FRW) is...

Orbital to sell Fairchild unit.(Orbital Sciences Corp.; Smiths Industries)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Orbital Sciences said Sept. 27 it has agreed to sell its Fairchild Defense electronics business for $100 million in cash to a U.S. subsidiary of Smiths Industries, a London-based manufacturing company. The Dulles-based company said the...

Groundbreaking set for WWII Memorial.
September 29, 2000... A Veteran's Day groundbreaking ceremony was scheduled for the World War II Memorial after the project cleared one of its last hurdles. On Sept. 21, the National Capital Planning Commission voted 7-5 to approve the memorial's design. The...

End of ninth inning for WTOP, Orioles.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... After 22 years of broadcasting Baltimore Orioles baseball games, WTOP-AM 1500 announced it will stop broadcasting the games after this season. WTOP Vice President and General Manager Joel Oxley attributes the decision to listener...

Satellite sabotage?
September 29, 2000... Startup, industry battle over FCC license request Sophia Collier says she just wants the government to give her little startup a chance. She claims her D.C.-based company, called Northpoint Technology; will be able to reach...

Greenbelt: town center or big boxes?(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... When developers announced plans for a $1 billion mixed-use project in Greenbelt in 1998, Prince George's County leaders envisioned a Nordstrom or Macy's at the end of Metro's Green Line. Two years later, the county could end up with a...

Adams, Shell team to offer loans to minorities, women.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Shell Oil is probably not the first name that jumps to mind when people think of community development lending. It certainly wasn't for Kate Carr. "I was a little bit surprised," says Carr, president and CEO of D.C.-based Adams National...

Foundation seeks new zoning on 600 acres.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... A charitable foundation wants to rezone 600 acres in Loudoun County, the largest of the foundation's remaining properties and one of the last parcels of this size in the eastern section of the county. The Claude Moore Charitable...

New hotel publication targets wealthy travelers.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Where Washington plans to introduce a new upscale publication it hopes will be a must-have for D.C.'s most affluent visitors. The Essential Washington, a semi-hardcover annual publication, will debut next February and will be distributed...

U Street apartment complex to get new lease on life.(historical relic to be renovated)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Every day Eric Hirshfield looks across the street from his D.C. restaurant at a building in total disrepair. Sheet metal nailed over first-floor windows. Brown and green colors twisted together in an overgrown heap of abandoned landscape....

Hospital management firm to divest Md., D.C. assets.(Greater Southeast Management)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Greater Southeast Management, which sold Greater Southeast Hospital last December, is taking bids for its three remaining health care facilities -- Fort Washington Hospital in Fort Washington; Livingston nursing home in Fort Washington; and...

Fuddruckers plans 2 D.C. units.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Fuddruckers has signed leases to open two restaurants in the District, its first in an urban market. Both will be a small-than-typical format for the Beverly, Mass.-based company, and the units will be named Fudds in the City. They will...

Optical Capital takes first step toward $500M VC goal.(Optical Capital Group)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The Optical Capital Group, a little-known incubator for fiber-optic technologies in Columbia, has been quietly raising money for most of the year, hoping to make a big splash with a $500 million funding announcement in November. But...

TimeBridge bought for $150 million.(TimeBridge Technologies Inc.)(Dimension Data Holdings Ltd.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 29, 2000... TimeBridge Technologies, which made a name for itself buying all the TV advertising in a Washington Capitals playoff game earlier this year, has been acquired by a South African company in a deal worth $150 million in cash over two years. ...

LongHorn Steakhouse looks to lasso local units.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 29, 2000... Amid all the talk of eating low-fat foods and counting calories lies the truth about Americans. We want the beef. Nearly every high-end steakhouse company has found space for at least one restaurant in the D.C. market, and now their...

MedIS buys ValuMed's assets.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... MedIS, a Bethesda-based company that provides Web-based health care data, has acquired the assets of ValuMed, another data warehouse company also in Bethesda. The $3 million deal not only means extra capital for MedIS but also the...

Kmart, Giant to anchor new Northeast retail center.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Heavy-hitting retailer Kmart and Landover supermarket chain Giant Food have signed contracts to open stores that would anchor a $60 million retail complex proposed on Brentwood Road in Northeast D.C. Home Depot is also reportedly also...

150-unit Hampton Inn & Suites slated for Crystal City.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Crystal City may be the new home of Hilton's Hampton Inn & Suites brand. Hilton plans to build a 150-unit property at 2000 Jefferson Davis Highway in Arlington, says Bruce Ford, director of sales and marketing for Lodging Econometrics, a...

Fannie Mae partners with CitiMortgage.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... As the U.S. economy continues to steam along, lenders are increasingly targeting lower and middle-income households as candidates for home mortgages. The latest incarnation of this trend is a recently announced partnership between...

Marketing site draws angry mob.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Annoyed by a direct marketer? Left hanging by a dot-corn promotion? Does a misguided advertisement have you screaming, "What the... "? Now there's a Web site on which you can vent away, and its controversial name may reflect how you're...

Beacon seeks to update 'antiquated' VC process.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... A Bethesda-based private equity firm is setting out to tackle what it bills as a $5 trillion opportunity. BeaconVentureCapital.com (BVC) is teaming with the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (NCEC) to create a more efficient...

Contracting 'blacklisting' rule likely to survive.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... SEN. TIM HUTCHINSON, R-Ark., says he will "look for every vehicle" to pass legislation that would force the Clinton administration to hold off on implementing a regulation that imposes new requirements for companies who receive government...

U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Congress may consider legislation next year to give the U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE more power to fight "ambush marketers -- businesses that are not Olympic sponsors but use images associated with the Games in their advertising. SEN. TED...

MILKEN INSTITUTE.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... A new study, concludes, that America's future economic growth could be stifled unless minority-owned businesses gain access to more capital. The number of minority-owned businesses grew 17 percent a year over the past decade -- six times...

SENATE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAUCUS.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... New developments in medical and genetic research have put biotechnology under the microscope, so two senators have started a forum to educate members about the industry. The SENATE BIOTECHNOLOGY CAUCUS is expected to hold its first...

London comes calling on Washington-area tech firms.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... With increasing numbers of area companies looking to establish overseas operations, it would seem logical for foreign governments to be courting their business. That's where Kerry Appleton comes in. Appleton covers Greater Washington....

COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY RESEARCHERS (CIR).(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... A Charlottesville, Va., research organization has issued a scathing report that throws more cold water on the rosy predictions emanating from the fiber-optics industry. COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY RESEARCHERS (CIR), an independent...

Integic sets out to rescue HIPPA-fied health providers.(HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Y2K crises, are over and behind us, but health care providers may be feeling the same symptoms as Oct. 16, 2002 approaches. That is the day electronic health care transactions must be compliant with the HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND...

AETNA US HEALTHCARE and SOUTHERN MARYLAND HOSPITAL and the SOUTHERN MARYLAND PHYSICIAN HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION.(lawsuits that were settled )(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Mum's the word on three 1997 lawsuits that were settled between AETNA US HEALTHCARE and SOUTHERN MARYLAND HOSPITAL and the SOUTHERN MARYLAND PHYSICIAN HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION Sept. 13. "We're really bound by a court directive not to reveal...

HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES in Rockville announced Sept. 19 that its board approved a two-for-one stock split. Shareholders will receive one additional share for every share held at the close of business Sept. 28, HGS announced. A split in...

Maryland Public Television to take programming online.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION now has the money to create its own version of Web TV -- interactive programming that, like other public-TV content, would be free to viewers. The Owings Mills, Md.-based network recently received a $10 million...

WRC-TV CHANNEL.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... WRC-TV CHANNEL 4 will air its late-morning newscast at 10 a.m. once the Olympics end. Starting Oct. 2, "The Today Show" will expand to three hours, running from 7 to 10 a.m.-straight through the 9 a.m. slot once occupied by the NBC-owned...

INPHONIC.COM.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Three months after its launch, INPHONIC.COM has contracted for 1 billion Web impressions a month, says DAVID STEINBERG, president and CEO of the Georgetown company. Steinberg had predicted in June that InPhonic was guaranteed 476 million...

HEALTHY FAMILIES.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... HEALTHY FAMILIES has hired Columbia-based ad agency FAST AND ASSOCIATES and its subsidiary PET-A-DOG INTERACTIVE to develop a comprehensive marketing program. Healthy Families is the Howard County chapter of a national nonprofit...

BRUCE REESE.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... BRUCE REESE has joined the board of ASSOCIATED PRESS, giving the broadcast industry one more AP director. Reese, president and CEO of Bonneville International, was appointed to a two-year term. He also is a member of the Radio Advertising...

Whitehall adds Hanover facility to E. Coast holdings.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... A nine-month-old industrial property developer has added a D.C. area building to its list of 15 in New Jersey and Boston. WHITEHALL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, a New Jersey-based affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co., purchased a...

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES in Herndon has added JAY SPECTOR, member of the advance staff for the U.S. Vice President Al Gore, to its government affairs department as director of federal affairs. NAIOP is...

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... An automobile trade association is driving into the Leesburg Airport Commerce Center. The NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE has purchased 32 acres of land formerly owned by Reynolds Metals Development for $3 million....

CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING SERVICES.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... East meets south in the recent merger of CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING SERVICES of Arlington and AIRCOND of Atlanta. The Arlington firm purchased Aircond to form a building technology services company that stretches from New England to Florida....

FF PROPERTIES.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... What was "out" is "in" again, as two apartment complexes in Laurel get a face lift and name change back to what they were known as when they were built in the 1960s. FF PROPERTIES purchased the Oxford Green and Montpelier Woods apartments and...

DIGEX.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... DIGEX, a website manager purchased in a $6 billion deal by WorldCom in September, is moving its headquarters from Beltsville to Laurel. The company moved 100 people to a 120,000-square-foot, four-story building at 14400 Sweitzer Lane this...

MEDMARC MUTUAL INSURANCE.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... MEDMARC MUTUAL INSURANCE has purchased the four-story, 114,000-square-foot Corporate Point Three building at Westfields Corporate Center in Chantilly. The year-old building currently is home to AAA Mid-Atlantic, Edison Mission Energy and...

Long-time area restaurateurs team up on Ballston eatery.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... GAFFNEY'S RESTAURANT, OYSTER & ALE HOUSE will open in Ballston in the first quarter of next year, replacing space left vacant by Bistro Bistro. The 7,500-square-foot establishment is being opened by PAT GAFFNEY, director of operations at...

STEPHANIE ABBAJAY.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... As is the story with so many entrepreneurs, so goes the story of STEPHANIE ABBAJAY. Abbajay wanted nothing more than a steak with mashed potatoes and caramelized onions. She couldn't find it. So, she opened her own place. And...

CHAMPPS AMERICANA.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... CHAMPPS AMERICANA has inked a deal to open a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and bar in the Pentagon Row mixed-use project. Champps offers more than 100 menu items including beef, chicken, fish, and pasta entrees, as well as appetizers,...

VIE DE FRANCE.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... VIE DE FRANCE, a 30-year-old bakery and wholesale company based in Tysons Corner, has opened a new retail store in Vienna. That opening in the newly remodeled GLYNDON SHOPPING CENTER (229 Maple Ave. East) follows on the heels of its...

OCEANAIRE SEAFOOD ROOM.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The OCEANAIRE SEAFOOD ROOM has opened for business at 1201 F St. NW. PARASOLE RESTAURANT HOLDINGS of Minneapolis spent about $3 million to open the 9,000-square-foot eatery, lounge and oyster bar, reminiscent of a 1930s-era ocean liner....

GLORY DAYS GRILL.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... GLORY DAYS GRILL has signed a lease to open its seventh restaurant in Fairfax. The 5,600-square-foot eatery is slated to open at the Pam Am Center in February. Glory Days is on track to hit its goal of opening 10 restaurants by the end...

Caps retool Web site to bring fans 'closer to franchise'.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The WASHINGTON CAPITALS are trying out a new look for the 2000-01 season -- on their web site, that is. The Capitals launched the new version of the team's official web site (www.washingtoncaps.com) September 21. Chicago-Ill. -based...

BOMSTEIN AGENCY.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... In other Capitals news, the team selected the BOMSTEIN AGENCY to handle its advertising needs for the 2000-01 season. The Washington-based advertising and public relations agency will handle all print advertisements for the team and...

WASHINGTON WIZARDS.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Following the announcement of the Washington Capitals television broadcast schedule last week, the WASHINGTON WIZARDS announced its HOME TEAM SPORTS (HTS broadcast schedule. HTS will produce 70 regular season games -- 50 of them will be aired...

D.C. UNITED.(second in attendance among Major League Soccer teams)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... In spite of a lackluster performance on the field, the D.C. UNITED finished the 2000 season in 2nd place for Major League Soccer (MLS) attendance. The team averaged attendance of 18,508 fans per game. In addition, it led the league in group...

MicroStrategy tries to steer spotlight toward product.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Quick quiz: What are the first three things that come to mind when you think of MICROSTRATEGY? Stock freefall? MIKE SAYLOR? "Accounting irregularities"? No doubt, MicroStrategy's Icarus-like rise and fall has been the talk of the...

OTG.(OTG Software Inc.)(Victor Company of Japan Ltd. (JVC))(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... OTG, a Bethesda-based company run by serial entrepreneur RICHARD KAY, has inked a deal with JVC, a company best known for its video electronics business. OTG, a publicly traded company, seems to have found a niche in the Internet world...

BOO.COM.(Away.com financing)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Who says Web sites that hawk luxury items are in the dumps these days? Despite the dot-bomb fate of luxury product Web sites like BOO.COM, District-based AWAY.COM, which specializes in luxury and exotic travel, was able to land a third round...

BOOKSFREE.COM.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... And we thought free stuff wasn't a viable business model. A new company called BOOKSFREE.COM launches Oct. 3 with a unique, but financially questionable, premise. Booksfree will send you a free paperback once you've purchased a...

ASAE meets need with expanded conference center.(American Society of Association Executives)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES doubled its conference space after renovating its D.C. headquarters this month. Improvements to the 5,000-square-foot center, located in the lobby level of the ASAE building at 1575 Eye. St....

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... At the close of its third quarter, MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:MAR) said it has more than 70,000 rooms under construction or approved for development. Twenty percent of those rooms are outside the United States. ARNE SORENSON, executive...

CONFERON.(Janice Neavitt, national account executive of Marriott International)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... In other Marriott news, a company employee has been named the top hotel sales supplier by Twinsburg, Ohio-based meeting planning firm CONFERON. JANICE NEAVITT, national account executive of Marriott International, got the award of...

B-THERE.COM.(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Westport, Conn.-based B-THERE.COM has added a new sales office in Washington. B-there, a full-service provider of online registration and travel management for the meetings and convention industry, also recently opened offices in...

LODGING ECONOMETRICS.(new database products)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Portsmouth, NH-based LODGING ECONOMETRICS is breaking new ground with two database products for the hospitality industry, MSA Reports and Owners and Managers Names. MSA Reports will provide developers, hotel owners and investors,...

UNION STATION.(Moroccan exhibition)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Get a taste of the ancient arts of Morocco through a new exhibit that opens Sept. 28 at UNION STATION. Passage Through Morocco will be on display, through Oct. 15. It includes textiles, ceramics, jewelry, calligraphy, music and a fashion...

JANET WYLIE.(new president and CEO of Webversa)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Janet Wylie has wanted to be a CEO since she graduated from college. She reached her goal in June when she was named president and CEO of Webversa, a Fairfax-based company that develops voice access technology. Wylie, 44, joined the...

Home-grown consulting.(Digital Focus gets funding)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 29, 2000... Digital Focus lands $7M second round to fund expansion of its alternative consulting approach Digital Focus CEO Stephen Alexander called the caterers three months ago when his firm had its first million-dollar month. The...

TECH STOCK: AETHER SYSTEMS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 29, 2000... Less than a week after acquiring Motient's transportation division, shares of Owings Mills, Md.-based Aether Systems made significant gains Sept. 25, closing at $125.36. It dropped to $106.69 the next day. The wireless data products and...

Fashion police to hit area streets.(Levi Strauss and Co. launches promotional tour)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... If there's someone at your office who just can't seem to let loose on casual Friday, help is on the way. The folks at DOCKERS, the label owned by Levi Strauss, think can take care they that during their 10-city tour during which they'll...

PROMISEMARK.(computer virus protection service)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Heard about the latest e-mail virus? You would have if you were a PROMISEMARK subscriber. PromiseMark, a Fairfax. Internet- and data-related security service, has come out with technology that notifies people and small businesses about...

DOUBLECLICK.(online timesheet management deal with NetBase)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Not too long ago, employees lined up at the time clock at the end of the day to punch in their hours. But in today's tech age, things have been upgraded. To accommodate travelers and telecommuters, DOUBLECLICK selected Fairfax-based...

TELEBRIGHT.(deal with allBusiness.com)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... It seems like everyone wants a partner in the tech world. And TELEBRIGHT the Rockville-based one-stop shop for telecom services, is no exception. The company inked its 11th deal last week with NBCi-owned ALLBUSINESS.COM "Our growth,...

MARYLAND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORP.(accepts applications for grants)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... The MARYLAND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORP. (Tedco) is now taking applications from nonprofit and university affiliated incubators for $25,000 matching grants to fund programs at the individual facilities. Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend...

EBUYXPRESS.(acquires NISSCO)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Dulles-based EBUYXPRESS has announced it will buy NISSCO, a 200-member purchasing group for the janitorial and sanitation industries. The seller is San Antonio-based ENVIRO-CLEAN. Nissco will move its headquarters to Northern Virginia. ...

SITEL.(earnings)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Baltimore-based SITEL likely will report less-than-expected earnings for its third and fourth quarters, company officials announced. Industry analysts projected the information technology firm would report earnings of six cents and 10...

AWAY.COM.(receives funding)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... AWAY.COM, luxury travel Web site, has closed its third round of financing, raising $17 million in venture capital from Circle T Partners Gannet, New Would Ventures, Potomac Ventures and Softbank. Away, based in Washington, is a travel...

GENE LOGIC.(alliance with Amersham Pharmacia Biotech KK)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... Gaithersburg-based GENE LOGIC announced an alliance with AMERSHAM PHARMACIA BIOTECH K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Limited. Financial details were not disclosed. The alliance gives Amersham K.K. exclusive...

OTG SOFTWARE.(appoints Michael Del Rosso chief technology officer)(Brief Article)
September 29, 2000... OTG SOFTWARE of Bethesda named Michael Del Rosso chief technology officer. The 43-year-old previously was vice president for technology and information security at VII Inc., a Washington executive consulting and engineering company. He...