San Francisco Business Times articles from December 2000

San Francisco Business Times archives from December 2000

Life in 2000: Where were you when lights went out?
December 29, 2000... Maybe we'll remember 2000 best as the year the lights went out. By its end, of course, the lights were threatening to go out everywhere in the state as California's jerryrigged electrical system teetered on the brink of collapse....

Dealmaker of the Year: David O'Reilly of Chevron.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Merger with Texaco creates $100 billion energy giant For all the sound and fury in the Internet world, this year's biggest and most significant transaction in the Bay Area came straight out of the so-called "Old Economy." When...

Who made the wheels -- and deals -- turn in 2000.(David Pottruck, Co-CEO Charles Schwab and Co.)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... David Pottruck, Co-CEO Charles Schwab & Co. Charles Schwab & Co.'s $2.7 billion deal to capture New York money manager U.S. Trust Corp. bit into second-quarter earnings, but the stock brokerage scored kudos for its long-term vision. ...

Michael Bigham, CEO, Coulter Pharmaceutical.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Biotech has grown up enough for the market to witness the first true merger of equals -- Seattle-based Corixa and South San Francisco-based Coulter Pharmaceuticals. Corixa bought all the shares of Coulter for $900 million, and the two...

Hank Barry CEO, Napster.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Hank Barry, a partner with venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, joined Napster as interim CEO less than a month before the Big Five record labels, represented by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), slapped a...

Thomas Weisel, founder Thomas Weisel Partners.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... San Francisco investment banker Thomas Weisel's encore for a strong first-year showing in 1999 was to start off 2000 announcing that the California Public Employees Retirement System had purchased a 10 percent stake in Thomas Weisel Partners...

Jack Fries CEO, St. Luke's Hospital.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... It was as if by filing suit, David managed to get Goliath on his team. Jack Fries, his suit and its resolution have saved the nonprofit 260-bed St. Luke's Hospital from oblivion, and may have secured its financial exist indefinitely. St....

Jonathan Nelson, Chairman, Organic Inc.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Consider Organic a sort of poster child for what made early 2000 the best of times for Internet companies -- and made the latter part of the year by far the worst. The San Francisco web design and consulting firm went public in February,...

Ted Fang Publisher and CEO, the Examiner.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... If 1999 was the year of John Sias and the San Francisco Chronicle, 2000 was the year where Ted Fang took the spotlight for the San Francisco Examiner. The San Francisco Independent publisher successfully fought in court for the right to...

Tom Poggi, CAC.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... When Chase H&Q snapped up 560 Mission St in March, it was the largest lease deal in San Francisco history. Chase signed a 15-year lease for the 31-story skyscraper being built by developer Hines. Local brokers estimate the lease to be...

Dan Cressman and Angus Scott Grubb & Ellis.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... When Grubb & Ellis brokers Dan Cressman and Angus Scott named their asking price of $70 million for the sale of the Ice House I and II buildings in San Francisco, some brokers said they were dreaming. "People thought we were crazy,"...

Jeanne Jacksnn CEO, Walmart.com.
December 29, 2000... The duel between the Wal-Mart smiley face and the Blue Light specials began in the Bay Area in 2000 as Walmart.com and Kmart's BlueLight.com set up shop to test their premise that there is a bright future for mass-market discount retailers...

Liz Fetter, CEO NorthPoint Communications.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The most significant deal in Bay Area telecommunications in 2000 was the one that wasn't. When chief executive Liz Fetter led NorthPoint Communications to the altar to wed Verizon Communications, it was a marriage of an old incumbent...

Pat Gallagher President, Giants Enterprises.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... What does one do when staring at an $18 million annual mortgage payment for the next 20 years, a payroll topping $60 million for the coming year alone, and a spanking-new headquarters that goes unused for half the year? If you're the San...

Party animals heading for hibernation in 2001.(dotcoms)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Is the party really over? Seems the only confetti tossed around these days for dot-coms is made of shredded pink slips and worthless stock options. While Internet infrastructure plays remain solid, many online companies are...

Banking.(forecasts)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Bad loans are rearing their ugly heads, and that spells trouble for many banks in 2001. Bank of America Corp., Union Bank of California and others found trouble in 2000, and there's little sign of that easing in the coming 12 months....

Biotech.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that the year 2000 will be known as year one of the genomic revolution. Companies have been scrambling to patent a flood of DNA sequences, covering their bases for the future. Some may find that...

Finance.(industry evaluation)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The boom in the Internet sector that fueled the Bay Area's finance industry over the last several years ended dramatically in 2000. The industry will spend much of the new year responding to the altered financial landscape that shifted...

Health.(health care industry evaluation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Health care in the Bay Area has gone from disarray to near chaos. The industry will have to grapple with rapidly escalating labor costs and a widening of the chasm between cost of care and government reimbursement. Strikes by the...

Internet.(e-commerce industry evaluation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Like any group suddenly struck down by an epidemic, Internet industry survivors will hoist themselves onto wobbly legs and move on in 2001. E-commerce, whether aimed at businesses or consumers, is inevitable. E-tailers may still be...

Marketing.(advertising industry evaluation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... What a difference a year makes. If 1999 was the year when dot-corns got drunk on venture capital and IPOs, shelling out millions of dollars for splashy campaigns, 2000 was a time to sober up and think about whether the commercials of...

Real estate.(San Francisco market)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Looking back years from now, 2000 will be remembered as the year of skyrocketing office rents and unbelievable building prices. Office rents for Class A space already seemed crazy high in March when the average rent was around $68, but by...

Retail.(retail industry evaluation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Big names have come and gone in retail in San Francisco, and Union Square remains as tony, and as insanely expensive -- from a real estate perspective -- as ever. Some big-name companies that call the Bay Area home, however, have been...

Sports.(professional sports evaluation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Let's take a tally. Five pro sports teams in the Bay Area; three titles. But the successes of the Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants and Oakland Raiders -- and, OK, the San Francisco 49ers and Golden State. Warriors, too -- aren't coming on...

Technology.(2001 forecast)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Falling demand for PCs, softening corporate IT spending, rising oil prices and a European currency crisis all converged in the third quarter to set an ugly scene for technology companies. As a result, earnings warnings emerged from firms...

Telecom.(2001 forecast)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The Telecommunications Act of 1996 fueled the creation of a new breed of nimble, aggressive and inventive new companies ready to take on the big incumbent carriers. The stock market of 2000 helped temper their enthusiasm. The year ahead...

FROM THE PUBLISHER.
December 23, 2000... Welcome to the 2001 Book of Lists, published by the San Francisco Business Times. All of the Lists featured in this publication originally appeared in the Business Times during 2000. As you'll see on the cover of the Book of Lists, we...

Top Commercial Real Estate Firms in the East Bay.
December 23, 2000... Top Commercial Real Estate Firms in the East Bay Company name No. Bay Area Address offices Phone ...

Top Commercial Real Estate Firms in San Francisco.
December 23, 2000... To Commercial Real Estate Firms in San Francisco Company name Address Total square Phone footage secured No. agents Rank Web site ...

Top Commercial Real Estate Firms in San Mateo County.
December 23, 2000... Top Commercial Real Estate Firms in San Mateo County Company name Total square feet Address of space secured No. agents Phone/Fax ...

Largest Residential Real Estate Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Residential Real Estate Firms in the Bay Area Company name Address Residential Prior Phone/Fax sales volume in Rank Rank Web site...

Largest Executive Suite Rental Agencies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Executive Suite Rental Agencies in the Bay Area Company name Square feet Square feet Rank Address of space managed last Phone/Fax ...

Largest North Bay Commercial Real Estate Firms.
December 23, 2000... Largest North Bay Commercial Real Estate Firms Total No. of licensed Total Company ...

Largest Commercial Developers in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Commercial Developers in the Bay Area Total square Total square Company name footage footage Address ...

Largest Commercial Real Estate Firms in Northern California.
December 23, 2000... Largest Commercial Real Estate Firms in Northern California SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY Total square Company Name footage Address ...

Largest Property Management Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Property Management Firms in the Bay Area Rentable Company name space Rank Address ...

Largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in Bay Area Company Size of Address portfolio Phone Total market...

Largest Architecture Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Architecture Firms in the Bay Area Gross billings for Bay Area ...

Largest Office Furniture/Supply Retailers in Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Office Furniture/Supply Retailers in Bay Area Company name Bay Area Bay Area Address 1999 sales employees Prior Phone/ Fax ...

Largest Commercial Contractors in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Commercial Contractors in the Bay Area Company name Value of total Address contracts in 1999 Prior Phone/ Fax ...

Largest Construction Projects in San Francisco.
December 23, 2000... Largest Construction Projects in San Francisco Square feet Project description Project Rank and location cost 1 Mission Bay, 16th St. - 6,000,000...

Largest Construction Projects in the East Bay.
December 23, 2000... Largest Construction Projects in the East Bay Project Total description Total square feet project Rank and location ...

Largest Construction Projects in San Mateo County.
December 23, 2000... Largest Construction Projects in San Mateo County Project description Construction Rank /location value 1 San Francisco International ...

Largest Environmental Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Environmental Firms in the Bay Area Company name Rank Address Bay Area last Phone/ Fax Bay Area full-time Rank year...

Largest Engineering Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Engineering Firms in the Bay Area 1999 billings for Bay Area Company name ...

Largest Banks in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Banks in the Bay Area Total Company Branch assets Address ...

Largest SBA lenders in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest SBA lenders in the Bay Area Company Address Value of SBA Prior Phone/Fax loans (504 and 7A) Rank Rank Web site ...

Most Active Investment Banks in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Most Active Investment Banks in the Bay Area Value of Value of mergers and ...

Largest Accounting Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Accounting Firms in the Bay Area No. Bay Area Company CPAs ...

Largest Silicon Valley Accounting Firms.
December 23, 2000... Largest Silicon Valley Accounting Firms Name Address Professionals in phone, fax Silicon Valley/ Rank...

Largest Venture Capital Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Venture Capital Firms in the Bay Area Capital managed Company name as of 1/1/2000 ...

Largest Recipients of Venture Capital Funding.
December 23, 2000... Largest Recipients of Venture Capital Funding Company Address Total capital Phone/Fax ...

Largest Bay Area Mergers & Acquisitions of 1999.
December 23, 2000... Largest Bay Area Mergers & Acquisitions of 1999 Company name Address Phone Value Rank Web site of deal Target 1...

Largest Initial Public Offerings in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Initial Public Offerings in the Bay Area IPO date Company Amount Offering...

Largest Securities Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Securities Firms in the Bay Area No. Bay Area licensed brokers...

Largest Mutual Fund Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Mutual Fund Firms in the Bay Area Company name Assets under Address management No. funds Prior Phone/ Fax ...

Largest Money Management Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Money Management Firms in the Bay Area Company name Address Total assets Prior Phone/Fax currently Rank Rank Web site...

Largest Bay Area Residential Mortgage Lenders.
December 23, 2000... Largest Bay Area Residential Mortgage Lenders Company name Dollar volume Address of home loans Prior Phone/Fax ...

Largest Bay Area Property/Casualty Insurers.
December 23, 2000... Largest Bay Area Property/Casualty Insurers Company Address 1999 property/ Prior Phone/Fax casualty premium Rank rank...

Largest Bay Area Workers Compensation Insurers.
December 23, 2000... Largest Bay Area Workers Compensation Insurers Company Name 1999 workers [1] Address compensation Prior Phone/ Fax ...

Largest Insurance Brokerages in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Insurance Brokerages in the Bay Area Company Address 1999 Bay Area Prior Phone/Fax premium volume Rank Rank Web...

Largest Hospitals in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Hospitals in the Bay Area Company Address Prior Phone/Fax Total no. Rank Rank Web site licensed beds 1...

Largest Bay Area Health Maintenace Organisations.
December 23, 2000... Largest Bay Area Health Maintenance Organisations Company name Rank Address last Phone/ Fax Bay Area Total Rank Year Web site enrollees...

Largest Bay Area Preferred Provider Organizations.
December 23, 2000... Largest Bay Area Preferred Provider Organizations Company name Rank Address last Phone/ Fax Bay Area Total Rank year Web site enrollees...

Largest Physician Groups in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Physician Groups in the Bay Area Rank Company name last Address No. Rank year Phone/Fax physicans 1 1 Permanente Medical...

Largest Biotech Companies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Biotech Companies in the Bay Area Gross No. Bay revenue Company ...

Largest Benefits Consulting Firms in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Benefits Consulting Firms in the Bay Area No. Bay Area Company name consultants Total Address ...

Largest Airlines Serving the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Airlines Serving the Bay Area Company Address Prior Phone Total passengers Rank Rank Web site SFO/OAK 1999 1 1 United...

Largest Travel Agencies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Travel Agencies in the Bay Area Company Address Prior Phone/Fax Rank Rank Web site 1 1 Rosenbluth International 1100 49 Stevenson St., San Francisco 94105 ...

Largest Hotels in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Hotels in the Bay Area Company Address Prior Phone/Fax Total number Rank Rank Web site guest rooms 1 1...

Largest Resorts in the Greater Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Resorts in the Greater Bay Area Company name Rank Address last Phone/Fax Total no. Total no. Rank year Web site rooms ...

Largest Craft Breweries in Northern California.
December 23, 2000... Largest Craft Breweries in Northern California No. of barrels produced ...

Largest Wine Producers in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Wine Producers in the Bay Area Company name Total Rank Address 1999 Vineyard last Phone/ Fax case ...

Toughest Golf Courses in the Greater Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Toughest Golf Courses in the Greater Bay Area Course name Par Address (18 holes) Phone/ Fax ...

Largest Health Clubs in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Health Clubs in the Bay Area Company name Address Prior Phone/ Fax No. Bay Area Rank Rank Web site club members 1 1...

Largest Conventions in the Bay Area in 2000.
December 23, 2000... Largest Conventions in the Bay Area in 2000 Estimated total Rank Name of convention attendance...

100 Largest Private Companies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... 100 Largest Private Companies in the Bay Area No. Bay Revenue Area Company name ...

150 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies.
December 23, 2000... 150 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies Revenue Total no. FY: employees Company...

100 Fastest-Growing Private Firms in Northern California.
December 23, 2000... 100 Fastest-Growing Private Firms in Northern California Percent Rank Company growth City...

100 Highest Paid Executives of Bay Area Public Companies.
December 23, 2000... 100 Highest Paid Executives of Bay Area Public Companies Realized gains Previous...

100 Largest Women-Owned Companies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... 100 Largest Women-Owned Companies in the Bay Area Company name Revenue No. Bay Area Address FY 1999...

200 Largest Public Companies in the Greater Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... 200 Largest Public Companies in the Greater Bay Area Company name Stock Rank Address Revenue symbol Stock last...

150 Fastest-Growing Public Companies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... 150 Fastest-Growing Public Companies in the Bay Area Company name Revenue: Rank Address 1999...

Largest Transit Agencies in the Bay Area.
December 23, 2000... Largest Transit Agencies in the Bay Area Annual Annual passenger operating ...