Baltimore Business Journal articles from August 2001

Baltimore Business Journal archives from August 2001

Budget blitz.(Baltimore Ravens)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Champion Ravens face financial hurdle Not everything is peaches, cream and Super Bowl rings for the world champion Baltimore Ravens. Like a quarterback who holds onto the football too long, the franchise is being pressured more than...

Carrollton nixes ATM deal with Target.(automatic teller machines)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Carrollton Bancorp pulled 55 automated teller machines out of Target Corp. stores around the region, ending a disappointing relationship that the small bank once thought would be a big moneymaker. Carrollton Bancorp Chief- Financial Officer...

Leapley lawsuits mount.
August 3, 2001... Subcontractors seek to recoup back pay The Leapley Co. Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based commercial construction. firm with ties to Baltimore and Atlanta, allegedly molded itself into another company, to dodge subcontractor payments, according...

Legg Mason completes acquisition.(of Private Capital Management L.P.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Baltimore-based Legg Mason Inc. has completed the acquisition of Private Capital Management LP, a high net worth money manager based in Naples, Fla., with $8.6 billion in assets under management Private Capital management will be a wholly owned...

Aether reports 2Q loss.(second quarter)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Owings Mills-based Aether Systems Inc. reported growing losses on revenues that increased three limes compared to the same quarter last year. The company reported a net loss of $103.64 million, or $2255 a share, for the second quarter ended...

Carnegie asks for $2.1B judgment.(Carnegie International Corp., Grant Thornton L.L.P. lawsuit)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Hunt Valley-based Carnegie International Corp., a telecommunications and Internet holding company, filed a motion in the Baltimore City Circuit Court asking for a judgment in its favor in its $2.1 billion lawsuit filed against Grant Thorton...

W.R. Grace buys French firm.(Pieri S.A.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Columbia-based W.R. Grace & Co., through its French subsidiary, paid an undisclosed amount of cash for Pieri SA, a French supplier of chemicals to construction companies. As part of the deal, Pieri, which reported about $25 million in sales for...

Vertis subsidiary inks deal with Times.(TC Advertising, New York Times Co.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... TC Advertising, a division of Baltimore-based printing and advertising services company Vertis Inc., announced it signed a 10-year contract with the New York Times Co. to print the weekly television magazines for three of the newspaper giant's...

$150M in BWI improvements OK'd.(Baltimore-Washington International Airport)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Maryland Board of Public Works approved $150 million for several projects as part of the ongoing $1.8 billion Baltimore/Washington International Airport expansion. The state awarded LaPlata-based Facchina Construction a $95 million contract...

Hopkins on the prowl?(Afro newspaper says Johns Hopkins University on prowl for research subjects)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Baltimore's Afro-American newspaper put a new -- and certainly far-fetched -- spin on Johns Hopkins University's recent research controversy. In its lead story from the July 28-Aug. 3 edition, the Afro (www.afro.com) described fears by...

Tough days at Trammell.(Trammell Crow Co. job cuts)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Trammell Crow Co., a Dallas-based commercial real estate company, is beginning to pass out pink slips. The industry giant (www.trammellcrow.com), which has offices in Baltimore and Bethesda, recently fired five people from its Mid-Atlantic...

Welcome to Margaritaville.
August 3, 2001... The tenants at Tide Point are busting out the blenders in hopes of making the best margarita on Aug. 3. About a dozen tenants of the four-building campus in Locust Point home have been invited to dig up their best recipes for margaritas and...

Gainers & Losers.
August 3, 2001... The good news is finding out our civil defense alarm systems work. Baltimoreans can rest assured that if catastrophe strikes, we'll be warned. [up arrow] The streak Not to be outdone by Cal, a naked fan sets a streak of his own. [down...

Restaurants thwarted by liquor law limits.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A year-old state law designed to lure desperately needed restaurants to Western Anne Arundel County has not attracted the flood of restaurants economic development officials had expected. Instead, business leaders argue that the law has...

Arundel bus company suing square dancers.(Convention Store Inc. files suit against 49th National Square Dance Convention Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A square dancers' convention that came to Baltimore last year apparently didn't end with the last dance -- at least for one Anne Arundel County company that provided services to the group. The Convention Store Inc. in Edgewater filed suit...

City missing tourist dollars.(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Recent data show that travelers from offshore markets other than European countries are increasingly affluent, with the potential to contribute millions annually to any domestic city's economy. But the data also suggest that Baltimore is...

The Abbey Schaefer Hotel.(being sued by SecurityLink from Ameritech Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Abbey Schaefer Hotel in the city's Mount Vernon section is being sued by SecurityLink from Ameritech Inc. over fees related to the hotel's alarm system. In the suit filed July 12 in Circuit Court for Baltimore City, SecurityLink...

Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau.(Peggy Wall resigns)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Peggy Wall, the president and CEO of the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau, announced her resignation. The group's board is searching for a replacement

Annapolis Bancorp approves stock split.(shareholders to receive dividend)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Investors reacted with apparent glee last week to the news that Annapolis Bancorp Inc., the parent of BankAnnapolis (www.bankannapolis.com), decided to offer shareholders a stock dividend this quarter. Shareholders will get one share for...

Day trader moves in.(Generic Trading of Philadelphia L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A company called Generic Trading of Philadelphia LLC is opening up a day trading facility in downtown Baltimore at 16 East Lombard St. The company is a subsidiary of the Carlin Financial Group (www.carlingroup.com), a day trading firm based...

New lending officer.(Maryland Permanent Bank hires Ron Talbert)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Maryland Permanent Bank (www.marylandpermanent.com) of Owings Mills, which has been plagued by bad loans, recently hired Ron Talbert as its chief lending officer. Talbert was previously a vice president of real estate at FCNB Bank in...

Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc.(earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Leeds Federal Bankshares Inc. of Baltimore, the parent company of Leeds Federal Savings Bank, announced fiscal fourth quarter earnings per share of 15 cents, compared to 18 cents the year before. Leeds Federal's (www.leedsfsb.com) fiscal...

Allfirst Bank.(extends small business services)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Allfirst Bank (www.allfirst.com) has expended its small business services by naming "small business advocates" who will help branch managers deal with small business clients. Carolyn Appel was named the small business advocate for the Baltimore...

The Injured Workers' Insurance Fund.(hosts 2001 American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds conference)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Injured Workers' Insurance Fund (www.iwif.com) is hosting the 2001 American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds conference, which is being held Aug. 12 to Aug. 16 at the Baltimore Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor. Baltimore...

Hospitals stop pre-surgery testing.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A loss for community hospitals is a gain for free-standing medical clinics. Looking for ways to trim expenses,, some Greater Baltimore hospitals are cuffing their money-losing pre-surgical admission testing services and referring the...

DBED awards biotechs.(Department of Business and Economic Development)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Three area bioscience companies are in the money. The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (www.choosemaryland.org) announced last month that it has invested in six bio-science companies, three of which are located in...

CareFirst expands in D.C.(leases space from HRPT Properties Trust)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... CareFirst Inc.'s search for office space in the Washington, D.C., area has ended. CareFirst, the parent company of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland's largest health insurer, has signed a letter of intent to occupy a building at 20...

St. Joseph's new cardiac catheterization.(increased number of cases)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Business at St. Joseph's new cardiac catheterization labs is booming. The hospital, which opened two new, $3 million digital labs in May, experienced a 36 percent increase in the number of cardiac cath lab cases from June 2000 to June...

Arundel firm nabs financing.(Metastorm Inc. snags $4 million from Dresdner Kleinwort Capital)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... While most regional technology firms are coming up short in their quest for venture capital, Severna Park-based Metastorm Inc. secured an additional $4 million to close out its second round of financing. The latest investment, which brings...

Incubator impact.(Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp. to commission feasibilty study)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp. is searching for a consulting firm to complete a technology incubator feasibility study by the end of this year. The study, which will examine the economic impact of an incubator in the county,...

Web benefits industry slows.(RewardsPlus, Kelly and Associates Insurance Group Inc.)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
August 3, 2001... Baltimore-area players expand product lines in tight market The online employee benefits industry -- a relatively new business a year ago -- is suffering through its first bout of growing pains. Analysts said the industry is going...

Stock Snapshot: Environmental Elements Corp.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... AMEX: EEC Baltimore-based Environmental Elements Corp. designs and maintains air-pollution systems for large companies. The company's stock appears to be on an upswing. The stock hit its 52-week high of $4.94 a share on May 25, 2001....

BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies.(stock prices)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies This Last Week's Week's Net Percent Company Name ...

Jefferson Capital.(Jefferson Capital Partners leads $4.5 million equity round for PowerPact L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Jefferson Capital Partners of Richmond, Va., led a $4.5 million round of equity in PowerPact LLC. PowerPact is a marketing services agency with offices in 17 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Detroit, Boston and...

McLean.(MainControl to close on loans)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... McLean, Va.-based MainControl is closing the second of two $5 million bridge loans. The provider of technology asset management products counts Sears, AT&T, Accenture and Sprint among its customers. MainControl cancelled a planned IPO last year...

Investment dollars in women firms still low.(survey by National Foundation for Women Business Owners)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A survey conducted in late 1999 by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners found that only 9 percent of institutional investment deals have been made in woman-owned firms. Even more dramatic, only 2.3 percent of all investment dollars...

Taking Stock.(stock prices, various companies)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... The BBJ Index* of 83 stocks closed at 1250.36 on August 1, 2001. * Weekly Gainers & Losers Price Corporation 8/1/01 % Change 1. Carnegie International Corp....

Proxy Corner: A Baltimore-Area Public Companies.(Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Jos.A.Bank Clothiers Inc. 500 Hanover Pike / Hampstead, MD 21074/(410) 239-2700 / www.josbank.com Corporate profile Along with nearly all the rest of the companies in the retail sector, old stalwart Jos.A. Bank is seeing business...

Knocking on the door.(Baltimore real estate market)
August 3, 2001... Despite incentives, programs, buying a home is still difficult for some The economy is slowing down. Jobs are drying up. And Baltimore-area home sales are on the rise. Despite skyrocketing prices, the Baltimore area is still a buyer's...

Kane tests waters for gubernatorial race.(John Kane)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... John M. Kane, president and chief executive officer of the Kane Co., a Howard County office moving and logistics company, is already campaigning for governor -- while on vacation. This week while frying to relax in the Outer Banks of North...

Buying a house at the click of a mouse.(how the internet is changing the way we shop for houses)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Finding the perfect home is an overwhelming challenge. Up until the recent Web evolution, newspaper ads, directional signs, Realtor recommendations and TV shows like "Sunday Showcase of Homes" were the predominant resources for learning...

Business complex slated for Owings Mills.(SJS Development Corp., David S. Brown Enterprises, The Cordish Co.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Three local developers plan to transform a 50-acre Owings Mills site near the Ravens training facility into a hotel, retail, office and possibly industrial park The Cordish Co., David S. Brown Enterprises and SJS Development Corp. recently...

Legg Real Estate in merger.(Legg Mason Real Estate Services Inc. merges with Spectrum Financial Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Legg Mason Real Estate Services Inc., a subsidiary of Baltimore-based Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc., merged with Spectrum Financial Corp., a Waltham, Mass.-based commercial mortgage banking firm. Spectrum Financial will continue to serve its...

News & notes.(Manekin L.L.C. completes office building)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Manekin LLC (www.manekin.com), a Columbia-based commercial real estate firm, recently completed construction on the first of two office/distribution buildings on Forbes Boulevard in Lanham. The two buildings, which front U.S. Route 50, have...

Time to think about repositioning assets.(tips and examples of how assets can be retooled to meet new purposes)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... When you officially became an adult and settled down, you traded in the deluxe sports coup for the family station wagon. While it wasn't the hippest looking vehicle, it did a great job hauling around your kids and their friends to and from...

Wealthiest ZIP codes in the Baltimore area.(ranked by 2000 median household income)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Wealthiest ZIP codes in the Baltimore area (Ranked by 2000 median household income) Rank/ ZIP code / Post office 2000 households/ last County average household size year 1...

People.(appointments, promotions)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The People section publicizes management-level hirings and promotions of area businesspeople. We also publicize elections to nonprofit and charitable organizations. We do not run, professional certifications or designations. Send announcements...

Stand out from the rest.(resume and job interviewing tips)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Job opportunities are getting leaner in today's declining business environment. As a result, odds are working against you if you're looking for a job. This reality makes it critical to distinguish yourself from others and "sell" yourself to...

Protecting utility customers.(Constellation Energy Group split)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... On paper, the spilt of Constellation Energy Group into two companies - a stable, regulated utility and a risky, nonregulated energy brokerage -- makes perfect sense. After the split, the new unregulated Constellation could pursue an...

Biotech cash upswing.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Biotechs are no longer being ignored. For years, men and women in white lab coats have beavered away in local biotechnology firms in relative obscurity. All the attention was being lavished on the young information technology whizzes. They...

HotSpot changes heat up police chief controversy.
August 3, 2001... Here's the deal: Whom do you want to decide how to fight crime, the police or a cohort of tin-horn politicians and community gasbags? For the bottom line, and there always is one, is that HotSpots is less about crime than it is about...

From the Editor.
August 3, 2001... Empowerment When we talked about a theme for our annual Women in Business issue, we debated exactly what it meant. Was empowerment something financial? Emotional? Educational? We decided it had many meanings. So in this special...

Capital, mentoring keys to beating obstacles.(funding for female entrepreneurs)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Biomedical engineer Corinna E. Lathan is not your average CEO. At 33 years old, the founder of AnthroTronix Inc. is young and female in an industry that is neither. What's more, as she shifts her search for $750,000 in seed funding into...

Colleges form groups, programs for women.(the changing face of women's education)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
August 3, 2001... There were few female students and no female professors when Sandra Greer was taking chemistry classes at the University of Chicago in the '60s. "I don't think our professors thought we'd amount to much. I think they thought we were there...

Network, volunteer for projects to get ahead.(women making it in today's business world)(Brief Article)(Column)
August 3, 2001... Question: I am a young woman who is just starting out in business. I work for a large company in the marketing department. I consider myself to be ambitious and I want to get ahead. Can you give me some heart-to-heart advice about what it...

Largest woman-owned buisnesses in the Baltimore area.(ranked according to gross revenue in 2000)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Largest woman-owned buisnesses in the Baltimore area (Ranked by 2000 gross revenue) Rank/ Name last Address Gross revenue year Phone / Fax / Internet 2000/1999 1 Total Office...

Encouraging girls to embrace high technology.(tips to make high-technology appealing and accessible to girls)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Web site, www.bls.gov, lists computer scientists, computer engineers and systems analysts as the top three occupations with the fastest employment growth from 1996 projected out to 2006. Despite a current...

Plan now for your young one's college dreams.(529 College Savings Plan )(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Since 1995, college expenses have risen 5 percent per year, substantially more than the 3 percent general rate of inflation. If the cost of higher education continues to grow at this rate, parents of today's toddlers could be paying more than...

Passion, faith and hard work lead to success.(Margaret M.V. Preston, Kathryn B. Freeland, Patricia J. Mitchell)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Vice President, global sales and operations, IBM Global Services Patricia J. "PJ." Mitchell was, fortunate to have good role models. With strong women to look up to, Mitchell said she never felt she could not succeed. And that...

Shop Talk: How did you finance your business?
August 3, 2001... Anita Brightman A. Bright Idea LLC / Bel Air "I left my current company and I had money in savings. We utilized that and I got a small loan from Provident Bank. I also received help and guidance from the Small Business Resource Center...

Cash crunch.(Osiris Therapeutics Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Osiris battles to bring back glory days Two years. ago, Baltimore's Osiris Therapeutics Inc. was a fast-growing biotechnology firm with partners in high places and plenty of money to burn. Times have changed. In late 1999, Swiss...

Sub contractors' sorrows.(Electricians sue Marriott for money owed)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Industry: Late payments plague small firms Richard "Dick" Colon, president of small Baltimore subcontracting firm Mace Electric Co., is going after the Goliaths of the hotel industry: John Paterakis and Marriott International Hotels Inc....

MCI calls Sylvan deadbeat.(Legal remedies)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... A former partner of Sylvan Learning Systems Inc. was an hour away from shutting off telephone and Internet service to the company's Baltimore headquarters last month because of an unpaid bill. MCI Worldcom Communications Inc. -- which...

Top tier rents go tumbling.(Office buildings)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Rents for first-rate office space in downtown's central business district, which cleared the $30 hurdle last summer, have dropped below $23 a square foot, a recent report shows. ONCOR International, an organization of privately owned...

Provident restates earnings.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Provident Bankshares Corp. announced that second quarter earnings fell from last year and that it had it had to restate earnings from the first quarter as well as 2000 due to loan problems. The Baltimore-based bank reported earnings of 30 cents...

Tenant moves into BWI complex.(Integrated Airline Services Inc.)(Baltimore/Washington International Airport)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Denver-based Integrated Airline Services Inc. has joined Baltimore/Washington International Airport as the first company to lease space and begin operating at the 358,800- square-foot Midfield Cargo Complex, built last year to accommodate...

COPT buys two buildings near BWI.(Corporate Office Properties Trust buys 2 office buildings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 10, 2001... Corporate Office Properties Trust, has acquired two buildings near the Baltimore/Washington International Airport totaling 97,161 square feet. The acquisition includes a four-story 91,534 square-foot office building, which is 100 percent leased...

Correction.(Anne Arundel County liquor laws )(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
August 10, 2001... In the article "Restaurants Thwarted by Liquor Law Limits" [Vol. 19, Aug. 3-9, Page 4], Del. John R. Leopold, R-Pasadena, was misquoted in reference to a bill governing Anne Arundel County liquor laws in the General Assembly. Leopold's...

Hecht's in the hot seat.(Telemarketing class action lawsuit)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Tired of telemarketers calling your home? You're not alone. An Owings Mills lawyer has filed a class action lawsuit against department store chain Hecht's, accusing the retailer of violating a federal law against making unsolicited,...

Pension funds pump up company profits.(Lockheed Martin Corp. reports $2.1 bn in operating profits for 2000)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... On the surface, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s $2.1 billion operating profit in 2000 might thrill investors. But all is not what it seems for shareholders in the giant Bethesda-based defense contractor. More than one-fourth of Lockheed's...

Harford swim-club battle rages.(Country club 35-acre swim club)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... A group of Harford County residents want to stop construction of a swim club because of worries the club will be a noisy water park and not just a neighborhood center. Country Club Investors LLC, a group of Harford County businessmen,...

Clarke says office tower project still on track.(Mixed-use development in Baltimore)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Although financing is tightening for office projects as the economy slows, Baltimore businessman J. Joseph Clarke says he's still moving forward with his mixed-use development at the corner of light and Redwood streets. The project on the...

COPT looks to Virginia.(Real estate investment trust targets Interstate 270 corridor)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Corporate Office Properties Trust, a Columbia-based real estate investment trust specializing in office development, is looking southward when it comes to snatching property. "We do think there are some opportunistic buys in Northern...

Contractor to move HQ.(Baltimore general contractor moves new corporate headquarters)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Atlantic Builders Group Inc., a Baltimore general contractor, plans to move into its new corporate headquarters by the end of the month. Located at 9635 Philadelphia Road in White Marsh, the eight-acre site includes the 20,000-square-foot...

MIE Properties Inc.(Building projects)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... MIE Properties Inc., a Baltimore development firm specializing in flex/office buildings, has undertaken residential projects in Maryland and Louisiana. Construction is nearing completion on Waters Edge at Woods Landing, a 115-unit...

Manekin Corp.(Gains real estate management contracts)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... The asset management division of Manekin Corp., a Columbia-based commercial real estate firm, has secured 14 new management projects -- totaling more than 1 million square feet of space -- since the beginning of the year. The company now...

PETs arrive at region's community hospitals.(St. Agnes HealthCare invests in scanner)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... About two years after the imaging technique position emission tomography (PET) hit Baltimore area medical clinics, the highly sensitive and sought-after technology is infiltrating area community hospitals. St. Agnes HealthCare in...

Cylex gets more cash.(From Maryland)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... The $150,000 the state loaned to Cylex Inc. last month is part of a $1.5 million to $2 million interim round of financing for the Columbia company, said Judith Britz, Cylex's CEO; The private company will need cash when it emerges from the...

University of Maryland School.(Alza Corp. and medical school jpartner to make pills)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... The University of Maryland School of Medicine and California-based Alza Corp. have formed a $5. million research partnership to make more medications available in pill form.

Legg's Miller says it's thne for market to rise.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Legg Mason Inc. portfolio manager Bill Miller believes the bear market that has dragged stock prices down for well over a year now has hit bottom and should go up from here. "We continue to believe that the lows reached in late March and...

Mortgaging autos online.(Mortgages to finance auto loans)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... A Baltimore-based company called iauto mortgage (www.iautomortgage.com) has created a Web site that allows car buyers to take out mortgages to finance their cars. The company, which is a subsidiary of the real estate information services...

Venture capital rebounds.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Venture capital funds in the Mid-Atlantic region rebounded during the second quarter after no money was raised during the first quarter of the year, according to statistics compiled by Timonium-based Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and Venture...

Staying on the board.(Help companies to keep from being delisted from Nasdaq)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... With companies getting delisted from the Nasdaq at a rate of more than one a day, the National Investor Relations Institute has taken it upon itself to educate investor relations execs about how to avoid such a fate. In the July issue of...

Fox acquisition may affect UPN station future.(Fox Television may sell Baltimore television station)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2001... Rumors are running rampant in the television industry about the fate of 10 former Chris-Craft Industries stations bought by Fox Television -- including a station in Baltimore. Since the Federal Communications Commission approved Fox's $5.4...