The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun articles from October 2001

The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun archives from October 2001

Airport expansion plan stalls, businesses left in limbo.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The city of Phoenix has grounded its program to buy dozens of businesses just north of Sky Harbor International Airport, and business owners there are wondering about their futures. City officials have ordered a 90-day moratorium on buying...

Reality check.(air travel levels hard to predict)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Sky Harbor retools, deals with uncertainty People are beginning to fly again after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and airport officials are starting to prepare for an unpredictable holiday season. Phoenix Sky Harbor. International...

Businesses called to foster confidence.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Energy leaders say economy depends on people getting back to normal In these uncertain times -- with a tottering economy and America waiting for a definitive response to the terrorist attacks -- local business need to move decisively in...

ASU president search in full swing.(Arizona State University)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Business and community leaders charged with finding the next president of Arizona State University say one of the qualities must be an ability to cultivate strong ties to the business community. "We really want somebody who walks on water,"...

Aerospace firm shifts expertise to auto safety.(Hexcel Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A company that-helped send Americans to the moon is shifting Arizona operations, into high gear to put its high-tech materials to use for auto safety. And that means changes for Hexcel Corp.'s two Arizona plants -- one is winding down...

Campaign aims to boost bequests to charities.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A statewide campaign encouraging individuals to bequeath their money or asses to nonprofits launched this week. The timing is uncanny as state agencies are facing budget cuts, high tech and airline employees are being laid off, and...

Valley poised between growth and contraction.
October 5, 2001... Arizona's recovery from the economic slump will require businesses and consumers to give more attention to their normal schedules, said CB Richard Ellis regional director Pete Bolton. "If we don't hunker down and go back to business -- not...

Chandler Fashion Center provides welcome boost to Valley job scene.(Westcore Partners recruiting many for new Chandler shopping center)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Westcor's retail project in Chandler has created several thousand new jobs -- a boon to the area at a time when layoffs seem to dominate headlines. When Chandler Fashion Center opens to the public this month, many of the 3,500 positions...

Downtown draws redistricting interest.(Coalition for a Downtown Competitive District lobbies for Maricopa County, Arizona)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A proposed downtown voting district -- spanning Phoenix, Tempe and Scottsdale -- has economic leaders singing its praises and hoping urban business issues will finally garner more attention at the Congressional level. One of the latest...

'Business Journal' wins seven awards.(Business Journal of Phoenix)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... The Business Journal captured a first place award for general excellence at the Arizona Newspapers Foundation 2001 Better Newspapers Contest. The Journal won in the 10,000-plus circulation category, and was followed by the Green Valley...

Presenters selected for Venture Capital Conference.
October 5, 2001... The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce announced its picks to present at December's Arizona Venture Capital Conference. Fourteen entrepreneurs representing startups in four states will pitch their need for financing to a room, full of...

Citrus growers pleased with ruling against USDA's import decision.(California and Arizona citrus growers, U.S. Department of Agrilculture)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A group of more than 5,000 citrus growers in California and Arizona is. hailing a U.S. District Court ruling against a U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to allow Argentune citrus fruit into this nation. The court ruled that the USDA...

Web-based referral system reduces hospital headaches.(Maricopa County, Arizona's Web-based system)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Maricopa County Department of Medical Eligibility created a Web-based referral system earlier this year that hospitals praised with enthusiasm. But on Oct. 1, the Arizona Department of Economic Security took over the county's role in...

Study says Arizona among states hardest hit by nursing shortage.(study by Arizona Hospital and Health-care Association)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Although hospitals nationwide are experiencing nursing shortages, Arizona hospitals have it even worse, according to a study released by the Arizona Hospital and Health-care Association. The report, which mirrors a June study by the...

Valley residents muster little economic enthusiasm.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... In a poll released Sept. 28, Maricopa County residents exhibited only "moderate" optimism about the economy. About 44 percent indicated that they felt the economy will improve in the next year, while 25 percent said they feel it will...

Motorola credit union builds at Superstition Springs.(will move by first-quarter 2002)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Motorola Employees Credit Union-West is building a 6,000-square-foot facility at Superstition Springs Business and Office Park in Mesa. Motorola is expected to move into the building, by first-quarter, 2002. It broke ground last month. ...

Smith named president.(East Valley Community Bank named Gerry J. Smith)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Gerry J. Smith has been named president of East Valley Community Bank in Chandler. Most recently, Smith served as executive vice president of, Sun Community Bancorp Ltd. and was responsible for overseeing performance of Arizona-based...

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon moves.(into 75,000 square feet at Collier Center)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Jennings; Strouss & Salmon PLC has relocated in downtown Phoenix from One Renaissance Square into 75,000 square feet at Collier Center, 201 E. Washington St. The firm will occupy the 10th, 11th and 12th floors. The main telephone number...

Bankers add associates.(Arizona Bankers Association)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Wagner, Eileen Brill As part of a program initiated this year, the Arizona Bankers Association has approved the applications of 11 organizations as associate members. They are Clark/Bardes Consulting, Chicago Title Insurance Co.,...

MuniFinancial names exec.(Michael McNamara)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Michael McNamara has been named vice president division manager of MuniFinancial's financial consulting services. He is a former finance director and city treasurer in San Clemente and Irvine, Calif. In his new post, McNamara will oversee...

Washington Mutual to build.(corporate leadership training center)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Washington Mutual, which is in the process of building 40 branches in the Phoenix area, will build a corporate leadership training center in the Seattle area. Groundbreaking for the three-building, 107,000-square-foot center is expected to...

Desert Schools campaign.("Get More For Your Money")(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Desert Schools Federal Credit Union. has launched a marketing and advertising campaign using employees of the financial Institution. The campaign can be seen on transit boards, billboards, magazine ads and radio spots. The "Get More...

Health Net gets fined.(for violating the 45-day limit for repayments and for failure to pay interest on the late payments)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The California Department of Managed Health Care levied a $100,000 fine against Health Net Inc., a managed health care company based in California with operations in Arizona. The state alleged that California's fourthlargest health...

Cigna ready for state.(employees and their dependents)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Cigna HealthCare of Arizona officials say they are prepared for an onslaught of nearly 100,000 state employees and their dependents, now that it is the sole administrator for employee benefits. "Cigna HealthCare continually evaluates its...

Hospital spending up.(health care costs increased 7.2 percent in 2000)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Hospital spending nationwide accounted for the largest share of increased health care costs last year, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. Overall, health care costs increased 7.2 percent in 2000, the...

TMC backs off trauma care.(Tucson Medical Center HealthCare trustees vote to stop level one trauma care)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... TMC HealthCare's board of trustees voted to stop providing "level one" trauma care at Tucson Medical Center by the end of this year because it can't find public funding to keep that level of service operating. Frank Alvarez, president and...

Online Latino magazine expands scope of coverage.(AmericanLatino.net)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Phoenix-based PoliticoMagazine.com has transformed its Web site and expanded coverage to reach a larger Hispanic audience nationally. Now called AmericanLatino.net, the site has moved beyond just U.S. Latino politics into areas such as...

PR West Group lands two.(Scottsdale Community Bank and Brems Eye Center)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... PR West Group of Carefree has been hired as the agency of record by Scottsdale Community Bank, and to handle marketing and advertising for Brems Eye Center of Phoenix and Scottsdale. PR West will, focus on print and direct mail, as well as...

Savvy Marketing debuts.(online marketing agency)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A former executive for San Francisco-based ClickAction, LuRae Lumpkin has launched her own Valley firm, Savvy Marketing. The Scottsdale online marketing agency offers Web site and online marketing expertise to businesses. Lumpkin's...

Two hire Gitenstein & Assadi.(public relations agency)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Gitenstein & Assadi Public Relations of Scottsdale has added two accounts to its roster. Life Planning Services of Phoenix and The Children's Center for Neurodevelopmental Studies of Glendale. The agency will oversee the launch of Life...

Barclay goes Hollywood.
October 5, 2001... Barclay Communications of Phoenix has been hired by Burbank, Calif.-based Buena Vista Home Entertainment to handle publicity and promotions for its newest releases. Buena Vista Home Entertainment is the video and DVD release division for...

Agency promotes Miraglia.(E.B. Lane Marketing Communications, Jeff Miraglia)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... E.B. Lane Marketing Communications of Phoenix has promoted Jeff Miraglia to executive creative director for the agency. Bruce Nilsson, who formerly shared creative director duties with Miraglia, has joined McMurry Advertising, Phoenix, as...

Clear Channel shuffles.(general manager changes for 8 stations)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Clear Channel Radio Phoenix has realigned the general manager line-up for its eight Valley stations. Senior vice president J.D. Freeman has let go of his daily tasks as general manager for such stations as KNIX-FM 102.5, KYOT-FM 95.5,...

CJ Ward joins 15.(KNXV-TV 15, Phoenix, AZ)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... C.J. Ward has joined the KNXV-TV 15 news team. Ward has worked as an investigative/consumer reporter for KPNX-TV 12 and KPHO-TV 5. Most recently, he worked as an investigative reporter for KJEO-TV in Fresno, Calif.

Airport's advertisers staying on current heading.(Clear Channel Airports advertising agency)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Advertisers are sticking with Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport despite the travel industry's grinding halt and slow recovery. In fact, Harrah's Phoenix Ak-Chin Casino Resort re-signed its contract to advertise there, said Tamie...

Industry seeks aid.(tourism industry seeks federal funding)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Members of the tourism community also are asking government leaders to reinstate a federally funded tourism marketing organization. AOT's McDermott, as chairman of the Western States Tourism Policy Council, Faxed a letter to Tourism...

Hiltons brainstorm solutions.(Pointe Hilton resorts)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Some Valley resorts that don't typically need to advertise in the fall, when tourism's high season begins, are brainstorming grassroots solutions to combat lower than expected occupancy rates. The Pointe Hilton resorts at Squaw Peak and...

Slalom on Town Lake.
October 5, 2001... Tempe Town Lake will be host to 20,000 spectators of the 2001 National Collegiate Water Ski Championships Oct. 12-14. There are more than 180 competitors in the event, representing the nation's top 13 collegiate teams including Arizona...

Film crew in Arizona.(Wolkenlos travel program)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A film crew from the German travel program, "Wolkenlos," is spending nearly two weeks, in Arizona filming material to air in a March episode of the hour-long show. Wolkedos typically focuses on one destination per show and will highlight...

Fender puts headquarters at Chaparral Business Center.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Fender Musical Instruments Corp. has moved its corporate headquarters into Phase III of Chaparral Business Center, a 25-acre office park owned by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community east of Scottsdale. Phase III is a...

Sierra Winds.(awarded 2001 National Mature Media Award)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Sierra Winds, a Peoria life-care retirement community, received four awards in the 2001 National Mature Media Awards competition presented by The National Mature Market Resource Center, including a Silver and Bronze Award in the Direct Mail...

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort.(2001 Gold Key Award)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort was chosen by readers of Meetings & Conventions magazine as one of 204 meeting facilities to receive the 2001 Gold Key Award. The award recognizes the top domestic and international hotels and resorts providing...

Deals.(L.J. Melody and Co. gets financing for Southbank I)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Financing in the amount of $11.4 million has been secured by L.J. Melody & Co., a CB Richard Ellis company, for Southbank I, a manufacturing/R&D facility at 3440 E. University Drive, Phoenix. The 130,000-square-foot building was constructed in...

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.(named to Information Week 500)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... * Pinnacle West Capital Corp., Phoenix, was named to CMP Media's Information Week 500, a listing of the largest and most innovative users of information technology. Pinnacle West, parent company to Arizona Public Service Co., ranked No. 4 among...

Arizona State University.(supply chain management program ranked)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... * Arizona State University's supply chain management program in the College of Business was ranked ninth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2002" survey. Its accounting program ranked 16th,. management....

www.arizonatheatre.org.(Arizona Theatre Co.)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The Arizona Theatre Co. unveiled anew Web site at www.arizonatheatre.org. The site will post news releases and provide ATC's history, its board of trustees and some staff biographies as well as contact information.

Foam on the range.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Change in product strategy expected to double staff size American Excelsior Co. plans to sell its Phoenix-based evaporative cooling parts distribution business and ramp up sales of its packaging products. Advances in air-conditioning...

ASU launches $100,000 online procurement system.(Arizona State University)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Online procurement continues as a popular IT expenditure, and Arizona State University just spent a bundle. The state's largest public university implemented a $100,000 purchasing system that links authorized university "shoppers" with...

Phoenix's Anvil Studios acquired, receives needed influx of cash.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The proposed acquisition of Phoenix-based Anvil Studios Inc. by children's entertainment company Janex International Inc. has been made official, and could create as many as 200 new positions in the Valley. Anvil founders Robert Dotson and...

Goal setting gets top priority from Valley dot.com.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... TECH PROFILE: MYGOALS.COM Type of business: Consumer content CEO, co-founder: Greg Helmstetter City: Scottsdale E-mail: greg@mygoals.com Web site: www.mygoals.com Employees: 6 Year founded: 2000 2000...

California firm gives new meaning to 'watching the kids'.(Wherify Wireless to offer global positioning watch for children)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO -- By the end of this year, Wherify Wireless Inc. hopes to market a playful-looking child's watch. Even though it tells time, its real purpose is provide the whereabouts of the wearer 24 hours a day by using global positioning...

Visa unveils security feature.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... SAN FRANCISCO -- Visa International rolled out its new set of security standards for Internet payments made over mobile phones, in line with its new platform for traditional online payments. Yet a higher fee structure for online merchants...

Let the battle begin.(Yahoo plans possible Internet browser application)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... SILICON VALLEY -- As Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. battle over their competing visions of Web-based software and services, revenue-hungry Internet portal Yahoo appears set to challenge both with a suite of applications designed to...

Ask Jeeves? Buy Teoma.
October 5, 2001... EAST BAY -- Emeryville, Calif.-based Ask Jeeves Inc. is winning kudos for its plans to acquire Teoma Technologies Inc. -- a search engine that some say can compete with search engine powerhouse Google Inc. Before the Ask Jeeves-Teoma combo...

Time Warner offers two ISPs.(Time Warner Communications Inc. Columbus Div., internet service providers)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... COLUMBUS, OHIO -- The Columbus division of Time Warner Communications Inc. has become the first in the nation to offer multiple Internet service providers through its cable infrastructure. Earthlink and AOL launched services through Time...

Web phone firm hits glitch.(MyFreeLD.com files Chapter 11)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... SAN ANTONIO -- MyFreeLD.com, the first of the free Internet-based long-distance phone services, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, which at one time employed 10 people, is down to one -- founder and chief...

Suit targets franchise fees.(BellSouth Corp. disputes Memphis city franchise fees)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... MEMPHIS, TENN. -- BellSouth Corp. is taking the city of Memphis to court to get a reduction in city franchise fees. BellSouth is required to make quarterly payments equal to 5 percent of its gross revenues. Bell South officials said...

Tech group pushes to extend tax moratorium on Net.(technolgoy trade organization advocates electronic commerce tax moratorium)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The moratorium on e-commerce taxes -- enacted as part of the Internet Tax Freedom Act -- expires Oct. 21. Several proposals to extend the moratorium have been introduced in Congress and assigned to committees with little progress. That...

Pegasus deal done.(Pegasus Solutions Inc. acquires Gobal Enterprise Technology Solutions L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions Inc. acquired the remaining 80 percent of Tempe based Gobal Enterprise Technology Solutions LLC for $11.5 million. Pegasus initially acquired 20 percent of the hotel systems developer in October 2000 for $5...

Syntellect expands board.(Kent Mueller and Roy Herberger Jr. appointments)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Syntellect Inc., NASD:SYNL, a developer of speech-recognition software and hosted services, has added Roy Herberger Jr. and Kent Mueller to the board of directors. As outside directors, they will help manage the public company's operations...

Koch is branching out.(Koch Financial Corp. opens Nashville regional office)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Koch Financial Corp., the corporate giant's financing arm based in Scottsdale, has added a regional office in Nashville, Tenn., to serve state and local governments. Koch Financial offers customized financing to governments for high-dollar...

Ephibian expands reach.(opens Denver office)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Ephibian, a software development and integration firm, has opened an office in Denver and hired business development employees in Dallas, San Diego and Seattle. Ephibian is headquartered in Tucson with all sales and development efforts in...

Compare insurance online.(InsuranceBeacon.com offers insurance cost comparisons and purchasing services)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... A new online insurance agency based in Surprise is promising easier comparative shopping for coverage plans in Arizona or California. The independent service, called InsuranceBeacon.com, offers cost comparisons and purchase ability for...

Let the bidding begin.(AbleAuctions.com announces lease agreement)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... AbleAuctions.com, a Scottsdale-online auctioneer, has expanded operations in South San Francisco to handle auctions of surplus office equipment. The company leased an additional 23,000 square feet and to enlarge management and auction...

Now online.(Metro Phoenix Human Resources Association at www.mphra.org)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Vertigo Interactive Design Inc. designed a Web site for the Metro Phoenix Human Resources Association, a local chapter of the national society. The new site, hosted by Vertigo and located at www.mphra.org, aims to increase member...

Avnet slashes 400 jobs in face of slumping sales.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Phoenix-based electronics components distributor Avnet Inc. slashed 400 more jobs last week, citing poor economic conditions and slow business sales. Fewer than 100 of those positions were based in the Valley, said chief communications...

Problems up, costs down.(survey indicates increase in wireless phone service problems, decrease in service prices)(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... As the average price of a wireless phone call continues to drop, more consumers are subscribing to wireless service than ever before, according to a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates. In 2001, 52 percent of households in the 25...

Simula Inc. refinances debt.(with loan from Allied Capital Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Simula Inc. has received $25 million in financing from $2 billion portfolio lender Allied Capital Corp. The loan refinances the Phoenix-based company's existing $20 million senior notes with Levine Leiclitman Capital Partners. In...

Computers donated.(by DeVry Institute of Technology to Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix has donated 20 computers to Mesa's Mountain View High School. The computers, now in the school's media center, will be used by Mountain View students for word processing and Internet research. ...

Up in the ranking.(Pinnacle West Capital Corp. receives Information Week ranking)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Pinnacle West Capital Corp. recently was named to CMP Media's Information Week 500, a listing of the largest and most innovative users of information technology. Pinnacle West, parent company to the Valley's largest utility, Arizona Public...

Entrada hires new exec.(John A. Lewis)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... John A. Lewis has joined Entrada Software Inc. as vice president of service and support. He will oversee operations of the Entrada Technical Assistance Program. Lewis' background spans experience at Andersen, Sybase Inc. and his own...

NETWORKING ORGANIZATIONS.(of Arizona, includes number of local members)(Directory)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... NETWORKING ORGANIZATIONS Ranking: Number of local members Rank Name of organization Telephone 2001 address Fax 2000 city, zip Web or...

Valley business executive encouraging tolerance.(Meyer Turken authors book)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Meyer Turken of Turken Industrial Properties Inc. is a man of many talents. He grew up in a real estate family and started a property management company. Now he has shown he can write. He's offering a book that can't he turned down...

Perini Building busy.(shifts billings division to Farmingham, Massachusetts from Phoenix)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Over the past year, Perini Building Co. shifted its billings division to Phoenix from Framingham, Mass. Its latest billings from its Phoenix office totaled about $740 million, chairman Dick Rizzo said. Rizzo added that he and president...

Douglas Allred's new project.(Douglas Allred Co. to develop Allred Sky Harbor Center Phase Two in Phoenix, Arizona)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Douglas Allred Co. is developing and managing Allred Sky Harbor Center Phase Two, a two-building flex-industrial project near the southeast corner of 16th and Grant streets in Phoenix. The two buildings in the $11 million project have 90,157...

Brophy Prep goes high tech.(Kitchell Contractors completes Brophy College Preparatory School renovation and expansion project)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The high-tech library at Brophy College Preparatory School, Phoenix, recently finished by Kitchell Contractors, will be dedicated Oct. 7. The renovation and expansion project includes a three-story Eller Fine Arts Building that the company...

Spirited leases signed.(Staubach Co.)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... The Staubach Co. has negotiated seven temporary Halloween leases in the Valley for Spirit Halloween Superstores. The leases total more than 183,000 square feet and run through Nov. 1. The Phoenix stores are at Camelback Promenade at...

More office construction.
October 5, 2001... Work is starting on Red Mountain Freeway Center, a three-building flex-industrial development at the southeast corner of 48th Street and Loop 202 Freeway in Phoenix. The build-to-suit project is on the property once occupied by East High...

Time to catch up around town.
October 5, 2001... Don't know if it's because everyone still is a little bit on the emotional edge after Sept. 11, but there hardly was a dry eye in the house at last weekend's Hon Kachina awards banquet. These days it doesn't take much to stir the heart. A...

Technology firms can seize moment to help nonprofits.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... It's been said the Internet has changed everything. But really, it hasn't. The Web hasn't changed basic human needs. It hasn't changed our need to be informed, to plan for the future to own a home, to travel and explore, to express...

Hard economic times require tough city decisions.(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Even prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, our national, state and local economies were changing from a state of prosperity to a state of stagnation, if not outright decline. The federal budget surplus, so widely touted only two months...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
October 5, 2001... Story on pediatric bed availability fails to state facts Dear Editor: We are responding to the article entitled "Bed Check" by Angela Gonzales in the Sept. 14 issue of The Business Journal. Our concern is the article conveys the...

RON STEEGE.(of La Casa Builders Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 5, 2001... Job title: President Company name: La Casa Builders Inc. Age: 56 Years with the company: 11 years Company's major projects? "We have two large custom homes under development at DC Ranch through its Exclusive Custom Builder...

Real estate experts predicting rebound.(World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks impact real estate and construction industries)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 5, 2001... Until then, slowdown expected to delay some Valley projects The ripple effects of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., are likely to keep hitting the Valley's real estate industry for an indefinite period of time,...