Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) articles from June 2003

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) archives from June 2003

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Bulletin Column.
June 29, 2003... Jun. 29--MONDAY: Experience Unlimited of Pleasant Hill, a no-fee, nonprofit volunteer organization sponsored by California Employment Development Department to help professionals seeking new jobs, holds an orientation meeting, 8:30 a.m. at...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Business Listing Column.
June 29, 2003... Jun. 29--The following individuals or corporations filed fictitious-business-name statements in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The Times makes every effort to ensure accuracy but cannot be held responsible if there are errors or omissions...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., People in Motion Column.
June 29, 2003... Jun. 29--Cynthia A. Hargadon has been appointed president and chief investment officer of Emeryville-based Normandie Group Inc.'s investment advisory subsidiary, Normandie Institutional Advisors LLC. Hargadon will oversee development and...

California Could Run Short of Electricity within Two to Three Years.
June 29, 2003... Byline: Rick Jurgens Jun. 29--Despite a rosy near-term energy outlook, California could run short of electricity within two or three years or, under one grim scenario, this coming winter. Regulators forecast that only a heat wave...

California Executive Worries about Possibility of Another Energy Crisis.
June 29, 2003... Byline: Rick Jurgens Jun. 29--FOLSOM, Calif. -- Jim Detmers' voice broke as he recalled pulling the plug on thousands of California electricity users during the 2000-01 energy crisis. "That was failure," he said of the rolling...

Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif., Tapan Munroe Column.
June 29, 2003... Byline: Tapan Munroe Jun. 29--For the past several weeks, the hostile bid by Oracle Corp. to take over rival Bay Area software firm PeopleSoft Inc. has grabbed national attention. This comes at a time when most of the news in the...

Oakland, Calif., Football Team Owner Takes Stand in Fraud Trial against City.
June 27, 2003... Byline: Guy Ashley Jun. 27--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Oakland Raiders co-owner Al Davis took the witness stand in the team's $1.1 billion fraud trial Thursday, blithely recounting his colorful career in sports. Emphasizing his words with...

Mortgage Insurer PMI Warns Its Profits Will Be Lower for Quarter, Year.
June 27, 2003... Byline: Rick Jurgens Jun. 27--PMI Group Inc. warned investors Thursday to lower profit expectations for the company for this quarter and this year. The Walnut Creek-based issuer of insurance that guarantees payments to mortgage...

Key Date Looms for PeopleSoft to Fend Off Hostile Takeover Bid.
June 27, 2003... Byline: Ellen Lee Jun. 27--Monday is shaping up as a critical day in Oracle Corp.'s hostile takeover attempt of PeopleSoft Inc. The Pleasanton-based software maker is sprinting toward the end of its quarter, scrambling to convince as...

California Lawmakers Will Take Off Weekend before Budget Runs Out.
June 27, 2003... Byline: Andrew LaMar Jun. 27--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Only four days remain until the state would start the fiscal year without a budget, but instead of working through the weekend to resolve their differences, the governor, the Senate and...