The San Diego Union-Tribune (San Diego, CA) articles from November 2003

The San Diego Union-Tribune (San Diego, CA) archives from November 2003

Companies Point Fingers, Play Hardball over Cable Price Increases.
November 30, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 30--As every angry American with a remote control knows, the biggest complaints about cable TV are that it costs too much and there's never anything worth watching. The fact is, everybody pays for...

Some Wildfire Claimants in California Told Insurance Premiums Will Rise.
November 30, 2003... Byline: Leslie Berestein Nov. 30--The news from the insurance agent was far from comforting when Wanda Kwiatt called last week to check on her claim from the Cedar fire. "My agent told me that because I have a claim, my premium will...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Michael Kinsman Column.
November 30, 2003... Byline: Michael Kinsman Nov. 30--In the view of management consultant Matthew May, all the workers in America would be happier and more satisfied if they routinely asked themselves one question: Did I make the most of me today? It's...

Prepaid Cards Keep Holiday Shoppers within Budget.
November 29, 2003... Byline: Nicole Reino Nov. 29--As the holiday shopping season gets started, microchip-embedded "prepaid cards" are becoming an increasingly popular option for shoppers concerned about staying within budget. The cards look like credit...

San Diego Shoppers Hit Stores at Break of Dawn on Black Friday.
November 29, 2003... Nov. 29--Things Kim Usrey did the day after Thanksgiving, from 5 a.m. on: Stand in line at Kmart, KB Toys, Borders, Toys R Us, Target and Wal-Mart. "I do this every year because there are bargains," said Usrey, who was planning to...

China Poised to Take High-Tech to New Heights.
November 29, 2003... Byline: Dean Calbreath Nov. 29--SHENZHEN, China--Larry Prior is a seasoned veteran of the high-tech arena, but even he is a bit awestruck as he walks through the headquarters of China's Huawei Electronics. In a sparkling showroom...

Designer of San Diego Padres' Qualcomm Stadium Redefined Art.
November 28, 2003... Byline: Jonathan Heller Nov. 28--The distinguished older gentleman stepped onto the jade-green outfield of the downtown ballpark. His wingtips whispered across the freshly cut grass. His eyes wandered over the exposed steel...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 20, 2003... Nov. 20--PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & Walker LLP has added Kurt Kjelland as a partner in the litigation department. SAN DIEGO NATIONAL BANK has hired Naveen Jethwani as a small business administration lender. Prior to joining the company,...

Cheap Yuan Spurs Complaints of Unfair Advantage.
November 20, 2003... Byline: Dean Calbreath Nov. 20--BEIJING--Walk down any street in China and it's easy to understand why politicians in Washington might think the currency is seriously out of whack. A fresh peach at a fruit stand takes 6 cents out of...

U.S. Says China-Trade Deck 'Stacked'; Quotas Part of Bid to Readjust Balances.
November 20, 2003... Byline: Dean Calbreath Nov. 20--BEIJING--As the Bush administration levied quotas on Chinese textiles this week, cheap lingerie and T-shirts became the latest victims in a growing trade war between the United States and its fifth-largest...

Merck Cuts Third of Work Force at San Diego Research Unit.
November 20, 2003... Byline: Penni Crabtree Nov. 20--Merck & Co.'s San Diego research unit will let more than a third of its work force go as part of a larger restructuring announced last month by the New Jersey pharmaceutical giant. Merck has given...

Recall-Election Ads Give California Television Stations Boost.
November 20, 2003... Byline: Preston Turegano Nov. 20--In a period when lucrative political advertising is usually nonexistent, the hastily scheduled California recall election provided a $5 million windfall to eight TV stations in San Diego and one in...

Rumblings of Walkout Hit San Diego Shipbuilder NASSCO.
November 20, 2003... Byline: Michael Kinsman Nov. 20--Union workers threatened yesterday to strike San Diego shipbuilder NASSCO after 10 months of labor talks failed to reach agreement on a new contract. An estimated 300 members of the Shipyard Workers...

Proposed Ordinance in San Diego Takes Aim at Wal-Mart Supercenters.
November 20, 2003... Byline: Penni Crabtree Nov. 20--San Diego lawmakers are considering an ordinance that aims to stop the Wal-Mart Stores retail juggernaut from rolling its discount Supercenters into the city. The proposed measure, similar in tone to...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 19, 2003... Nov. 19--ALAN ZITER has been named president and CEO of NTC Foundation. He will oversee the conversion of 26 former Naval Training Center buildings into an arts, civic and cultural district. TUCKER SADLER Noble Castro Architects has hired...

Price Increases on Plywood Could Affect Those Trying to Rebuild in California.
November 19, 2003... Byline: Rachel Laing Nov. 19--A big jump in the price of plywood could bite into fire victims' funds for rebuilding, and insurers won't necessarily pick up the extra cost. The price of construction-grade plywood commonly used as the...

California Legislator Presses Power Issue.
November 19, 2003... Byline: Craig D. Rose Nov. 19--The state's prime legislative investigator into the California electricity crisis is pressing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to vigorously pursue the state's refund cases at the Federal Energy Regulatory...

San Diego-Based Anadys Pharmaceuticals Eyes Initial Public Offering.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Penni Crabtree Nov. 18--Anadys Pharmaceuticals filed yesterday with federal regulators to raise up to $86.2 million in an initial public offering, the latest of about a dozen biotechnology companies to try the faltering IPO...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Nicole Reino Nov. 18--TERRY B. HALL is general manager of Seaport Village. She will oversee tenant relations, leasing and operations. Hall has more than 20 years experience in commercial property and assest management. ...

Out-of-State Contractors Expected in California.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Emmet Pierce Nov. 18--When fires, earthquakes and other disasters strike California, out-of-state building contractors are quick to arrive on the scene. "I have a dirt crew, a pipe crew, a concrete crew," said Ted Huffer, an...

The San Diego Union-Tribune People to Watch Column.
November 18, 2003... Nov. 18--MARK DEGORTER AGE: 46 TITLE: President and chief operating officer NTN Hospitality Technologies, a division of NTN Communications NTN Communications, based in Carlsbad, beams a library of interactive trivia and sports...

High-Speed Internet Service Ricochet Appears to Be Firing Blanks in San Diego.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 18--Ricochet, a wireless high-speed Internet service with a checkered past, appears to be experiencing difficulties again. San Diego customers of the service, which offers Internet speeds almost triple...

San Diego-Based Firm Pushing toward High-End Storage Business.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Mike Freeman Nov. 18--It's been three years since the tech bust destroyed scores of once promising businesses. Yet it would be hard to tell there was ever a technology downturn by looking at Overland Storage. During the...

California Shoppers Wait, Wonder: Will Car Tax Be Repealed?
November 16, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 16--The cars haven't exactly been roaring off the lot at Seaside Buick in recent weeks. It seems that everybody's waiting for Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger to repeal Gov. Gray Davis' car tax increase once...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Michael Kinsman Column.
November 16, 2003... Byline: Michael Kinsman Nov. 16--SAN FRANCISCO'S NEW WAGE LAW CAN BOTH HELP, HINDER: Residents of San Francisco recently voted a pay raise for people on minimum wage. Sixty percent of voters agreed that the city should have its own...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business Calendar Column.
November 15, 2003... Nov. 15--TUESDAY: Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Tom Hamm's Lighthouse, 2150 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego. Cost: $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Registration: www.afcea-sd.org -- Smith...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 15, 2003... Nov. 15--MOSS ADAMS LLP has named Rick Anderson chief executive officer. Anderson has been with the company since 1973. SC DESIGN INC. has hired Bob Burns as director of operations and Ken Ritzman as vice president of corporate...

CORRECTION: Two Found Guilty in Investment Scheme in California.
November 15, 2003... Byline: Rachel Laing Nov. 15--The story slugged SD-INVESTMENT-SCHEME, filed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News for Nov. 15, contained an error in the headline. Only two men were found guilty on charges linked to an apparent...

Median Price in San Diego County for Single-Family Resales Hits Record.
November 15, 2003... Byline: Roger M. Showley Nov. 15--San Diego County's housing market withstood the disastrous late-October wildfires by setting a record median price for the month of $415,000 for single-family resale homes, DataQuick Information Systems...

32 Found Guilty in Investment Scheme in California.
November 15, 2003... Byline: Rachel Laing Nov. 15--A federal jury yesterday convicted two San Diego men on charges of mail and wire fraud related to an apparent Ponzi scheme the pair operated out of La Jolla offices. William F. McCray and Paul Yates were...

MP3.com Is Sold; All Content to Be Deleted.
November 15, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 15--The once-high-flying San Diego Internet music site MP3.com is being sold to CNET Networks, a San Francisco company that runs a number of technology information sites. The current site will cease to...

California Utility Crews Restore Power to Nearly All in San Diego County.
November 15, 2003... Byline: Craig D. Rose Nov. 15--When a utility provides electric service to more than 1.3 million customers, it's hard to provide personal service. But as crews from San Diego Gas & Electric have reduced the number of customers without...

Biotech Growth Bucked Economic Downturn, Survey Says.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Terri Somers Nov. 14--The continuing growth of the biotechnology industry was a bright spot for the economy during the downturn of the past few years, according to a survey the U.S. Commerce Department released yesterday. The...

Manager of San Diego County, Calif., Business Development Office Gets New Job.
November 14, 2003... Nov. 14--The long-time manager of San Diego County's business development office has jumped ship to lead South County's development effort. Cindy Gompper-Graves, manager since 1995 of the county Office of Trade and Business Development,...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 14, 2003... Nov. 14--TODD POULSEN has joined the San Diego Chargers as the senior director of ticket sales and service. Poulsen formerly was director of sales for the Los Angeles Clippers. FREDERICK SCHENK has been named secretary of the board of...

Study Suggests Good News about Cancer Therapy Drug.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Penni Crabtree Nov. 14--A study suggests that Biogen Idec's cancer therapy Rituxan may prolong remission in patients with a slow-growing form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a finding that could boost the already blockbuster sales of...

Former Gateway Executives Accused of Fraud.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Mike Freeman Nov. 14--Federal regulators yesterday accused three former Gateway executives of a series of financial schemes designed to inflate the company's results in 2000, a time when sales of its personal computers were...

Court Stops Metabolife from Using Free-Speech Defense in Woman's Stroke Suit.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Greg Moran Nov. 14--Embattled diet-drug maker Metabolife can't invoke commercial free speech protections to defeat a lawsuit filed by a woman claiming that a stroke she suffered was caused by one of the company's products, an...

Nurseries Say Southern California Grocery Strike Wilts Flower Business.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Conor Dougherty Nov. 14--The Southern California grocery workers strike is taking a heavy toll on local nurseries and flower growers, with some businesses posting losses during what would ordinarily be a peak selling season. ...

Tribe Bands in New Role: Manager of Mutual Fund.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Bruce V. Bigelow Nov. 14--After 20 years of operating a casino and resort, the Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians wants the public to think of the tribe in a wholly different context as a mutual fund manager. In an unexpected...

San Diego County, Calif., Stores Sell Counterfeit Cigarettes, Suits Contend.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Michael Kinsman Nov. 13--Forty-six retailers in San Diego County were sued this week for allegedly stocking and selling counterfeit cigarettes in their stores. Philip Morris USA filed lawsuits in federal courts in San Diego...

California to Appeal Ruling on Energy Pacts.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Craig D. Rose Nov. 13--With at least $2 billion at stake, California officials are heading to federal court to overturn long-term power contracts with Sempra Energy and three other energy suppliers. The state Electricity...

Mediator Calls Recess in Grocery Pact Talks in Southern California.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 13--A federal mediator yesterday called a recess in negotiations between the three major Southern California supermarket chains and the union that represents grocery workers, describing two days of talks this...

Jack in Box Has Delicious Fourth Quarter.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 13--Jack in the Box customers are suddenly eating more burgers and salads. The San Diego-based company, which is in the process of diversifying its menu to attract a wider audience, said yesterday that...

Labor-Department Official Predicts Need for Staff in Biotechnology Sector.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Terri Somers Nov. 12--A top Labor Department official said yesterday that community colleges nationwide could boost their courses in the life sciences next year as part of an effort to meet the staffing needs of the biotechnology...

Home-Based Businesses Ravaged by Southern California Wildfires Get Help.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 12--When Errol and Shannon Hieshetter's Lakeside house went up in smoke during the recent wildfires, so did much of their landscaping company. Gone almost instantly in the wind-driven wall of flames were four...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 12, 2003... Nov. 12--MICHAEL J. FLANNERY has joined nStor Corp. as vice president sales, North America. He will be responsible for direct and channel sales for the company. Flannery has more than 20 years experience in sales and sales management....

Gateway Blitz Jump-Starts Gift Season.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Mike Freeman Nov. 12--Aiming to steal the spotlight leading into the holiday season, Gateway rolled out a slew of new products yesterday to enhance its roster of consumer electronics gadgets, computers and data storage devices....

Agency to Review Plants, Lines Carrying Electricity from California to Mexico.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Diane Lindquist Nov. 12--In response to a San Diego federal court ruling, the U.S. Department of Energy will do a full review of the environmental impact of two Mexicali power plants and the power lines that carry electricity...

Poway, Calif., Space-Exploration Company Sees Stars, Dollar Signs.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Bruce V. Bigelow Nov. 12--A small Poway company with big plans for commercializing space technology has found an unorthodox way to get its next mission off the ground. In a bit of unconventional marketing, SpaceDev has...

Idec, Biogen Expand San Diego Research Efforts; Officials Tout Corporate Clout.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Penni Crabtree Nov. 11--San Diego's premier biotechnology company will cease to exist this week. Idec Pharmaceuticals will metamorphose into the West Coast hub of an entity called Biogen Idec Inc., as executives expect to win...

FCC Allows Transfer of Home Numbers to Cell Phones.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 11--Federal regulators approved a plan yesterday to let consumers transfer their home numbers to their wireless phones, ushering in a new era of competition in the already cut-throat telecommunications...

The San Diego Union-Tribune People to Watch Column.
November 11, 2003... Nov. 11-- JOHN BONFIGLIO TITLE: Chief executive officer AGE: 49 COMPANY: Immune Response Corp. As the new chief executive of Immune Response Corp., John Bonfiglio is leading an effort to revive the biotechnology company's...

California Supermarket Officials, Union Meet with Mediator.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 11--Southern California's three major supermarket chains and the grocery workers' union met with a federal mediator yesterday for the first time in four weeks in hopes of jump-starting contract talks. But it...

Warehouse-Chain PriceSmart Stumbles over Inflated Sales.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 11--PriceSmart, a retail warehouse chain that focuses on foreign markets, said yesterday that it will restate its results after uncovering accounting errors that inflated sales by more than $29 million over the...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business Calendar Column.
November 8, 2003... Nov. 8--MONDAY: The Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Development and International Trade Center and other local agencies: Hispanic Business Fair presented in Spanish, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Southwestern College, 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula...

Shutdown of Low-Cost Drug Option Has San Diego-Area Seniors Worried.
November 8, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 8--Phyllis Kossar's elderly parents live on a tight budget that consists primarily of the modest interest they earn on old investments. So in recent months, Kossar had been providing them some monetary pain...

Southern California Grocers, Union Agree to Meet.
November 8, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 8--Both sides in the 4-week-old Southern California grocery strike and lockout said yesterday that they have agreed to a federal mediator's request to meet next week. It was unclear whether substantial...

Federal Judge Approves Shutdown of Canada Drug Shops in San Diego.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 7--A federal judge yesterday granted a request by the U.S. government for the shutdown of Rx Depot and its San Diego affiliate Rx of Canada, whose stores enabled customers to purchase medicines from Canada at a...

Sempra Energy Sees 40.6 Percent Gain in Quarterly Net Income.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Bruce V. Bigelow Nov. 7--Sempra Energy showed yesterday just how erratic the energy business can be when it posted third-quarter financial results beyond expectations thanks to incentive awards and a legal settlement with...

San Diego's EMusic Online Service Sold by Vivendi.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Mike Freeman Nov. 7--EMusic, an online music service in San Diego, has been sold to Dimensional Associates, a New York private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, for an undisclosed price. EMusic was one of the online music...

Judge Blocks San Diego Firm's Pop-Up Ad Assault.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 7--Federal regulators yesterday accused a San Diego company of "high-tech extortion" by bombarding unsuspecting computer users with pop-up ads and then offering to sell them software to block those very ads....

Workers' Compensation Pure Premium Pared 15 Percent in California.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Rachel Laing Nov. 7--State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi yesterday slashed advisory rates for workers' compensation insurance by nearly 15 percent for 2004. The reduction reflects cost savings that Garamendi believes...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 6, 2003... Nov. 6--JAMES MUMFORD has been named chairman of the California Interior Plantscape Association. Mumford will begin his duties in January. ERIN GILLOOLY has joined Julia Simms Public Relations as an account coordinator. RON JOHNSON...

Founder Plans to Sell San Diego Concert Nightclub 4th & B.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 6--At 57, Bob Speth has had enough of the night life. The founder of 4th & B, San Diego's largest concert nightclub, said yesterday he is selling the cavernous, 21,000-square-foot venue because he's weary of...

Nurses at Encinitas, Calif., Hospital Launch Effort to Unionize.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Michael Kinsman Nov. 6--Nurses at Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas yesterday launched a bid to unionize, which if successful would mark the entry of organized labor into one of the region's largest health care networks. ...

San Diego-Based Qualcomm's Quarterly Profits Jump 50 Percent.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 6--Qualcomm yesterday reported a 50 percent increase in quarterly profits, fueled by an improved tax rate and increased demand for its patented wireless technology. In its fourth quarter, ended Sept. 28,...

San Diego Software Firm Peregrine Systems to Deliver New Shares to Holders.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Bruce V. Bigelow Nov. 6--The last piece in the Peregrine Systems jigsaw puzzle has moved into place. Under a tentative accord reached this week, shares of the San Diego software company will finally be distributed to...

Houston Broker Accused of Manipulating San Diego-Based Company's Stock Price.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Conor Dougherty Nov. 6--The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged yesterday that a Houston stockbroker fraudulently manipulated the stock price of a San Diego airport concessionaire, taking in about $1.5 million in...

Strip Clubs Seek Damages from San Diego Establishment.
November 5, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 5--Strip club Cheetahs and its owner Michael Galardi have not only run afoul of the law, they've also upset their closest competitors. Deja Vu Showgirls and Convoy, two strip clubs located within a close...

San Diego Biotechnology Firm's Drug Fails to Meet Key Goal.
November 5, 2003... Byline: Terri Somers Nov. 5--Shares of Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals plunged 19 percent yesterday after the company said its drug candidate HE2200 had no "statistically significant effect" at lowering cholesterol in a clinical trial. ...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 5, 2003... Nov. 5--INVITROGEN CORP. named Benjamin Bulkley senior vice president of commercial operations. John D. Thompson has been promoted to senior vice president for corporate development. TECHFLOW INC. has hired Jim Day as vice president of...

Building Industry Gets Ready for Big Task Ahead in San Diego Area.
November 5, 2003... Byline: Emmet Pierce Nov. 5--Although the acrid aroma of smoke still hangs over parts of the county, the building industry has begun gearing up for the mammoth task of rebuilding and repairing homes that were scorched or leveled by...

Imaging Advances Aid Fire Fight in California.
November 5, 2003... Nov. 5--In any war, battlefield intelligence can make the difference between victory and defeat, lives saved and lives lost. Now, improved technology for imaging wildfires could provide fire officials with much more accurate maps showing...

Health Care System Leases Space in Carmel Valley, Calif.
November 5, 2003... Byline: Conor Dougherty Nov. 5--Scripps Health said yesterday that it signed a 17-year lease for 112,000 square feet of office space in Carmel Valley for outpatient medical services. The nonprofit health care system said the new...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business People Column.
November 4, 2003... Nov. 4--KEDRA MARKIE has joined Las Villas del Norte Retirement Community as program director for ActivCare. RYAN YOUNG INTERIORS has promoted Irma Shaw to senior project manager. Shaw will oversee six interior designers. She will also...

Ralphs Picks Up Where Grocery Pickets Left Off in California.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Frank Green Nov. 4--Customer traffic has surged at Ralphs in the four days since the grocery workers union pulled its pickets the company's stores in a tactic that has cut deeply into sales at Albertsons and Vons. Ralphs...

Fires Won't Have Much Effect on San Diego-Area Housing Market.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Emmet Pierce Nov. 4--If developer Bill Ostrem had any doubts about the marketability of land scorched by recent wildfires, they disappeared within days of the blaze that skirted the edge of his firm's property. "We just...

Electronics Industry Conference Is Returning to Monterey, Calif.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Mike Freeman Nov. 4--Six years ago, the electronics industry's top trade group moved its big fall financial conference from Monterey to San Diego. The reason: Technology was on the cusp of a boom, and Monterey lacked the hotel...

Sharp Cuts, Changes put San Diego Wireless Firm on Course to Profitability.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Davies Nov. 4--When Peter Leparulo took over Novatel Wireless in January, he made a to-do list. The No. 1 item for the San Diego wireless modem maker: Survive. But survival wasn't going to be simple. The company...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Business Calendar Column.
November 2, 2003... Nov. 2--Deadline for calendar items is three weeks in advance. Mail them to: Nicole Reino, Around Town, The San Diego Union-Tribune, P.O. Box 120191, San Diego, CA 92112-0191 or e-mail them to nicole.reino@uniontrib.com. TUESDAY ...

Southern California Homeowners Planning to Rebuild Will Face Series of Hurdles.
November 2, 2003... Byline: Roger M. Showley Nov. 2--Building a home isn't what it used to be when the pioneers built log cabins and adobe huts. It's a maze out there, and homeowners rebuilding from the wildfires that hit San Diego County last week face...

Many Victims of San Diego-Area Wildfires Hope to Rebuild Homes.
November 2, 2003... Byline: Leslie Berestein Nov. 2--Several days after their Scripps Ranch home burned to the ground, Pat and Bruce Rasmussen still hadn't made contact with their insurance company to see what their future housing options are. But they...

The San Diego Union-Tribune Michael Kinsman Column.
November 2, 2003... Byline: Michael Kinsman Nov. 2--ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS CAN LIMIT A WORKER'S RIGHTS: If you haven't already been asked to sign away one of your constitutional rights, you may when you go looking for your next job. Several weeks ago,...