IT industry shows most growth: firms say they get busier in
recession.(VALLEY AREA'S FASTEST 50 GROWING PRIVATE COMPANIES)(CPI
S
Talk to owners of information technology companies and practically
all tell the same story: a down economy means good business for them.
Whether it is security software, IT consulting and . . .
Public company profitability index: performance of greater San
Fernando Valley companies based on ROE.(THE LIST)
PUBLIC COMPANY PROFITABILITY INDEX
Performance of Greater San Fernando Valley companies based on ROE
Rank Firm Ticker ROE Revenues
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Business aviation facility management profile: Aerolease.
The Aerolease Group has over 30 successful years of experience in
developing, managing and promoting business and corporate aviation
facilities.
With aviation office and hangar leasehold . . .
Learning to fly: how to get started as a pilot.
No matter what your ultimate goal in aviation is--be it
recreational flying or a more advanced training program--you must start
by getting a private pilot's license. (Word to the wise:
technically, . . .
Where the drive comes from: why smart businesses turn to business
jet utilization.
In 1999, J.D. Power and Associates conducted a business aviation
study for NBAA. The study had three main objectives:
* To analyze and understand the past and present aircraft fleet
utilization . . .
The "plane" truth: about the benefits of owning your
own aircraft.
Business growth and mobility play a major role in the increasing
use of corporate aircraft. No longer are company aircraft considered a
luxury. Company aircraft have become common, necessary and . . .
Very light aircraft: hot and getting hotter.
Very Light Aircraft, commonly known as ultralights or light sport
aircraft, are small aircraft used for recreational aviation. The
popularity of these planes has increased dramatically in recent . . .
What you should know about your private charter company.
Below are some tips on what you need to know about your private
charter company.
SAFETY
How many flight hours and miles does your charter company log per
year and how many accidents have they . . .
Van Nuys Airport: 80 years of progress taking flight.
As Van Nuys Airport (VNY) prepares to mark its 80th anniversary on
Dec. 17, 2008. it continues its ongoing leadership in aviation, business
and community service.
One of the largest general . . .
The alternative to commercial: you won't want to go
back.
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Flying to a resort destination used to provide the first
pleasurable experience of the getaway. Today, commercial air travel has
become an ordeal that must be endured . . .
Finally, pilots and entrepreneurs with a light business airplane
have their own show.(Conference news)
What are the top five things that businesspeople using, or wanting
to use an airplane should know?
What technologies can help owners make the least expensive, most
effective use of light business . . .
Waterworks Investments founder on why "private aviation
makes better investors".
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Atlanta-based Waterworks Investments bought two Gulfstream G5s to
move millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars in transactions for
its high-level investors. Founder . . .
Helicopter charter is a fast and flexible alternative to jet
travel.
Helicopters offer an ideal alternative means of
transportation--compared to jet travel and automobiles--in the
sprawling, metropolitan region of Southern California. Helicopters can
often get . . .
Trying to make sense of economic climate.(FROM THE
NEWSROOM)
As you can see by reading Reporter Thom Senzee's front-page
story in this issue, we took the temperature of several different local
industries to see how they were doing in this economic downturn . . .
Terrible trio takes its toll but this too shall
pass.(KALEIDOSCOPE: OUR CHANGING VALLEY)
The sky really is falling, Chicken Little!
Our north-of-Mulholland and slightly-south-of-Paradise community is
being tested mightily with a trio of trials. Two of the three are
strictly local, . . .
DEX.(Technology)(Paul Gettings appointed as executive vice
president)(Brief article)
DEX announced that Paul Gettings has joined the company as
executive vice president of worldwide sales, marketing, and business
development; reporting directly to Sheldon Malchicoff, DEX's
chairman . . .
Inter/Media Companies.(Technology)
Joseph Poulose has been named vice president of information
technology for the Inter/Media Companies and will oversee InfoTech
Development the organization's new technology unit. InfoTech
designs . . .
Emergent Game Technologies.(Technology)
Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies has hired Katie Morgan
as the firm's vice president of sales and marketing. She joins the
firm from SouthPeak Interactive, where she had worked for the . . .
NAI Capital.(Real Estate)(Michael Schiff appointed as executive
vice president )(Brief article)
Encino-based NAI Capital appointed Michael Schiff as executive vice
president and branch manager of the company's Westlake Village
office, effective Oct. 1. In addition to overseeing the operation . . .
Free Speech Coalition.(Non-Profits)
Joanne Cachapero has been named membership director for the Free
Speech Coalition. Cachapero has written for both mainstream and adult
publications and has been news manager for XBIZ until taking . . .
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