An emerging risk management and governance trend for 2008:
renewed emphasis on establishing an integrated worldwide risk managem
Does everyone remember the landmark speech Stephen Cutler, former
director of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
delivered at UCLA School of Law in September 2004? It was . . .
BIO event stimulates biotech community for future
endeavors.
For the Southern California's life science community, two
years of preparation for the 2008 BIO International Convention came to a
head last week with what is no doubt the most successful . . .
Financial market strategies.
It's "high noon" and Sheriff Bernanke is waiting
with gun bolstered for rapid inflation, that most devious of villains,
to slink onto the economic scene. Bernanke has already laid down . . .
Retailers may not see upturn until the holidays.
April showers brought May flowers retail-wise, as May industry
sales jumped 3.8 percent from that month a year ago, but the forecast
for the rest of the year is hazy, economists say.
According to . . .
Even community banks can't avoid credit woes: 'bumpy
ride' predicted for rest of the year.
For the most part, community banks avoided making subprime mortgage
loans, and are still making profits, but the lenders aren't immune
to the national credit crisis, and an economy teetering on the . . .
Technology industry on firm ground despite slowing economy:
'guarded caution' likely to reign over budgets.
While some segments of the local economy are seeing a downturn, the
technology sector is holding steady due in large part to its diversity,
industry insiders say.
Joe Budano, president of Xantrex . . .
Housing sector won't recover in 2008, experts predict:
foreclosures expected to peak in the fall.
Undermined by the mortgage crisis, which are still wreaking havoc,
the housing market will not be saved in 2008, analysts say.
Foreclosures from adjustable rate subprime mortgages are expected
to . . .
Stellar growth unlikely in Casino and gaming industry: unpaid
bills, building delays impeding plans.
The year began with portents of growth for Southern
California's American Indian gaming industry. But with gasoline
approaching $5 a gallon and an economy set in neutral, the latter half
of 2008 . . .
Election year brings focus on health care.
Americans are worried about health care in a big way. In recent
Kaiser Health Tracking Polls, registered voters ranked health care
third, behind the economy and Iraq, as the issues they most wanted . . .
Glass of economic woes half full, not half empty: defense
spending strong; housing recovery looms with population booming.
So, what about that water glass?
Has it been half empty these past six months, what with the
collapse of the lower end of the residential housing market and
spectacular rise in the price of . . .
Sandal's strategy for the Region's
future.(COMMENTARY)
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There are no national economies anymore--only a global economy with
a constellation of regional economies with strong cities at their core.
"As it becomes ever more . . .
How to control the horizontality of your people.(PACIFIC
PERSPECTIVES)
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It looks as if size, after all, does matter.
Increasingly so, as it turns out, with regards to the dimensions of
waistlines: The overweight citizen has been taking a . . .
San Diego Convention Center schedule.
SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER SCHEDULE
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DATE EVENT TYPE DEES
July 9-12 . . .
Akonix Software says IM Networks in danger.(KUDOS)(Akonix Systems
Inc.)(instant messaging )(Brief article)
A local security software maker has issued a warning about
malicious code attacks over instant messaging networks.
Akonix Systems Inc. said it tracked 10 new malicious code attacks
over IM . . .
Randy Kay, a patent litigation partner with DLA Piper US LLP, has
been selected as one of the Top 50 under 45 by IP Law & Busine
Randy Kay, a patent litigation partner with DLA Piper US LLP, has
been selected as one of the Top 50 under 45 by IP Law & Business, a
trade publication. He is the only San Diegan to receive this . . .
DigaWorks Corp.(KUDOS)(Brief article)
DigaWorks Corp. won the Adobe Inc. Site of the Day award for its In
Your Kitchen Web site development project. Adobe recognizes Web sites
based on strong visual designs, functionality and . . .
ViaSat Inc.(KUDOS)(Mark Dankberg)(Brief article)
Mark Dankberg, CEO and chairman of ViaSat Inc., has been named the
recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aerospace International Communications Award. The award . . .
DSD Business Systems Inc. received an environment award from the
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce at its Small Business An
DSD Business Systems Inc. received an environment award from the
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce at its Small Business Annual
Awards luncheon May 28. The Excellence in Work Environment . . .
Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino received a Gold Medallion
Award for best casino dining by the California Restaurant Associat
Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino received a Gold Medallion
Award for best casino dining by the California Restaurant Association,
San Diego chapter. "We are honored to be acknowledged by ... . . .
The Southern California Kaiser Permanente Oncology Research
Program based in San Diego received a clinical trial participation a
The Southern California Kaiser Permanente Oncology Research Program
based in San Diego received a clinical trial participation award from
the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the ASCO . . .
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