Ghoulish sale.(TOURISM)
Ghoulish Sale: Looking for a Halloween costume? The Old Globe might
have you covered. A costume and prop sale is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 11 at its Technical Center, 5335 Market St., . . .
BioMed Realty to sell more shares.(Brief article)
BioMed Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust that rents 10.4
million square feet to companies in several major U.S. life sciences
markets, said Oct. 1 that it plans to offer 7.5 million . . .
Royale Energy.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Royale Energy said it began drilling for natural gas in an area of
northern Utah that has "significant upside potential".
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e-mail . . .
ViaSat.(Ticker Takes)(United States. Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command)(Brief article)
ViaSat as awarded an order from the Navy's Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command San Diego valued at $7 million ...
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'Crisis of confidence': markets short on
clarity.(PUBLIC COMPANIES)(Brief article)
No matter what happens in Washington concerning a bailout bill (and
all bets are off when it comes to Congress), last week's market
plunge was shocking m its depth and speed.
On Sept. 29, when it . . .
Crime you can bank on.(Ask the EXPERTS)
The recent collapse of many significant financial institutions is
going to bring on a wave of phishing attacks, as well as other more
traditional crimes. Port of the reason these crimes will be . . .
Set a course of action to find success in these tough
times.(BUSINESS IN THE NORTH COUNTY)(Column)
During the last two or three decades, I have written hundreds of
columns on business issues.
From time to time, it is necessary to focus on positive thinking,
especially when times seem to be the . . .
Axesstel.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Axesstel entered into a distribution agreement with Getwireless,
which also placed an initial purchase order for routers.
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e-mail . . .
Artes Medical.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Artes Medical said it raised $2.4 million in a private placement of
common stock and warrants.
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e-mail at mallen@sdbj.com. He can . . .
Merger in the works for Leap and MetroPCS?(PUBLIC
COMPANIES)
Leap and MetroPCS Make Nice: Leap Wireless International and
MetroPCS Communications were suing each other in 2006, but the firms put
that spat to bed last week in a settlement and spectrum swap . . .
Brigantine family gives birth to Nuevo Latino
eatery.(TOURISM)(Brief article)
The Brigantine Family of Restaurants is on a roll. Pun intended. It
opened its second Zocalo Restaurant in the 4S Ranch community, near
Rancho Bernardo, Sept. 29 and plans to transform Azul La . . .
Mentor Capital.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Mentor Capital, a fund of funds, began trading under its new symbol
MNTR on the Pink Sheets last month Send any news on locally based public
companies to Mike Allen via e-mail at mallen@sdbj.com. . . .
Realty Income Corp.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Realty Income Corp., a REIT, or real estate investment trust,
conducted a public offering of 2.7 million shares priced at $26.83 per
share.
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SAIC.(Ticker Takes)(Science Applications International
Corp.)(Brief article)
Ticker Takes: SAIC said it was awarded a contract from the National
Cancer Institute's research and development center in Frederick,
Md., that has a potential value of $5.2 billion over the . . .
County's new housing chief shows up for work 2 weeks
early.(Rick Gentry of California. Fair Employment and Housing
Commission)
The county Housing Commission welcomed new chief executive Rick
Gentry last month, a bit ahead of schedule.
Gentry started his job two weeks early. He said he was eager to
become not only an . . .
Wolfgang Puck protege opens crescent kitchen.(TOURISM)(Brief
article)
Striving For New Heights: The husband and wife team of David and
Mariah McIntyre recently opened the Crescent Heights Kitchen &
Lounge in 6,700 square feet of ground-floor space at 655 W. . . .
Pepperball Technologies Inc.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Security With Advanced Technology, which changed its name to
Pepperbail Technologies Inc. last month, is appealing a delisting notice
from Nasdaq because its stock price closed below $1 for 30 . . .
Novatel Wireless.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Novatel Wireless said it completed an internal review by its audit
committee and does not need to restate its financial reports and that no
material weaknesses are expected to be reported for the . . .
Nextwave Wireless.(Ticker Takes)(Brief article)
Nextwave Wireless is selling its infrastructure business formerly
called IP Wireless and is discontinuing operations at another unit, Go
Networks, in Israel. Nextwave said it is seeking bankruptcy . . .
Mark Canavarro.(ENTREPRENEUR profile)(Interview)
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Mark Canavarro is president of Cubicles Office Environments, a
provider of new, used and refurbished office furniture to small to
midsized companies. Cubicles is also an . . .
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