Business
Scripps Announces Naming and Opening of New Treatment Center
Woltman Family Infusion Center at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego Local community and health care leaders gathered in Hillcrest on Sept. 19 to celebrate the naming and opening of the Woltman Family Infusion Center, an outpatient service of Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego that specializes in cancer care and treatment of other health conditions. The […]
Municipal Bonds Part II
Whatever happens in Washington on the tax policy front will have a significant impact on the holders of municipal bonds (“muni bonds” or just “munis”). As I discussed in July, the benefits of owning muni bonds depends on your tax rate. The higher your tax rate, the better off you are with muni bonds lower […]
San Diego Students Win at Junior Achievement USA’s Company of the Year Competition
Last month, at Washington, D.C.’s George Washington University, Junior Achievement USA® (JA) celebrated teen entrepreneurs who own and operate companies created through the JA Company Program®. Both of the Junior Achievement of San Diego and Imperial Counties’ companies went for the win—Cast-A-Waste took home the second place while Place~Mate won the Best Financial Performance Award. […]
Union Bank Homework Center Under Construction
Union Bank, N.A., recently celebrated a milestone with the San Diego Public Library Foundation — the half-way completion of the Union Bank Homework Center, a full-service homework center under construction on the second floor of San Diego’s new Central Library. Approximately one year ago, Union Bank signed a commitment to support construction of the new […]
First Avenue Bar & Grille – New York Personality Sans the Attitude
This past month a guest and I were invited to a menu tasting at the First Avenue Bar & Grille, located at 1055 First Avenue in downtown San Diego at the Bristol Hotel. The venue is sophisticated, yet comfortable. There’s an intimate bar off to the left as you enter the restaurant. Casual meals are […]
Capital Markets Today
I had originally planned to continue writing about Municipal Bonds, but a question I was asked recently really got me thinking: with all of the scandals and problems that have come to light, can we really trust our financial future to Wall Street brokers and bankers. In case you hadn’t heard, HSBC and several other […]
Reaching for the Stars and Getting Gold
Local Business Woman Makes Major Strides Over the last several months I have been observing via social media the work related activities of Stacey Blanchet, who is based in Pacific Beach, Calif. She is a busy lady with a lot of projects all happening simultaneously. Her primary business, Your Girl Friday, provides marketing, public relations […]
The New A, B & Cs of Food Truck Regulation
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors recently unanimously approved a program for assigning letter grades to the region’s expanding fleet of food trucks and other mobile food operators. Supervisor Ron Roberts, who is serving as board chairman in 2012, first brought the idea of letter grades to his colleagues in February. At that time, […]
Introduction to Municipal Bonds
During the past quarter, three municipalities in California filed for bankruptcy protection. The City of Stockton, followed shortly by Mammoth Lakes, and most recently the city of San Bernardino. Each municipality has been rocked by a combination of economic stagnation, declining revenues (property and sales taxes) and, in the case of San Bernardino, (possibly criminal) […]
How Secure Is Your Password?
It seems that news reports about the hacking of some popular website, and the resulting compromising of millions of user names, passwords and other personal data, have become much too commonplace. Do you use a strong password? There’s a very amusing scene in the movie “Clear and Present Danger” in which Harrison Ford and a […]
