Business
Scripps President and CEO Named Volunteer of the Year
Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder was recently named Volunteer of the Year for 2012 for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors presented Van Gorder the award in recognition of his public service to the region as reserve commander for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s […]
Scripps Green Hospital Ranked Among Top U.S. Hospitals
2012 Thomson Reuters list examines wide range of measures For the third consecutive year and fifth time overall, Scripps Green Hospital has been named one of the top teaching hospitals in the nation by the international business research and information firm Thomson Reuters.The annual 100 Top Hospitals© list identifies the best U.S. medical centers based […]
Disability Insurance Basics
According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), more than half of Americans say they would be unable to pay their bills or meet their expenses if they became disabled and could not work for a year or longer. Research on the reasons for personal bankruptcy has shown that prolonged medical bills are often […]
Industry Veteran Joins Union Bank
Union Bank, N.A. recently announced that Terri Caffery of San Diego has joined its residential wholesale team as an account executive for the bank’s Consumer Lending group. Caffery is responsible for building and managing mortgage broker relationships in the greater San Diego area. Union Bank’s Consumer Lending group originates and services the bank’s loans to […]
San Diego Business Owners Call for Legal Reform
California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), a nonpartisan grassroots movement fighting against lawsuit abuse in California, recently continued its “Create Jobs, Not Lawsuits” tour in San Diego at a luncheon with citizens concerned about the economic cost of lawsuit abuse. Numerous small businesses in the San Diego area, as well as the city itself, have […]
Bank VP Receives Citizen of the Year Award
California Bank & Trust (CB&T) announced that Odie Goward was nominated and selected as the El Cajon Citizen of the Year for 2011. A luncheon was recently held to commemorate her outstanding work in the local community. Goward is a commercial banker with California Bank & Trust, a long-time resident and former business owner in […]
Investing With Discipline
In my last article I discussed some of the behavioral aspects to investing that can create problems for long-term investors. These are deeply rooted, emotionally driven mental shortcuts that humans have learned to use over the millennia. They have helped us to survive as a species in the wild, but are less helpful in today’s […]
Seventeen San Diegans Earn Local Heroes Awards
As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank, N.A., partnered with KPBS to honor 17 local individuals who are making a difference to enrich the lives of others. The honorees were announced as part of the 2011 Cultural Diversity Partnership, which recognizes and pays tribute to local heroes from […]
MomsMakingSixFigures.com
Have you ever seen MomsMakingSixFigures and wondered, what do they do? They are a group of women from various professional backgrounds that have partnered with a U.S. based manufacturer. They don’t sell anything and are not your traditional “home based business.” They start by educating. They would love to educate you on their business and […]
Jered Barger Joins Union Bank
Union Bank, N.A. has announced that Jered Barger has joined its Retail Consumer Lending team as the area sales manager based in San Diego. In a newly created position, Barger is responsible for the growth of residential lending throughout San Diego County, and managing the mortgage consultants who support the bank’s branches in the area. […]
