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Yahagi America Molding, Inc. (YAM!, Park City, KY) recently sought out new metrology technology to capture a greater share of business from its largest customer. As a result of the [...]

Over the past 20 years, Starving Students has moved more than 500,000 clients -- the wealthy, the seedy and the needy -- in San Diego and in 17 other locations [...]

The major concerns of San Diego County's incorporated cities include finding new revenue sources in the face of declining sales and property tax revenues, continued state raiding of municipal funds [...]

Eyes turned toward the heavens as trailing smoke from an airplane etched 'Marry Me Kim' across the San Diego skyline. Kim was visiting San Diego a few weeks ago from [...]

The era of the traditional, department-store anchored shopping mall is apparently over. Local malls are freshening their images and altering their tenant mixes to lure value-conscious '90's shoppers. Buffum's and [...]

Duane Webster, president of Knight Construction of San Diego, Inc., literally knows his business from the ground up. Webster, 28, started out in the construction industry as a $5.50-an-hour jackhammer [...]

Construction: Upgrading, information age the spurs A plethora of construction projects is under way at several county universities and community colleges, with priorities given to laying the electronic infrastructure to [...]

A legal battle is under way in San Diego over whether protection under a state law covering frivolous lawsuits applies to the media. La Prensa San Diego, a 19-year-old bilingual [...]

Heavy rains and interest-rate hikes have put a damper on home sales. But the downturn could be almost as short-lived as the inclement weather. That's the consensus among local real [...]

U.S. real estate investment trusts are moving into Mexico. Under a new financial arrangement approved by Mexico, Mexus Real Estate Investment Trust of Poway will buy Mexican industrial properties, then [...]

Occupancy is down at The Paladion, the high-end retail complex in downtown San Diego. But business is up, say the owners of the three-year-old, three-level, 115,000-square-foot center at 777 Front [...]

Commercial printers are beginning to worry The middleman is being cut out in commercial printing, say some industry insiders. Midsize companies are finding it harder to compete in a marketplace [...]

Publishing: Guides, magazines proliferate Print publications countywide are chasing entertainment dollars. They're doing it through entertainment guides, which are proliferating along with a surge in entertainment-oriented retailing. Good Times, a [...]

The era of the independent office supply dealer may be over in San Diego. 'Big box,' high-volume warehouse retailers, like Staples The Office Superstore and Office Depot, are eclipsing independents [...]

Eight managers were laid off from two local publications last week, and the new editor of a daily business newspaper resigned. The San Diego Union-Tribune dismissed six middle managers, San [...]

The sky's literally the limit for the telecommunications industry, which is profiting handsomely from 'paving' the information superhighway with wireless, satellite and related technologies. Fourteen of the 16 companies on [...]

Technology is opening new vistas for Realtors to explore and exploit. And the real estate industry has responded by entering cyberspace with computer-driven, three-dimensional, multiple-listing services and information kiosks. Local [...]

New-home construction could come to a halt in San Diego as the result of a legal battle over shelter for the homeless. Superior Court Judge Wayne Peterson will decide Feb. [...]

Beck-Ellman ad agency an amalgam of two different souls in harmony 'Disorganized harmony' is how husband-and-wife Dennis Ellman and Beverly Beck-Ellman, owners of a La Mesa public relations agency, characterize [...]

Increased private ownership could help Pakistan International Airlines deal with the challenges imposed by new home-grown competition and loosen restrictions imposed by the country's social objectives. Mark Blacklock reports. Profile [...]

The seasonal Halloween retail industry is getting so big it's scary. Scary to everyone except those reaping the benefits. Retail sales have grown in volume and diversity with the holiday's [...]

It's hard to figure out if you're on the inside looking out, or the outside looking in at San Marcos' new civic center. But that was the whole idea. The [...]

With new home building in San Diego County still sputtering because of the recession, contractors have found a way to keep busy: rebuilding and reselling older homes. Stephen Lusk, head [...]

The Mission Valley Unified Planning Committee approved Fashion Valley Shopping Center's proposed 450,000-square-foot expansion by a 14-4 vote with two abstentions last week. However, the committee also adopted 10 recommended [...]

It's been a simple equation for Aerie Animation: Computer technology + entertainment + education = success. The Kearny Mesa-based animation studio marries two-dimensional full-character animation with three-dimensional computer graphics and [...]

Two industries find there's more than enough profit for both The whole world's a movie theater -- and we're all just one big audience. As movie theaters and pay-per-view cable [...]

Military maneuvering ends over newspapers Franken Enterprises, a Los Angeles-based sports marketing group, is working wit the San Diego Sports Arena to find sponsors to resurrect the San Diego Invitational [...]

The city's new housing chief wants to work herself out of job Elizabeth 'Betsy' Morris, the new executive director of the San Diego Housing Commission, says her ultimate goal is [...]

Economy: Industrial, retail vacancies plummet The recessionary economy is bottoming out, giving way to a gradual recovery, as evidenced by shrinking commercial-industrial vacancies and rising retail sales in San Diego's [...]

News last week of the impending acquisition of The Chula Vista Star-News, the La Jolla Light and the Coronado Journal by West Coast Community Newspapers Inc., a local chain partly [...]

The downtown renaissance continues as more pieces of the redevelopment puzzle fall into place. A long-term blueprint for downtown redevelopment is now being implemented by the Centre City Development Corp. [...]

PennySaver, a purveyor of advertising for the masses, has banked for the last 30 years on its ability to target its advertising with pinpoint accuracy. The direct-mail weekly shopper, virtually [...]

Big or small, San Diego computer retailers are finding there's business enough for everyone -- as long as you find the proper niche. So far, computer superstores -- 20,000-square-foot-plus retail [...]

Cerone betting the house on transit-oriented plans for Rio Vista West When it comes to commercial real estate, developer Don Cerone is something of a gambler. He's not afraid to [...]

Corporate makeup artists work hard to spiff up personas Image may not be everything, but corporations are finding that it's often not reality -- but the perception of reality -- [...]

The San Diego City Council last week unanimously approved in concept an updated, long-term master plan balancing recreational, environmental and commercial interests for Mission Bay. Funding for the plan, which [...]

Blockbuster Entertainment Corp., the country's leading video retailer, is seeking to claim the same position in the prerecorded music industry by reviving an old marketing concept -- try before you [...]

The PriceCostco real estate spinoff announced last week was likely done to reposition the company to meet future expansion needs in the warehouse club industry, local analysts speculate. 'I don't [...]

A movement is growing to make commercial workplaces 'ecologically correct' by eliminating toxic contaminants used in building materials. In the past decade, product toxicity has become a matter of vital [...]

Conceptual plans -- seven years in the making -- to turn an eight-block area of downtown San Diego into a Chinatown-like historic district are finally taking concrete shape. Fehlman LaBarre [...]

Recession just a land of opportunity for rescuer of distressed properties Developer Doug Wilson has made a career out of turning negatives into positives. For him, the recession is just [...]

Slowed development could impact revenues Downtown redevelopment could be impeded by the San Diego City Council's decision last week to transfer $3.7 million in housing funds from the Centre City [...]

City statistics show a precipitous drop in the hiring of minority- and women-owned contractors by the city of San Diego in the eight months since City Hall was forced to [...]

The Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce predicts a turnaround in slumping county housing prices in late 1995 or early 1996. Most local real estate experts agree, but they believe [...]

Not all architects are happy with new order It's all for one and one for all, say players in the building industry, who are using teamwork to survive in the [...]

One more brick has been put into place in the proposed $100 million Lego Family Park, but the project still has many hurdles to clear in the city's permitting process. [...]

A radio turf was is on as local traffic/news services battle for control of the airwaves. The airwaves are more turbulent in the battle for radio 'real estate' with the [...]