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The San Diego Union-Tribune

  • CHUCK JAFFE
    A switch in management strategies comes at a cost
    Amy Domini likes stirring things up. As head of the company running the world's largest social investment fund, she has taken on corporate giants trying to improve the way they do business and make them better citizens.

  • Career counseling for teenagers becoming a budding business
    CHICAGO – Mary Ann Smaby didn't get much formal advice on what to do with her life when she was a teenager, and she wasn't inclined to ask for it. Career planning? That waited until well into college.


PERSONAL FINANCE

  • A bargain to die for
    Yes, the cost of living keeps going up – if you have any doubts, drive into any gas station. But the cost of dying is a downright bargain.

  • Disability coverage keeps income rolling in
    Do you need to buy disability insurance? Most people think of disability as the kind of illness or injury that puts someone in a wheelchair, like a riding accident did to the late “Superman” star Christopher Reeve, or of problems that lead to hearing loss or blindness.

  • Grill maker's customers show heated devotion
    PALATINE, Ill. – For thousands of avid Weber grill users, the question isn't so much gas or charcoal. It's how to fit multiple versions of each on their back patios.

  • U.S. banks post record-high profits in first quarter
    WASHINGTON – Profits at U.S. commercial banks and savings institutions climbed to a record high in the first quarter, bank regulators said last week.


NORTH COUNTY BUSINESS

  • Perfect fit
    SAN MARCOS – A few years ago, Jim Hernandez saw a glaring need in the office market in North County. Hernandez, a principal of HB&A Architects, realized that small businesses usually had two options when it came to locating their offices. They could pay rent or buy a building.

  • Q&A: Bill Ostrie; President of Carlsbad Village Business Association
    Bill Ostrie, 66, spent 30 years in the fast-food business, where he handled $170 million in sales and 3,500 employees. He is also a former U.S. Marine infantry officer. Today, Ostrie is the president of the Carlsbad Village Business Association and co-owner with his wife of the Carlsbad Village Art & Antique Mall.

  • NORTH BUSINESS BRIEFS
    Escondido's downtown association plans dinner
    ESCONDIDO – The Downtown Business Association of Escondido will hold its annual dinner and auction at 6 p.m. June 24 under the dome at Escondido City Hall at 201 N. Broadway.

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