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  • You can try, but you can’t fake authenticity

    April 23rd, 2012

                        “If you seek authenticity for authenticity’s sake you are no longer authentic.” –Jean-Paul Sartre Years ago I was traveling regularly to Asia, and wanted to buy my wife a Cartier tank watch, a style that was very popular at the time. I visited a reputable jeweler where most of my partners had been shopping [...]

  • Calendar: Week of April 23, 2012

    April 23rd, 2012

    This Week Spring Healthcare Employment Fair Sponsor: Opperman & Sons; Clos Du Bois Date: Apr. 23, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Place: Kentfield Campus Student Services Building, First Floor Info: 415-485-9410 Spring Healthcare Employment Fair Sponsor: Opperman & Sons; Clos Du Bois Date: Apr. 23, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Place: Kentfield Campus Student Services [...]

  • After Hours: SSU 2012 Economic Outlook Conference

    April 16th, 2012

    Feb. 23, 2012: Sonoma State University held its annual Economic Outlook Conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in Rohnert Park.

  • This time is different: A transformative recession

    April 16th, 2012

    This recession (and the subsequent slow recovery) is different. It is a transformative event. The economy that ultimately emerges from these difficult times will be fundamentally different from the economy that existed before the recession.

  • Calendar: Week of April 16, 2012

    April 16th, 2012

    Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week SRJC Hosts Lecture: “The Politics of Division” Sponsor: SRJC Foundation David Del Monte Lectureship Endowment Date: Apr. 16, 12:15 p.m. Cost: $4 parking fee Place: Newman Auditorium, SRJC Santa Rosa [...]

  • Business News: week of April 16, 2012

    April 16th, 2012

    Banking Bank of Marin has signed a corporate sponsorship deal with the San Rafael Pacifics baseball team. The deal makes Bank of Marin the first major sponsor for the team’s inaugural season leading off with opening day on June 4th. Terms of the Bank of the Marin deal include on-field signage and ongoing advertising in [...]

  • April 18 forum of experts to tackle shrinking supply, globalization, finance

    April 9th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — As the supply of raw materials for wine are evaporates around the globe, emerging economies become thirstier for the beverage, the U.S. emerges as the world’s top wine market and the complexities of international trade, investment and economics multiply, 13 top California wine industry executives will be defining the challenges and opportunities at the Business Journal’s 2012 Wine Industry Conference on April 18 in Santa Rosa.

  • Navigating the global markets: Plan on a long-term commitment

    April 9th, 2012

    More wine is moving in and out of this country, which recently grabbed the distinction of being world’s largest wine market away from Europe. Foreign producers and investors are interested in U.S. wineries and brands, often for the prestige or gaining a platform for U.S. distribution of portfolio brands. The Business Journal asked experts set to be on the globalization panel at the 2012 Wine Industry Conference on April 18 about major factors affecting the success of U.S. wines abroad, imports and acquisitions of domestic producers by multinational companies.

  • Employers urged to stay the course on health care reform — for now

    April 9th, 2012

    NORTH BAY — With the federal health overhaul hanging in the balance of what will most certainly be a politically charged U.S. Supreme Court decision, insurance brokers in the North Bay offered a familiar refrain to employers on what changes, if any, they should make to their health plans: wait and see and stay the course.

  • Focus on this: Wash, rinse, repeat

    April 9th, 2012

    Does it seem like we’ve talked about distractions a lot in the past? Maybe it’s just the ones in my head that makes me think so … which of course, is a distraction itself. (In the interest of full disclosure, I did write about distractions last April, “Are Distractions Destroying Your Brain?” I responded to the tempest by offering some ideas about how to defend your castle by building a moat, then some barricades, then some lookout posts). I hope you’ve taken some steps to rein in the beast, but we’ll keep talking about it because a day doesn’t go by when I don’t hear about this plague.

  • Calendar: Week of April 9, 2012

    April 9th, 2012

    Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week Creating a Culture of Innovation Sponsor: Northern California Human Resources association Date: Apr. 11, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Cost: $35 Place: Sisters of Saint Dominic, San Rafael Info: www.nchra.org NCBE Seminar: CPR/First [...]

  • Business News: Week of April 9, 2012

    April 9th, 2012

    Brief news about businesses and organization in the north San Francisco Bay area

  • After Hours: Legal Aid’s Lawyers with Heart / Becoming Independent’s Annual Meeting

    April 9th, 2012

    Feb. 3, 2012: Themed, A Night in Venice, Legal Aid held their annual ‘Lawyers with Heart’ event for their child abuse prevention program at the Mary Agatha Furth Center in Windsor / Mar. 1, 2012: Becoming Independent held their annual meeting in Santa Rosa

  • After Hours: Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s Crab and Wine Fest

    April 2nd, 2012

    Feb. 4, 2012: Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s Great Crab and Wine Fest was held in the Grace Pavilion at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds

  • Use of geothermal heat-exchange systems is rising

    April 2nd, 2012

    NORTH BAY – With high heating oil, propane and electricity prices, more commercial and residential building owners — as well as municipalities and school systems — are considering geothermal ground source heating and cooling as an alternative.

  • People: Week of April 2, 2012

    April 2nd, 2012

    Economic Development Sandy Person of Vacaville was one of two named as the 5th State Senate District’s 2012 Women of the Year by Sen. Lois Wolk.  Ms. Person has worked in economic development and real estate for more than 25 years, currently as the president of the Solano Economic Development Corporation. She is also a [...]

  • Calendar: Week of April 2, 2012

    April 2nd, 2012

    Send Calendar items to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Calendar, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or email news@busjrnl.com. This Week NCBE Seminar: Lead RRP Certification Sponsor: North Coast Builder’s Exchange Date: Apr. 4, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Cost: $195 Place: North Coast Builder’s Exchange, Santa Rosa Info: www.ncbeonline.com/news_events.asp Hospitality [...]

  • Business News: Week of April 2, 2012

    April 2nd, 2012

    Novato-based Hennessy Advisors, Inc. (OTCBB:HNNA) announced that the Hennessy Select SPARX Japan Smaller Companies Fund (symbol:SPJSX) has been named a 2012 Lipper Fund Award winner. … PowerCAD Drafting & Design opened in Rohnert Park. It is an experienced team of CADD (computer aided design and drafting) professionals that support AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industries utilizing 2D and 3D AutoCAD and related software. … Hospice of Petaluma announced Clover Stornetta Farms as the new title sponsor for its 22nd annual benefit golf tournament. … Children in the North Bay can learn about clean and renewable energy thanks to a $100,000 grant from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) recently awarded to the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County. … Sonoma Valley’s Ledson Winery and Vineyards (www.ledson.com) recently took top honors at the 2012 San Diego International Wine Competition. … Dan and Marguerite Capp have signed a long-term lease for a wine tasting venue in the Curbside Café space on First Street in downtown Napa, across the street from the entrance to Napa Town Center shopping mall. … Customers strolling through Oliver’s Markets will soon have the opportunity to place yet another homegrown product in their shopping carts. … Assemblymember Jared Huffman presented his March Sustainable North Bay Award to Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, in recognition of the company’s environmentally responsible business practices and consumer products.

  • 2012 Construction Conference registration

    March 30th, 2012

    North Bay Business Journal presents the 2012 Construction Conference, Tuesday, May 15, 7:30-11a.m., Fountaingrove Inn, Santa Rosa

  • If there’s pot, what is the lender’s responsibility?

    March 26th, 2012

    Lenders throughout California today face the risk of losing real estate collateral if that collateral is associated with illegal drugs.

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