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September 6, 2001 Redneck Foods Inc. in Los Angeles reports that the company has acquired the Love's BBQ chain. Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Redneck will purchase Love's for a combination of stock and notes. The Love's shareholders will receive 4 million shares of Redneck common stock and a promissory note for $666,150. In addition, Redneck will assume a promissory note to a Love's shareholder for $133,850. The promissory notes are for a term of one year and pay interest at 10 percent annually. In return, Redneck will receive all the outstanding common stock of Custom Food Franchise Group Inc. and Mission Valley-based Love's BBQ Inc. *** Construction is nearing completion on the 148,259-square foot shopping center located at the southwest corner of Discovery Street and Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos. The developer, Regency Centers, anticipates the grand opening will take place in November. The neighborhood shopping center, named Campus Marketplace, already is 80 percent pre-leased and will be anchored by Ralphs and Longs Drugs. Other tenants include Discovery Isle Daycare, Blockbuster, Starbucks, Washington Mutual, Pt. Loma Credit Union, Mail Boxes Etc., Great Clips and Subway. Bruce Schiff and Phil Lyons of Business Real Estate Brokerage Co./NAI, who originally sold the property to Regency Centers, are handling the leasing of Campus Marketplace. *** Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Verizon Wireless have signed a marketing agreement to help businesses gain wireless access to corporate data systems using Code Division Multiple Access and Wireless Knowledge technologies. As part of the agreement, Verizon will help market Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle product enabling mobile access for customers to their Microsoft Exchange- and Lotus Domino-based systems. The new data services can be made available as a feature charge on a customer's monthly invoice. "Our collective mission is to speed the adoption of enterprise mobility and make wireless access to groupware as pervasive as voice mail," says Eric Schultz, chairman and CEO of Wireless Knowledge Inc. "Our comprehensive solutions take maximum advantage of existing networks today and prepare customers to be first to benefit from powerful business scenarios made possible by the new capabilities and higher performance of Verizon Wireless' near term high-speed wireless technologies." *** Also sealed is a deal between Wireless Knowledge and Sprint, which operates the nation's largest all-digital, all-CDMA nationwide network. This agreement is to accelerate enterprise mobility and revolutionize the way critical data services are priced, sold and delivered to enterprise customers. As part of the agreement, Sprint PCS will offer enterprise customers the ability to mobilize their Microsoft Exchange- and Lotus Domino-based systems with Wireless Knowledge Workstyle at a discounted cost. *** What do the 37-year-old CEO of the Stone Brewing Co., the 71-year-old mayor of San Marcos, a partner in a local CPA firm, a senior v.p. of marketing for a national commercial real estate brokerage firm, the chair of the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos, the president of the San Marcos Chamber several dozen other people have in common? They're all dyeing their hair green for a minimum of an entire week as part of an innovative fund-raiser championed by Stone Brewing benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos, Children's Hospital of San Diego and the American Cancer Society. All of the money donated will be divided evenly amongst the three charities. Officially known as "Stone Brewing's Going Green Week," this fund-raiser challenges members of the community to dye their hair green from Sept. 15 through Sept. 22. Sept. 22 also is the date of the Stone fifth anniversary open house, which will be held at the brewery. Going Green participants will mix with about 3,000 fans of Stone Brewing to cheer yet another year of growth, prosperity and great beer. For more information about Stone Brewing's Going Green Week and the Stone Brewing 5th Anniversary Open House, visit: stonebrew.com/greenweek/. *** The SDTC Satellite Special Interest Group will host "The Future of Consumer Broadband Via Satellite" with guest speakers John Hane Sr., v.p. of business development for Pegasus Communications, and Andrea Maleter, technical director of the space and telecommunications industry analysis division of Futron Corp. The event will take place from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Sept. 12, at ViaSat Customer Care Center, 6155 El Camino Real, in Carlsbad. This is the inaugural session and begins with continental breakfast and networking leading into an informative session on the topic of satellite broadband interactive services to the home. RSVP by Sept. 7 to satellite@sdtelecom.org. *** All Optical Networks Inc., a developer of photonic products, has appointed Ralph A. Bennett, as CEO. Bennett's career in the telecommunications industry began at Fairchild and ITT Semiconductors. He then emerged to become a leading figure in the founding of Mitel Semiconductor, the original CEO of RSA Security, and founder and original CEO of PMC-Sierra Inc. He came out of retirement to become All Optical Networks' president in December of 2000. Arlen O. Barksdale has been appointed to the firm's chief technology office. Most recently Barksdale was president and CEO of Hytec Group, a firm specializing in telecommunications data transmission, technical publications and customer computer application development. *** National City Mayor George Waters presided over the official groundbreaking of Town Square Row Homes on the northeast corner of Ninth Street and A Avenue in the city's historic "Brick Row" neighborhood. The six three-story row homes represent one more milestone in National City's ongoing revitalization program. The developer is Town Square Rowhomes LLC, who is working with the Community Development Commission of the National City to make the project a reality. "This is another exciting step forward for National City as we revitalize our urban area into a vibrant work, live and play community," says Mayor Waters. "These homes have been carefully designed to blend with the historic early 1900s flavor of the area. Additionally, this project is helping to meet the need for affordable housing in National City by offering two of the units to low-and moderate-income households." Town Square Row Homes were designed by Brett Farrow of the Austin Veum Robbins Parshalle architectural firm. Each home features quaint neo-Victorian architecture, with landscaping and lighting all working together to complement adjacent homes that have been part of this district for more than 100 years. *** San Diego World Trade Center in partnership with the Asian Business Association will lead a group of companies from San Diego to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, Jan. 18 through 26 with a focus on developing trade and commerce with these growing markets. The trade mission will visit Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. It will provide opportunities for San Diego companies to participate in round-table meetings, presentations and receptions in Singapore, Kaula Lumpur and Bangkok. Optional individual matchmaking meetings, pre-scheduled with the most appropriate contacts can be arranged for an additional fee. Group air and ground transport, hotels and group meetings and briefings are included for a discounted fee of only $3,600 (add $300 for non-members of cooperating organizations). In cooperation with: Biocom San Diego, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp., San Diego Regional Technology Alliance and U.S. Department of Commerce. Call Hugh Constant, v.p. at (619) 615-0868, Ext.103 or e-mail him at hconstant@sdwtc.org, www.sdwtc.org for more information. *** The San Diego Chargers and Global Sports Inc. announced an agreement to develop and operate a new and expanded e-commerce store located at www.store.chargers.com. The Chargers' new e-commerce store will feature a broadly expanded selection of team licensed products, related football gear and tailgating items and will be promoted on the Chargers official Web site, www.chargers.com. Global Sports, a developer and operator of e-commerce businesses in King of Prussia, Pa., will handle all facets of the e-commerce operation including technology, merchandising, customer service, order processing and fulfillment. "Store.chargers.com will now offer the ultimate one-stop shopping for Charger fans," says Chargers President Dean Spanos. "Charger fans wanted more, so we’re giving them more. We will carry nearly 10 times the number of items previously offered, from a variety of shirts, hats and apparel to official Chargers household and tailgating items." *** Kyocera Wireless Corp. named Howard W. "Skip" Speaks Jr. as its president and COO. Speaks brings more than 30 years of business and engineering experience, including nearly 20 years in the telecommunications industry. He takes over as president from Masahiro Inoue, who remains Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s CEO. Prior to joining Kyocera, Speaks served as CEO of Triton Network Systems, a broadband fixed wireless equipment manufacturer. Speaks is a former executive v.p. and g.m. of Ericsson's North American wireless division and network operators group. "Skip brings a proven track record of working with a number of the wireless industry's largest carriers, which will further our goal of being the preferred handset provider to our carrier partners," says Inoue. "His leadership skills, management expertise and ability to foster growth will ensure Kyocera's continued advancement and success as one of the world's leading wireless companies." *** Whether subtle genetic variations among patients with high blood pressure (hypertension) can predict treatment effectiveness is the focus of a new research effort at the UCSD School of Medicine. This is among the nation's first federally-funded studies in the emerging field of individualized medicine or "pharmacogenomics," with therapy tailored to a person's own genetic profile. Funded by a grant that will pay $2.9 million for the first year, and a total of $11.6 million for four years, from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the project will team UCSD with Celera Genomics, the company that recently identified and published the sequence of the human genome. "Why some people respond to blood pressure medications and others don’t has always puzzled physicians," says project director Dr. Daniel T. O'Connor, UCSD professor of medicine, and a hypertension and kidney disease specialist at UCSD and the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. "We believe that a substantial part of that variability is the result of differences in genes that either metabolize drugs or are the target of drugs." The goal of pharmacogenomics research is to move beyond the "one-size-fits-all" approach to drug therapy and allow the development of individualized treatment plans based on genetic profiles. Using genetic indicators, physicians and pharmacists can determine in advance which drugs will work best for specific individuals and which are more likely to cause harmful side effects, and prescribe the most effective therapies. While most humans share 99.9 percent of the same genetic sequence, scientists are discovering differences located within the genome (the DNA or hereditary material) in cells throughout the body. For the complex task of identifying and genotyping genetic variations, called single nucleotide polymorphisms ("SNPs," pronounced "snips"), the Genomics Core for this program will be run by Celera. UCSD will collect DNA samples from more than 800 normal and hypertensive patients and send those samples to Celera for SNP identification and genotyping. "We are very pleased that Celera and the clinical researchers at UCSD can work together to begin understanding how variations in the human genome can help explain why these kinds of differences exist and how to harness them so physicians can treat individual patients and not statistical averages," says Dr. J. Craig Venter, Celera's president and chief scientific officer. The UCSD team will begin by studying human subjects, monitoring changes in blood flow, blood pressure, release of adrenaline and other indicators. DNA from these individuals will be sent to Celera, which will locate and genotype the SNPs within each individual's genome. Then, UCSD researchers will look at the association between identified genetic variants and particular drug responses in each individual. *** A barbecue lunch for 200 hospital volunteers will be donated and prepared by volunteers from the Westin Hotel Horton Plaza, accompanied by entertainment and a tour of the Hospital Infantil de las Californias from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at the hospital in suburban Tijuana The celebration is to recognize the efforts and achievements of the great international volunteer collaboration that have so far culminated with the opening of the Hospital Infantil de las Californias DARTE facility in April. The most recent achievement of this international collaboration has been the completion of the Hospital Infantil de las Californias, the only Children's Hospital in the Northern Baja region of Mexico. The expanded pediatric ambulatory and education center provides Diagnosis, Assessment, Referral, Treatment and Education and includes radiology, exam/consulting rooms, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a medical library, nutrition, program offices, an education center, and provides quality medical care in 39 pediatric specialties. The Hospital Infantil is the result of more than 10 years of planning and success, beginning with the founding of three nonprofit organizations in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. The hospital operates with about 20 paid staff, and more than 200 volunteers ("from surgeon to secretary") from both sides of the border. Built on land donated by the government of the State of Baja, the entire hospital project has been funded through donations. The house-sized original clinic, which opened in 1994, was built to accommodate 400 patients monthly. With the expansion, the hospital now accommodates more than 1,350 patient visits per month. Since 1994 the hospital has provided more than 56,300 consultations and 1,200 surgeries along with more than 10,000 hours of health education and 120,000 volunteer hours providing services for roughly 50,000 children annually. With the hospital's new capacity, children from both sides of the border are welcome to receive medical services in the language and culture of Mexico no matter where their parents live or work. For more information, call Kelly Barnes at (619) 299-4784. *** Callaway Golf Co. has promoted Michael J. Rider to the position of senior v.p., assistant general counsel. Rider has been with the company since 1996, and most recently served as v.p., associate general counsel. "Mike has long been a very valuable member of our legal team," says Ron Drapeau, president, CEO and chairman of Callaway. "This promotion recognizes the outstanding counsel and advice that Mike gives to many areas of the Company and also reflects the expansion of his responsibilities within Callaway Golf." Prior to joining Callaway Golf, Rider had been a senior attorney for American Airlines for four years. *** Rancho Santa Fe Technology Inc. has completed the installation of a sophisticated, high-speed structured cabling system for Clear Channel Communications new two-story, 70,000-square-foot San Diego offices at 9660 Granite Ridge Road, reports Trestand Conrique, president of Rancho Santa Fe Technology, Inc. In San Diego, Clear Channel Communications owns XTRA-FM (91X), KGB, KJOY, XTRA Sports, KHTZ-FM, XHRM-FM, KOGO-AM, KSDO-AM, KIOZ-FM, KPOP-AM, KMSX-FM. The 11 radio stations and 450-full- and part-time employees are now housed in Clear Channel's new offices. Nationally, Clear Channel owns or operates approximately 1,213 radio and 19 television stations and has equity interests in more than 240 radio stations internationally. Conrique says the "design-build" project included the installation of an enhanced Category 5 structured cabling system from the Siemon product line. In addition, a 24 strand digital audio infrastructure, along with RG 59 coaxial cable for the clocks and RG6 coaxial cable for digital radio and television, were installed by the RSFT team. The cabling system for Clear Channel includes a one gigabyte backbone and provides a high-speed, 100-megabyte throughput to each desktop in a local area network comprised of 600 stations. In addition to the network locations, 37 production studios were wired with 26 gauge digital audio snake cable, 25 and 50 pair Category 3 cable, as well as Category 5e, RG59, and RG6 cabling. RSFT also installed overhead paging system for Clear Channel Communications. *** Washington Inventory Service has been honored by the local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society with its 2001 "Mission Possible" award for raising $80,734, the highest dollar amount of any corporate team, at the most recent MS Walk held in the spring. WIS, a San Diego-based company with more than 14,000 employees in 150 offices worldwide, has been a supporter of the local MS Walk since the event began in 1989. Involvement by about 150 employees at WIS' corporate headquarters on Sky Park Court in Kearny Mesa was directed an employee team that included Bob Melucci, WIS v.p. of technology and information services, whose wife, Maureen, passed away in November after an eight-year battle with a highly progressive form of MS. She was 49. Melucci, a long-time member of the MS Society board of trustees, personally raised $63,846 of the total amount by mailing 3,647 solicitation letters to friends and business associates with the assistance of his two sons, Tony, 23, and Nick, 20. Bob and Maureen were married for 27 years. "Both my sons are I are very grateful for all the people who supported us, who helped us honor our wife's and mother’s memory," says Melucci. "A great many people were very generous." The remaining $16,888 from WIS was raised with a number of fund-raising events ranging from bake sales, prize balloons and silent auctions to fines for tardiness to a meeting and karaoke lunches featuring singing employees who donated a few dollars before passing along the microphone to a co-worker. *** Wells Fargo & Co. has launched its Single Sign-On service, the latest in a series of initiatives to provide seamless integration of services and enhanced ease of use to all its online customers. Now, Wells Fargo customers can gain online access to more financial services than ever before with one-stop access to banking, bill pay, mortgage, student, personal, home equity and auto loans, full-service and discount brokerage and credit card accounts. Logging in to www.wellsfargo.com, Wells Fargo customers can enter their social security number and password once to access all of their account balances, loans and investments in one convenient location. Previously, Wells Fargo customers wishing to check balances, loans, or investments online would need to sign-on multiple times through separate parts of the site. "Single Sign-On is the next stage of convenience in online financial services," says Shelley Freeman, executive v.p. of Wells Fargo's Investment Internet Services. "When coupled with our broad array of brokerage, banking and mortgage products, Single Sign-On makes us better than a bank and better than a broker." The advent of single login access to a wide variety of consumer and investor account information continues Wells Fargo's goal of increasing ease-of-use for its online customers. From the Single Sign-On page, customers can link directly to many different views of their financial data including: A one-page Account Summary listing all their Wells Fargo balances with individual account totals and category totals; Immediate access to trading, banking, and brokerage accounts, allowing for faster site navigation. Click Below to View Previous Daily Business Reports |
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