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Articles in Dec 10, 2007 issue of San Fernando Valley Business Journal

• Calendar
• Bi-weekly top gainers: top 10 gainers by percentage
• Bi-weekly top losers: top 10 losers by percentage
• Private dollars, public giving
  by Mark R. Madler
• Donations increasing in value: average gift is higher, but fewer donors
  by Nadra Kareem
• Jobless get CLU help: workshops for downsized Amgen, Countrywide staff
  by Nadra Kareem
• N. Hollywood BID launched
  by James Hames
• Slow growth frustrates Murdock on 1st anniversary: Westlake Village Four Seasons has 55% average occupancy, popular as local special event spot
  by Jason Schaff
• Camp: Los Angeles Unified School District hosted a ceremony for members of the contracting and construction community to celebrate the graduation of 75 contractors who completed the LAUSD Small Business Boot Camp
• Shuttle: BRC Imagination Arts won a Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement in the attraction category for its Shuttle Launch Experience at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
• Promotores: More than 1,000 promotores gathered in Burbank Nov. 30 for a two-day conference to discuss critical healthcare issues affecting California's underserved, low-income and minority communities
• Auction: Props used in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Jurassic Park," and "Mary Poppins" will be among the items for sale by Profiles in History at its next Hollywood memorabilia auction
• Video: The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences will give its Lifetime Achievement Award to Ken Kutaragi, creator of the PlayStation video game console
• Animal Care: West Valley Animal Care Center in Chatsworth had its grand opening Nov. 29
• Women: Three valley women—Kathy Van Houten of Glendale, Lynn White-Shelby of Burbank and Barbara Zellner of Palmdale, all members of the Verdugo Glen Chapter of the American Business Women's Association—attended the 58th National Women's Leaders
• Education: The Montague Charter Academy community cut the ribbon on its newly renovated school library, made possible by The Wonder of Reading nonprofit organization and a $35,000 contribution by the Wells Fargo Foundation
• Web: KCLU-FM launched a new Web site to give its 70,000 listeners better access to news
• Village: University Village Thousand Oaks, a new continuing care retirement community, had its grand opening Nov. 29 with 500 new residents, guests and community dignitaries in attendance
• Hydrogen fuel bus to serve media districts
  by Mark R. Madler
• China is hot topic at Global Trade Summit: bad press doesn't deter U.S. firms from pursuing profits
  by Mark R. Madler
• High Court wage hour case rulings hurtful to employers
  by Richard Rosenberg
• United's Palmdale service is slow to take-off: two flights daily to SFO hub dampen passenger acceptance of new departure point
  by Mark R. Madler
• Hospitals may get seismic upgrade reprieve to 2030: new risk assessment technology approved by state
  by Nadra Kareem
• Nestle gets juiced
• IHOP completes acquisition of Applebee's
• Semtech ups profits in Q3
• Technicolor digital on 300 new screens
• Net income doubled for Simulations Plus Inc. of Lancaster
• NTS acquires United Stales Test Laboratory
• U.S. HealthWorks obtains Inland Industrial Medical Group
• Ceres funding switchgrass research
• Secret? What dirty little economic secret? Adult entertainment industry faces many of the challenges confronting mainstream media
  by Mark A. Madler
• Connections are key to Valley's most powerful person: lauded for service, volunteerism, leadership and counsel, Fleming's the man, 'hands down'
  by James Hames
• Big giver supports childrens charities with money, effort
  by Mark R. Madler
• Reseda Jewish Home is fundraising powerhouse: five-year capital campaign raised $70 million, school of nursing funded by Annenberg gift
  by Nadra Kareem
• Employees donating time, money to many causes: employers say volunteerism is great for team building, morale and filling corporate mission
  by Linda Coburn
• Holiday shopping kick-off 'really fantastic,' sales up
  by Linda Coburn
• Monroe High is home to CA Teacher of the Year
  by Nadra Kareem
• A letter from the publisher
  by Pegi Matsuda
• The Valley: a place of its own
• Largest public companies—ranked by market capitalization
• Industry detail: employment, payroll and average pay 2005
• Population, growth, area and density
• Bob Hope Airport
• Van Nuys Airport
• Fastest growing private companies—ranked by percent revenue growth from 2005-2006
• Accounting firms—ranked by total employees in the greater San Fernando Valley
• Valley's largest banks—ranked by assets as of March 31, 2007
  by Ryan C. DeSales
• Annual consumer price index: all urban consumers, all items Greater Los Angeles area 1950-2006 annual CPI
• Commercial real estate developers—ranked by commercial square footage in the greater San Fernando Valley
  by Anne Littlepage
• Commercial real estate brokerages—ranked by value of property sales and leases in the greater SFV
  by Ryan C. DeSales
• Residential real estate brokerages—ranked by number of agents in the greater SFV
• Largest valley retail centers—ranked by gross leasable area
  by Ryan C. DeSales
• Themed tours of Valley available at bureau
  by Jay Aldrich
• Tourism vet hired to post at Visitors Bureau
  by Chris Coates
• Safety, amenities drive demand for Valley venues: convention planners find valley most hospitable
  by Chris Coates
• Top manufacturing companies—ranked by employees in the greater San Fernando Valley in 2007
  by Mark R. Madler
• Highest paid public company CEOs: ranked by aggregate take-home compensation in 2006
• A gift for you: 2007 employment law wrap-up
  by Nicole Kamm
• LaBonge tells VICA of universal concerns
• Finally, Reseda Theater rehab moving forward: new reporter has old history with project, CIM's first step in revitalizing neglected neighborhood
  by James Hames
• NBC's Burbank land sold, agreement continues
  by James Hames
• Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce begins international program
• The Valley 50 stock index
• Market summary
• Market indexes
• Valley econowatch
• L.A. County econowatch
• Bankruptcies
• First Private Bank & Trust
• Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc
• Simulations Plus
• Valley Economic Development Center
• Allumination FilmWorks
• THQ Inc
• Warner Bros. Pictures Group
• NBC Universal
• Anne Sweeney of The Walt Disney Co. has been named the most powerful woman in the entertainment industry in a ranking from The Hollywood Reporter
• Youbet.com Inc
• Health Net

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