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Articles in December 2002 issue of Crain's Cleveland Business

• Foundation building up; Software firm out to win customers across U.S.(Cover Story: Foundation Software Inc.)(Company Profile)
  by Stacklin, Jeff
• City must learn to harness creativity.(Opinion)(Column)
  by Tucker, Brian
• Renting latest trend for converted vehicles.(Health Care)(Company Profile)
  by Tidyman, John H.
• Brownstone to house Applewood program. (News).(Applewood Centers Inc. to open new facility in Cleveland, OH)
• Apt. complexes lure $52M in trio of sales. (Cover Story).(three management companies acquire apartment complexes in Cleveland suburbs)
• Trust Tech to revive idled Miltronics.(News)(Trust Technologies acquires Miltronics Inc. assets)
• City governments jump on the CD-ROM bandwagon.(Technology)
• ISG prepares to roll out bid for Bethlehem Steel.(News)(International Steel Group Inc.)
• Late News.(includes, Peter B. Lewis sells Progressive Corp. stocks)
• New owner, new campaign set to bring in Carousel's new year.(Marketing)
• Forget pomp; this inaugural will romp.(Opinion)(Case Western Reserve University plans inaugural for new president, Edward Hundert)
• APNs filling important role; Several factors driving demand for mid-level care providers.(Health Care: advance practice nursing)(Industry Overview)
  by Beal, Eileen
• Sales strategy on the ball; Hygenic rethinks approach to selling its products.(Health Care)(Company Profile)
  by Bottar, Deanna
• Warren bank eyes westward expansion.(Finance: Second National Bank)(Brief Article)
  by Cornell, Ryan
• Going Places.(People)(Cleveland area appointments)
• Kichler turns to China to brighten its bottom line. (News).(outsources lamp manufacturing to China)
• Two builders on board for 'neotraditional' project.(Real Estate)(Dutch Heritage Homes and Paul Fike Builders, Barberton developoment project)
• Things Remembered has new pet project.(Cover Story)
• Patents.(Technology)(U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues patents to Northeast Ohio companies and individuals)
• Cuyahoga drawing slimmer slice of development pie.(Cuyahoga County, Ohio to receive less from Ohio Department of Development)(News)
• Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
• Rothstein lands deal, not job.(Fred Rothstein overlooked for top spot at University Hospitals Helath System)(Cover Story)
• Lawmakers churn out tort reform proposals.(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Robinson, Ruthann
• Open season.(Opinion: Cleveland's biotechnology is the hunter and the hunted)
• X2Media wants bigger dose of drug company work.(Health Care)(Company Profile)
  by Bottar, Deanna
• President's Initiative at CSU draws grant funds. (News).(Cleveland State University receives $950,000 to fund outreach programs)
• Don't gamble Ohio's future away. (Opinion).(law to allow video slot machines at race tracks opposed)(Editorial)
• Zinner reins will be in new hands come January.(News)(Zinner & Company L.L.P. appoints Robin Baum managing partner)(Brief Article)
• Slazenger out to boost its slice; Ball for duffers first effort to grab more market share.(News)(Slazenger Golf Products Co.)
• Short Takes.(Briefs)(Ohio is 32nd in percentage of workers who are employed in high-tech jobs; other news is provided)(Brief Article)
• Finally.(Opinion)(Editorial)
• Studio spruce-up; Rock Hall digital upgrade aims to entice extra visitors, radio broadcasters to town.(Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)(Marketing)
• Aerospace industry to remain grounded.(commercial aircraft suppliers still suffering the economic effects of terrorist attacks)
• Marketing Mix.(Marketing: DirectConnectGroup has been formed)
  by Mortland, Shannon
• Grant to fund CWRU colon cancer research.(Health Care: Case Western Reserve University)(Brief Article)
• Dave's checks out store for Akron; Supermarket chain's proposed Summit County locale would be first out of Cleveland.(News: Dave's Supermarkets)(Company Profile)
  by Mortland, Shannon
• Short Takes. (Briefs).(brief articles covering business developments in Northeast Ohio)(Brief Article)
• Grand Openings. (Small Business).(Reel Fish & Seafood and Storytellers Media Group are among new small businesses in Cleveland, Ohio)
• Athersys' choice: Grow or go; Van Bokkelen says financing crucial to company's future in region.(Cover Story)(Gil Van Bokkelen)
• Petros tapped to guide mega Mentor project.(News)(A 378-acre site would be developed for residential use mainly)
• Hanger producer asks gov't for help.(News)(CHC Industries Inc.)
• Short Takes.(Briefs)(Brief Article)
• $12M suit takes swing at mortgage firm founders; Co-founder of defunct Major League Mortgage says biz partners unfairly ousted him.(News)
• Short Takes.(Briefs: Cleveland area medical industry briefs)(Brief Article)
• FDA gives Biomec nod for sale of sleep device.(Technology)(Company Profile)
  by Stacklin, Jeff
• Bankruptcies.(Brief Article)
• PUCO denies FirstEnergy request; Utility not allowed to reduce `shopping credit' incentive. (News).(Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denies FirstEnergy Corp "shopping credit" application)(Brief Article)
• Datebook.(Calendar)(Calendar)
• Going Places.(People)(executive appointments)
• Industrial park in works for Oakwood.(Real Estate)
• City backs Madison Ave. plan; Loan helps improvement group buy office building.(News)(Cudell Improvement is buying former Madison Medical Center building )(Brief Article)
• Taking the team approach; Adviser firms finding more heads are better than one in serving clients.(Finance)
• Datebook.(Calendar)
• U.S. business must do more to confront AIDS.(Opinion)(Column)
  by Gelb, Victor
• MetroHealth eyeing more city clinics.(Health Care: MetroHealth Medical Center)
  by Robinson, Ruthann
• St. Joseph's development moving into phase two.(Health Care: St. Joseph Community Center)(Brief Article)
  by Robinson, Ruthann
• What is an advance practice nurse?(Health Care)(Brief Article)
• Differences meaningful in terms of intellectual property. (Small Business).(how businesses can protect their intellectual property)
• Late News.(brief articles on business developments in Cleveland, Ohio)
• City produces sweet deal to help Growers move.(News)(Cleveland offers incentives for Cleveland Growers Marketing Co. to relocate to area brownfield site)
• Nonprofit council will call CWRU's Mandel Center home.(News)(Brief Article)
• That's the idea.(Opinion)(Prospect of ideastream, public broadcasting entity, taking up residence at Playhouse Square is discussed)(Brief Article)
• Arcade shops to grow by three.(Arcade shopping center, Cleveland, Ohio)(News)
• High goals, high price; CWRU/UH face hurdles, costs as lofty as partners' vision.(Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Health System to implement affiliation agreement)(Cover Story)
• Obesity problem continues to grow; Care providers having to change to address weight-related needs.(Health Care)(Industry Overview)
  by Beal, Eileen
• On the Job; Dr. Yitz Glick, Kaiser Permanente physician; founder of Israel's Efrat Emergency Medical Clinic.(Health Care)(Biography)
  by Robinson, Ruthann
• Letters.
• While you were sleeping... ... a dedicated group of early-risers made it downtown before the sun.(Small Business)(many workers start their days early in the morning)
• Justice examines Scene ad rate plans.(Cover Story)
• Landing fees at Hopkins up in the air.(Cover Story)(Cleveland Hopkins International Airport considers increase in landing fees)
• FLX Micro moving on silicon carbide tech.(Technology)(Process makes low-cost prototypes of silicon carbide-based microelectromechanical systems)
• Letters.
• Going Places.(multiple appointment news briefs )(People)
• City envisions Wall St. backup hub here.(Cleveland, Ohio marketed as data back up center for financial district of New York)(Cover Story)
• Late News.(Cleveland area industry briefs)(Brief Article)
• Lesco on new sales turf; Lawn care supplier takes regional tack.(News)(Company Profile)
  by Mortland, Shannon
• City aid to help barber school relocate to Cleveland.(News: Lake Erie Barber College)
  by Bennett, David
• Squire Sanders busy with bank M&As. (News).(Squire Sanders & Dempsey wants to grow its financial group's merger and acquisition practice)(Company Profile)
• Layoffs loom at Cuyahoga Steel. (News).(as new owner seeks to sell the company's assets)
• Aurora's USA Instruments fits image of GE med unit.(Technology)