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Article Archives
 
2009
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July
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Our next Luncheon is July 27th with the CEO of AmazingMail. Are you registered?
We hosted our 2nd Annual Homerun Networking Event on June 26th. This event was amazing! There ... Read the Full Article.
Topic: Beyond "Spray-and-Pray" Marketing: Driving New Revenue with Automated, Customer Profiling and Direct Marketing Platforms
Speaker: Christopher Lynde, CEO, AmazingMail.com
Place: McCormick & Shmicks
Time: 11:30
Date: July 27th, 2009
Cost:$40.00
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Our CEO-CFO Golf Scramble is set for September 16th for a morning of great event to raise $$ for Gabriels Angels once again. We want to thank for your support. Details ... Read the Full Article.
Topic: The Promise of Market-Driven Higher Education: Taking an Entrepreneurial Venture Public
Speaker: Brian Mueller, CEO, Grand Canyon University
Place: McCormick & Shmicks
Time: 11:30
Date: August 24th, 2009
Cost: $40.00
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Companies are focusing on revenue growth to survive recession; those with international manufacturing activity fare better than domestic-only manufacturers.
PHOENIX - (July 6, 2009) - RSM McGladrey, the nation's fifth largest accounting, ... Read the Full Article.
Arizona's unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May 2009 as reported by the Arizona Department of Commerce. The state's rate remained lower than the national rate of 9.4% in May. The Arizona Republic ... Read the Full Article.
Generally, the specific terms of a contract will govern rights to cure breaches prior to termination, but in certain circumstances the law will imply a short grace period to allow ... Read the Full Article.
Lee Knowlton, 47, was appointed the new CEO of Tempe-based toy company, Pump It Up, LLC on June 20, 2009. The company is the leading multi-brand franchise for indoor inflatable playground equipment. Pump ... Read the Full Article.
Phoenix-based Opus West Corp. will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2009, according to its parent company, Opus Corporation of Minneapolis, one of the largest developers in the country. Opus ... Read the Full Article.
Hotel occupancy in the Phoenix area was down below 50% in May 2009 according to Smith Travel Research. The valley-wide room occupancy fell to 49.5% from 58.6% in May 2009, a 15.5% decline. The average decline ... Read the Full Article.
Phoenix Area has 45,000 House in "Pending" Foreclosures
As of June 19, 2009, there were 45,709 total pending foreclosures in Maricopa County as reported by the Arizona Republic. A Glendale-based research company called Information ... Read the Full Article.
The Phoenix City Council has awarded Bombardier a $260 million contract to help build Sky Harbor International Airport's driverless train system. Bombardier will design and build 18 train cars, operating the train-operating ... Read the Full Article.
Tesla Motors received $465 million from the U.S. Department of Energy on June 23, 2009 as part of $8 billion in loans to develop fuel-efficient vehicles in the United States. Ford will receive $5.9 ... Read the Full Article.
Scottsdale-based Matrixx, Inc., the maker of the popular Zicam cold suppressant products, received a notice from the FDA that the company is in violation of a number federal drug laws, ... Read the Full Article.
Zila, a publicly traded manufacturer of medical devices used to detect and treat oral cancer and periodontal disease, is being sold to a privately held company in Colorado for $4 million ... Read the Full Article.
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May / June
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Topic: "Collecting Business Receivables in These Trying Times"
Speaker: Michael R. King of Gammage & Burnham, PLC
Place: McCormick & Schmicks, 2575 E. Camelback Road
Time: 11:30am Networking/Check-In 12:00-1:15pm Lunch and ... Read the Full Article.
We have our 2nd Annual Homerun Networking Event on June 26th. This event is co-hosted with ACG-Arizona and AZIGG ... Read the Full Article.
The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group has some great events planned for June. Are they on your calendar? ... Read the Full Article.
The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group is partnering with the Arizona Business Magazine and Jobing.com to present a new, multimedia series called "View From the Corner Office". The series will have ... Read the Full Article.
The 2009 CEO-CFO Golf Scramble has been planned for Wednesday, September 16th. We are now accepting Single Player and Team Registrations, Donations and Sponsorships ... Read the Full Article.
President Obama is looking to terminate or postpone production of certain military technology to help trim $17 billion from the federal budget for fiscal 2010. President Obama has proposed cuts to missile-defense, ... Read the Full Article.
The privately-held DMB Associates is a bell weather company in real estate. It is Arizona's largest commercial and residential real estate developer. According to the Arizona Republic, the company ... Read the Full Article.
Corporate tax experts say that President Obama's foreign tax proposal made in May 2009 would raise taxes on every multinational company. The proposed rules would put restrictions on the practice of ... Read the Full Article.
By Mike King, Esq.
Answer: The only authorized government employees can bind the government to contracts, including change orders on construction projects.
Governments are not bound by unauthorized acts of ... Read the Full Article.
"ICE" is short for the Department of Immigration, Customs and Enforcement. It is taking a much tougher position with employers since President Obama took office. During fiscal year 2008, ICE made ... Read the Full Article.
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) might be delayed by the Obama administration and by the economic downturn. The SEC has extended the public comment period for the IFRS proposal to ... Read the Full Article.
Maybe, it's time to invest in gold. Inflation is coming and gold is one of the best hedges for inflation. There are two types of inflation. The first one is ... Read the Full Article.
MD Anderson is partnering with Banner Health to open a $90 million cancer center in Gilbert. MD Anderson is rated as the nation's top cancer hospital by U.S. News & World ... Read the Full Article.
Yes, owners, construction managers and architects need to be careful to assure compliance with the requirements of the prompt pay act to avoid problems and lawsuits on construction projects ... Read the Full Article.
California-based SolFocus has expanded its solar mirror manufacturing plant in Mesa and plans to add 50 jobs by the end of 2009. The company makes convex mirrors at the plant which are ... Read the Full Article.
John C. Lincoln Health Network has opened a breast-health and research center near its Deer Valley Hospital. The new 9,000-square-foot center will offer clinical care as well as research under ... Read the Full Article.
Tempe-based Mohave Sun Power LLC plans to build the largest solar project in the world outside of Kingman, Arizona which will generate 340 Megawatts. The project, based on parabolic-trough technology, is ... Read the Full Article.
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April
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The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group has some great events planned for April, May & June. Are they on your calendar?
We have our 2nd Annual Homerun Networking Event in June. This event ... Read the Full Article.
Topic: Modernizing Health Care: What it Will Take?
Speaker: Benton Davis, CEO - Western States - UnitedHealth Group
Place: McCormick & Schmicks, 2575 E. Camelback Road
Time: 11:30am Networking/Check-In 12:00-1:15pm Lunch ... Read the Full Article.
On Friday, June 26th, 2009, The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group, Arizona International Growth Group (AZIGG) and ACG-Arizona (ACG) have organized an event on June 26th at a 6:40pm - a DBacks Game ... Read the Full Article.
Topic: Labor and Employment in a Changing Economy: What Every CEO and CFO Needs to Know Under a New Administration"
Speaker: Lew Clark of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
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Food critic for Esquire Magazine, John Mariani, was recently in Phoenix and Scottsdale to review the dining scene. He noted that Mary Elaine's in The Phoenician resort has been replaced ... Read the Full Article.
Spirit Airlines is an ultra-low cost carrier for super-cheap ticket for Americans to fly to Caribbean vacation spots. The company was the brainchild of Indigo Partners, a private equity fund ... Read the Full Article.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has revoked the license of an Arizona CPA and filed charges accusing him of running a $67 million Ponzi scheme. Dan Wise has been accused of ... Read the Full Article.
Waste Management of Arizona will break ground in April 2009 on a 65,000-square-foot building to be located next to the company's northwest Valley regional landfill near Grand Avenue and Deer Valley ... Read the Full Article.
The Pink Taco Restaurant in Scottsdale's Waterfront closed as of April 1, 2009. The Pink Taco had ruffled a few feathers in Scottsdale. Scottsdale's former Mayor, Mary Manross, complained about the name. ... Read the Full Article.
Thomas Sabol was named as the new CFO of Hypercom, a maker of electronic payment systems on April 20, 2009. Sabol previously worked at Phoenix-based Suntron Corporation where he served as the ... Read the Full Article.
In a shakeout of the solar industry, mostly due to the ongoing credit and financing crisis, First Solar, one of the stronger players, has been able to buy OptiSolar's "Crown ... Read the Full Article.
New Rules from The Americans Disability Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Two changes have occurred that are affecting the employer-employee relationship that employers need to understand: The ... Read the Full Article.
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February / March
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The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group wants to thank everyone for a great 2008. We will continue to improve as one of the premier executive networking and education groups in Phoenix. Therefore, we ... Read the Full Article.
Topic: "7 Things Every CEO Should Know about Information Security: Bridging the Gap Between IT Security and IT Operations"
Speaker: Pat Clawson, Chairman and CEO of Lumension
Place: McCormick & Schmicks, 2575 E. ... Read the Full Article.
On April 17th, the Phoenix CEO-CFO Group, Arizona Society of CPA's and the Institute of Management Accountants will be hosting an Ethics Seminar for CPA's in Industry. Attendance for this event is open to all CPA's who need the FOUR hours of CPE that is required by the State of Arizona. Please sign up all the members of your team along with yourself today. Click here to review the flyer for details.
"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" will change how companies offer COBRA to its employees between September 1, 2008, and December 31, 2009. Under the new act, effective February 17, 2009, eligible COBRA participants will ... Read the Full Article.
Scottsdale's 350-unit La Privada Apartments had sold in November 2005 for $79.6 million, or $227,428 per apartment. Four years later in 2009 the apartment complex sold for $32 million or $91,429 per unit, down nearly 60 percent. Read the Full Article.
"Arizona has one of the nation's fastest-growing bioscience industries. It has gained a national reputation as an emerging bioscience center," said Walter H. Plosila, Ph.D., senior advisor to the ... Read the Full Article.
Jeff Shumway has resigned as the CEO of the Coyotes Hockey Team. He had been the team's CEO since April 2006. Team owner Jerry Moyes, who also owns Swift Transportation, will ... Read the Full Article.
Shasta Pools has been working on a system to turn pools into ground-source heat pumps, sometimes called geothermal heat pumps. Shasta Pools began a relationship with
Waterfurnace International, a manufacturer ... Read the Full Article.
Phoenix-based Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold reported a fourth-quarter loss of $13.9 billion and a year-to-date loss of $11.3 billion for the year ending 2008. The majority of the loss was from write-downs ... Read the Full Article.
Fulton Homes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on January 27, 2009.
Fulton's PR firm told the Phoenix Business Journal that home warranties and customer service will not be affected. The company was ... Read the Full Article.
Gaylord Entertainment Company of Nashville plans to buy about 100 acres in Mesa to build a luxury hotel and convention center. The hotel would have at least 1,200 rooms and be the ... Read the Full Article.
The Tohono-O'odham tribe is planning to build a $600 million hotel and casino on 134 acres that the tribe owns at 91st and Northern Avenue, a few miles from the University of ... Read the Full Article.
Goodmans Office Furniture is offering two free office renovations for non-profit executives in Maricopa and Pima Counties. They call it "Goodmans Eye for the Good Guy 2009." They are looking for ... Read the Full Article.
The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) and the Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc's $100,000, six-month pilot program launched in February 2009 to attract companies from California is already seeing success.
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Answer: Because many of the sustainability goals of green buildings are achieved throughout the useful lifetime of the building, rather than at the time of project completion, new construction processes ... Read the Full Article.
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January
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The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group is starting off the year with a great line up of events. We have made some changes to our attendance and RSVP policies for 2009 and would ... Read the Full Article.
The Phoenix CEO-CFO Group is exclusive to C-Level executives and sponsors only. Vendors will not be accepted. The group welcomes new attendees. However, due to our growth and the desire ... Read the Full Article.
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The Arizona Republic noted that missile defense work contributes $10 billion a year to Arizona's economy, in direct and indirect jobs, services and vendor purchases. President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to ... Read the Full Article.
The Arizona Biotechnology Association (AZBio) and Biotech Primer (an organization that provides both non-science professionals and scientists with an understanding of biotechnology) are teaming up to offer a one-day course ... Read the Full Article.
Barrett-Jackson will hold its 38th World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona the week of January 11th through the 18th at WestWorld. Over 250,000 people are expected to attend. This ... Read the Full Article.
Time to get your insurance renewals in early. Analysts are predicting that the investment portfolios held by insurance companies have taken significant capital losses in the fourth quarter, as high ... Read the Full Article.
Power in an organization allows one to accomplish his or her goals, move ahead and earn the rewards commensurate with advancement. Power is important. Yet there isn't a clear path ... Read the Full Article.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) opened its first hospital in the Southwest in Goodyear, Arizona on December 29, 2008. CTCA's new $107 million facility expects to treat up to 300 patients a day ... Read the Full Article.
Orbital Sciences and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) won a $3.5 billion NASA contract on December 23, 2008 for each company to build a spacecraft to haul 20 tons of cargo to the International Space ... Read the Full Article.
P.F.Chang's Rock'n'Roll Marathon is a raucous running event with bands, cheer teams, lively water stations and cheering spectators. It is also the largest combined running event in the ... Read the Full Article.
Phoenix Convention Center opened its new $600 million building on December 27, 2008. The new building adds 569,000 square-feet to the Phoenix Convention Center which triples the meeting space to 900,000 and puts it in ... Read the Full Article.
The FBR Open starts its first round at the TPC Scottsdale on Thursday, January 29th and finishes on Sunday, February 1st, 2009. It is the most popular event in golf with ... Read the Full Article.
Answer: Tribal sovereign immunity protects Indian tribes from suits and also tribal corporations acting as arm of tribes and tribal employees when they are sued in their official capacities ... Read the Full Article.
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