Section: BUS http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/BUS BUS stories from The Capital Newspaper at HometownAnnapolis.com. en Copyright (c) 2008, Capital Gazette Communications Inc., Annapolis, MD 21401 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:40:01 GMT internetpublishingdirector@hometownannapolis.com (Internet Publishing Director) technician@hometownannapolis.com <![CDATA[Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_04-02/BUS By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer

NEW YORK (AP) _ Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are m...

Published on 07/04/08

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TODAY - The Annapolis Thursday Breakfast Business Networking International group meets each Thursday from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West St. Networking begins at 7:15 a.m. BNI is a referral-based networking group where only one person from each profession is a member in any one chapter. Cost is $10. For more information, contact Sean O'Neill at 433-254-8473.

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Tomorrow - The Friday Annapolis Business...

Published on 07/03/08

]]> <![CDATA[Marketing your business in a weak economy]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_03-47/BUS

Now's not the time to back off

By KATIE ARCIERI, Staff Writer

Many local businesses feeling the pinch of higher prices in a weak economy are opting to cut back on marketing in an attempt to find some savings.

"I noticed in the beginning of the year, people were really thinking about backing off on most of their promotions," said Carol D'Agostino, whose Stevensville public-relations company Purple Cat serves nonprofit groups and small businesses. "By March, everyone started to pa...

Published on 07/03/08

]]> Now's not the time to back offBy KATIE ARCIERI, Staff Writer]]> <![CDATA[Oil prices near $146]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_03-04/BUS By PABLO GORONDI, Associated Press Writer

Oil prices neared $146 a barrel Thursday for the first time ever on reports of declining U.S. stockpiles and the threat of conflict with Iran. Comments by Saudi Arabia's oil minister suggesting his country had no immediate plans to boost production also lifted prices.

Expectations that the European Central Bank will raise interest rates later Thursday could further weaken the U.S. dollar and drive oil prices even higher, as investors turn t...

Published on 07/03/08

]]> <![CDATA[Airliner 'go-arounds' are possible safety hazard]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_03-05/BUS By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Writer

NEWARK, N.J. — A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway. So the United pilot executed a "go-around," a routine maneuver in which an incoming plane pulls up at the last minute and circles around. But the jet suddenly found itself on a collision course with an American Airlines plane taking off from an intersectin...

Published on 07/03/08

]]> <![CDATA[Starbucks to close 600 US stores, rein in growth]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_02-02/BUS By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Business Writer

SEATTLE — For a decade it appeared there was no such thing as too many Starbucks for U.S. coffee drinkers, whose willingness to buy its $4 lattes and dark drip brews rationalized a second green-and-white mermaid awning just down the street — and sometimes even a third. But in a sign that those days are over, Starbucks Corp. announced Tuesday it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year as the faltering U.S. economy haste...

Published on 07/02/08

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BALTIMORE (AP) - A group of local investors remains interested in buying The (Baltimore) Sun. Former Baltimore County Executive Theodore Venetoulis heads a group of about 20 people that wants to purchase The Sun from Chicago-based Tribune Company. He says the content The Sun provides is essential, and he can't envision Baltimore without it.

 

He says his group has made Tribune aware of its interest. A T...

Published on 07/01/08

]]> <![CDATA[Secret life of XPose Fitness brings pole dancing to Annapolis]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_01-24/BUS By ADRIANE WATSON Staff Writer

Xpose Fitness is not a typical fitness center. There are no elliptical machines, treadmills or Stairmasters. There is an absence of weight equipment, locker rooms and tanning beds.

In the two work-out rooms that comprise Xpose's newest location at 302C Harry S. Truman Parkway, the only props are black chairs, shining brass poles and disco balls.

Xpose is a niche fitness center for women offering lessons in pole dancing and exotic flo...

Published on 07/01/08

]]> <![CDATA[High fuel prices hurt Hagerstown trucking firms]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_01-08/BUS By ARNOLD S. PLATOU, The Herald-Mail

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The next time you're on Interstate 81 in your 1996 Honda griping about getting only 22 miles per gallon, think about Randy Winebrenner's 2006 Volvo tractor-trailer in the next lane. The best in his fleet of 10 big rigs, the Volvo gets just 5 miles per gallon — "if we're lucky," said Winebrenner, vice president of Winebrenner Transfer Inc. of Hagerstown.

Last month, diesel fuel was costing his company "close to $5 a ga...

Published on 07/01/08

]]> <![CDATA[Brothers plan to revive family legacy - a South River marina]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-69/BUS BY KATIE ARCIERI, Staff Writer

The grandsons of a late state senator plan to transform a derelict marina that has been in their family for decades into a high-end boating destination in Anne Arundel County. Wilson and David Phipps said the waterfront property off Route 2 can be traced back to their grandfather, Louis Phipps Sr., whose descendants have owned parcels of the land for more than half a century.

 

Down the hill, shrouded amid a cluster of trees along G...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[75 years after prohibition repeal, liquor store still going strong]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-41/BUS By MARC SHAPIRO Staff Writer

The neon sign outside Goldberg's Liquors in Brooklyn Park has been glowing since the 1940s, proudly reminding customers and passersby that the store has been in the business of selling alcohol "Since Prohibition."

The store has sold liquor and beer for 75 consecutive years, since national Prohibition ended in 1933. Allen Aronstein, the current owner, said older customers reminisce about the early days of Goldberg's, wh...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[Inflation concerns drive 30-year mortgage rates up to 6.45 percent]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-52/BUS

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Rates on 30-year mortgages rose again last week, climbing to the highest level in more than nine months, reflecting more concerns about how the Federal Reserve will respond to higher inflation pressures.

Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.45 percent last week. That was up from 6.42 percent the previous week.

It was the highest level for 30-year ...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[Internet org paves way for hundreds of new domains]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-12/BUS By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers unanimously approved the new guidelines as weeklong meetings in Paris concluded. ICANN also voted unanimously to open ...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[Strong Web browsers emerge with innovative features]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-58/BUS By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer

NEW YORK - With all the recent attention on the new Firefox 3 Internet browser, it's easy to miss two strong, innovative rivals. Add it all up, and Microsoft Corp.'s market-leading Internet Explorer has some impressive challengers.

Opera 9.5, for instance, lets you share bookmarked Web pages and notes among several computers. And another browser, Flock 2, brings Firefox 3's improvements to an already strong system for sharin...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[Business Digest]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-21/BUS

Zodiac offering free gas with new boats

Stevensville - Zodiac, a Queen Anne's County-based manufacturer of inflatable boats, is hoping to entice buyers by offering $1,000 of free gas with the purchase of a new boat.

The company is offering the special with two of its most popular rigid-hull inflatable boat models at its North American dealers.

The 28-foot Zodiac Pro 20-Man and Pro Open 850 models are more than 40 perce...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[Business Notes]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-19/BUS

Century 21 New Millennium recently announced the opening of an office at 1216 Annapolis Road in Odenton and the re-opening of its office at 1643 Crofton Centre in Crofton.

The offices offer area homebuyers and sellers more services and convenience with their real estate transaction needs, officials said.

Century 21 New Millennium is a franchise that provides real estate, mortgage, property management and insurance services and is ...

Published on 06/29/08

]]> <![CDATA[Business People]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/06_29-40/BUS

Anne Arundel Community College recently named Felicia L. Patterson of Denver as the college's vice president of Learner Support Services. She is scheduled to start Aug. 11.

She was most recently at the Community College of Denver, where she was the executive vice president of student and enrollment services.

At Anne Arundel Community College, she will have responsibility over the information services division and its student s...

Published on 06/29/08

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