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Washington Business Forward - November/December 2002

Preview 2003? We asked a psychic and a bookie ... Piloting through a (mid-life) crisis ... Revamping radio ... PLUS Digits, Updates, Best Foot Forward and ...

Boston Business Forward - December 2001

Massport and airport security…Honest-to-goodness competition for NStar…Motivational firm uses inspirational lines to boost bottom line… ...

Washington Business Forward - Events

Business Forward Events. BUSINESS FORWARD holds a number of events where forward thinking business leaders in the Greater Washington area can network with ...

Boston Business Forward - Archives

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Boston Business Forward - Contacts

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Washington Business Forward - October 2002

A cell with a view in WV … CNN's low self-image … Sean Greene lights up with Fidel Castro … Ex-Teligent CEO's CIA ties … MagLev competition puts Washington ...

Washington Business Forward - December 2001

Inches of office space…Bodacious woman…Gas mask mania…Anti-terror shopping spree…Flight Explorer's new business…PLUS Digits, Updates, Best Foot Forward, ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - April 2001

Jack Kemp, tech advisor…Wellsteads isn't well…From Congress to business…Careerbuilder's love line…Distributed computing…PLUS Digits, Updates, Best Foot ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2001

Communications breakdown … Slipping into a new job … Spy Museum stakes out territory … American Dance Institute … Presidential incubator … ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - May 2001

Bahamas-bound exec returns for layoffs…Toni Morrison lectures business…Puppet politics …Lease launch…EyeTicket off the hook…Chuck D raps RIAA … ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2000

HIGHLIGHTS. 32 INTERVIEW Steve Walker Beats Traffic Steve Walker is the quintessential cashed-out guy. With the profits he reaped from the more-than-$300 ...

Boston Business Forward - August 2001

Bain reportedly purging 25 percent of its first-year associates…Globe, Herald slash newsstand prices in response to Metro…Newbury clean-up campaign removes ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - July 2000

HIGHLIGHTS. 28 INTERVIEW The Secret CEO Richard Fairbank rode the information wave, turned the credit card industry on its head, and built Capital One into ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - APRIL 2000

HIGHLIGHTS. 30 ANALYSIS World Wide Washington, The Regions 40 Biggest Global Players Need your phone calls returned overseas? These are the names to drop. ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - April 2001 - First Brother

Highlight. FIRST Brother. He's the Lowest Profile of the Bush Boys, but His Business Career Is Probably the Most Successful. ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - March 2001 - Deals

Deals. Dealing in DREAMS. Washington Fine Properties Sells the Region's Biggest Multimillion-Dollar Private Homes to the Rich and Famous . ...

Washington Business Forward - August 2001 - Interview

Dennis Bakke UNPLUGGED. The CEO of the $23-Billion Electricity-Producing Behemoth AES Doesn't Want Money. He Just Wants to Save the World. ...

Boston Business Forward - August 2001 - Government Inc.

Government Inc. All Bark, No Bite. If the insiders on Beacon Hill have their way, the commonwealth's next Inspector General will be a house pet, ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - November 2000 - Real Estate

The CONSTRUCTION Conundrum If the Industry is Booming, Why Are Subcontractors Getting Run Into the Ground? by Rachel L. Dodes - ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID ...

Boston Business Forward - September 2001 - 20/20

20/20. Dean's List. Is George W. Bush setting a bad example for Harvard Business School students? Is HBS just a place to get your ticket punched? ...

Washington Business Forward - July/August 2002 - Buzz Guide

Buzz Guide. The Value of Competition. In the Rich Market of Greater Washington, Banks Are Upping Their Ante to Appeal to New Clients Amid Cutthroat ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - April 2001 - Climbing the Capital Hill

Cover Story. CLIMBING the Capital Hill. When Big Money Is Harder to Come by Than Ever, What Will Become of the Rock Stars of the New Economy? ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - January 2001 - Deals

An American flag waves in the wind atop Washington's newest quasi-monument, a stark and steely structure that stands about 300 feet tall. ...

Washington Business Forward - February 2002 - Twenty Questions

Optical Realities. Ciena Chairman Patrick Nettles Runs the Nation's Top Optical Networking Company. Trouble Is, Ciena Posted a $1.8 Billion Loss in Its ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - July 2000 - Best Practices

Revenue and Reputation Ed Gillespie and Jack Quinn Turned a Talk Show Encounter into a Butch-and-Sundance Business Plan. ...

Boston Business Forward - October/November 2001 - First Forward

DIGITS NUMBERS NEVER LIE. 8000 Average daily attendance last year at Spooky World in Foxboro Average daily take: $188000 ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - December 1999 - Interview

The Thinking Man's Media Mogul David Bradley Spent Twenty Years Building His For-Profit Think Tank Into a Research Powerhouse. But Sometimes One Career Is ...

Washington Business Forward - June 2001 - First Forward

DIGITS NUMBERS NEVER LIE. 60 Number of companies that (perhaps obviously) comprise the new NVTC Potomac Tech 60 Regional Stock Index, which measures the ...

Boston Business Forward - December 2001 - Market Plays

Market Plays. And The Band Played On. Some regard company bands as a vestige of dot-com decadence. Here's a dissenting opinion-from a band member who ...

Washington Business Forward - November 2001 - Twenty Questions

A Bushel from a Peck. New Board of Trade President Robert Peck Weighs in on Opportunity, Relevancy, Identity, Economy, Security, Hillary, Community, ...

Washington Business Forward - September 2002 - First Forward

DIGITS NUMBERS NEVER LIE. 56 Percentage of Americans in the wealthiest 1 percent (income of $300000 a year or more) who consider themselves "upper middle ...

Washington Business Forward - July 2001 - Deals

Deals. Dual Identity. By Day, Nariman Farvardin Is the Dean at the UMD School of Engineering. By Night, He's Launching His Own Red-Hot Company. ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - March 2000 - Industry in Depth

Gunn Control The Cardinal Financial Group Is Losing Money, Sagging on Wall Street, and Late Opening Bank Branches. So Why Does Burwell Gunn Seem So ...

Washington Business Forward - February 2002 - First Forward

DIGITS NUMBERS NEVER LIE. 6.2% DC's unemployment rate in October 2001. 6.5% …in November. 5.4% National unemployment rate, in October 2001 ...

Washington Business Forward - March 2002 - Wealth - Salary Survey

Special Section. What Washington Makes - Money Matter$. Forget the Options - Simply Having a Job Is the Biggest Perk This Year. We Checked the Corporate ...

Washington Business Forward - July 2001 - Interview

Alex Mandl IN EXILE. From President of AT&T to Former CEO of a Bankrupt Startup, As Alex Mandl Goes, So Goes American Telecom. Can He Make a Comeback? ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2001 - The Dot-com Backslash

Highlight. the dot-com BACKSLASH. Post-entrepreneurs - Win or Lose - Find That Business Has Changed Their Lives. by Rachel L. Dodes ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - January 2000 - Industry in Depth

Venture Capital The Robin Hood Economy by Garance Franke-Ruta, Essay by Jeremy Brosowsky - PHOTOGRAPHS BY SKIP BROWN. Slings and arrows: iKimbo CEO Jamey ...

Washington Business Forward - February 2002 - View from the Hill

View from the Hill. Building a Bridge to K Street. As the One-Year Lobbying Ban Expires, Clintonites Find It Harder than They Expected to Swarm K Street ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - July 2000 - Must Read

The Rick Project How a CEO Beat Cancer With His Own Company's New Technology. by Eamon Javers. If you live long enough and something else doesn't get you, ...

Washington Business Forward - October 2002 - Buzz Guide

Buzz Guide. AK Street User's Guide. Watch Out for "Emergency" Prices, Wild Promises and Unethical Characters. But If Your Business Has Issues on the Hill, ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2000 - Data Dump

Avoiding the IPO For The Motley Fool, Wall Street's Clamoring Isn't Enough to Lure the Founders to Go Public. By Eamon Javers - PHOTOGRAPH BY RON AIRA ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - May 2000 - Washington Ticker

Good Buys in Biotech? The Correction is Coming, The Correction is Coming! The Correction is Here! by Jonathan Legg - ILLUSTRATION BY ROBERT NUEBECKER ...

Washington Business Forward - June 2001 - The Once and Future CEO

Cover Story. The Once and Future CEO. How Did Jack McDonnell Manage to Sell His Company to PSINet for $720 Million and Buy It Back Two Years Later for Just ...

Boston Business Forward - August 2001 - Venture Capital - Back To ...

Cover Story. Venture Capital: Back to Basics. Juggling cell phones and Blackberrys and nursing their portfolio companies through an economy gone cold, ...

Washington Business Forward - June 2002 - Washington DC, 2020

Special Section. Washington DC, 2020. Developing a Future: A Clear View of What We Should Build, Where We Should Build It, And Why. ...

Washington Business Forward - June 2001 - Gravy Train

Gravy Train. The BIOTECH Bonanza. Bush's Effort to Double the Funding for NIH Has Local Companies Lining up for a Booster Shot to the Bottom Line. ...

Boston Business Forward - September 2001 - Must Read

Must Read. Loyal - to a Fault. In Loyalty Rules!, Bain & Company's Frederick F. Reichheld shortchanges his loyal readers by being too faithful to his first ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - June 2000 - Deals

The Nine Lives of Xpedior For Employees of the Web Company, Acquisitions Are Just Part of the Job. by Rachel L. Dodes - PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL CARPENTER ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - August 1999 - Real Estate and ...

Boutique Boom 30-Something Real Estate Agents Can’t Resist the Lure of Opening Their Own Shops. by Melanie D. Goldman. Richard Lake didn’t want to work for ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - November 2000 - Collapse of a Monopoly

Collapse of a Monopoly. Wilkes Artis Lost Lawyers to Holland & Knight and Shaw Pittman this Fall; The Washington Land Law Landscape will Never Be the Same. ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - January 2001 - Natural Selection

Highlight. natural SELECTION. National Geographic's New Cable Channel Debuts This Month, Sparking a Battle with another Greater Washington Behemoth, ...

Boston Business Forward - October/November 2001 - Market Plays

Market Plays. Great Balls of Fire. Goodness gracious. Between a golfing market gone flat and a $9 billion gorilla named Nike, Titleist sure has its hands ...

Washington Business Forward - May 2002 - Amtrak Shrugged

Highlight. Amtrak Shrugged. Amtrak Is a Fiscal Train Wreck, And Big Changes Are Coming Down the Track this Year for the Beleaguered Company. ...

Washington Business Forward - November/December 2002 - Cast of ...

Cast of Characters. Roger Mody Cashes Out. The CEO Gets Rich. But What Does the $227-Million Sale of SIGNAL Mean for Local Tech? ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - January 2001 - Interview

NUMBER ONE with a BULLET. Cathy Hughes's Radio One Is About To Be the Largest African- American-Owned Media Company in America. But the Consolidation She ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - November 1999 - Must Read

IBM (International Business Miracle) The Tell-All Story of Lou Gerstner and IBM's Surprising Turnaround - From a One-Time Insider. by Eamon Javers ...

Washington Business Forward - November/December 2002 - Deals

Deals. Firing Squad. Outplacement Firms Do Corporate Layoffs for a Living — and They’re Having a Banner Year. But What Will They Do When the Market Recovers ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2000 - Washington Ticker

The Greater Washington Portfolio Summertime Doldrums Led to Strong Third and Fourth Quarter Gains - Is This A Trend to Watch? by Jonathan Legg ...

Washington Business Forward - November 2001 - Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters. History $101. Archivists See a Boom in Busted Times - Producing Corporate Histories for Paying Customers. ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - June 1999 - Analysis

Washington’s Dirty Little Secret Behind Some of the Region’s Hot Internet Companies is an Even Hotter Business. When Profits are Hard to Come by, ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2000 - Interview

Taking Off with Steve Walker An Entrepreneur-Turned-Angel Helps Make the Youngest Companies Fly by Jeremy M. Brosowsky - PHOTOGRAPHS BY RON ARIA ...

Boston Business Forward - September 2001 - Government Inc.

Government Inc. Day of the Locust. The word is out in Hollywood about the high cost of doing show business in Boston-and it's not just the Teamsters who are ...

Boston Business Forward - December 2001 - Feud for Thought

Feud for Thought. Survival of the Fitness. Taking on the YMCA won't win you many friends, but this feisty lobbying group says that's a small price to pay to ...

Washington Business Forward - October 2001 - The Next Network

The Next Network. THE NEXT NETWORK. Forget the Downturn. These Forty Executives are Up-and-Comers No Matter What the Economy Is Doing. ...

Washington Business Forward - February 2002 - Expense Account

Expense Account. Born Again Restaurants. A Pair of DC Favorites Reinvent Themselves with a Tropical Twist and Prove Worthy of a Hug and a Kiss. ...

Washington Business Forward - November 2001 - Square Feet

Sqaure Feet. Buyer's Delight. Residential Real Estate Agents Say a Slower Market May Mean Better Deals. by Christina Breda ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - March 2001 - The New Exit Strategy

Highlight. The NEW Exit Strategy. Some of the Region's Top Tech CEOs Have Stepped Down or Been Fired in Recent Months. And There are Plenty More Where They ...

Washington Business Forward - July/August 2002 - Launch Pad

Launch Pad. Hocking for a Living. Local Folks Generate Cash by Selling Other People's Junk on eBay-For many, it's a Full-Time Career. ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - March 2000 - Deals

Push it Real Good Email Marketers Spin HTML Lead Into Solid Gold Leads By Chet Dembeck. Stephen Chapin, Jr. invented a software program back in 1996 to help ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - September 2000 - Best Practices

...And Baby Makes CEO Julie Holdren Runs a Fast-Growth Software Company, Gives Birth to Twins, and Plans an IPO... All in a Day's Work. ...

Boston Business Forward - October/November 2001 - The Money Game

The Money Game. A Strange Love Story. Or how an otherwise sane Boston hedge fund manager learned to stop worrying and love a dot-bomb. by Shawn Kravetz ...

Washington Business Forward - July/August 2002 - States' Rights ...

Highlight. States' Rights (and Wrongs). Maryland and Virginia Decided on Different Strategies for Investing Public Pension Money. Virginia's Doing Better in ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - December 1999 - Analysis

The Crucible Once They Were Four Young Military Aides Thrown Into Lyndon Johnson's White House. Now They're At the Top of Media, Finance, Education and ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - October 1999 - The Workforce

Headhunting For Fun and Profit Greater Washington’s Top Executive Recruiters Get Their Calls Returned - But Quietly. by Laura Boswell ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - September 1999 - The Workforce

Swords Into Net Shares A Brain Drain From the Military is Greater Washington’s Gain, as Ex-Soldiers Bring Technical Knowledge and Experience Into the ...

Boston Business Forward - October/November 2001 - Adventure ...

Adventure Capitalists. Funny Business. For some local comedians, tickling the corporate funny bone is a sure way to get a few laughs-not to mention a pile ...

Boston Business Forward - September 2001 - Adventure Capitalists

Adventure Capitalists. Boston by Its Bootstraps. Who needs venture capital? Not as many entrepreneurs as you might think. Some intrepid souls would rather ...

Washington Business Forward - June 2001 - Deals

Deals. Something's BREWING. Foggy Bottom's Gary Heurich Says He Wants to Open His Own Brewery. Old Dominion Brewery Is for Sale. Is an Acquisition on Tap? ...

Washington Business Forward - June 2002 - Forward Thinking

Forward Thinking. Terrorism? Hire a Consultant. The New Business of Terror Advisory Proliferates Post-September 11. by Scott Lajoie - PHOTOGRAPH BY ROB MOSS ...

Washington Business Forward - September 2001 - Untangled Web

Untangled Web. Demise of a Dream. Amid Personal Tragedy, 12-Year-Old Startup Frandata Falls Victim to the Dot-Com Burnout. by Christina Breda - ILLUSTRATION ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - February 2000 - Analysis

The Anonymous Mr. Allbritton At 30, Joe Allbritton's Son Is Next In Line for the Family Business. He's Done TV. Now He's Learning The Internet Game, Too. ...

Washington Business Forward - July/August 2002 - Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters. The Same Old Economy. Veteran Tech Firms Enjoy Newfound Luster Among Financiers. by Drew Armstrong. Jeffrey Payne had every reason to ...

Washington Business Forward - October 2002 - Twenty Questions

Brains on Sticks... ...and Other Insights into the World of Consulting, with Booz Allen CEO Ralph Shrader. by Jeremy M. Brosowsky - PHOTOGRAPHS BY FORREST ...

Washington Business Forward - March 2002 - Launch Pad

Launch Pad. Dude, Where's My Car? Two New Companies Hope to Answer the Question with Car-Sharing Initiatives in Greater Washington. ...

Washington Business Forward - March 2002 - Buzz Guide

Buzz Guide. Smart Moves on Intellectual Property. Almost Every Firm Claims a Great IP Practice. Here's How to Cut through the Clutter. by Rob Schmidt ...

Washington Business Forward - September 2001 - Twenty Questions

Long Tall Sallie. Four Years After Al Lord Seized Control of Sallie Mae, He Still Longs to Free the Student-Loan Queen from Government Control. ...

Washington Business Forward - May 2002 - Deals

Deals. Apartment Vs. Office. Investors Flock to Safe and Stable Apartment Buys as Office Market Softens. by Christina Breda Antoniades - PHOTOGRAPH BY ...

Washington Business Forward - July/August 2002 - Expense Account

Expense Account. Super Steak Sticker Shock. Elegant Power Dining at Signatures Gives New Meaning to "Expense Account." ...

Washington Business Forward - October 2002 - First Forward

DIGITS NUMBERS NEVER LIE. $15000 Cost of a series of campaign ads this fall by a coalition called Citizens for Quality Living (which includes the Board of ...

Washington Business Forward - July 2001 - Killing Computer ...

Highlight. KILLING Computer Learning Centers. CEO John Corse Lost His Company, His Livelihood and His Home When Federal Regulators Shut Down His Computer ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - January 2001 - Cast of Characters

Cast of Characters. FATHER's Day. Richard Garr Dropped the Law to Launch a Biotech Firm after His Son's Near-Miraculous Recovery from a Brain Tumor. ...

BUSINESS FORWARD - May 2000 - Best Practices

A Tom of All Trades Politicians In Maine Wanted Tom Davidson, Jr. To Run for Governor or for the Senate. Back In Washington, His Family's Davidson Capital ...

Washington Business Forward - July/August 2002 - Deals

Deals. Monumental Problems. The Dismal Northern Virginia Market Drives Monument Realty to Reinvent Itself - and Get into Downtown DC. by Kathleen Neary ...

Washington Business Forward - April 2002 - Deals of the Year

Special Section. Deals of the Year. In a Tumultuous 2001, 38 Transactions (and the People Who Made Them Happen) Stood Out for Their Impact on the Future of ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - March 2000 - Launch Pad

An Information Buyer's Market The Internet Freed Up the Information That Was Specialty Publishers' Specialty. Now the Newsletter Industry is Looking for a ...

WASHINGTON BUSINESS FORWARD - October 1999 - Thinking Globally

The Russians are Here Watch What Happens As An Influx of Post-Communist Russian Entrepreneurs Combines Soviet Technical Know-How With American Business ...

Washington Business Forward - December 2001 - Bioscience

Bioscience. Blood Money. If Hemodyne CEO Devinder Bawa Is Right, His New Product Will Start the Cash Flowing by Stopping People from Bleeding. ...