Archive for Legal/Finance

40 Under 40: Nick Maxwell – LPL Financial

Feb 21, 2013 No Comments

While attending Clovis High School, Nick Maxwell intended on becoming an engineer or an architect, but after experiencing a physics class he changed his mind.  As a youth he played baseball and tennis, and went on to graduate from Clovis High in 1996.  His next educational step was Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, and [...]

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40 Under 40: Chelsi Johnston – Central Valley Business Incubator

Feb 18, 2013 No Comments

Chelsi Johnston is a Visalia native who attended Redwood High School and participated in activities such as mock trial and was a member of the Spanish Club, Drama Club, and Future Homemakers of America.  While attending California State University, Fresno, Johnston interned for Assembly Leader Mike Villines and Congressman George Radanovich.  After obtaining a bachelor’s [...]

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Survey: Business Owners Plan for Better Financial Health in 2013

Feb 18, 2013 No Comments

CHERRY HILL, N.J., and PORTLAND, Maine, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Nearly half of small businesses expect their financial health to improve in 2013 and are confident that sales will increase over 2012, according to a new survey released today by TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. The survey also found that nearly one-third of small business respondents plan [...]

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Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Continued Downward in January

Feb 15, 2013 No Comments

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) declined again in January for the third consecutive month.  The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending[i]. “The Index is down primarily due to slowing  increases of new home prices,” said Patricia Buckley, director, economic policy and analysis [...]

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40 Under 40: Leigh Burnside – Dowling Aaron Inc.

Feb 15, 2013 No Comments

Leigh Burnside spent most of her childhood in the Fresno area, and attended Bullard High School, where she was a student athlete and played soccer.  She later enrolled at Stanford University and was a features writer for The Stanford Daily, and during her junior year she studied abroad in Paris, France for six months.  Around [...]

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40 Under 40: Daniel Castro – Coleman & Horowitt LLP

Feb 12, 2013 No Comments

Daniel Castro is a transplant to Fresno.  Growing up in the rough neighborhood of East Los Angeles, he focused heavily on academics and earned admittance into M.I.T. in Boston.  While there, Castro earned a bachelor’s and master’s in engineering and computer science.  He then was accepted into the prestigious UC Berkeley School of Law, where [...]

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Women Business Owners Decidedly Optimistic About 2013

Feb 12, 2013 No Comments

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A national survey of women business owners (WBOs) conducted by Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW) and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) found a pervasive sense of economic optimism, including a prediction by most WBOs (85 percent) that more women will become entrepreneurs in 2013 than in [...]

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40 Under 40: Arthur Moye – MBS Accountancy Corporation

Feb 08, 2013 No Comments

Arthur Moye is a certified public accountant, certified global management accountant and founder of MBS Accountancy Corporation. MBS provides accounting, tax and consulting services to small and nonprofit businesses. MBS Accountancy is now in its third year and continues to successfully grow.  He employs eight people and is actively involved in the Fresno Metro Black [...]

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Sentiment Drops As Middle-Income Families See Uptick in Financial Troubles

Feb 06, 2013 No Comments

YONKERS, N.Y., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Consumer Reports Index, an overall measure of Americans’ personal financial health, showed consumer confidence is off to sluggish start in 2013, according to the February report. The Consumer Reports Index sentiment measure declined for February dropped to 48.9 from 51.2 the prior month. The most pessimistic consumers remain Americans in households [...]

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What You Need to Know About the 2013 Tax Season

Feb 05, 2013 No Comments

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — When it comes to tax season, every year is a little different. Laws change, some benefits kick in while others end, and natural disasters can have an impact on your tax return. The deadline for filing your taxes is April 15, 2013. While this is the normal deadline, there [...]

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Survey: Home Ownership Is Increasingly Important to Younger Americans

Feb 04, 2013 No Comments

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Prudential Real Estate, an HSF Affiliates LLC company, today released its end-of-year Outlook Survey, which shows that Millennials and Generation X place a higher importance on and hold more favorable views toward homeownership than older generations. According to the national survey, confidence increased marginally among respondents with 73% at [...]

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40 Under 40: Mario Zamora – Griswold, Lasalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, LLP

Feb 04, 2013 No Comments

Mario Zamora grew up in the small town of Lindsay, and obtained a bachelor’s in economics from California State University at Northridge in 2004.  He next wanted to join the U.S. Army as a lawyer, and took the Law School Admission Test in December of 2004 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Pacific/McGeorge School [...]

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Mortgage Rates Post Largest One Week Increase in 10 Months

Feb 01, 2013 No Comments

NEW YORK, Feb. 01, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Fixed mortgage rates recorded the biggest one week increase since last March, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 3.77 percent this week, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.29 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage [...]

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Buffett to Visit Fresno Schools

Jan 31, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Peter Buffett, Emmy Award-winning composer, philanthropist, and New York Times best-selling author will be visiting local schools tomorrow to visit with students and faculty to promote arts education.  He will be performing a benefit concert in the Old Administration Building Auditorium at Fresno City College this Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Buffett is the [...]

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Horstmann Announced as 2013 Leon S. Peters Award Winner

Jan 31, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Longtime community supporter John E. Horstmann received a surprise Wednesday afternoon at The Downtown Club in Fresno when he was announced as the recipient of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 Leon S. Peters Award.   Horstmann learned of his honor in front of a group of many of his family and friends, [...]

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40 Under 40: Jeanna Antonino – JP Marketing

Jan 30, 2013 No Comments

Upon enrolling at California State University, Fresno, Jeanna Antonino knew she wanted to major in business, but was unsure of what option she should choose.  After deciding on accounting and then human resources, she found a good fit in marketing, because of the creativity involved. While still at Fresno State in 1999, Antonino she took [...]

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U.S. Industrial Manufacturers Express Increased Optimism Regarding the Domestic Economy

Jan 30, 2013 No Comments

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Sentiment regarding the prospects for the U.S. economy in the year ahead increased among U.S. industrial manufacturers, while uncertainty around outlook for the world economy prevailed, according to the Q4 2012 Manufacturing Barometer released today by PwC US.  According to PwC’s survey, 48 percent of respondents expressed optimism about [...]

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Business Leaders to Participate in Innovation Town Hall

Jan 28, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – The California Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development is presenting a special Innovation Town Hall Tuesday afternoon at the UC Merced office, located at 550 E. Shaw Ave. in Fresno. Go-Biz Director Kish Rajan and Deputy Director of Innovation Louis Stewart will both take part in the discussion on innovation, and provide [...]

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40 Under 40: Kurtis Willey – Agri-Valley Irrigation

Jan 21, 2013 No Comments

Kurtis Willey spent most of his childhood in Fresno, and later on lived in Clovis and graduated from Buchanan High School.  He then attended Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno, where he earned a degree in accounting in 2009.  After graduation he started as an intern at CPA firm Slater Moffat Associates, and [...]

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40 Under 40: Elana Landau – Narcotics/Violent Crime Unit – U.S. Attorney’s Office – Eastern District

Jan 17, 2013 No Comments

Elana Landau is a University of Los Angeles, California graduate with a B.A. in political science.  She then earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.  While at UCLA she worked as the quality assurance coordinator – Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a non-profit organization chaired by Steven Spielberg.  While there, Landau [...]

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