by The Editors on May 4, 2008
Carlsbad-based outdoor furniture maker Maku was recently listed in the Chicago Tribune as number 6 on a list of 20 ways to live green “Make the green scene part of your daily life with ideas that are both practical and chic”:
6 TAKE IT OUTSIDE: Maku, the Carlsbad, Calif.-based maker of contemporary earth-friendly outdoor furnishings of sustainable woods, is now here at Orange Skin, Chicago.
Congrats. It’s good to see local companies getting press for doing things well.
[Link: Chicago Tribune]
by The Editors on May 4, 2008
The Carlsbad Education Foundation’s Kids Are Worth A Million telethon held yesterday at Legoland has already raised $267,000 and the “phones haven’t even begun ringing,” thanks in part to a $120,000 donation from Legoland California.
“I give Legoland full credit for making this event such a huge success,” said Lisa Posard, President-Elect of the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. “In this time of financial crisis it is so important to have the support of our community. It is exciting to see everyone come together to rally around education!”
The Kids Are Worth A Million Telethon was taped before a live audience on Legoland California’s Fun Town Stage and will air Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 19.
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by The Editors on May 3, 2008
Self-help goddess Louise Hay, 81, is one of the best-selling women writers in history and her publishing company Hay House Publishing is based in Carlsbad.
The New York Times is featuring a comprehensive profile on the woman who is responsible for a self-improvement empire that works with some of the biggest names in the business.
Today the company turns out books, CDs, calendars and card decks by many of the titans of the large world that booksellers are now calling “Mind/Body/Spirit,” a category that includes the literature of psychics/intuitives, angel therapy, positive thinking, New Thought, water therapy and motivational speaking. Wayne Dyer, Suze Orman, Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Sylvia Browne and Doreen Virtue are all Hay House clients. Last year, Hay House — which is owned jointly by Louise Hay and the company president, Reid Tracy, 45 — sold 6.3 million products, taking in $100 million, 8 percent of which was profit.
Selling solutions to those who hunger for help sounds like a great market, huh? Click the link for the rest of the Hay House story.
[Link: New York Times]
by The Editors on May 3, 2008
Carlsbad HIgh School sophomore Michael Caraglio has written an opinion piece for the North County Times on the need for the City of Carlsbad to go smoke-free.
This is to all the citizens of Carlsbad who are wondering why Carlsbad has not passed a smoke-free ordinance like many other cities in San Diego County. I am really wondering, too. . . .My sister and I have been working on encouraging the city to pass such an ordinance for almost three years. . . .I am tired of hearing that there are more important items on the city council agenda. What could be more important than protecting its citizens from secondhand smoke and litter?
Michael, we agree completely. Wonder if it has anything to do with our “pro-smoking” Mayor and council members?
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on May 3, 2008
Carlsbad’s Callaway Golf announced their financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2008 and they say it’s a record quarter for net sales. Up 10% over last year at this time.
We are pleased with our results for the first quarter,” commented George Fellows, President and CEO. “The improvements made in our product development process and supply chain have positively contributed to our ability to achieve record first quarter sales.”
Unfortunately, we missed the conference call.
[Link: Businesswire]
by The Editors on May 1, 2008
Days after giving our favorite Carlsbad-based life sciences company a completely uninformed “buy” rating, Invitrogen’s board of directors announces that the stock is going to split.
The stock split will be distributed May 27 to shareholders of record as of May 16. . . .Shares of Invitrogen (nasdaq: IVGN – news – people ) rose 51 cents to $94.08 in after-hours electronic trading, after falling 35 cents to close at $93.57 in the regular trading session.
We may wait until after the split to see where the stock settles out.
[Link: Forbes.com]
by The Editors on May 1, 2008
A two-year-old Carlsbad boy is dead after being accidentally run over by a neighbor who was backing out of her driveway.
Derek Siaosi, 2, was struck on Lemon Leaf Drive at Phoebe Place around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, said Carlsbad police Sgt. Chris Boyd. The boy was flown to Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, where he was pronounced dead.
Our thoughts and prayers are with both families.
[Link: Fox6.com]
by The Editors on April 30, 2008
Hard to believe it’s already been six months since the last Carlsbad Street Faire, but don’t kid yourself. Time flies.
On Sunday, May 4, 2008 expect to see the streets of Carlsbadistan shut down so traveling QVC salespeople can clutter our Village with push-up tents filled with junk of all shapes and sizes. Get out early and load up. And don’t forget the beer garden. Because it’s usually the safest place to stand in the whole faire. Plus, in the beer garden you won’t have to worry about tripping over any neon coyote doorstops with macramé tails.
by The Editors on April 29, 2008
Nothing makes us feel worse about what our country is doing in Iraq than seeing America’s valiant, courageous young servicemen and women coming home missing limbs.
Yesterday, at Carlsbad’s TaylorMade Golf headquarters three young amputees were treated like PGA pros. They received complete sets of golf clubs and swing training with the world renowned golf coach Jim Flick, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
This day was dubbed “Operation: Game On!” by Tony Perez, the San Diegan who had the idea for the project. Perez, the president of the local Pin Pals golf program for underprivileged youth, is a Vietnam veteran who wanted to do something special for wounded military personnel.
Thanks, Tony and TaylorMade for setting such a great example for all of us.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 29, 2008
Our favorite life sciences company, Carlsbad’s Invitrogen, just announced that its first quarter profits have doubled since the first quarter of 2007. Looks like CEO Greg Lucier is worth every penny of his package.
Analysts have attributed this encouraging bottom line to improved profit margins, share buybacks and lower taxes. So much so that the Carlsbad, California-based company did better than the $334.5m in revenue analysts had been predicting. . . . Looking ahead to full-year 2008, the company said that revenue growth was expected, ‘in percentage terms to be in the high single digits.’ This is up from a previous forecast for mid-single-digit growth.
If we knew anything about the stock market we’d probably give Invitrogen a strong buy rating.
[Link: Lab Technologist]
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