Julie Poucher Harbin, Insurance Lesson for Home-base Biz; Trends, San Diego Business Journal, March 15, 2004, at 34.

For the first time, San Diego has been named one of the top five cities in the United States for foreign investors to spend their commercial real estate dollars.

For the first time, San Diego has been named one of the top five cities in the United States for foreign investors to spend their commercial real estate dollars.

Eric Larson, executive director for the San Diego County Farm Bureau, predicts that while profits will continue for the agriculture industry into 2006, they could be threatened by short- and long-term challenges.

This season's avocado crop is expected to be California's biggest since 1992-93. "We will probably pick three times as much fruit as we did last year," said grower Jerome Stehly.

Eric Larson, executive director for the San Diego County Farm Bureau, predicts that while profits will continue for the agriculture industry into 2006, they could be threatened by short- and long-term challenges.

U.S. suppliers can find various opportunities in Afghanistan. A primary consideration is whether a business wants short-term or long-term work.

The leader of the Virginia-based Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce says opportunities in Afghanistan go well beyond reconstruction.

An Afghan who fled his country for Germany in 1978 , the year of the communist coup , Omar, 56, started his American journey in the early 1980s in New York as a cabbie before moving to Virginia, then finally to San Diego in 1989.

Numerous small companies several from Southern California and at least one from San Diego are slowly carving a niche in Afghanistan's industries.

Resources for investors in Afghanistan are as close as the Internet.

U.S. suppliers can find various opportunities in Afghanistan. A primary consideration is whether a business wants short-term or long-term work.

The leader of the Virginia-based Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce says opportunities in Afghanistan go well beyond reconstruction.

An Afghan who fled his country for Germany in 1978 , the year of the communist coup , Omar, 56, started his American journey in the early 1980s in New York as a cabbie before moving to Virginia, then finally to San Diego in 1989.

Numerous small companies several from Southern California and at least one from San Diego are slowly carving a niche in Afghanistan's industries.

The San Diego Business Journal staff staff took first place in breaking news with “A Fiery Week for San Diego.” Julie Poucher Harbin and Brad Graves took third place in the same category for “Oceanside Slowly Sheds its Image.”

An Ex-Business Journal Reporter Reflects on Life In a Dangerous Land Halfway Around the Globe

An Ex-Business Journal Reporter Reflects on Life In a Dangerous Land Halfway Around the Globe

The staff at the SD Business Journal won nine first place awards, and 17 awards overall, at this year's Excellence in Journalism awards presented by the SD chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.