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MARKETS S.D. LEADS HOME INDEX IN COX TO ENTER RING ! 86.63 Dow 16,535.37 WITH PROVIDERS OF ! 28.96 Nasdaq 3,573.99 ! 8.90 S&P 500 1,878.33 APPRECIATION IN FEBRUARY SPEEDY INTERNET " 0.01 10-yr. T-note 2.69% S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index MIKE FREEMAN • U-T ! $.44 Oil $101.28 Prices up 1 percent month-over-month as " $4.10 Gold $1,294.80 area’s traditional holiday buying lull ends SAN DIEGO Cox Communications may be enter- 250 " $0.09 Silver $19.49 ing the race to bring ultrafast Internet to JONATHAN HORN • U-T clined over the month in 13 February 2014 homes and apartments, joining AT&T and Euro 0.7241 • Peso 13.0932 of the cities included on the 200 196.97 Google Fiber in eforts to bulk up broad- SHARES RALLY: Major San Diego County’s hous- closely watched index. band speeds. indexes rose Tuesday ing market led the nation in “There’s a fundamental The top executive of the Atlanta-based as Internet stocks ral- price appreciation in Febru- housing shortage in San Di- 150 cable company told Bloomberg News Tues- lied for the first time COMPOSITE ary,as the region moved out ego County. It’s that simple,” 165.35 day that Cox plans to begin ofering 1 giga- in five days and results of its annual holiday home- said Mark Goldman, a loan 100 20-CITY INDEX bit-per-second Internet speeds to residen- from Merck to Sprint buying lull. ofcer and real estate lec- January 2000 tial customers this year. topped estimates before The S&P/Case-Shiller turer at San Diego State 50 100.0 Pat Esser, president and chief executive aFederalReservedeci- Home Price Index showed University.“Wehaveastrong of the nation’s third-largest cable provider, sion on monetary policy Tuesday that from Janu- housing market in San Diego did not reveal specifics about the company’s is issued today follow- ary to February prices rose as a result of a shortage. We 0 plans, including how widespread the 1 giga- ing a two-day meeting. 1percent,highestonthe have demand and a robust ’00 ’02 ’04 ’06 ’08 ’10 ’12 ’14 bit service would be ofered or which cities 20-city measure. Prices de- SEE INDEX • C2 Source: Standard & Poor’s AARON ATENCIO •U-T SEE COX • C4 MARKET BUZZ

San Diego-based StockTwits.com founder Howard Lindzon on what investors are talking about in social media. “We have lots of little … regulations … but GOGO CHALLENGED: Shares of Gogo plunged smart people figure out how to make it.” Gov. Jerry Brown 29 percent to $13.12, a day after AT&T said it will ofer Internet access on airplanes in a direct challenge to the in-flight Wi-Fi provider. @hc16: $GOGO Market acts as if ATT will beat Gogo for sure. If it’s so easy to enter this business, why didn’t Verizon,TMobile Sprint all swamp in? @themoneytrap: $GOGO I’d first like AT&T to provide better on ground service (in the heart of the Silicon Valley) before they venture into in-flight 4G LTE

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CONFIDENCE DIPS: Americans grew con- cerned in April that jobs have become more dif- ficult to land, prompting an unexpected drop in confidence from a six- year high. The Confer- ence Board’s sentiment index decreased to 82.3 from 83.9 a month earlier. Still, consumer sentiment for the past two months has been at its strongest levels since January 2008, when the Great Recession was just beginning.

CASE GOES TO JURY: Jurors began delibera- tions Tuesday in the lat- est patent infringement lawsuit involving Apple and Samsung over smartphone technology after closing arguments concluded at the trial. Each firm accuses the other of stealing key features to develop some Though Los Angeles’ population has expanded 13 percent in the past 23 years, the city has lost 3.1 percent of its employment base, of the latest devices on according to a UCLA study. Trafc congestion is a major reason skilled workers are chased away. GETTY IMAGES FILE the market.

TEXAS POWER FIRM FAILS: Texas power company Energy Future Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bank- Blind eye now a burden ruptcy reorganization, With any luck, California’s lesson. departure. an expected move that Companies leaders will look past Toyota’s After all, Texas is paying Last year Chevron collected will not harm power high-profile decision to flee Toyota $40 million to move its $6,800 each from Texas for production or distribu- fleeing state; the state and focus on the real headquarters from Los Angeles moving 1,700 jobs to Houston, tion in the state as the problem: For the companies that to Dallas, in a deal that works and Apple got $5,800 for each company halves its $40 leaders fail remain, business conditions are out to $10,000 for each of the of 3,600 jobs sent to Austin, billion debt load. to take hard lousy and getting worse. carmaker’s 4,000 transferred according to The Wall Street DAN Yet there’s a real risk our workers. Journal. DIGIT look at why McSWAIN politicians will miss this basic It’s just the latest splashy SEE McSWAIN • C4 64.8% U.S. homeownership rate in the first quarter, down from 65.2 percent in the WHOLE FOODS HONORS SUJA JUICE, DR. BRONNER’S previous three months, They were conferred last week. organic, GMO-free products. according to the Census KATHERINE POYTHRESS • U-T Suja Juice received Whole Foods’ Whole Foods said it selected Suja Bureau, as rising prop- Suja Juice in San Diego and Dr. “Supplier of the Year” award for “for combining expertise in mixol- erty prices and mortgage Bronner’s Magic Soaps in Vista outstanding all-around perfor- ogy, high-pressure pasteurization rates held back demand. have won national awards from mance in the non-perishables cat- technology and ethical sourcing to The rate, which is the Whole Foods for their leadership egory.Pitman Family Farms, based reinvent the fresh-juice category.” lowest since 64.7 percent in the organics business. in Sanger,in Fresno County,topped Suppliers20 honored this The juice company also received in the second quarter The annual honors, given this the perishables category. year — out of 60,000 anodforjoiningforceswiththe of 1995, peaked at 69.2 year to 20 out of an estimated The juice company,which Forbes — by Whole Foods supermarket chain to develop and percent in June 2004. 60,000 suppliers, are the natural- last year called one of the most in- sell Suja Elements, a line of smaller, food supermarket chain’s highest novative consumer brands, has Suja Juice champions the merits U-T NEWS SERVICES more-afordable juice smoothies distinction for partners that em- seen its sales skyrocket nationwide of non-thermal pasteurization as a sold exclusively in Whole Foods body its mission and core values. since its inception two years ago. way to preserve the nutrients in its SEE AWARDS • C2 Issue Date: di/eg/ouniontribune

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Most widely held Includes the top 125 stocks based on shares outstanding. Bold stocks rose or fell 3 percent or more during the trading session. Arrows indicate a 52-week high or low. NOVATEL TO ADD 2 BOARD MEMBERS 52-Week Sales Novatel’s 2014 annual meeting rivals, which hobbled MiFi sales. tions, a publicly traded company Stock High Low (000s) YTD% Close Chg. Move part of settlement in June, at which time it will be The company’s strategy has been that was sold in 2009. Mashinsky ABB Ltd 27.25 20.65 6224 -9.2 24.12 -2.14 AT&T Inc 37.97 31.74 20159 +.7 35.42 +.34 with shareholders group reduced to seven. to diversify into new machine-to- is a managing partner of Govern- AbbottLab 40.49 32.70 4163 +.5 38.54 +.17 AbbVie 54.78 40.10 5376 -2.7 51.37 +.50 Novatel will nominate Karp machine wireless products. But ing Dynamics, an early-stage AdvSemi 5.89 3.87 590 +20.8 5.80 -.02 Aegon 9.50 6.32 2831 -4.0 9.10 +.22 MIKE FREEMAN • U-T and current board member Rus- the transition remains nascent. investment firm. He was a long- AlcatelLuc 4.68 1.31 3453 -11.4 3.90 +.06 sell C. Gerns for re-election for Last year,Novatel’s sales dipped time director of Tellabs before ▲ Altria 40.15 33.12 8331 +4.5 40.12 +.19 AMovilL 23.75 18.40 2777 -14.1 20.08 +.35 Novatel Wireless has agreed terms expiring in 2017. Mash- 2percentto$335million.Itlost the company was sold. AMovilA 23.53 18.00 5 -14.0 20.05 +.30 AmIntlGrp 53.33 40.37 7316 +3.4 52.81 +.70 to add two new members to its insky’s term will expire in June $43 million, or $1.28 per share. “We believe Novatel Wire- ▲ ABInBev 110.75 83.94 1592 +4.4 111.10 +.91 board of directors as part of a As part of the settlement, ArcelorMit 17.92 10.83 3622 -9.7 16.11 +.13 2015. Current board member Da- less has significant value,” said Aviva 17.60 9.51 43 +16.0 17.57 +.35 settlement with a group of dis- vid Werner, who has been a No- Novatel Chief Executive Peter Cobb Sadler, of the investor BHP BillLt 72.96 55.66 1048 +3.2 70.37 +.40 BHPBil plc 66.29 49.56 379 +3.8 64.49 +.58 gruntled shareholders. vatel director since 2004, will not Leparulo will step down as chair- group. “Dick and Alex are well- BP PLC 51.02 40.51 7055 +3.5 50.29 +1.25 BcBilVArg 13.54 8.13 2320 +.3 12.43 +.24 The deal, announced Tuesday, be nominated for re-election. man of the company’s board of respected, proven business lead- BcoBrades 17.62 11.30 3 +11.3 15.64 +.13 puts to rest a looming proxy fight Earlier this year, the inves- directors. Sue Swenson, a board ers with decades of experience BcoBrad pf 17.50 10.23 15055 +19.8 15.01 +.04 ▲ BcoSantSA 9.98 6.31 10669 +8.3 9.82 +.02 for the San Diego maker of MiFi tor group filed documents with member since June 2012, was in the technology sector.Welook ▲ BcoSBrasil 6.76 4.48 64477 +21.9 6.58 +.80 BkofAm 18.03 12.05 151030 -2.1 15.24 +.29 mobile hot spots and other wire- federal regulators seeking to named chairman, efective im- forward to their active contribu- Barclay 20.44 15.32 2410 -6.7 16.91 +.23 BrMySq 57.49 39.18 12205 -7.2 49.32 -1.04 less products. nominate its own candidates mediately. Leparulo will remain tion in helping the company real- ▲ CnElBras pf 5.67 3.56 146 +26.8 5.58 +.23 Novatel will expand its six-per- to Novatel’s board. The group, amemberoftheboardaswell ize its full potential.” ▲ CenElBras 3.59 1.88 1785 +37.5 3.56 +.12 Chevron 127.83 109.27 6410 +.8 125.97 +.24 son board of directors to eight which owns 11 percent of Nova- as CEO. The company announced the ChinaLife 49.65 33.88 131 -16.9 39.25 +.32 ChinaMble 57.42 41.35 1238 -10.3 46.90 +1.60 members immediately. It ap- tel’s stock, cited the company’s In a statement, Swenson said agreement after markets closed. ChinaUni 17.19 11.71 643 -4.5 14.38 +.77 pointed Richard Karp and Alex poor financial results over the the settlement “serves the best Its shares ended Tuesday up 1 Cisco 26.49 20.22 13551 +4.0 23.16 +.14 Citigroup 55.28 45.06 16272 -7.6 48.16 +.86 Mashinsky, who are associated past few years. interests of Novatel Wireless and cent at $1.81 on the Nasdaq ex- CocaCola 43.43 36.83 18412 -1.8 40.57 -.46 Comcast 55.28 38.75 16870 -.8 51.55 -.15 with the dissident shareholders, While Novatel has won critical all our stockholders.” change. Corning 21.77 13.82 10989 +17.1 20.86 -.11 CredSuiss 33.98 25.93 525 +2.1 31.69 +.50 as directors. acclaim for the MiFi mobile hot Karp is a private investor and Disney 83.65 60.41 4308 +2.9 78.64 +.86 The size of the board will re- spot, it has faced tough compe- former chairman and chief ex- [email protected] EMC Cp 28.26 22.10 16749 +1.0 25.41 +.08 ENI 52.27 39.65 257 +6.5 51.66 +.98 main at eight members until tition from low-priced overseas ecutive of Catapult Communica- (760) 529-4973 • Twitter: @TechDiego Ecopetrol 49.45 33.01 567 -6.8 35.82 +.29 Ericsson 14.22 10.67 4230 -1.6 12.05 +.17 ▲ ExxonMbl 101.74 84.79 9581 +.2 101.45 +.28 Facebook 72.59 22.67 73427 +6.4 58.15 +2.01 FstRep pfD 25.20 19.01 44 +15.3 22.26 +.12 FordM 18.02 13.35 26321 +4.5 16.12 +.15 NUCLEAR GenElec 28.09 22.00 26467 -4.5 26.76 -.02 GenMotors 41.85 30.11 11752 -16.8 33.99 +.23 Gerdau 8.41 5.27 5571 -23.1 6.03 -.04 SETTLEMENT GileadSci 84.88 46.70 15471 +1.5 76.24 +2.16 GlaxoSKln 56.73 48.30 4028 +5.6 56.39 +.38 GpFnSnMx 17.77 10.02 1523 -15.0 11.60 +.30 HSBC 58.71 48.86 1548 -6.6 51.51 +.79 COSTS TRIM HewlettP 33.90 19.92 11801 +17.8 32.96 +.77 HomeDp 83.20 72.21 4935 -3.4 79.52 -.65 Honda 42.96 32.42 798 -20.7 32.79 +.11 EDISON’S ING 14.93 8.08 1900 -.2 13.98 +.30 IndoTel 50.61 33.75 186 +9.5 39.24 +1.24 Intel 27.24 21.89 21546 +2.0 26.48 +.15 EARNINGS ▲ ItauUnibH 16.50 11.38 15057 +21.0 16.41 -.05 JPMorgCh 61.48 46.98 12781 -3.4 56.10 +.61 ▲ JohnJn 101.50 82.12 7419 +10.3 101.03 -.31 MORGAN LEE • U-T LloydBkg 5.76 3.32 1325 -4.5 5.08 +.06 Manulife g 20.36 14.35 1150 -5.4 18.67 +.26 ▲ Merck 58.32 44.60 13204 +17.3 58.72 +2.04 Microsoft 41.66 30.84 28856 +8.3 40.51 -.36 ASanOnofresettlement MitsuUFJ 7.31 5.19 1150 -19.8 5.36 +.03 MizuhoFn 4.55 3.62 149 -10.8 3.89 +.02 proposal held back first- ▲ Mondelez 36.05 28.22 8548 +.9 35.61 -.34 quarter earnings at South- MorgStan 33.52 21.53 9975 -2.7 30.52 +.53 NTT DOCO 16.86 14.58 259 -3.0 16.02 +.02 ern California Edison by NBGrce rs 24.70 2.85 3740 -28.9 3.98 -.01 NipponTT 29.21 24.21 201 +1.8 27.52 +.19 $96 million, the Rosemead- NokiaCp 8.20 3.25 49846 -8.4 7.43 +.40 based utility said Tuesday Nomura 9.64 5.82 209 -23.8 5.92 +.05 Novartis 86.97 67.67 2173 +7.6 86.45 +1.09 in federal financial filings. NovoNord s 48.42 29.90 532 +22.4 45.22 +.14 ▼ Oi SA C 3.00 1.06 31096 -43.3 .93 -.14 The agreement, negoti- ▼ Oi SA 2.56 1.03 115014 -45.4 .87 -.17 Oracle 42.00 29.86 14394 +4.8 40.11 -.02 ated between the nuclear ▲ Orange 15.39 9.10 2030 +24.7 15.40 +.44 plant’s owners and two PepsiCo 87.06 77.01 4658 +3.4 85.76 -1.06 PetChina 132.19 94.75 113 +4.6 114.74 -.85 consumer groups, would PetrbrsA 20.75 10.66 15272 +1.7 14.94 +.15 Petrobras 19.65 10.20 26282 +2.6 14.14 +.17 hold customers responsible Pfizer 32.96 27.12 37389 +3.7 31.76 -.28 PhilipMor 96.73 75.28 4188 -2.2 85.19 +.21 for about $3.3 billion in fa- ProctGam 85.82 73.61 6836 +1.3 82.44 -.50 cility-related expenses and Qualcom 81.66 59.02 7900 +5.8 78.52 +.47 RegionsFn 11.54 8.36 6701 +2.0 10.09 +.02 the cost of securing replace- RioTinto 60.61 39.14 1735 -4.2 54.07 +.40 RoyalBk g 68.89 55.49 366 -1.2 66.45 +.72 ment power. The California RBScotlnd 12.44 8.15 589 -10.6 10.13 +.22 Public Utilities Commission ▲ RoyDShllB 81.12 65.02 717 +8.9 81.77 +.93 ▲ RoyDShllA 76.00 62.65 2784 +7.4 76.51 +.71 is considering the proposal Sanofi 55.94 46.95 1917 -.6 53.33 -.42 SiderurNac 6.29 2.38 3356 -36.5 3.94 +.02 amid protest from con- SiriusXM 4.18 2.98 58022 -12.0 3.07 Sprint n 11.47 5.15 40629 -23.1 8.27 +.84 sumer groups that say the ▲ Statoil ASA 29.34 20.02 2554 +24.2 29.97 +1.16 agreement favors investors SumitMitsu 10.59 7.59 1806 -24.2 7.95 +.01 ▲ Suncor gs 37.75 28.32 5282 +11.1 38.94 +1.51 over utility customers. TaiwSemi 20.92 15.70 13651 +15.3 20.10 -.20 TelItalia 12.40 6.20 106 +23.9 12.34 +.20 Including previous TelItaliaA 9.80 4.86 98 +22.5 9.52 +.20 charges last year, Edison TelefEsp 18.05 12.49 669 +2.0 16.67 +.14 ▲ TorDBk gs 47.66 38.22 1180 +1.9 47.60 +.60 estimated the settlement ▲ Total SA 69.79 46.79 1354 +14.8 70.34 +.66 Freshly filled juice drinks come ofthe filling station line at the Suja juice plant in San Diego. Suja Toyota 134.94 103.38 292 -11.8 107.50 +.43 uses high-pressure pasteurization to preserve nutrients in its drinks. NELVIN C. CEPEDA • U-T would have a $461 million TurqHillRs 5.99 2.94 2168 +16.7 3.85 +.06 21stCFoxA 35.75 26.78 9803 -9.0 32.01 +.23 after-tax impact on its bot- UBS AG 21.61 16.48 1733 +7.6 20.72 +.35 tom line. Before-tax charges UnilevNV 42.99 36.57 2300 +5.7 42.51 +.14 Unilever 44.79 37.40 4176 +8.4 44.66 +.38 totaled $806 million. UtdMicro 2.44 1.82 1643 +4.4 2.13 +.05 AWARDS •Sujateamedwithretailertoraisemoneyfor US Bancrp 43.66 32.53 5938 +.4 40.57 +.41 Edison’s first-quarter Vale SA 17.72 12.29 20552 -12.4 13.36 +.02 earnings declined by 35 per- Vale SA pf 16.71 10.79 8786 -14.7 11.95 -.05 nonprofits; soap firm’s commitment to organics lauded VerizonCm 54.31 45.08 15033 -4.8 46.77 +.17 cent to $176 million, com- VimpelCm 14.74 7.86 2458 -35.5 8.34 +.03 Vodafone 42.14 27.49 4132 -6.2 37.51 +.65 FROM C1 ket to co-create products that are ucts company and half” a nongov- pared with the same period WalMart 81.37 71.51 4469 +1.2 79.67 -.09 WellsFargo 50.49 37.29 14079 +9.0 49.47 +.53 markets, and for donating 20 cents awinfortheirbrand,awinforour ernmental organization, company last year.Edison is the main Westpac s 35.12 24.98 236 +12.5 32.68 -.48 from each bottle sold to nonprofit company, but most importantly, a President David Bronner said. owner and the operator of Wipro 14.26 6.91 489 -4.9 11.97 -.06 groups such as the Whole Kids win for our shoppers.” “We’re really on the ground with San Onofre. San Diego Gas San Diego County-based companies Foundation and Teens Turning Even though Dr. Bronner’s advocacy, and maybe for a while &Electricownsa20per- 52-Week Sales Green. Magic Soaps have been in Whole we were followers, but this (dis- cent stake in the plant; it Stock High Low (000s) YTD% Close Chg. AMN Hlth 16.20 11.30 107 -14.5 12.57 -.05 “This line has been among our Foods stores for decades, this is tinction) is recognition that we’re took a $187 million impair- AcadiaPh 32.00 11.26 1575 -20.3 19.91 +.76 Accelrys 12.58 7.75 403 +31.1 12.51 +.03 most successful product launches the first year the company won making a lot more significant im- ment charge last year and Alphatec 2.53 1.16 207 -33.8 1.33 -.03 ever,with huge sales and customer honors for its commitment to an pact on policy and being appreci- said recently that it expects AmbitBio n 21.44 5.75 42 -33.1 6.45 -.20 AmAssets 36.27 28.65 167 +8.4 34.06 +.35 engagement,” Erroll Schweizer, organic, non-GMO supply chain. ated by our industry as leaders in no further write-downs. ApricusBio 3.49 1.66 66 -14.0 2.28 -.01 ArenaPhm 9.25 4.05 4408 +7.5 6.29 +.22 Executive Global Grocery Coor- The business has been a leader this movement. Crippled by the rapid deg- BancCalif 15.88 11.00 163 -6.0 12.60 -.01 dinator for Whole Foods, said in through its lobbying efforts for “That’s significant, and it’s a real radation of newly installed BioMedR 23.13 17.90 1013 +15.0 20.83 +.05 BioTelem 11.98 2.61 399 +.4 7.97 -.12 an email to U-T San Diego. “Suja’s GMO labeling transparency, honor to receive this award.” steam generators, San Ono- BofI Hld 106.55 37.50 113 +1.1 79.28 -.12 BridgptEd 20.33 10.39 225 -13.3 15.35 +.26 partnership on Suja Elements is a Whole Foods said. fre stopped producing pow- CallGolf 10.35 6.24 1141 +2.5 8.64 +.04 [email protected] CareFusion 42.09 32.48 1332 -2.5 38.81 +.09 prime example of how brands can “I guess for us, we see ourselves er on Jan. 31, 2012. Edison Cohu 13.40 8.94 46 -5.0 9.98 -.07 innovate with Whole Foods Mar- as half an ethical consumer prod- (619) 293-2517 • Twitter: @ktpoy chose to retire San Onofre ConatusP n 15.67 5.76 393 -3.6 6.22 +.11 Cubic 56.92 42.18 32 -10.9 46.90 -.57 for good in June of last year, Cytori 3.93 2.00 288 -12.1 2.26 -.06 DexCom 49.83 15.53 798 -8.3 32.46 -.20 leaving state regulators to Digirad 4.85 2.16 16 -13.8 3.19 -.03 decide who should pay for DotHillSys 6.06 1.40 250 +17.5 3.96 -.03 EncoreCap 51.95 28.00 239 -14.5 42.96 -.27 an assortment of leftover EntropCom 5.12 3.57 290 -20.4 3.74 -.04 KAISER NAMES NEW EXECUTIVES IN S.D. EvokePh n 14.25 6.48 40 +28.6 9.58 +.52 costs — utility customers or ExcelTrst 15.40 10.96 134 +10.3 12.56 -.08 FateTher n 13.55 4.30 76 +15.3 7.24 +.22 PAUL SISSON • U-T Solano counties in Northern Cali- corporate stockholders. Halozyme 18.18 5.68 1402 -50.6 7.41 +.19 fornia, which includes hospitals in Edison characterized the Illumina 183.30 62.40 2562 +21.3 134.12 +.37 InfoSonic h 4.69 .38 277 +45.8 2.23 -.02 Two important leadership po- Vallejo and Vacaville. settlement as the “more InovioPhm 3.95 .59 2761 -16.2 2.43 +.10 Isis 62.66 18.27 4880 -26.2 29.39 -2.16 sitions at Kaiser Permanente San Villalobos, who holds a master’s likely” outcome of a state JackInBox 62.90 35.29 336 +5.8 52.94 -.24 KratosDef 9.18 4.96 375 -6.6 7.17 +.05 Diego have been filled. degree in health services admin- investigation into San On- LRAD h 2.24 .90 30 -4.3 1.80 -.03 Kaiser announced late Monday istration from the University of ofre’s remaining expenses. LigandPh 80.42 25.60 190 +25.1 65.82 +2.45 MadCatz g .90 .33 363 +4.9 .54 -.03 that it has appointed executive Southern California, will take over Its proposed pact was ne- MastThera 1.10 .40 693 +29.9 .60 +.01 MaxLinear 11.32 6.00 79 -19.8 8.37 -.02 Jane Finley, who currently serves for former North County director gotiated with consumer MaxwellT 16.87 5.56 821 +82.1 14.15 -.16 as executive director of the health Edward Littlejohn, who left Kai- advocates at The Utility MediciNova 5.25 1.66 97 -13.6 1.85 -.04 ▼ MitekSys 7.71 3.26 522 -45.8 3.22 -.05 system’s Downey Medical Center Jane Finley Max Villalobos ser for a position as chief operat- Reform Network and the NTN Buzz .99 .33 180 -1.6 .62 -.02 NaturlAlt 6.35 4.03 1 +2.9 5.74 in southeast Los Angeles, as its ing ofcer of Tenet Health Care in state’s Ofce of Ratepayer Neurcrine 20.29 8.57 367 +48.2 13.84 +.54 NovtlWrls 4.43 1.66 243 -23.6 1.81 +.01 new senior vice president and ex- Diego. Finley,who holds a master’s Orange County. Advocates. NuVasive 39.89 20.45 395 +4.9 33.92 -.15 ecutive director of its San Diego degree in health services admin- Kaiser has 528,000 members in Under the proposed Orexigen 7.84 4.59 2642 -1.8 5.53 +.17 OverldSt rs 6.70 3.40 1 -27.8 3.50 -.08 County operations. istration from the University of San Diego County,with 24 medical settlement, any money PICO Hld 26.36 20.04 65 +1.4 23.43 -.24 PacWstBc 47.37 26.39 864 -7.6 39.03 +.23 Finley is scheduled to replace Michigan, has experience in over- ofce buildings throughout the re- obtained from future in- PeregrSem 12.09 4.75 92 -28.5 5.30 -.16 Mary Ann Barnes in June; Barnes seeing the construction of new gion and a major hospital on Zion surance and legal claims PrSmrt 126.64 82.61 128 -17.3 95.55 +1.27 Qualcom 81.66 59.02 7900 +5.8 78.52 +.47 has held the job since 2009 and hospitals. She helped complete Avenue in San Diego. would be shared between Quidel 32.24 19.21 288 -31.4 21.18 +.19 RF Inds 14.84 5.50 28 -34.5 6.02 -.14 was recently named regional and open the Downey facility in The organization includes 1,100 utility customers and inves- RltyInco 55.48 36.58 1864 +16.3 43.40 Receptos n 55.00 13.00 85 +16.7 33.82 +1.19 president of Kaiser Permanente’s 2009. local doctors and 7,700 employ- tors according to a complex RegulusTh 12.89 5.83 63 -6.4 6.92 +.01 Hawaii region. Kaiser also appointed Max Vil- ees. formula. Claims estimates ResMed 57.34 41.52 1897 +6.2 50.02 +1.87 ▲ RetailOpp 15.90 12.60 398 +7.3 15.79 +.05 Finley’s arrival comes after the lalobos head of its North County have not been factored into RoyaleEn 3.69 2.30 79 +6.6 2.76 -.02 ▲ SempraEn 99.62 77.49 984 +10.0 98.70 -.75 health care giant broke ground in operations. He is currently senior [email protected] the impact of the settlement Senomyx 12.74 1.81 282 +68.8 8.54 +.06 (619) 293-1850 Sequenom 4.90 1.65 3023 +16.5 2.73 +.08 February on a 450-bed, $900 mil- vice president and area manager on Edison earnings, or on ServcNow 71.80 35.21 4053 -12.2 49.17 +2.75 lion hospital on Rufn Road in San of Kaiser’s operations in Napa and Twitter: @paulsisson utility customers. Solera 71.15 50.39 598 -9.9 63.77 +1.48 SophirisB n 5.91 3.03 21 -10.5 3.31 -.10 TandemD n 30.25 15.58 232 -32.1 17.50 -.09 TearLab 15.18 4.27 325 -52.9 4.40 -.01 ViaSat 74.78 47.02 496 +2.5 64.21 -.84 Vical 4.51 1.01 525 -.8 1.17 +.01 Volcano 24.62 16.37 1606 -20.4 17.40 -.45 INDEX •Marketadjustingtoanewnormal,saysloanofcer,lecturer WD 40 79.31 52.32 69 -2.8 72.24 -.87 FROM C1 January 2008, before its decline plified by fewer sales and hous- in February 2013, Freddie Mac Stocks of local interest economy compared to a lot of during the Great Recession. ing starts, and the fact that home reports. 52-Week other communities.” Goldman said now that values prices haven’t made it back to DataQuick, another real estate Stock High Low Close Chg. The index measures repeat have recovered, the market is ad- their 2005 levels. tracker,reported in February that ▲ Apple Inc 595.75 388.87 592.33 -1.76 BallCorp 56.92 41.52 56.09 -.10 sales of single-family homes. justing to a new normal. Blitzer also noted that mort- San Diego County’s median home BiogenIdc 358.89 194.66 290.84 +7.72 CACI 80.77 54.05 69.20 +.15 From February 2013 to Febru- “We’re starting to see shifts gage rates have remained steady sale price was $410,000. It rose to CalavoGr 36.96 24.54 31.16 -.41 ary 2014, San Diego home val- in diferent consumption habits since they jumped last May,hurt- $427,000 in March, according to Caterpillar 107.40 80.86 105.30 +1.04 CompSci 64.10 42.43 58.59 +.43 ues were up 19.9 percent, trail- of homebuyers,” he said. “We’re ing afordability amid concerns DataQuick. DR Horton 27.75 17.52 22.38 -.16 Deere 94.59 79.50 93.73 +.96 ing only San Francisco and Las seeing a lower desire to jump into over consumer confidence and Las Vegas had the highest year- FairIsaac 63.48 44.06 57.34 -.92 GenDynam 113.57 72.68 108.26 +.87 Vegas in annual appreciation. the housing market, we’re see- tighter qualification standards. over-year gain on the Case-Shiller HarrisCorp 75.33 43.95 72.64 +1.26 Still, Goldman said he sees the ing slower household formation, “Five years into the recovery index, at 23.1 percent, while San HonwllIntl 95.91 72.47 92.47 +.01 IBM 211.98 172.19 195.11 +1.97 local market continuing to slow, people are living at home longer, from the recession, the economy Francisco was second with 22.7 Intuit 82.40 56.74 75.40 +.71 JohnsnCtl 52.50 34.29 44.14 +.50 perhaps down to its historical 3 people are pooling resources in- will need to look to gains in con- percent appreciation. Both were ▲ Kroger 45.75 32.77 45.55 +.01 to 3.5 percent annual apprecia- stead of running out and jumping sumer spending and business about flat from January to Feb- Kyocera s 57.78 42.85 45.81 +.32 L-3 Com 120.67 80.61 115.59 +.90 tion level. into that house. People are much investment more than housing,” ruary.In Cleveland, where prices LeidosHld 49.18 34.00 37.25 +.14 LockhdM 168.41 98.34 161.99 +.62 The slowing seems to have more careful about their home- Blitzer said in a statement. “Long declined 1.6 percent from Janu- MaxLinear 11.32 6.00 8.37 -.02 NorthropG 126.00 74.04 120.46 +1.35 started. The index rose from buying decision.” overdue activity in residential ary to February,annual apprecia- ParkerHan 129.77 87.06 125.86 +3.13 163.28 in January 2013 to 194.07 David Blitzer, chairman of the construction would be welcome, tion was 3 percent, slowest on the Raytheon 102.33 59.77 95.90 +.46 Safeway 36.03 19.92 34.08 -.08 in October,hovering around that index committee at S&P Dow but is certainly not assured.” 20-city index. SciApplic n 39.99 29.40 38.51 -.54 SeaWorld 39.65 27.48 30.09 +.19 total the rest of the year. In Feb- Jones, said that despite price The average rate for a 30-year- SonyCp 23.38 15.23 17.96 +.01 [email protected] Teradata 65.96 39.16 45.16 +.39 ruary 2014, it reached 196.97, the gains in much of the country, the fixed mortgage in February was UtdTech 120.66 90.30 117.56 -.14 highest since it was at 197.45 in market is slowing. That’s exem- 4.3 percent, up from 3.53 percent (619) 293-1891 • Twitter: @jonhornUTSD