Don Bauder

While attending the University of Wisconsin, Don Bauder held a number of posts at the campus newspaper, including editor in chief. He received a bachelor's degree in business (1959) and a master's in journalism (1961) and then spent four years in advertising and PR. In 1964, he joined the Chicago bureau of Business Week magazine as reporter/writer. In 1966, he got the job as bureau chief in Cleveland. Don left Cleveland in 1973 to become financial editor and columnist for the San Diego Union. When the Union and Tribune merged in the early 1990s, he remained at that post; in '95, he was named senior columnist at the Union-Tribune. He retired from the U-T in March of 2003 and began writing his weekly column for the Reader in April of 2003. In 1985-1986, Don wrote Captain Money and the Golden Girl (a book about a local Ponzi scheme), which stayed on the L.A. Times best-seller list for more than two months. He's been married for 50 years and has two sons and a grandson.

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April county unemployment drops sharply to 7%

Are San Diegans drinking more?

The April unemployment rate in the county dropped to 7% from 7.7% in March as the 2800 jobs were added, ...

Carlsbad broker suspended, fined for trust activity

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (known as FINRA) has suspended Carlsbad's Kent Houston for two years and fined him $25,000 ...

Suit alleges SEC wouldn't pursue Madoff-like probes

San Diego attorney Gary Aguirre handles whistleblower case

In late 2004, Kathleen Furey, a senior attorney in the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ...

San Diego has cleanest air in six decades

Despite population growth and more cars, smog level recedes

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced today (May 16) that San Diego County is now breathing the cleanest air ...

Bridgepoint says internal controls weak, could affect stock

But stock has been rising steadily and sharply over last five days

On May 10, controversial for-profit education company Bridgepoint Education reported that it would delay its quarterly (10-Q) to the Securities ...

Papa Doug cut a rug at 70th birthday bash

Scantily-clad lasses in bikinis added to the festivities

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Taxpayer association slams bonds it once endorsed

Poway's bond gets Grand Golden Fleece award

Blogger W.C. Varones points out that the San Diego County Taxpayers Association gave its Grand Golden Fleece award to Poway ...

For-profit college tried to recruit homeless

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Apricus, Innovus tackle bedroom disorders

Do females suffer from sexual dysfunction or are men unskillful in bed?

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