WASHINGTON, DC-The company, which provides long-term financing to growing companies as well as investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities, also reported a first quarter increase in income of 33%.

ELK GROVE, CA-The Lent Ranch Marketplace expansion awaits council hearings and final approval. The developers want to complete all necessary council related hearings by the end of May in an effort to open the mall as early as autumn 2003.

SACRAMENTO-A bill approved by the California Assembly this week requires local jurisdictions to speed up their final review of a power plant proposal. It also allows power plant owners to pay mitigation fees for pollution when pollution credits are not available.