Seventeen Napa County businesses that have demonstrated their commitment to environmental responsibility and green business practices were honored by the Napa County Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting on May 20.

Gloria Curry of Gloria Curry Day Spa Celebrated the nine-year anniversary of her business in Napa.

Umpqua Bank has added six commercial lenders, expanding the company’s commercial banking services in the greater Bay Area.

Morgan Stanley announces that Roger La Voie, a senior vice president wealth advisor in its Global Wealth Management Group office in Napa, has been named to the firm’s Chairman’s Club, a group composed of the firm’s top financial advisors.

 Strap yourself into your fundraising seats and get ready for a fun ride.

Matthew Wilson and Gina Drohan want every “body” to enjoy the benefits of massage. With that goal in mind, the two have opened Napa’s first Massage Envy, in Redwood Plaza.

“This valley means everything to me,” said Kornell, General Manager of Oakville Ranch Vineyards.

The first time many folks hear about a business plan is when an investor or lender asks them to create one in order to receive funding for their venture.

No one likes an unregulated Internet more than I. If there’s any regulation I’m in favor of in cyberspace, it’s in the case of net neutrality. We may need laws to keep a level playing field to prevent commercial interests from creating pay-to-play scenarios.

How long could we go before receiving some good news about the housing market?

Dear Len & Rosie, My youngest son Nickie has had a hard time getting his life together.

 Two questions that I get all the time are: What records do I need to keep? How long should I keep them? As with most questions, there is no simple answer. The best response is that it all depends on which records you are reviewing. Here are a few thoughts about different records.

There is so much economic gloom and doom in today’s communication. Granted, there is plenty of troublesome news. No one likes to pay $4 for a gallon of gas. No question that fuel prices are driving up nearly every commodity that we purchase. The U. S. dollar is currently quite weak, which exacerbates oil prices. The number of real estate foreclosures continues to mount and housing prices may not have hit bottom yet. Of course, the banks and financial institutions are still reeling from their poor sub-prime loan decisions.