Briefcase

Leadership: Yahoo! editor-in-chief to speak at breakfast

Srinija Srinivasan and Randy Weseman will be the featured speakers at the 2002 community breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday at the Lawrence Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive.

Srinivasan, a 1989 Lawrence High School graduate, is editor-in-chief at Yahoo! Inc. She is responsible for the development of the company’s content throughout its global network. Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide.

Weseman is the superintendent of Lawrence public schools. Before being named superintendent in 2000, he served as a teacher, coach, assistant principal, principal, curriculum director and assistant superintendent in the district.

The cost is $25 per person. For reservations, send payment to Lawrence Schools Foundation, 100 McDonald Drive, Lawrence, KS 66044. For more information call Lori Johns at 832-5008, extension 108 or Mike Maddox at 830-2606.

Survey: Students bombarded with credit card forms

A survey of 200 college students by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies finds students can face a significant risk of identity fraud and property theft.

The survey found that nearly half (49 percent) of the respondents received credit card applications on a daily or weekly basis. Eighty-six percent of the students said they receive credit card applications a few times a month, if not more often.

But just 30 percent said they threw out the offers for credit cards without destroying them, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft should someone find the offers in the trash and submit the applications fraudulently.

The survey also found that the majority of students already have credit cards 84 percent of the respondents said they’ve got at least one credit card and 51 percent said they have two.

Motley Fool: Name that company

I was founded in 1966 in St. Paul, Minn., as an audio component systems retailer called “Sound of Music.” I’m now the largest volume specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. I call myself a “bricks and clicks” retailer because along with a vibrant Web site, I also have more than 500 retail stores in 47 states. In 1989, I began keeping all my inventory on the sales floor, to be sold by non-commissioned product specialists. I bought the Musicland, Magnolia Hi-Fi and Future Shop chains and am expanding into Canada. Who am I?