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Reports on the services of investigating, documenting and safeguarding electronic data to be used in court provided by Cleveland, Ohio-based SS&G Technology Consulting. Investigation of misappropriation of proprietary information by the firm; Increase in importance of computer forensics in the private sector; Proper computer and security policies developed by companies.

Focuses on the effect of bombings on the ease and security of travel in many companies in the United States. Decrease of travel for smaller meetings; Introduction of videoconferencing to save on travel; Difficulty and uncertainty of flight.

Highlights on senior job fairs in Cleveland, Ohio. Opportunities for professionals with work experience; Qualities of matured workers or senior employees; Misperceptions of senior workers; Benefits in hiring a mature worker.

Focuses on the implantation of phakic intraocular lenses, a procedure pioneered by ophthalmologist George W. Rozakis. Advantages of implanting phakic intraocular lenses over the long-term use of traditional contact lenses; Overview on the efforts of Rozakis in seeking United States Food and Drug Administration approval in order to market the product commercially.

Features Cleveland, Ohio-based NineSigma. Business operations; Key management executives; Award received from the Northeast Ohio Software Association.

The article presents the information that mathematics programs that have helped to develop atomic energy and to master other overwhelming and complex computations might be the next step in improving individual financial planning. It reports that Adam S. Vertes, vice president of investments and a retirement plan consultant at Raymond James & Associates Inc. in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is incorporating powerful new technology into the retirement planning process. He uses a modern Monte Carlo modeling program, named for its ability to help to predict future outcomes such as the roll of dice.

Local real estate developers were surprised that KeyBank Real Estate Capital, the nation's fifth-largest commercial real estate capital provider with about $10 billion in annual financings, has an interest in them. Recently, the attitudes of local developers became known when the bank's real estate relationship managers interviewed potential local clients. KeyBank Real Estate Capital evolved from being largely a construction and interim balance-sheet lender to a full-service national commercial real estate company.

After taking stock of numerous business scandals in recent years, Americans might be excused for thinking the corporate world has never been more corrupt. Not so, says Stephen Nelder, founder of Investigative and Forensic Accounting Services LLC in Independence, Ohio. "Companies are becoming more transparent because of the recent spate of corporate collapses, business losses in a slow economy and the fact that many shareowners have become victims," Mr. Nelder said. He said legislation from Congress, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding auditor independence, also is helping to hold Corporate America to a higher standard. There's still plenty of nefarious activity to keep the likes of Mr. Nelder and his partner, Lance Randolph, quite busy. Mr. Randolph, a certified public accountant and a former deputy sheriff in Geauga County, said the firm helps clients with forensic accounting during all aspects of an investigation. Investigative and Forensic Accounting Services checks various aspects of a company's operations and does complex data searches. Mr. Nelder said the company has assisted with the recovery of more than $20 million in business losses. INSET: Fraud prevention.

Reports on the residential housing development plans of managing partner of Everett Group Tony Troppe and builder Todd Ederer in Akron, Ohio. Company formed by the duo; Aim of the duo's plans; Factors that give the Akron residential complex an appealing environment.

Focuses on a wave of government lawsuits against paint and lead companies in the United States. Part of government bodies' community fights against childhood lead poisoning; Rhode Island state's utilization of 'public nuisance' tack of gun industry lawsuits; Major reason why lead was put into paint.

Features Ohio-based PerifiTech Inc.'s marine control system that combines a host of onboard electronic functions into one unit called Xstar. Clutter caused by individual function boxes in a boater's bridge; Use of an ultra-bright color computer monitor; Core of the Xstar system.

Highlights the findings of a study on United States-based law firms' lawyer retention strategies. Offering of innovative work schedules; Alternatives to equity partnership; Merit-based compensation.

Reports that Nook Industries of Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio has developed actuators to help the National Radio Astronomy Observatory aim a one-ton subreflector mounted above the Robert C. Byrd Telescope's football-sized main dish in Green Bank, West Virginia. Challenge faced by the company in developing the actuator; Use of the telescope at the observatory; Features of the actuators.

Reports the development of a computer system allowing Internet access to criminal cases and defendants in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Ohio. Benefits of the system; Ability of the software to link with any database; Access to the system through the county Web site; Information on the annual maintenance cost of the system.

Features McCarthy Burgess & Wolff, a Bedford Heights, Ohio firm that specializes in commercial (business-to-business) collections. Use of Internet and high-tech software; 24 access to account information; Timely information; Open attitude toward clients.