APCO's Krause gets award

WASHINGTON DC: Margery Kraus, president and CEO of APCO Associates, was awarded the 'Excellence in Business' award by WJLA-TV as part of its fourth annual Tribute to Working Women ceremony. Kraus founded APCO in 1984 as the consulting affiliate of the Washington-based law firm of Arnold & Porter. Since then, she has grown the company into a $25 million, multinational consulting firm with offices around the globe.