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| Yesterday |
San Francisco |
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CBS in $1.8B deal for info site Cnet| Media and entertainment company is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider | |
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Yahoo |
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Icahn Picks 10 Directors Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft
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| Wed. |
Google |
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Google Sites Ranked No. 1 ComScore: Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the U.S., by rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors
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| Tue. |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Gas Price Hits $4.02 A Gallon The statewide average price has reached a record high of $3.94. Cities that top the list include San Mateo, where gas is $4.05
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Yahoo |
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Icahn considering attempt to oust board Billionaire investor is loading up on Yahoo stock for a possible attempt to shove aside Yahoo board and bring the disillusioned suitor, Micr...
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| May. 7 |
Vallejo |
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City Council Votes To File For Bankruptcy
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Fish, Birds Dead After Chemical Spill
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| May. 3 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
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| May. 2 |
San Ramon |
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid
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| Apr. 29 |
San Francisco |
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Average Gas Price Reaches $4 A Gallon
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Sharks Extinguish Flames 5-3 In Game 7
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| Apr.9 |
Google |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads
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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
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Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid
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| Mar.21 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Nurses Launch 10-Day Strike
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150 arrested during anti-war protests
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| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
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Visa Soars In Largest-Ever IPO
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Scandal-hit governor resigns
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| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
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Bankruptcy for Sharper Image
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover
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Third undersea Internet cable cut
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid
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| Jan.25 |
SF Chronicle |
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Bushee New Chronicle Editor
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| Jan.23 |
eBay |
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Whitman resigns as CEO
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SF Chronicle |
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New job for editor Bronstein
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| Jan.22 |
Contra Costa County |
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Bay Area foreclosures rose 482.5%
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Heath Ledger found dead
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
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Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion
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Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel
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| Yesterday |
Oakland |
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New UC president to get 6,800-sq ft home| The 63-year-old Mark Yudof will skip the 13,000-square residence favored by former presidents | |
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San Francisco |
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CBS in $1.8B deal for info site Cnet| Media and entertainment company is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider | |
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Yahoo |
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Icahn Picks 10 Directors| Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched an effort to unseat Yahoo board to pressure to restart merger talks with Microsoft | |
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San Francisco |
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New jobs, houses spur S.F. population
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| Wed. |
Google |
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Google Sites Ranked No. 1| ComScore: Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the U.S., by rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors | |
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| Tue. |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Gas Price Hits $4.02 A Gallon| The statewide average price has reached a record high of $3.94. Cities that top the list include San Mateo, where gas is $4.05 | |
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Yahoo |
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Icahn considering attempt to oust board| Billionaire investor is loading up on Yahoo stock for a possible attempt to shove aside Yahoo board and bring the disillusioned suitor, Microsoft | |
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SF Downtown |
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Commercial rentals abandoning S.F. |
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| Mon. |
HP |
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HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems
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Apple |
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iPhone sold out online in US, UK |
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San Francisco |
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Lawsuit seeks on spill pilot's legal bills |
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| May. 7 |
Vallejo |
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City Council Votes To File For Bankruptcy The council voted unanimously following hours of public comment and months of failed negotiations with police, fire and other unions
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Cisco |
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3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
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SF Downtown |
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Protest on measure to end rent control |
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Fish, Birds Dead After Chemical Spill
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SF City Hall |
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Mission Paint Store Okd |
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| May. 5 |
San Francisco |
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Half Of Cosco Busan Crew To Return |
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Yahoo |
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Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection |
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| May. 4 |
Yahoo |
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CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft |
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Marin County |
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County bills ship owners $600K for cleanup |
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| May. 3 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
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San Ramon |
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Chevron notches record 1st-quarter profit |
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Man robbing 10 adult bookstores
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| May. 2 |
San Ramon |
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid U.S. ICE agents arrested 63 employees of Taqueria El Balazo, a Bay Area Mexican restaurant chain, for being in the country illegally
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo |
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San Ramon |
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Chevron 1Q Profit Tops $5 Billion |
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| Apr. 29 |
San Francisco |
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Average Gas Price Reaches $4 A Gallon The average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in San Francisco is marking a record-setting price for the city
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| Apr. 26 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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SF Bayview |
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Pelosi Kicks Off Foreclosure Workshop
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Sharks Extinguish Flames 5-3 In Game 7
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| Apr. 17 |
Google |
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1Q profit climbs 30%, tops analyst views |
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San Francisco |
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Bay Home Prices Fall 16% |
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| Apr.15 |
Schwab |
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Schwab's Best 1Q Ever |
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Driver Gunned Down With Kids In Car
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Google |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads The world's two biggest search engines, have announced a 2 week experiment that will see them share advertising space
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| Apr.8 |
SF Downtown |
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Gere joins torch protests |
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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
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Google |
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Couple Says Street View Invades Privacy |
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Church Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
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Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough
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| Mar.21 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Nurses Launch 10-Day Strike Thousands of nurses who work at hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health have gone on strike for the third time since October
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150 arrested during anti-war protests
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| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
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Visa Soars In Largest-Ever IPO Visa Inc. shares soared more than 30% to $58 from their IPO price of $44 in their stock market debut
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Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75
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| Mar.6 |
San Francisco |
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47 Bay Area billionaires on Forbes list |
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| Mar.5 |
San Francisco |
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Jury sides with Guardian |
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McCain wins Republican nomination
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Vallejo |
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City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy |
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| Feb.25 |
San Francisco |
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Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO |
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| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
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Bankruptcy for Sharper Image The retail chain known for selling expensive gadgets filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it plans to sell off stores and inventory
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offe...
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Third undersea Internet cable cut
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Goog...
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| Jan.25 |
SF Chronicle |
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Bushee New Chronicle Editor Ward H. Bushee has been named executive vice president and editor of The SF Chronicle, the Hearst Corp. said
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| Jan.23 |
eBay |
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Whitman resigns as CEO Meg Whitman, CEO for nearly 10 years, plans to resign March 31, capping a tenure marked by the online flea market's rise coupled with recent...
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SF Chronicle |
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New job for editor Bronstein Chronicle Editor is leaving his post to assume a broader role in the newspaper division of the Hearst Corp., which owns The Chronicle
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| Jan.22 |
Contra Costa County |
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Bay Area foreclosures rose 482.5% 4,573 in the fourth quarter, compared with 785 a year ago. Contra Costa County up 533.3%. Alameda County 514.4%
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Heath Ledger found dead
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
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Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion Oracle agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the comp...
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| Jan.15 |
SF Downtown |
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Apple introduces slim notebook |
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| Jan.8 |
San Francisco |
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PG&E's blacked-out is 10-year record |
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Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel
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| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Home Sales Fall 36%
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San Francisco |
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Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco |
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Oil nudges $99 a barrel
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
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Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect |
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Strike brings travel chaos
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| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
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Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar |
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| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
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House committee chair lambasts Yahoo
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| Oct.28 |
Gap |
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Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop |
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| Oct.24 |
Palo Alto |
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Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook |
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| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
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Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent |
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
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Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems |
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
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Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area
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| Oct.9 |
Santa Clara |
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49ers to buy Great America for stadium
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| Sep.20 |
SF Downtown |
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Design Picked For Transbay Terminal |
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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71
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| Aug.31 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work
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| Aug.29 |
SF City Hall |
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EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal |
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| Aug.26 |
Benicia |
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New Benicia - Martinez Bridge Open
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World markets fall after US losses
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Oakland |
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Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated |
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Mortgage concerns hit US markets
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| Aug.7 |
Santa Clara |
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Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital |
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San Francisco |
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CEO Convicted In Brocade Stock Trial |
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
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Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute |
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Journalist Pete Wilson Dies At 62
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| Jul.2 |
Alameda County |
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County Garbage Workers Locked Out
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| Jun.29 |
Apple |
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iPhone Launched
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
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Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts |
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Ballet Pioneer M. Smuin Collapses, Dies
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
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Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B
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| Apr.11 |
Richmond |
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New Wal-Mart Store Opens |
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Teachers Go On Strike
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| Feb.5 |
Apple |
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Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit |
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Queen Mary 2 Arrives
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| Jan.12 |
Apple |
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Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant |
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| Jan.9 |
SF Downtown |
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Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone
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| Dec.27 |
Apple |
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Report of options probe, shares rebound
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Pipeline explosion kills at least 260
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| Oct.24 |
SF Downtown |
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Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF |
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| Oct.17 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Home Prices Down |
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| Oct.9 |
Google |
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Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
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| Sep.22 |
HP |
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CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now |
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| Sep.6 |
HP |
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HP Sought Director Records in Leak Probe
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| Sep.5 |
Intel |
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10,500 Layoffs Announced
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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled
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| Jul.5 |
San Francisco |
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Apple sued over stock options
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| May.31 |
Sun |
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Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs |
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| May.23 |
Hercules |
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Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land
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| Apr.24 |
Sun |
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McNealy steps down as CEO |
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Oil breaks through record $75
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| Mar.13 |
San Jose |
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McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B
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| Jan.24 |
Google |
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Google censors itself for China |
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Emeryville |
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Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal
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Mayor Accuses Conductors Of Stealing
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Google |
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Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe |
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| Dec.20 |
San Jose |
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Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy |
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WTO seals farms deal
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| Nov.17 |
Google |
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Shares Hit $400 Milestone |
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| Nov.1 |
Emeryville |
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Novartis to buy Chiron |
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| Oct.20 |
Google |
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Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges |
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| Oct.12 |
Apple |
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Video iPod introduced |
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
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| Apr.6 |
Bay Bridge |
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Welders: New Bridge Unsafe |
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| Feb.9 |
HP |
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CEO Fiorina out |
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle |
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Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion
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| Sep.29 |
San Francisco |
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Hotel workers begin two-week strike |
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| Aug.19 |
Google |
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Google goes public, shares surge 18%
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| Aug.16 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bay Area Might Be Stuck with Bridge Bill |
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| Apr.29 |
Google |
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Google files long-awaited IPO plans |
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| Nov.8 |
Vallejo |
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Zampa Bridge opened by Gov. Davis |
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| Jun.22 |
SFO |
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BART Begins Service To SFO |
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| Jun.6 |
Oracle |
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Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft |
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| Apr.17 |
San Francisco |
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Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract |
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| Jun.3 |
Napster |
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Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy |
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| Mar.19 |
HP |
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CEO claims victory in merger vote
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Euro mark celebrations
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| Oct.23 |
Apple |
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iPod: New digital music player
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| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
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The largest jackpot in history: $141M |
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| Apr.6 |
San Francisco |
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PG&E files for bankruptcy
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| Jan.12 |
Palo Alto |
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William Hewlett dead at 87 |
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| Nov.21 |
San Francisco |
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Examiner ends after 113 years |
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| Jun.3 |
Danville |
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Bay Area News Atlas started |
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| May.14 |
SF Chronicle |
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Sale of Chronicle turns into 'nightmare' |
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Nasdaq closed at 5048
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| Jan.6 |
Apple |
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Jobs drops 'interim' from title |
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Y2K bug fails to bite
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