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Ross Stores 4Q profit rises on sales gain| Ross Stores' fourth-quarter profit rose nearly 47% on a gain in sales of staples like shoes and home items as shoppers kept looking for bargains | |
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Safeway posts 4Q loss on write-downs Safeway, which posted a loss for its fourth quarter and fiscal year, is banking on food prices to improve its results in the current year
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Safeway Janitors Avert Strike The union representing 450 janitors cleaning contractors working for cleaning contractors reached a tentative agreement
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Safeway's Profit Up Slightly In 2Q Safeway is reporting that its profit edged up in the second quarter in part because of a tax benefit but has lowered its outlook for the yea...
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State Pushing City To Lift Housing Cap The City of Pleasanton is trying to uphold a cap on housing adopted in 1996. Attorney General said that cap is taking a toll on the environm...
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WAMU to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Bay Area SF Downtown: Washington Mutual, sold to JPMorgan Chase, will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of SF positions
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Safeway profit edges up in Q3
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No. 1 in median household income
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid San Ramon: 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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Safeway Beats 1Q Expectations
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Safeway stock hammered
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Safeway profit dips 2% on tax gain
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Safeway Goes Green With Biodiesel Trucks The grocery giant is one of the first in the country to convert their entire truck fleet to alternative fuel produced from renewable sources
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Safeway, workers agree to contract
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E-Loan to cut 410 jobs
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Safeway Announces Bread Recall
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Safeway profit jumps in 3rd quarter
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Ross buying Albertson's store sites
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Shaklee Corp. is 50 years old
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Retail plaza sells for $12.8 million
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Safeway 3Q profit falls on charges
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Safeway 1Q Profit More Than Triples
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 Oracle to fire 5,000| The job cuts outlined represent a 9% reduction from the 55,000 employees on the 2 companies' combined payrolls | |
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Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition Oracle closed the deal after announcing that that 97% of PeopleSoft's stockholders had accepted a $26.50 offer
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PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover PeopleSoft founder David A. Duffield has quit the software maker weeks before Oracle deal closes
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 Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion  PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
| PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
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PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid The board remains convinced that a bid is inadequate and it will not sell the company for less than it’s worth
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PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid
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PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors vowed to continue its resistance even if the shareholders decide to accept the offer
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Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
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PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway| David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million | |
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Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected Oracle: A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics
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Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid
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PeopleSoft foresees up to 1,000 job cuts
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PeopleSoft completed J.D. Ed. Acquisition
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 $7 million lottery ticket A software consultant stashed ticket in her purse two months ago
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Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft| Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share | |
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PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards for $1.7b
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John Madden Moves to ABC Former Oakland Raiders coach moves to Monday Night Football with four-year, $20 million dollar deal
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Providian to cut 800 jobs San Francisco: Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
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Commerce One co-founder dies
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| Oct.15 |
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Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs 700 will be laid off and 600 will be jettisoned by spinning off operations unrelated to business-to-business
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Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs
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PeopleSoft exceeds expectations
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| Mar.9 |
Safeway Announces Bread Recall
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| Jan.7 |
Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition Oracle closed the deal after announcing that that 97% of PeopleSoft's stockholders had accepted a $26.50 offer
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
| PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
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| Nov.20 |
PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid The board remains convinced that a bid is inadequate and it will not sell the company for less than it’s worth
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| Nov.19 |
PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid
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| Nov.10 |
PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors vowed to continue its resistance even if the shareholders decide to accept the offer
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| Nov.1 |
Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
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| Sep.9 |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected Oracle: A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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| May.14 |
Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid
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| Jul.18 |
PeopleSoft completed J.D. Ed. Acquisition
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Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft| Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share | |
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PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards for $1.7b
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| Jul.23 |
Safeway's Profit Up Slightly In 2Q Safeway is reporting that its profit edged up in the second quarter in part because of a tax benefit but has lowered its outlook for the yea...
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| Oct.7 |
Safeway profit edges up in Q3
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| Apr.24 |
Safeway Beats 1Q Expectations
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| Feb.21 |
Safeway profit dips 2% on tax gain
| 2005 |
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| Oct.18 |
Safeway 3Q profit falls on charges
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| May.3 |
Safeway 1Q Profit More Than Triples
| 2001 |
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| Apr.25 |
PeopleSoft exceeds expectations
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| 2010 |
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| Feb. 20 |
Safeway Janitors Avert Strike The union representing 450 janitors cleaning contractors working for cleaning contractors reached a tentative agreement
| 2008 |
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| May.2 |
63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid San Ramon: U.S. ICE agents arrested 63 employees of Taqueria El Balazo, a Bay Area Mexican restaurant chain, for being in the country illegally
| 2007 |
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| Dec.2 |
Safeway, workers agree to contract
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| 2002 |
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| Feb.28 |
John Madden Moves to ABC Former Oakland Raiders coach moves to Monday Night Football with four-year, $20 million dollar deal
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| 2008 |
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| Nov.20 |
WAMU to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Bay Area SF Downtown: Washington Mutual, sold to JPMorgan Chase, will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of SF positions
| 2007 |
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| Nov.13 |
E-Loan to cut 410 jobs
| 2005 |
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| Jan.14 |
Oracle to fire 5,000| The job cuts outlined represent a 9% reduction from the 55,000 employees on the 2 companies' combined payrolls | |
| 2003 |
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| Sep.4 |
PeopleSoft foresees up to 1,000 job cuts
| 2002 |
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| Jan.3 |
Providian to cut 800 jobs San Francisco: Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
| 2001 |
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| Oct.15 |
Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs 700 will be laid off and 600 will be jettisoned by spinning off operations unrelated to business-to-business
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| May.17 |
Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs
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| 2010 |
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| Thu. |
Ross Stores 4Q profit rises on sales gain| Ross Stores' fourth-quarter profit rose nearly 47% on a gain in sales of staples like shoes and home items as shoppers kept looking for bargains | |
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| Feb. 25 |
Safeway posts 4Q loss on write-downs Safeway, which posted a loss for its fourth quarter and fiscal year, is banking on food prices to improve its results in the current year
| 2008 |
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| Jan.18 |
Safeway Goes Green With Biodiesel Trucks The grocery giant is one of the first in the country to convert their entire truck fleet to alternative fuel produced from renewable sources
| 2006 |
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| Oct.12 |
Safeway profit jumps in 3rd quarter
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| Oct.11 |
Ross buying Albertson's store sites
| 2003 |
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| Jun.10 |
$7 million lottery ticket A software consultant stashed ticket in her purse two months ago
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| 2004 |
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| Dec.28 |
PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover PeopleSoft founder David A. Duffield has quit the software maker weeks before Oracle deal closes
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| Oct.1 |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway| David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million | |
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| May.20 |
Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.22 |
State Pushing City To Lift Housing Cap The City of Pleasanton is trying to uphold a cap on housing adopted in 1996. Attorney General said that cap is taking a toll on the environm...
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.22 |
Safeway stock hammered
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| 2008 |
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| Aug.27 |
No. 1 in median household income
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Retail plaza sells for $12.8 million
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| 2001 |
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| Dec.6 |
Commerce One co-founder dies
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