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San Jose Marriott Hotel, a downtown icon, is bought for $83 million 
An iconic hotel in downtown, the Marriott next to the city's convention center, has been bought by CBRE Global Investors who paid $83 millio...
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| Apr.17 |
eBay |
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EBay grows 1Q earnings but outlook falls short
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| Mar.28 |
eBay |
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eBay lays out aggressive growth plan |
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| Mar.27 |
SJ Arena |
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Hewlett Packard may want to end HP Pavilion naming deal |
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| Mar.11 |
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San Jose minimum wage workers get hefty raise| Minimum wage workers in San Jose received a big raise from $8 to $10 an hour. The 25% increase is the single biggest increase in the country | |
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| Feb.13 |
Cisco |
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Cisco earnings beat analysts' forecasts
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| Jan.23 |
Cisco |
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Cisco spends nearly half $475M on Israeli wireless-network software maker |
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| Jan.20 |
North San Jose |
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Samsung details plans for San Jose expansion |
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| Jan.17 |
eBay |
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eBay shares jump on earnings Stock price moved to an 8-year high after 4th-quarter revenue topped analysts' estimates, helped by record holiday sales
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| Jan.11 |
SJC |
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New San Jose-Tokyo 787 Dreamliner flight takes off
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| Jan.4 |
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FICO moves headquarters to San Jose |
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| Dec.24 |
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Nurses stage walkout at Alta Bates facilities
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| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
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eBay tests same day delivery in SF |
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| Nov.20 |
Berkeley |
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Nurses on strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals |
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Cisco |
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Cisco to buy Meraki for $1.2 billion
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| Nov.9 |
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Voters approve SJ minimum wage hike |
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| Oct.24 |
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Altera plummets with sales forecast |
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| Oct.17 |
eBay |
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EBay posts higher 3Q earnings, revenue |
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| Oct.10 |
eBay |
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eBay redesigns user experience and expands offering |
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| Oct.6 |
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Skyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high| In San Jose, the average jumped to $4.63 a gallon for regular gas, up 9 cents since Friday. Mid-grade jumped to $4.72 and premium was $4.83 | |
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| Sep.16 |
San Jose Downtown |
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NHL lockout to impact SJ businesses |
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| Aug.24 |
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Samsung told to pay Apple $1bn 
A jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit
| It said several of Samsung's devices had infringed Apple's software and design patents. SKorean court rules Samsung didn't copy iPhone
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Cisco |
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Cisco's 4Q earnings rise 56 pct, raises dividend
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| Jul.30 |
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Apple, Samsung face off in court over iPhone, iPad Apple is crying copycat at Samsung for stealing the design for Samsung's Android smartphones and tabletsm, seeking $2.5 billion in damages
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| Mar.15 |
Cisco |
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Cisco to buy NDS for $5 billion
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| Feb.4 |
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Micron CEO dies in plane crash in Idaho
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| Jan.4 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo names PayPal exec as CEO| Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as its new CEO. Its the fourth CEO in less than five ye... | |
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| Nov.4 |
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Another solar company in jeopardy
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| Oct.14 |
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Ubiquiti Networks shares up 16.7% in IPO
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| Jul.18 |
Cisco |
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Cisco to lay off 6,500 employee
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| May.11 |
Cisco |
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Profit falls 17%; overhauling business
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| May.9 |
eBay |
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Microsoft near deal to buy Skype
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| Mar.28 |
eBay |
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Ebay buys GSI Commerce
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| Feb.10 |
Cisco |
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Shares fall 14%, gross profit margin slips
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| Jun.27 |
eBay |
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eBay apps make it #1 mobile retailer in US |
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| Jun.15 |
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Prototype Prius plug-in getting road tests |
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| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
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Cisco unveils faster router
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| Feb.28 |
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Hundreds Turn Out For Giants Job Fair |
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| Feb.6 |
eBay |
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PayPal Suspends Transactions In India |
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| Feb.4 |
Cisco |
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Cisco Rockets Past 2Q Estimates |
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| Dec.12 |
Cisco |
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Cisco To Buy Starent Mobile Internet Co. |
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| Dec.10 |
eBay |
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Newmark: eBay broke promise |
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| Nov.20 |
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County highest Bay Area unemployment |
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| Nov.6 |
eBay |
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Skype founders settle |
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| Oct.21 |
eBay |
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Earnings drop nearly 30 percent |
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| Oct.13 |
Cisco |
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Cisco To Buy Starent Networks For $2.9B Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems is to buy a maker of equipment for wireless carriers
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| Oct.1 |
Cisco |
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Cisco Agrees To Buy Tandberg For $3B Cisco Systems Inc. to buy Norway's Tandberg ASA in a bid to dominate the global market for videoconferencing equipment
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| Sep.24 |
Cisco |
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CEO Chambers got $14.2M '09 package |
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| Sep.16 |
eBay |
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Skype Founders File Lawsuit Against eBay
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| Sep.1 |
eBay |
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eBay Sells Interest In Skype For $2B |
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| Aug.24 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags |
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| Aug.10 |
eBay |
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eBay, GM team up |
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| Aug.3 |
eBay |
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PayPal Outage Frustrates Merchants |
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| Jul.22 |
eBay |
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eBay 2Q profit falls |
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| Jun.2 |
Cisco |
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Cisco Increases Technology Clout In Dow Dow Jones & Co. would add Cisco Systems Inc. to the 30-stock industrial average, replacing General Motors. Shares of Cisco rose 96 cents
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| Apr.14 |
eBay |
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IPO Planned For Skype |
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| Mar.5 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area unemployment jumps higher 9.4 percent in the San Jose area, 9.2 percent in the East Bay and 7.5 percent in San Francisco metropolitan area. Statewide is 10.1 percent
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| Nov.30 |
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BART Opponents Demand Recount Opponents of a measure that would increase the sales tax in the county to help pay for an extension are suing for a partial recount of the vote
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| Oct.6 |
eBay |
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eBay to cut 1,600 jobs eBay will cut about 10% of work force in an attempt to streamline its business and plans to get rid of several hundred temporary workers
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| Sep.16 |
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Tesla Motors To Build Electric Sedan But with plans in the works for a new headquarters and factory, the startup hopes it's taking the first step toward making electric cars
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| Jul.22 |
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Plug-in hybrids generate buzz |
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| Jun.30 |
eBay |
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eBay Told To Pay $61M To French Brand |
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| Jun.24 |
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Racist Rap Costs Novellus |
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| Jun.16 |
Adobe |
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2Q Profit Jumps 41% |
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| Jun.2 |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
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| May.20 |
San Jose City Hall |
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McKesson Sued On Prices |
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Silicon Valley janitors strike Janitors at some of technology and biotechnology companies will go out on strike, having dismissed a contract offer from cleaning companies
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
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3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
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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 troubles. John Donahoe, 47, who oversees auction business, was named as her replaceme... | |
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
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CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
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Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area Nearly 5,000 nurses in the Bay Area and beyond are staging the two-day strike to protest what they say are unacceptable proposals
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| May.30 |
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Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
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| May.15 |
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Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 Average prices in the Bay Area for a gallon of regular gas are at $3.47
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| Mar.13 |
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McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt
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| Dec.20 |
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Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy Struggling power generator filed for bankruptcy protection as it grapples with more than $17 billion in debt
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| Nov.29 |
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CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine
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| Nov.18 |
Cisco |
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Cisco to acquire Scientific-Atlanta for $7b
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| Jun.14 |
eBay |
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eBay prevents Live 8 ticket sales
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| Mar.28 |
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Woman Files Lawsuit Over Finger in Chili
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| Jan.19 |
eBay |
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Stock slides 11.7%
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| Oct.11 |
eBay |
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Software glitch disrupts PayPal service
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| Feb.5 |
Adobe |
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Schwarzenegger made visit |
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| Jan.4 |
East San Jose |
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Beef bone recall |
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| Dec.27 |
eBay |
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Bidding for town closes at $1.8 million |
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| Jun.4 |
San Jose Downtown |
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Bankruptcy looms for Symphony |
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
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Cisco beats third-quarter expectations |
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| Sep.13 |
SFO |
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SFO and SJC reopened Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving
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| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
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Cisco announces reorganization
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| Jul.26 |
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JDS to cut 7,000 additional jobs |
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| Jun.28 |
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Largest jackpot in history: $141M Alcario Castellano, 66, claimed a $141 million lottery prize. He chose to take the money in a lump sum, $70 million
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| May.8 |
Cisco |
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Cisco posts first quarterly loss |
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| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
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Cisco cut 8,000 jobs Stock price plunged to a 52-week low dropping 10%
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| May.6 |
Cisco |
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Cisco buy ArrowPoint for $6 Billion |
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.4 |
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FICO moves headquarters to San Jose |
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.4 |
East San Jose |
Beef bone recall |
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.23 |
Cisco |
Cisco spends nearly half $475M on Israeli wireless-network software maker |
| 2012 |
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| Nov.19 |
Cisco |
Cisco to buy Meraki for $1.2 billion
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| Mar.15 |
Cisco |
Cisco to buy NDS for $5 billion
| 2011 |
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| May.9 |
eBay |
Microsoft near deal to buy Skype
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| Mar.28 |
eBay |
Ebay buys GSI Commerce
| 2009 |
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| Dec.12 |
Cisco |
Cisco To Buy Starent Mobile Internet Co. |
|
| Oct.13 |
Cisco |
Cisco To Buy Starent Networks For $2.9B Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems is to buy a maker of equipment for wireless carriers
|
| Oct.1 |
Cisco |
Cisco Agrees To Buy Tandberg For $3B Cisco Systems Inc. to buy Norway's Tandberg ASA in a bid to dominate the global market for videoconferencing equipment
|
| Sep.16 |
eBay |
Skype Founders File Lawsuit Against eBay
| 2006 |
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| Mar.13 |
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McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt
| 2005 |
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| Nov.18 |
Cisco |
Cisco to acquire Scientific-Atlanta for $7b
| 2000 |
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| May.6 |
Cisco |
Cisco buy ArrowPoint for $6 Billion |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.6 |
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Skyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high| In San Jose, the average jumped to $4.63 a gallon for regular gas, up 9 cents since Friday. Mid-grade jumped to $4.72 and premium was $4.83 | |
| 2008 |
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| Sep.16 |
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Tesla Motors To Build Electric Sedan But with plans in the works for a new headquarters and factory, the startup hopes it's taking the first step toward making electric cars
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| Jul.22 |
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Plug-in hybrids generate buzz |
| 2007 |
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| May.15 |
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Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 Average prices in the Bay Area for a gallon of regular gas are at $3.47
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| 2010 |
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| Jun.15 |
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Prototype Prius plug-in getting road tests |
|
| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco unveils faster router
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| 2013 |
|
| Apr.17 |
eBay |
EBay grows 1Q earnings but outlook falls short
|
| Feb.13 |
Cisco |
Cisco earnings beat analysts' forecasts
|
| Jan.17 |
eBay |
eBay shares jump on earnings Stock price moved to an 8-year high after 4th-quarter revenue topped analysts' estimates, helped by record holiday sales
| 2012 |
|
| Oct.17 |
eBay |
EBay posts higher 3Q earnings, revenue |
|
| Aug.15 |
Cisco |
Cisco's 4Q earnings rise 56 pct, raises dividend
| 2010 |
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| Feb.4 |
Cisco |
Cisco Rockets Past 2Q Estimates |
| 2009 |
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| Oct.21 |
eBay |
Earnings drop nearly 30 percent |
|
| Jul.22 |
eBay |
eBay 2Q profit falls |
| 2008 |
|
| Jun.16 |
Adobe |
2Q Profit Jumps 41% |
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
| 2002 |
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
Cisco beats third-quarter expectations |
| 2001 |
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| May.8 |
Cisco |
Cisco posts first quarterly loss |
|
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| 2012 |
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| Dec.24 |
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Nurses stage walkout at Alta Bates facilities
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| Nov.20 |
Berkeley |
Nurses on strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals |
| 2008 |
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| May.20 |
|
Silicon Valley janitors strike Janitors at some of technology and biotechnology companies will go out on strike, having dismissed a contract offer from cleaning companies
| 2007 |
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area Nearly 5,000 nurses in the Bay Area and beyond are staging the two-day strike to protest what they say are unacceptable proposals
|
|
| 2011 |
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| Jul.18 |
Cisco |
Cisco to lay off 6,500 employee
| 2009 |
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| Nov.20 |
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County highest Bay Area unemployment |
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| Mar.5 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area unemployment jumps higher 9.4 percent in the San Jose area, 9.2 percent in the East Bay and 7.5 percent in San Francisco metropolitan area. Statewide is 10.1 percent
| 2008 |
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| Oct.6 |
eBay |
eBay to cut 1,600 jobs eBay will cut about 10% of work force in an attempt to streamline its business and plans to get rid of several hundred temporary workers
| 2001 |
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| Jul.26 |
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JDS to cut 7,000 additional jobs |
|
| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco cut 8,000 jobs Stock price plunged to a 52-week low dropping 10%
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| 2005 |
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| Dec.20 |
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Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy Struggling power generator filed for bankruptcy protection as it grapples with more than $17 billion in debt
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.20 |
North San Jose |
Samsung details plans for San Jose expansion |
| 2012 |
|
| Oct.24 |
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Altera plummets with sales forecast |
|
| Aug.24 |
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Samsung told to pay Apple $1bn A jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit
| It said several of Samsung's devices had infringed Apple's software and design patents. SKorean court rules Samsung didn't copy iPhone
|
| |
| 2002 |
|
| Dec.27 |
eBay |
Bidding for town closes at $1.8 million |
| 2001 |
|
| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
Cisco announces reorganization
|
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| 2011 |
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| Oct.14 |
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Ubiquiti Networks shares up 16.7% in IPO
| 2009 |
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| Apr.14 |
eBay |
IPO Planned For Skype |
|
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| 2012 |
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| Sep.16 |
San Jose Downtown |
NHL lockout to impact SJ businesses |
| 2011 |
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| Nov.4 |
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Another solar company in jeopardy
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| 2012 |
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| Jul.30 |
|
Apple, Samsung face off in court over iPhone, iPad Apple is crying copycat at Samsung for stealing the design for Samsung's Android smartphones and tabletsm, seeking $2.5 billion in damages
| 2008 |
|
| Jun.30 |
eBay |
eBay Told To Pay $61M To French Brand |
|
| Jun.24 |
|
Racist Rap Costs Novellus |
|
| Jun.2 |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
|
| May.20 |
San Jose City Hall |
McKesson Sued On Prices |
| 2007 |
|
| May.30 |
|
Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
| 2005 |
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| Mar.28 |
|
Woman Files Lawsuit Over Finger in Chili
|
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| 2009 |
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| Aug.24 |
San Jose City Hall |
City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags |
| 2001 |
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| Jun.28 |
|
Largest jackpot in history: $141M Alcario Castellano, 66, claimed a $141 million lottery prize. He chose to take the money in a lump sum, $70 million
|
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| 2013 |
|
| Jan.11 |
SJC |
New San Jose-Tokyo 787 Dreamliner flight takes off
| 2001 |
|
| Sep.13 |
SFO |
SFO and SJC reopened Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving
|
|
| 2008 |
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| Nov.30 |
|
BART Opponents Demand Recount Opponents of a measure that would increase the sales tax in the county to help pay for an extension are suing for a partial recount of the vote
|
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.28 |
eBay |
eBay lays out aggressive growth plan |
| 2012 |
|
| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
eBay tests same day delivery in SF |
|
| Oct.10 |
eBay |
eBay redesigns user experience and expands offering |
| 2010 |
|
| Jun.27 |
eBay |
eBay apps make it #1 mobile retailer in US |
|
| Feb.6 |
eBay |
PayPal Suspends Transactions In India |
| 2009 |
|
| Dec.10 |
eBay |
Newmark: eBay broke promise |
|
| Nov.6 |
eBay |
Skype founders settle |
|
| Sep.1 |
eBay |
eBay Sells Interest In Skype For $2B |
|
| Aug.10 |
eBay |
eBay, GM team up |
|
| Aug.3 |
eBay |
PayPal Outage Frustrates Merchants |
| 2004 |
|
| Oct.11 |
eBay |
Software glitch disrupts PayPal service
|
|
| 2012 |
|
| Jan.4 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo names PayPal exec as CEO| Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal division, as its new CEO. Its the fourth CEO in less than five ye... | |
| 2009 |
|
| Sep.24 |
Cisco |
CEO Chambers got $14.2M '09 package |
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.23 |
eBay |
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 troubles. John Donahoe, 47, who oversees auction business, was named as her replaceme... | |
| 2007 |
|
| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
| 2005 |
|
| Nov.29 |
|
CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| May.11 |
Cisco |
Profit falls 17%; overhauling business
|
| Feb.10 |
Cisco |
Shares fall 14%, gross profit margin slips
| 2009 |
|
| Jun.2 |
Cisco |
Cisco Increases Technology Clout In Dow Dow Jones & Co. would add Cisco Systems Inc. to the 30-stock industrial average, replacing General Motors. Shares of Cisco rose 96 cents
| 2005 |
|
| Jan.19 |
eBay |
Stock slides 11.7%
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Mon. |
San Jose Downtown |
San Jose Marriott Hotel, a downtown icon, is bought for $83 million An iconic hotel in downtown, the Marriott next to the city's convention center, has been bought by CBRE Global Investors who paid $83 millio...
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Mar.27 |
SJ Arena |
Hewlett Packard may want to end HP Pavilion naming deal |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Jun.14 |
eBay |
eBay prevents Live 8 ticket sales
| 2002 |
|
| Jun.4 |
San Jose Downtown |
Bankruptcy looms for Symphony |
|
|
| 2012 |
|
| Feb.4 |
|
Micron CEO dies in plane crash in Idaho
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