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San Jose Downtown |
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Concerns About Future Of Theatre Auditors are raising concerns the struggling Sjo Repertory Theatre may not be able to remain open past the summer
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SJ Mercury News |
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MediaNews Parent's Bankruptcy Plan A judge approved Affiliated Media Inc.'s reorganization plan and freed the publisher of the San Jose Mercury News from most of debt
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Hundreds Turn Out For Giants Job Fair San Jose Giants minor league baseball team is to hire about 100 people to work during the season as ticket taker, scoreboard operator
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PayPal Suspends Transactions In India The online payments PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week
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Cisco Rockets Past 2Q Estimates Cisco blew past its own forecast for the latest quarter, reporting its first sales increase in a year as it leaves the recession behin
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SJ Mercury News |
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Cisco To Buy Starent Mobile Internet Co.
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Newmark: eBay broke promise
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Whitman: eBay didn't misuse Craigslist
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Cisco sells $5B of debt |
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Skype founders settle
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eBay |
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Earnings drop nearly 30 percent
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eBay |
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EBay To Lay Off Several Dozen Employees |
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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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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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Cisco |
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CEO Chambers got $14.2M '09 package
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eBay |
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Skype Founders File Lawsuit Against eBay Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom copyright infringement suit could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion to a group of inves...
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eBay Sells Interest In Skype For $2B
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San Jose City Hall |
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City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags
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eBay, GM team up
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eBay |
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PayPal Outage Frustrates Merchants
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eBay |
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eBay 2Q profit falls
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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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eBay |
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IPO Planned For Skype
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Tesla Opts Out Of San Jose Tesla Motors introduced its long-awaited Model S electric sedan and revealed that the luxury car probably will be built in Southern Californ...
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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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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. Supporters of the measure, which needed a 2/3 majority ... | |
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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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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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eBay |
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eBay Told To Pay $61M To French Brand |
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Racist Rap Costs Novellus |
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Adobe |
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2Q Profit Jumps 41% |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
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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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Cisco |
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3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
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eBay |
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eBay Sues Craigslist |
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eBay |
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eBay posts 22 percent hike in 1Q profit |
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SJ Mercury News |
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Mercury News Lays Off 34 |
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Shares Sink on Forecast |
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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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Governor Talks Budget To Silicon Valley |
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Building inspectors end strike |
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
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CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
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| Nov.7 |
Cisco |
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1Q Profit Jumps 37 Percent |
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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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| Oct.9 |
eBay |
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'Neighborhoods' launched |
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| Aug.7 |
Cisco |
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4Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent |
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| Jun.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
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Paper To Cut 17% Of News Staff |
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| May.30 |
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Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
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Gas prices for super unleaded close $4
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| May.8 |
Cisco |
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3rd Qtr. Profit Surges 34% |
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| Apr.21 |
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Activists Rally For Exploited Workers |
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| Mar.15 |
Cisco |
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Cisco agrees to buy WebEx for $3.2B |
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| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
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Cisco stock jumps on strong earnings |
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| Nov.9 |
Cisco |
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Shares Hop After 1Q Profit Soars |
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| Aug.23 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Norcal Dumped By City Council |
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| Aug.18 |
San Jose Downtown |
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No Longer-Free SJ Jazz Fest Opens |
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| Aug.10 |
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Judge won't throw out Brocade charges |
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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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| 2009 |
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| Nov.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco sells $5B of debt |
| 2008 |
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| Jan.15 |
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Governor Talks Budget To Silicon Valley |
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.4 |
East San Jose |
Beef bone recall |
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.11 |
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SunPower will buy SunRay
| 2009 |
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| Dec.12 |
Cisco |
Cisco To Buy Starent Mobile Internet Co.
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| Nov.16 |
Cisco |
Cisco raises bid for Tandberg |
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| 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
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| 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
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| Sep.16 |
eBay |
Skype Founders File Lawsuit Against eBay Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom copyright infringement suit could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion to a group of inves...
| 2007 |
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| Mar.15 |
Cisco |
Cisco agrees to buy WebEx for $3.2B |
| 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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| 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
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| 2010 |
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| Mar. 9 |
Cisco |
Cisco unveils faster router| Cisco Systems unveiled hardware that will speed up the delivery of data over broadband networks as a next-generation Internet | |
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.4 |
Cisco |
Cisco Rockets Past 2Q Estimates Cisco blew past its own forecast for the latest quarter, reporting its first sales increase in a year as it leaves the recession behin
| 2009 |
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| Nov.4 |
Cisco |
Earnings Drop; 'Tipping Point' Passed |
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| Oct.21 |
eBay |
Earnings drop nearly 30 percent
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| Jul.22 |
eBay |
eBay 2Q profit falls
| 2008 |
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| Jun.16 |
Adobe |
2Q Profit Jumps 41% |
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
| 2007 |
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| Nov.7 |
Cisco |
1Q Profit Jumps 37 Percent |
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| Aug.7 |
Cisco |
4Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent |
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| May.8 |
Cisco |
3rd Qtr. Profit Surges 34% |
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| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
Cisco stock jumps on strong earnings |
| 2006 |
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| Nov.9 |
Cisco |
Shares Hop After 1Q Profit Soars |
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| Aug.10 |
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Judge won't throw out Brocade charges |
| 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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| 2008 |
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| May.20 |
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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 | |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.12 |
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Building inspectors end strike |
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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
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| Apr.21 |
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Activists Rally For Exploited Workers |
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| 2010 |
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| Mar. 4 |
SJ Mercury News |
MediaNews Parent's Bankruptcy Plan A judge approved Affiliated Media Inc.'s reorganization plan and freed the publisher of the San Jose Mercury News from most of debt
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.12 |
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Workers Rally To Save CA Toyota Jobs
| 2009 |
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| Nov.20 |
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County highest Bay Area unemployment
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| Oct.14 |
eBay |
EBay To Lay Off Several Dozen Employees |
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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
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| Mar.7 |
SJ Mercury News |
Mercury News Lays Off 34 |
| 2007 |
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| Jun.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
Paper To Cut 17% Of News Staff |
| 2001 |
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| Jul.26 |
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JDS to cut 7,000 additional jobs |
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| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco cut 8,000 jobs Stock price plunged to a 52-week low dropping 10%
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.15 |
SJ Mercury News |
Mercury News Owner Plans Ch. 11 Filing |
| 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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| 2002 |
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| Dec.27 |
eBay |
Bidding for town closes at $1.8 million |
| 2001 |
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| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
Cisco announces reorganization
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| 2009 |
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| Mar.27 |
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Tesla Opts Out Of San Jose Tesla Motors introduced its long-awaited Model S electric sedan and revealed that the luxury car probably will be built in Southern Californ...
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.14 |
eBay |
IPO Planned For Skype
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.1 |
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Santa Clara Valley Water To Refund
| 2008 |
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| Jun.30 |
eBay |
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.2 |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
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| May.20 |
San Jose City Hall |
McKesson Sued On Prices |
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| Apr.22 |
eBay |
eBay Sues Craigslist |
| 2007 |
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| May.30 |
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Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
| 2005 |
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| Mar.28 |
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Woman Files Lawsuit Over Finger in Chili
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| 2001 |
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| Sep.13 |
SFO |
SFO and SJC reopened Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving
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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 |
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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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| 2008 |
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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. Supporters of the measure, which needed a 2/3 majority ... | |
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.6 |
eBay |
PayPal Suspends Transactions In India The online payments PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week
| 2009 |
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| Dec.10 |
eBay |
Newmark: eBay broke promise
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| Dec.8 |
eBay |
Whitman: eBay didn't misuse Craigslist
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| Nov.6 |
eBay |
Skype founders settle
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| Sep.1 |
eBay |
eBay Sells Interest In Skype For $2B
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| Aug.10 |
eBay |
eBay, GM team up
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| Aug.3 |
eBay |
PayPal Outage Frustrates Merchants
| 2007 |
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| Oct.9 |
eBay |
'Neighborhoods' launched |
| 2004 |
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| Oct.11 |
eBay |
Software glitch disrupts PayPal service |
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| 2010 |
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| Feb. 24 |
Cisco |
Co-founders rejected by Supreme Court
| 2009 |
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| Sep.24 |
Cisco |
CEO Chambers got $14.2M '09 package
| 2008 |
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| 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 |
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
| 2005 |
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| Nov.29 |
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CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine
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| 2009 |
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| 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
| 2008 |
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| Apr.16 |
eBay |
eBay posts 22 percent hike in 1Q profit |
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| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
Shares Sink on Forecast |
| 2005 |
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| Jan.19 |
eBay |
Stock slides 11.7%
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| 2010 |
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| Mar. 7 |
San Jose Downtown |
Concerns About Future Of Theatre Auditors are raising concerns the struggling Sjo Repertory Theatre may not be able to remain open past the summer
| 2006 |
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| Aug.18 |
San Jose Downtown |
No Longer-Free SJ Jazz Fest Opens |
| 2005 |
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| Jun.14 |
eBay |
eBay prevents Live 8 ticket sales
| 2002 |
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| Jun.4 |
San Jose Downtown |
Bankruptcy looms for Symphony |
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