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2003
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Real Estate
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E-Trade Buys Engleman Securities Online brokerage has acquired institutional broker for $7.25 million
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| Jan.8 |
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There Inc. Starts New Virtual Community Users able to interact through custom-tailored, digital stand-ins.
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| Jan.10 |
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Kana Software Jumps on Rating Upgrade Shares leaped about 20% after an analyst raised his price target
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| Jan.21 |
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Stem cell company lays off 40 Geron Corp. was laying off nearly half its employees to concentrate its resources
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| Jan.22 |
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GetThere become Army's travel agent A deal primes the company to book an estimated $2.5 billion in airline, car and hotel reservations
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| Jan.24 |
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Highly Paid E*Trade CEO Resigns Christos Cotsakos built a online bank and brokerage company but sparked controversy with his outsize 2001 pay package
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| Feb.24 |
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Goldman Sachs Quietly Moves Out Bank is quietly packing its bags and heading back to San Francisco.
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| Mar.18 |
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Geron's stock soars on research news The experimental cancer vaccine showed promise in fighting all types of the disease
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| Apr.16 |
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Geron patents improved cloning process A better way to clone pigs is eyed for human organ transplant possibilities
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| May.12 |
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E*Trade Pays Fiserv $23 Million in Suit Online bank has paid a data processing provider to settle litigation tied to the collapse of GenesisIntermedia
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| Jun.9 |
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E-Trade offers 'moving' mortgages| Online financial services rebel is offering fixed-rate loans that borrowers can take with them as they change addresses | |
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| Jun.10 |
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Geron's stock soars on patent grant Shares jumped nearly 15% after the company received a patent about creating medicines from embryonic stem cells
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| Jun.12 |
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Medical Company Admits Cover Up| Feds charged Endovascular, a subsidiary of Guidant, with covering up malfunctions that may have led to 12 deaths | | |
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| Jul.16 |
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E-Trade plans to give rebates| Online brokerage will begin giving customers half of its mutual fund fees later this year | |
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| Jul.29 |
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Bayfront Expressway widened Construction crews extended the roadway from 4 lanes to 6, seven months ahead of schedule
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| Aug.3 |
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Report: EndoVascular knew problems The San Jose Mercury News: Problems with a aneurism device that is linked to several deaths were widely known
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| Sep.17 |
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E*Trade: Trades Rise in September Online bank and brokerage said U.S. customer stock trading fell 15% in August, but rose 36% during 9 days of September
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| Nov.7 |
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Crash backing up commute on 101 2-vehicle crash sprayed glass and debris over the road and closed 2 northbound lanes
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| Nov.19 |
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E*Trade: tool to compare mortgages 'Fair Compare' is an online tool for consumers to compare the costs for mortgages offered by E*Trade's and any other lender
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| Dec.5 |
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Holiday Fire Safety Demonstration| A huge column of orange blaze and black smoke billowed out of a building and completely consumed everything inside | |
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| Dec.7 |
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Driver died from heart attack before crash 2002 Dodge truck sideswiped the sound wall on the southbound portion of the highway 101
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| Dec.17 |
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E-Trade moving headquarters to NY| The company expects only 3 or 4 of the 360 employees at its Menlo Park headquarters to transfer | | |
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