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| Jan.1 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel San Francisco Mayor proposed to actress Jennifer Siebel in Hawaii and the couple are now engaged to be married
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| Jan.3 |
Mountain View |
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Startup Revives SF Free Wi-Fi Project |
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| Jan.4 |
Intel |
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Laptop Project Blames Intel for Breakup |
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| Jan.5 |
SF Zoo |
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Attendance up following fatal tiger attack |
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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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| Jan.15 |
SF Downtown |
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Apple introduces slim notebook |
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
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Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion
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San Francisco |
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Ex-Brocade CEO Gets Prison |
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| Jan.17 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year low |
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| Jan.22 |
Contra Costa County |
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Bay Area foreclosures rose 482.5%
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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
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| Jan.25 |
SF Chronicle |
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Bushee New Chronicle Editor
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| Jan.30 |
SF City Hall |
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Restaurants asked to ban trans fats |
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| Jan.31 |
Google |
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Disappointing 4Q |
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| Feb.1 |
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 Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
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| Feb.4 |
Google |
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Google offers to help Yahoo |
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| Feb.8 |
Castro |
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Filmmakers Recreate Harvey Milk March |
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover
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| Feb.14 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year-low |
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| Feb.19 |
HP |
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1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent |
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SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs |
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Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy
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| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
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Bankruptcy for Sharper Image
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| Feb.21 |
Google |
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Google to Store Patients' Health Records |
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| Feb.22 |
Genentech |
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FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer |
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| Feb.25 |
San Francisco |
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Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO |
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| Feb.26 |
Vallejo |
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City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy |
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| Feb.28 |
SF Downtown |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened |
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| Mar.4 |
Vallejo |
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City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy |
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| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid |
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San Francisco |
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Jury sides with Guardian |
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| Mar.6 |
San Francisco |
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47 Bay Area billionaires on Forbes list |
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Google |
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Pentagon bans Google map-makers |
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Apple |
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Apple opens iPhone to developers |
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| Mar.9 |
Contra Costa County |
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Evictions becoming common |
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| Mar.11 |
Google |
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Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal |
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks |
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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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| Mar.21 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area Nurses Launch 10-Day Strike
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
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Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid |
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| Apr.5 |
Google |
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Couple Says Street View Invades Privacy |
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal |
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| Apr.8 |
SF Downtown |
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Gere joins torch protests |
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| Apr.9 |
Google |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
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| Apr.15 |
Schwab |
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Schwab's Best 1Q Ever |
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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.22 |
San Francisco |
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Ship Pilot Charged With Lying In Spill Probe |
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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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| Apr.29 |
San Francisco |
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Average Gas Price Reaches $4 A Gallon
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| May.2 |
San Ramon |
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid |
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| May.3 |
Oakland |
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Man robbing 10 adult bookstores |
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
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| May.7 |
Vallejo |
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City Council Votes To File For Bankruptcy |
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| May.12 |
HP |
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HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems |
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| May.15 |
Yahoo |
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Icahn Picks 10 Directors |
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San Francisco |
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CBS in $1.8B deal for info site Cnet |
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| May.16 |
Napa |
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Pioneering winemaker Mondavi dies
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go |
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| May.20 |
San Jose |
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Silicon Valley janitors strike
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San Francisco |
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Bay Area home sales climbed nearly 30% |
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| May.22 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn |
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| May. 23 |
Vallejo |
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City Files For Bankruptcy Due To Woes |
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| May. 28 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area home prices plummet 20.2% |
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| May. 29 |
Oakland |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending |
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| Jun. 2 |
San Jose |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit |
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| Jun. 4 |
San Francisco |
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Voters Pass Bayview Development |
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Yahoo |
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Investor steps up Yahoo campaign |
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| Jun. 6 |
Intel |
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FTC opens antitrust probe |
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| Jun. 9 |
Apple |
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Speedier, Cheaper iPhone |
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| Jun. 10 |
Santa Rosa |
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Three Sonoma wineries sold in deal |
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| Jun. 12 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal |
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Foster City |
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Invitrogen to buy Applied Biosystems |
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| Jan.1 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel| San Francisco Mayor proposed to actress Jennifer Siebel in Hawaii and the couple are now engaged to be married | | |
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| Jan.3 |
SF Zoo |
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Visitors Show Support For Reopened Zoo |
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Mountain View |
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Startup Revives SF Free Wi-Fi Project
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| Jan.4 |
Intel |
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Laptop Project Blames Intel for Breakup
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| Jan.5 |
SF Zoo |
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Attendance up following fatal tiger attack
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
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Crews working to contain spill |
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| Jan.8 |
San Francisco |
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PG&E's blacked-out is 10-year record An estimated 1.9 million to 2.1 million customers lost electricity after the storm's howling winds and driving rain
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| Jan.9 |
San Francisco |
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Employers To Subsidize Health Care Plan |
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| Jan.10 |
San Francisco |
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Young Broadcasting to sell KRON-TV |
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| Jan.14 |
Oakland |
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Clorox introduces green line of products |
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| Jan.15 |
SF Downtown |
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Apple introduces slim notebook CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world's thinnest notebook computer MacBook Air that measures between 0.16 inch and 0.76 inch thick
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Intel |
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Wall Street punishes Intel on 4Q results |
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San Jose |
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Governor Talks Budget To Silicon Valley |
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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 company | |
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Sun |
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Sun to buy MySQL for $1 billion |
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San Francisco |
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Ex-Brocade CEO Gets Prison
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Oakland City Hall |
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Bill Clinton calls for foreclosure aid in city |
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| Jan.17 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year low
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Bay Area |
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Bay Area rents jump 9% |
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| Jan.18 |
Livermore Lab |
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Lab to lay off more workers this year |
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Pleasanton |
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Safeway Goes Green With Biodiesel Trucks |
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| Jan.21 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo expected to cut hundreds of jobs |
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| Jan.22 |
Contra Costa County |
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Bay Area foreclosures rose 482.5%
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Apple |
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2Q Outlook Spooks Investors |
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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 replacement. Meg Whitman had brought in the former Bain & Co. consultant 3 years ago
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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.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. Bushee, 58, a second-generation journalist, is editor and v... | |
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| Jan.29 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo to lay off 1,000. Profit Drops 23% |
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| Jan.30 |
SF City Hall |
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Restaurants asked to ban trans fats
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| Jan.31 |
Google |
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Disappointing 4Q
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| Feb.1 |
San Ramon |
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Chevron Beats Profit Expectations |
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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 Google
| The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise offer of $31 per share seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology for years to come.
Yahoo said it will 'carefully and promptly' study the bid
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SJSU |
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Blood drives halted over gay donor ban |
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| Feb.4 |
Google |
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Google offers to help Yahoo
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| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
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Shares Sink on Forecast |
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| Feb.7 |
San Carlos |
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Firm fined after worker's death |
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| Feb.8 |
Vallejo |
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7-Eleven Clerk Shot, Killed |
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Castro |
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Filmmakers Recreate Harvey Milk March
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| Feb.9 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo weighs outsourcing ads to Google |
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| Feb.11 |
San Ramon |
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Chevron Added to Dow |
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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 offer | |
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| Feb.13 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo in talks with News Corp. |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
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Sharper Image replaces CEO Lightman |
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Bay Area |
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Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year-low
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| Feb.19 |
HP |
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1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent
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SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs
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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.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.21 |
Google |
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Google to Store Patients' Health Records
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Vallejo |
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Residents Pack Meeting On City's Finances |
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| Feb.22 |
Millbrae |
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Workers Strike At Convalescent Hospital |
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Genentech |
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FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer
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| Feb.24 |
Redwood City |
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Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival |
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| Feb.25 |
San Francisco |
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Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO The world's largest electronic payment processing company, filed paperwork for what may be the richest-ever IPO, hoping to raise $18
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| Feb.26 |
SF City Hall |
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Academy of Art saving Flower Mart |
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Google |
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Google showing signs of slowing down |
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Vallejo |
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City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy
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| Feb.28 |
Google |
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Google Releases Health Service Details |
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SF Downtown |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened
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Vallejo |
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Deal May Avoid City Of Bankruptcy |
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| Mar.4 |
Vallejo |
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City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy The City Council approved 3 resolutions that are intended to prevent the city from filing bankruptcy by the end of the month
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Palo Alto |
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Facebook Hires Top Google Exec As COO |
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Apple |
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Shareholders OK 'Say on Pay' |
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| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid
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San Francisco |
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Allegations swirl around Wikipedia's Wales |
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San Francisco |
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Jury sides with Guardian A jury awarded up to $15 million in damages to the Bay Guardian alternative weekly newspaper, to be paid by SF Weekly, its competitor
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| Mar.6 |
San Francisco |
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47 Bay Area billionaires on Forbes list The Bay Area's biggest billionaire is Oracle founder Larry Ellison, worth $25 billion
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Google |
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Pentagon bans Google map-makers
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Apple |
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Apple opens iPhone to developers
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SF Downtown |
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Sex assault in hotel |
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| Mar.7 |
SJ Mercury News |
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Mercury News Lays Off 34 |
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| Mar.9 |
Contra Costa County |
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Evictions becoming common
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| Mar.11 |
Google |
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Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal
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| Mar.13 |
Atherton |
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Housekeeper sues couple for OT |
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| Mar.14 |
Bay Area |
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1,600 Bay Area teachers losing their jobs |
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
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San Francisco |
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Second Life creator steps down |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Bridge to get congestion tolls |
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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
| The company makes its money from processing fees. Visa touted itself as a safe have during the credit crunch that has scarred many of the lenders that issue its cards
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| Mar.21 |
Bay Area |
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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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| Mar.25 |
San Francisco |
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Iconic ad man Hal Riney dies |
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Bay Area |
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Bay Area home prices drop record 13.2% |
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SF Downtown |
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Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use |
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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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Oracle |
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3Q profit meets expectations |
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| Mar.27 |
Woodside |
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$3 million tax cut on Larry Ellison's estate |
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| Mar.29 |
San Francisco |
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City to go dark for Earth Hour |
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San Francisco |
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Striking Nurses Go Back To Work |
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| Apr.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Luxury condos sell at a discount |
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| Apr.5 |
Google |
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Couple Says Street View Invades Privacy
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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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| Apr.7 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft |
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| Apr.8 |
Yahoo |
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Flickr photo site adds video |
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SF Downtown |
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Gere joins torch protests
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| Apr.9 |
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.10 |
San Francisco |
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Sharper Image chairman resigns |
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| Apr.11 |
Google |
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Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal |
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Highway 80 |
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Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach |
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| Apr.15 |
Schwab |
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Schwab's Best 1Q Ever
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Livermore Lab |
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Lab To Layoff 500 More Workers |
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| Apr.16 |
eBay |
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eBay posts 22 percent hike in 1Q profit |
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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.18 |
Redwood City |
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EA extends tender offer for Take-Two |
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| Apr.22 |
San Francisco |
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Ship Pilot Charged With Lying In Spill Probe
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eBay |
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eBay Sues Craigslist |
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Yahoo |
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Earnings slightly exceed expectations |
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| Apr.23 |
Apple |
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Mac Sales Polish Apple |
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| Apr.24 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo |
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Genentech |
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Court slashes $200 million from judgment |
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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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| Apr.27 |
San Francisco |
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Choir prayers for lower gas prices |
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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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San Francisco |
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Visa profit jumps 28% on rising volumes |
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San Francisco |
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Home prices down 17% in February |
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| Apr.30 |
Genentech |
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Bad news on cancer drug Rituxan |
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| May.2 |
San Ramon |
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Chevron 1Q Profit Tops $5 Billion |
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo |
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San Ramon |
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid
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| May.3 |
Oakland |
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Man robbing 10 adult bookstores
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San Ramon |
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Chevron notches record 1st-quarter profit |
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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. CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per shar... | |
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| May.4 |
Marin County |
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County bills ship owners $600K for cleanup |
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Yahoo |
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CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft |
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| May.5 |
Yahoo |
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Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection |
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San Francisco |
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Half Of Cosco Busan Crew To Return |
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| May.6 |
SF City Hall |
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Mission Paint Store Okd |
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| May.7 |
Vallejo |
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City Council Votes To File For Bankruptcy
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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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| May.12 |
HP |
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HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
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Icahn considering attempt to oust board |
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East Bay |
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Mandatory Water Rationing Imposed |
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Bay Area |
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Bay Area Gas Price Hits $4.02 A Gallon |
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| May.14 |
Google |
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Google Sites Ranked No. 1 |
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| May.15 |
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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CBS in $1.8B deal for info site Cnet
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San Francisco |
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New jobs, houses spur S.F. population |
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| May.16 |
Napa |
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Pioneering winemaker Mondavi dies| Pioneering vintner Robert Mondavi, who helped put Californian Cabernets and Chardonnays on the world's map, has died at the age of 94. Mondavi died peacefully at his Napa Valley home. Govern... | |
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.19 |
Redwood City |
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EA again extends Take-Two deadline |
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| May.20 |
San Jose |
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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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San Francisco |
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Bay Area home sales climbed nearly 30%
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San Jose City Hall |
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McKesson Sued On Prices |
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| May.21 |
Yahoo |
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T. Boone Pickens joins proxy contest |
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| May.22 |
Bay Area |
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Homes sales get lift, but lid still on prices |
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Oakland |
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Newsman Dennis Richmond Retires |
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| May. 23 |
Vallejo |
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City Files For Bankruptcy Due To Woes The city of Vallejo filed for protection to deal with a ballooning budget deficit caused soaring employee costs and declining tax revenue
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| May. 24 |
Marin County |
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Home sales move up 39.4% from March |
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| May. 25 |
SF Mission |
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Thousands Participate, Watch Carnaval |
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| May. 28 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area home prices plummet 20.2%
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San Jose |
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Janitors approve contract, return to work |
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| May. 29 |
Oakland |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending
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San Francisco |
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Visitors to SF in 2007 set spending record |
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| May. 31 |
UC Berkeley |
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Student top female Jeopardy! Player |
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| Jun. 2 |
Yahoo |
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Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga |
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San Jose |
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Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
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| Jun. 4 |
San Francisco |
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Voters Pass Bayview Development SF voters considered 8 local propositions in primary election, approving a parcel tax to improve public education
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Yahoo |
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Investor steps up Yahoo campaign
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Napa |
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Election: No Growth Limits, Supes Runoff |
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| Jun. 5 |
Moffett Field |
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Google leases acreage for complex |
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| Jun. 6 |
Intel |
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FTC opens antitrust probe
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| Jun. 7 |
Richmond |
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City caps 'drty' crude at Chevron refinery |
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| Jun. 9 |
Apple |
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Speedier, Cheaper iPhone
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| Jun. 10 |
Santa Rosa |
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Three Sonoma wineries sold in deal
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| Jun. 11 |
Sausalito |
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Glassdoor Offers Inside Look At Employers |
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| Jun. 12 |
SF City Hall |
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Different sort of free Wi-Fi starts to thrive |
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search ...
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Foster City |
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Invitrogen to buy Applied Biosystems
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| Jun. 13 |
Visitacion Valley |
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Old Schlage Lock factory finally sold |
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| Mon. |
Adobe |
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2Q Profit Jumps 41% |
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| Tue. |
Mountain View |
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VCs betting LinkedIn worth $1 billion |
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| Wed. |
Contra Costa County |
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43.3% of resold homes foreclosed |
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.15 |
San Jose |
Governor Talks Budget To Silicon Valley |
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
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.21 |
Vallejo |
Residents Pack Meeting On City's Finances |
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| May. 29 |
Oakland |
Bank Facing Questions Over Lending
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| Jun. 4 |
San Francisco |
Voters Pass Bayview Development SF voters considered 8 local propositions in primary election, approving a parcel tax to improve public education
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.30 |
SF City Hall |
Restaurants asked to ban trans fats
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| Jun. 10 |
Santa Rosa |
Three Sonoma wineries sold in deal
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
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 company | |
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| Jan.16 |
Sun |
Sun to buy MySQL for $1 billion |
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| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
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 Google
| The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise offer of $31 per share seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology for years to come.
Yahoo said it will 'carefully and promptly' study the bid
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
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 offer | |
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| Feb.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo in talks with News Corp. |
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| Feb.24 |
Redwood City |
Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival |
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| Mar.5 |
Yahoo |
Board meeting postponed to stave off bid
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| Mar.11 |
Google |
Google closes $3.1 billion DoubleClick deal
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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
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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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
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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| Apr.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo not opposed to deal with Microsoft |
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| Apr.18 |
Redwood City |
EA extends tender offer for Take-Two |
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| Apr.24 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo |
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| Apr.26 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes
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| May.2 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo |
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
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. CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per shar... | |
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| May.12 |
HP |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info
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| May.14 |
Google |
Google Sites Ranked No. 1 |
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| May.15 |
San Francisco |
CBS in $1.8B deal for info site Cnet
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.19 |
Redwood City |
EA again extends Take-Two deadline |
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| May.22 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo postpones meeting, battle Icahn
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| Jun. 2 |
Yahoo |
Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga |
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| Jun. 4 |
San Francisco |
Voters Pass Bayview Development SF voters considered 8 local propositions in primary election, approving a parcel tax to improve public education
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| Jun. 4 |
Napa |
Election: No Growth Limits, Supes Runoff |
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| Jun. 12 |
Foster City |
Invitrogen to buy Applied Biosystems
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.22 |
Genentech |
FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer
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| Apr.30 |
Genentech |
Bad news on cancer drug Rituxan |
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| May.13 |
East Bay |
Mandatory Water Rationing Imposed |
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.30 |
SF City Hall |
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