Shares of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo fell 2 percent today, following a court ruling in Massachusetts. Also, United Airlines flight attendants angry about the pace of contract negotiations rallied at San Francisco International airport today.
Blue Shield of California has confirmed its plans to raise rates by an average of 30 percent for almost 200,000 of its individual policy holders.
A deal between Facebook and Goldman Sachs has prompted federal regulators to consider revising their financial disclosure rules for privately held companies. Also, a new report predicts the market for tablet computers will continue to explode this year.
Bankruptcy filings in California surged 19 percent last year, despite a slowdown nationwide. Bay Area unemployment rates are also on the rise.
The Goldman Sachs investment in Facebook is expected to reverberate throughout Silicon Valley. It all depends on what Facebook decides to do with $500 million.
Shortly after the New Year, some say no later than Valentine's Day, Apple is expected to roll out an iPhone that works on Verizon's network.
New federal food-safety rules could generate business for some high tech companies, specifically, companies that make software to track outbreaks of food-borne illness.
Local merchants are still crunching the numbers, but most are expecting to report an upbeat holiday shopping season.
Local merchants are still crunching the numbers, but most are expecting to report an upbeat holiday shopping season.
Holiday shoppers are still grabbing last minute deals off store shelves this Christmas Eve.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System -- or CalPERS -- is headed for a face off against Apple.
The Federal Trade Commission has approved Intel's acquisition of McAfee, the Internet security company.
The real estate market may still be in the doldrums, but a San Francisco-based real estate web site is booming.
Scruffy beards and pink granny glasses are the tip-off you're in the virtual Pot Farm -- a game now on Facebook.
A recent survey found giving by San Francisco residents jumped 56 percent during the holidays compared to the rest of the year -- the biggest increase of any major city.
The Bay Area's median home price dropped last month to $380,000, down nearly 2 percent from a year ago.
Chevron just announced it's giving $1 million in grant money to seven Richmond-area nonprofits. Also, Oakland-based Sungevity is going national.
Web icon Yahoo! is handing out pink slips to more than a reported 500 people.
A federal judge has dismissed a high-profile patent lawsuit against Silicon Valley firms including Apple, Google, Facebook and Netflix.
California's population growth has slowed to a crawl, according to recently released numbers from the state Department of Finance. Also, Genentech announced promising news today.
Procter and Gamble, the world's biggest advertiser, is moving its ads from daytime soap operas to Twitter. Also, Republican governors in two states are saying "no" to $1.2 billion in federal high-speed rail funds -- and that's a good thing for California.
Members of a budget committee in San Francisco are still debating the merits and costs of hosting the America's Cup sailing race.
Economists with the closely-watched UCLA Anderson Forecast say the state's unemployment rate isn't likely to dip below 10 percent for another two years.
Palo Alto-based social networking giant Facebook is rolling out a major redesign of its user profile pages. Also, Apple employees in Cupertino may be getting some extra-fancy new digs.
The national unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to a seven-month high in November, and new hiring stalled. But at least some companies in the Bay Area are expanding -- and even hiring.
Researchers at UC Davis today released a study looking at gender diversity among the state's 400 largest public companies. They found that men still hold roughly nine out of every 10 of the highest-paid management and board positions.
Sales figures from Cyber Monday show that buyers pounced on online deals and promotions, and Groupon announced the acquisition of San Mateo-based advertising and commerce company Ludic Labs, and plans to bolster its Silicon Valley presence.
The European Commission is investigating Google for possible antitrust violations in how it ranks its search results and ad listings.
She was once known as Queen of the Net. Investment analyst Mary Meeker is leaving Morgan Stanley to join one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
Bay Area bargain hunters braved crowds, all-nighters and near freezing temperatures to pick up Black Friday deals.
