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Fans of small businesses delight in Starbucks' problems

a shared story    21 weeks 3 days 11 hours 20 minutes ago
One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems. Financial woes at Starbucks Corp., which is planning to close 600 underperforming U.S. stores, is evoking glee and little sympathy from aficionados who say they resent the coffee shop giant and favor small independent...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Good news for Good Vibrations - it's being sold

a shared story    61 weeks 6 days 25 minutes ago
Good Vibrations, the pioneering San Francisco sex toy retailer that had stumbled recently due to Internet competition, is being sold to a nationwide distributor of adult products, a move that will save the store and help it expand in other cities. Officials with GVA-TWN - a Cleveland...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Delay of Guidebook Concerns Merchants

a shared story    6 weeks 4 days 23 hours 4 minutes ago
A delay in the release of the "Guide to the Good Life in Berkeley," a free book with coupons and information on local establishments that is circulated throughout the city, has strained businesses, some local merchants say. The guide, first produced in 2001, promotes the business of...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Contra Costa farmers lose foothold

a shared story    83 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1 minute ago
Meredith Nunn is ready to fence up her 19-acre fruit orchard and quit farming in East Contra Costa County. Because her property is within the county's protected agricultural core, Nunn is not allowed to operate a bed-and-breakfast on her farm. She can't build a small restaurant or...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Bay Area startups' value up, survey says

a shared story    15 weeks 1 day 54 minutes ago
The value that venture capitalists placed on Bay Area startups rose by an average of 53 percent for companies that received fresh cash infusions in the second quarter, a reassuring signal about the health of the region's entrepreneurial economy.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Small Business Frozen by Crisis

a shared story    9 weeks 3 hours 57 minutes ago
Whether because banks won’t lend to them, or because they don’t want to take risks in a difficult market, small businesses, which employ 40 percent of Americans, have been sitting still.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Giant bonuses at tiny company

a shared story    4 days 18 hours 57 minutes ago
Year-end bonuses are rare these days. But a family that founded a ball bearings manufacturer in suburban Chicago is giving eye-popping bonuses this year. A total of $6.6 million is being shared by just 230 employees. Some workers at Waukegan's Peer Bearing...   comments (0)  | report problem



Moms Bring on the Baby Bling

a shared story    3 weeks 4 days 2 hours 56 minutes ago
Kendra LaDuca's eureka moment came while she was pushing a grocery cart through the aisles of a Costco seven years ago. As she scanned the shelves, her infant daughter leaned over and started chewing on Kendra's leather watchband. "She was slobbering on my arm, and...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem
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Duarte Design helps other firms make a point

a shared story    11 weeks 2 days 20 hours 56 minutes ago
The Silicon Valley company turns ideas and data into memorable presentations. They drop off boxes of material and e-mail huge amounts of data, hoping Nancy Duarte's Silicon Valley firm can turn their mishmash of ideas and facts into a presentation that can rally people behind a...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Federal bill helps huge farmers, not California's innovative ones

a shared story    62 weeks 3 days 3 hours 1 minute ago
Dale Coke ponders the perils of farming from his small organic farm in San Benito County near San Juan Bautista. An organic pioneer operating for 25 years, Coke invented the spring mix lettuce now a staple in every grocery chain - an invention born of necessity...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



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