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submitted by Robby for team staff news 3 weeks 21 hours 39 minutes ago
Five things that are wrong with India's economy
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 140 weeks 1 day 20 hours 57 minutes ago
President Barack Obama will try on Monday to revive a stalled push for stricter oversight of Wall Street, using the anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to argue for sweeping regulatory changes.
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submitted by Will Montgomery 263 weeks 2 days 20 hours 37 minutes ago
Valerie Williamson was afraid the drive from her home in Belmont to San Francisco would be a nightmare, that the East Bay freeway meltdown would cause traffic havoc throughout the region. So, on Tuesday, she canceled a face-to-face meeting with a colleague in the city and...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 127 weeks 1 day 23 hours 47 minutes ago
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark told a Delaware court on Friday he did not voice his objections to shareholder eBay Inc when the online giant launched a rival classifieds business.
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 90 weeks 1 day 3 hours 16 minutes ago
Farming is a tough business. Not only is it physically demanding, but it also can be mentally and emotionally taxing, especially for entrepreneurial urban farmers who must sift through a field of obstacles before their dreams become for-profit realities.
However, the need for small farms is emerging...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Green Living 195 weeks 3 days 6 hours 25 minutes ago
Ross resident Eric Greenberg played a major role in paving the way for a wind-power development for the Lower Brule Lakota Tribes of South Dakota.
Greenberg, who heads Innovation Investments in San Francisco, coordinated a deal with Iberdola Renewables, a Portland, Ore., wind-power provider that signed an...(more)
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submitted by Micca 250 weeks 2 days 8 hours 40 minutes ago
The price of farmland in Sussex is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years following a surge in demand from City workers in London.
The average value of land with farm buildings soared by 27.3 per cent during the year to the end of June according...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 249 weeks 3 days 6 hours 38 minutes ago
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff predicted painful economic fallout from the array of immigration enforcement measures the administration unveiled Friday in an attempt to choke off the jobs "magnet" that draws illegal immigrants.
The changes, which would stiffen work-site enforcement, add border agents and increase penalties for...(more)
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submitted by Suzy 217 weeks 3 days 20 hours 22 minutes ago
The Richmond Planning Commission put off a decision early Friday on whether to approve a proposal by Chevron to modernize its refinery.
Residents jammed the City Council chambers and a large tent erected in a parking lot outside for the commission's hearing, which began at 7 p.m....(more)
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submitted by M Walker for team Green Living 254 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago
I don't get this -- there are millions of used bikes out there (in other words bikes that already have sunk resource investments) and these jokers in Australia are proposing this wacked-out backpack bike? And what about those wheels? First pothole you hit and you've planted...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 143 weeks 2 days 8 hours 53 minutes ago
The four-block line told the whole story of the Great Recession.
More than 1,200 people - in their finest job-interview outfits, clutching resumes and staring ahead stoically - waited for hours to get into a job fair in San Francisco. The number of jobs available? 100.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Green Living 191 weeks 6 days 22 hours 36 minutes ago
Eyes rolled at the cabbies' layover lot next to Burbank's Bob Hope Airport when drivers learned about the hybrid taxi rollout.
A taxicab company applying for permission to work in Burbank was promising city officials that all new cabs added to its fleet would have low-emission hybrid...(more)
