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DATA CENTER Google to build new Iowa unit Google said Tuesday that it will invest $300 million to build another data center in western Iowa. The Mountain View company said the center will bring about 50 new jobs to...
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Number of the day 4.1% That's how much Bay Area home prices fell in February from a year earlier, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values. Overall, the 20-city indicator slipped 3.5 percent, the...
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The policy making committee of the Federal Reserve, whose latest meeting will conclude on Wednesday, appear prepared to keep doing what they are doing and nothing more.
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The inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission is focused on at least three studios and creates a potential roadblock for the industry’s plans to expand in one of the world’s largest markets.
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Company after company beat Wall Street estimates, though the Nasdaq was weighed down by uncertainty over Apple, which reported earnings after the market closed.
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Airline analysts are growing more confident that American Airlines and US Airways will merge — a move that probably wouldn’t have a big impact on Las Vegas’ flight schedules but could force ticket prices to go up.
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For all the politically charged rhetoric that separates Democrats and Republicans, there are the occasional areas of common ground. One surfaced on Monday. President Barack Obama heads off to three swing states today — Colorado, Iowa and North Carolina — pushing a Democratic-sponsored bill that would...(more)
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With a rising portion of Spain’s $876 billion in home mortgages at risk of default, many economists say some of Spain’s biggest banks will need a bailout.
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Royal Dutch Shell has increased its offer for the oil and natural gas exploration company Cove Energy, in an effort to expand into the fast-growing natural gas industry in East Africa.
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European shares recover slightly from Monday's sharp falls as investors shake off rising Spanish bond yields and worsening forecasts of Greek economic contraction.
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Faced with the challenge of creating a national advertising campaign in just a week, the creative minds at local advertising agency SK+G went into overdrive. To craft a pitch that would normally take months, employees hustled to hammer out a campaign — all while television cameras...(more)
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Number of the day 80% That's how much of the U.S. military's communications traffic now is handled by commercial satellites, according to Christopher Baugh , president of Northern Sky Research . Drone video captured...
