By Frank Michael Russell frussell@mercurynews.comUpdated: 10/16/2009 02:31:59 PM PDT The Dow and Nasdaq fell today, but Google's shares were up sharply after the Mountain View Internet giant reported earnings...
I was recently at a Silicon Valley conference where one of the debates that raged into the wee hours centered on Silicon Valley's increasing aversion to risk: Is it a good thing, and who's to blame for it? Less risk-taking by entrepreneurs means less outright failure. A...
The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley dropped to 11.8 percent from a revised rate of 12.1 percent in August, state officials said Friday. The rate for Santa Clara County was below the 12 percent rate for the state but above the 9.5 percent reported for the nation as a...
By Pete Carey pcarey@mercurynews.comUpdated: 10/16/2009 10:00:12 AM PDT Silicon Valley received some more good economic news Friday: The region's unemployment rate dropped for the first time in a year and a half. The jobless rate...
By Mike Cassidy Mercury News ColumnistUpdated: 10/08/2009 12:20:55 PM PDT I first spotted Rey Giese balanced like a circus performer on a tool box up on a window sill about five feet off the floor of R&J Jewelry & Loan in...
By Mike Swift mswift@mercurynews.comUpdated: 10/07/2009 05:55:43 PM PDT More coverage Latest Google newsMarket update: GOOG Google SEC filings Company profile: Google Few Americans have heard of him and his Wikipedia biography is a few skeletal...
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: STXS) today announced that it has received a commitment letter from Silicon Valley Bank, a member company of SVB FinancialGroup (Nasdaq: SIVB), to increase and extend its credit facility. Under the...
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mexican Heritage Corporation (MHC) announced today that Linda Ronstadt, the multi-Grammy award winning artist and the Artistic Director of San Jose's Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival was named the 2009 Social...