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Category Archives: Business and Finance
Tesla Reports 2012 Loss, Predicts 2013 Profits
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Tesla Motors Inc., the Palo Alto-based electric car maker, reported a loss of $90 million on revenues of $306 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, a result that fell short of analysts' predictions and caused the company's stock to … Continue reading
Interview: Al Gore on Fracking
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Last week on KQED's Forum program, Al Gore spoke with host Michael Krasny about his new book and a bunch of other topics. One subject that perked our interest because we've been covering it: fracking. As KQED Science's Lauren Sommer … Continue reading
NY Times Public Editor on Tesla Model S Controversy: Some Poor Driving Decisions, But Story Written in Good Faith
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan, who is charged by the paper with independently investigating matters of its own journalistic integrity, has rendered her verdict in the matter of the now infamous Tesla test drive by the paper's environmental … Continue reading
Video: Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as Google Interns
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The movie is called The Internship and it's set to be released Jun 7. From Entertainment Weekly: The Internship has the duo playing Nick and Billy, a pair of down-on-their-luck salesmen who find themselves out of a job when their … Continue reading
Apple, Google, Cisco, HP, Oracle Among Silicon Valley Cos. That Avoid Paying Billions in Taxes
By Matt Drange, Center for Investigative Reporting The largest tech companies in the Bay Area have avoided paying federal taxes on more than $225 billion they have accumulated through foreign subsidiaries, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show. … Continue reading
Which is Better: California or Texas? What the Numbers Say
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First, let's put aside all talk of ten gallon hats vs. tie-dyed T-shirts, of Tex-Mex chili vs. California rolls. There's just no accounting for taste. And Texas Gov. Rick Perry, probably won't make his pitch to California businesses on the … Continue reading
San Francisco Dev Bootcamp Looks to Create Employable Programmers in Just 9 Weeks
by Sam Harnett Even from outside on the street I could hear the screams. After braving the morning rush of the financial district, I had arrived to cover the first day of Dev Bootcamp, an intensive web development course held … Continue reading
San Francisco's Zynga Narrows Losses as Game Maker Cuts Costs
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by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online games company Zynga said its loss narrowed in the latest quarter even though revenue was largely unchanged as the company cut expenses by laying off workers, closing offices and … Continue reading
Facebook Earnings Beat Estimates
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Update: Earnings and revenue beat the street. Shares are down after hours. Bloomberg is tweeting the numbers now. BREAKING: Facebook 4Q adjusted EPS $0.17, beating estimated $0.15 — Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) January 30, 2013 BREAKING: Facebook 4Q revenue at $1.59 … Continue reading
Thinking of an Indie Electric Car? You May Need to Move Fast
I hate to say it's over, but I think there are going to be far fewer of these small [electric] start-ups. I don’t know how you break into that [market] unless you have technology that is way beyond what is currently existing.
