Google Buying Frommer's Travel Guides
Google Inc., which bought the Zagat restaurant review service in September, plans to use Frommer's guides to hotels and destinations around the world to complement the Zagat listings.
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Google Inc., which bought the Zagat restaurant review service in September, plans to use Frommer's guides to hotels and destinations around the world to complement the Zagat listings.
Google is cutting about 4,000 jobs at its Motorola Mobility wireless phone business and will close or consolidate about one-third of Motorola's 90 locations.
The San Francisco 49ers appear to have reached a deal over $30 million in voter-approved funding for their new stadium in Santa Clara that was unexpectedly yanked by county officials in June.
Performant Financial Corp.'s initial public offering of 9 million shares priced at $9 per share, below an expected range of $12 to $14.
The company is holding a job fair event Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the new Metreon City View Room at 135 4th St.
Google was set to pay a record $22.5 million fine to settle allegations that it broke a privacy promise by secretly tracking millions of Web surfers who use Apple's Safari browser.
Union officials say 27 protesters were arrested during a march by janitors through San Francisco's financial district.
After months of regulatory delays, San Jose's brand new casino opened its doors to card players on Wednesday.
Chevron's 245,000-barrels-per-day Richmond refinery could be shut for a couple of months following this week's fire at the plant's crude unit, a union official told CBS 5 on Wednesday.
National Night Out BBQ in San Jose is an opportunity for for neighbors to connect, but this time around they'll also have an opportunity to check out a new social network specifically designed to connect neighbors.
Amazon has quietly started placing lockers in the San Francisco Bay area, The Wall Street Journal is reporting today. The company hasn't yet said how many Lockers sites it has opened, but the rollout indicates its seriousness in giving customers another option for getting their hands on purchased products.
Wholesale gas prices spiked Tuesday throughout California in the aftermath of fire that shut down Chevron's Richmond refinery, which is one of the top crude production facilities for the West Coast.
The company said it is only a coincide that the end of the program comes as a Dixon gas station won a preliminary injunction against the grocery store chain.
A fire that burned out of control for hours Monday night at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond shut down the facility's crude processing unit, causing concern that gas prices could be driven higher as a result.
Southwest Airlines' attempt to thank its Facebook friends with a half-price ticket sale backfired when customers were inadvertently billed multiple times for a single flight -- they're not feeling the "luv."
