'60 Minutes' Report On Pelosi Prompts Bill To Prohibit Congressional Insider Trading
Members of Congress would be prohibited from using insider information for investments under legislation filed in the wake of a CBS News "60 Minutes" report.
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Members of Congress would be prohibited from using insider information for investments under legislation filed in the wake of a CBS News "60 Minutes" report.
The old American Basketball Association is making a comeback in the Bay Area, with many treating the league as a good substitute for the NBA, which is on the verge of canceling its season.
The Obama administration wanted the failing solar energy company Solyndra to delay announcing employee layoffs last year until after the 2010 midterm elections, Republican investigators say.
Cupertino-based Apple Inc. has named board member Arthur Levinson as its chairman. He fills a vacancy left open when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died last month.
Legislation in San Francisco to ban all retailers and restaurants from using plastic bags and mandating a charge for each recycled bag is moving forward, after the measure got a green light yesterday by a supervisors' committee.
Saying that the poison can kill a lot more than rats, San Francisco officials are trying to get local businesses to stop using certain rat poisons to eradicate rodents.
LinkedIn's employees and early backers plan to sell more than 6.7 million shares as they reap the gains from a rapid run-up in the online professional networking service's market value.
Money troubles have forced the first company doing a government-approved test of embryonic stem cell therapy to discontinue further stem cell programs and lay off much of its staff.
Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and her husband participated in an IPO from Visa, just as a troublesome piece of legislation that would have hurt credit card companies began making its way through the House.
Tuesday's start of the California Dungeness crab season appeared to be in jeopardy, considering buyers and crabbers had - as of Monday morning - not reached an agreement on pricing.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its annual "Excellence in Business" awards, also known as Ebbies.
Two new websites allow military members and veterans to help draft a resume and connect with other veterans or prospective employers.
Clarity Media Group said Friday the San Francisco newspaper is being sold to a consortium led by Black Press Group, a British Columbia-based company that publishes more than 170 newspapers in North America.
A judge has ordered California to scrap plans to run bullet trains from the Central Valley and up the San Francisco Peninsula in the latest bump for a $99 billion project.
Opponents of anti-piracy legislation recently introduced on Capitol Hill are warning that the bill could be devastating to Internet innovation.
