Billionaire Carl Icahn Buys Big Stake In Oakland's Clorox
Shares of consumer products company Clorox Corp. jumped Friday after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 9.08 percent stake in the company.
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Shares of consumer products company Clorox Corp. jumped Friday after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 9.08 percent stake in the company.
Former eBay CEO and 2010 California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has returned to the Procter & Gamble Co.'s board of directors.
A study by the University of Pacific Business Forecasting Center shows that non-farm payroll is expected to increase by 1.5 percent this year in San Jose.
The 2011 Women and Girls Leadership Summit in San Jose offered a chance to meet successful women in the fields of politics, technology and education.
Twenty-three hotel workers were arrested at a sit-in protesting management at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Thursday night.
California's Employment Development Department paid a record amount in unemployment benefits last year, as the Golden State's high unemployment rate drove 1.7 million Californians to seek jobless benefits.
The California Supreme Court said merchants in the state can no longer ask credit card customers for their ZIP codes.
The finishing touches are being put on Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport, meaning that the new home for American Airlines and Virgin America will reopen in April, on-time and under budget.
Stocks finished Thursday flat, dragged down by Cisco Systems Inc. The San Jose-based company issued a weak earnings forecast.
President Barack Obama's plan to nearly double the wireless spectrum available for mobile broadband and deliver high speed Internet to nearly every American within five years comes as nations in Asia have surged ahead, said one technology analyst.
Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. have both held low-level talks with Twitter Inc. about purchasing the social networking service, according to a report published Thursday.
PG&E put off inspecting its lines for years and used less thorough inspection techniques than its own safety guidelines recommended, according to state audits.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has dropped a plan to sell 24 state government buildings to private investors.
Cisco said Wednesday that its net income fell 18 percent in the latest quarter, as sales growth slowed.
Smart phone pioneer Palm is releasing its first tablet computer, the TouchPad.
