Calif. Senate Approves Higher Fines For Breaking Hands-Free Law
The California state Senate has approved a bill that would increase fines for texting or using a handheld cell phone while driving.
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The California state Senate has approved a bill that would increase fines for texting or using a handheld cell phone while driving.
Los Gatos-based Netflix said its first-quarter earnings nearly doubled as its video subscription services added another 3.6 million customers.
After AT&T spent $52 million for naming rights, it stands to reason that they'd want their own product to work well at the ballpark.
After months of negotiations and a controversial tax break, the social networking leaders at Twitter have opted to keep the company in San Francisco,
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Making his case to a young audience at Facebook headquarters, President Barack Obama said trimming $4 trillion from the nation's deficits over the next 12 years sounds like a lot but can be done.
Apple said it had another blowout quarter, nearly doubling its net income and far exceeding analyst estimates.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt got a huge raise after he gave up the top job to take on a new role at the company.
The head of San Francisco's Division of Emergency Services is asking for a full report on an incident last New Year's Eve during which the department's computer crashed as a North Beach apartment building burned, leaving 48 people homeless.
Intel's earnings rose 29 percent as strong spending by businesses on new computers helped the company overcome a serious product design error and fallout from the deadly earthquake and tsunami inJapan. An extra week in the quarter also helped.
