CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama on Thursday called the nation's latest unemployment figures sobering, but said the economic recession is slowing. President Obama talks about job creation during remarks about the economy Thursday. …
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KGO-TV, CA
Launch Silicon Valley is an annual event that invites 30 entrepreneurs to get their name out in front of hundreds of venture capitalists and corporate executives. "They get a terrific amount of buzz and interest from people who they would otherwise …
Bloomberg
By Alison Fitzgerald May 13 (Bloomberg) — Medicare and Social Security, the two main safety nets for American retirees, will account for more than 17 percent of the nation's output by 2083 if left unchecked, the programs' trustees said yesterday.
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Wall Street Journal
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Los Angeles Times, CA
The Walt Disney Co. reported a decline in second-quarter profits, as the recession dragged down the company's theme park, movie and television businesses. The company reported a 46% drop in net income to $613 million, on revenue of $8 billion. …
The Industry Standard, CA
Those analysts predicted that the Cupertino, Calif. company would report earnings of $1.08 per diluted share on $7.9 billion in revenue, according to a Thomson Reuters survey. Instead, Apple says it earned $1.33 per share on $8.16 billion, …
TechCrunch, CA
by Sarah Lacy on April 17, 2009 There'sa huge difference between what venture capitalists say and what they do. For much of the last decade some of the same partners that keep saying Silicon Valley will never decline as the startup epicenter of the …
San Jose Mercury News, USA
The job losses hit especially hard in a region so dominated by technology employment. And the jobs include some of the best-paying in the valley, supporting lower-paid workers in non-tech areas like retail and construction. Tech jobs in the valley "are …
VentureBeat
San Francisco Chronicle
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
Professional/business services and information, two categories of jobs dominated by technology, could end the year with a 14 percent decline at the current rate of job shrinkage, according to Beacon. "There is more decline to come," warned Haveman. …
VentureBeat
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Xinhua
NewsHour
GWEN IFILL: And yet these same polls show that his policies, the things he's doing, are actually not as popular as he is. AMY WALTER: That's right.
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ABC News
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ Many cities and towns across this country rise and fall with military spending. And with Defense Secretary Robert Gates' announcement earlier this week of new defense spending priorities, many communities are bracing for drastic …
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Wall Street Journal
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