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• 'Donor-Advised' Accounts Offer Avenue for Donation to Non-Profit Groups.

  - 2003-05-04

  By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 4--Even in down economic times, philanthropy is a booming business. For-profit financial institutions -- led by Fidelity Investments -- are increasingly competing with non-profits for the chance...

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• Muslim Market Emerges To Allow Investing by Islamic Principles.

  - 2002-10-06

  By K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 6--The mutual fund Mohammad Asaf had parked his savings in was doing great. But two years after his initial investment he learned the fund was heavily weighted in...

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• San Jose, Calif.-Area Software Company Reveals Accounting Issue.

  - 2002-07-23

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23--First Enron, then WorldCom. Now, Silicon Valley can claim its own accounting scandal -- at a little software company called HPL Technologies. HPL, which makes software for semiconductor makers, revealed...

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• Stock Exchanges to Be Shut for Two Days, after Terrorist Attack.

  - 2001-09-12

  By David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 12--For the first time since World War II, the U.S. stock markets closed for two days, effectively shutting down American financial business after the attack on the World Trade Center...

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• San Francisco-Based Financial Firm Executives To Assume Some of CEO's Duties.

  - 2001-05-01

  By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 1--Three JP Morgan H&Q executives will help take over some of the duties of Chairman Daniel H. Case III, who recently relinquished his role as chief executive after surgery...

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• San Jose, Calif., Paging Company Hits Financial Trouble.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-10-24

  SAN JOSE, Calif.--Oct. 24--EconoPage Inc. of San Jose, one of the largest paging companies in Northern California, closed its local offices Thursday after telling its three main suppliers that it could not pay its bills. SAN JOSE, Calif.--Oct. 24--EconoPage Inc. of...

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• California Auditor Says Stanford, UC Hospital Merger Makes Financial Sense.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-09-04

  Sep. 4--The hospital merger between Stanford University and the University of California in San Francisco makes financial sense even if its benefits may be overstated, according to a report released Wednesday by the California State Auditor. Sep. 4--The hospital merger between...

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• California Computerized Child Support System Plagued with Problems.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1997-05-20

  SACRAMENTO--May 20--The state's contract for California's computerized child support system contains only limited financial safeguards -- and the state could be left holding the bag if it decides to pull the plug on the problem-plagued program, a SACRAMENTO--May 20--The state's contract for...

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• Chapter 11 Secrecy May Haunt Restaurant Chain Sizzler.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1996-06-05

  Jun. 5--Sizzler International Inc.'s sudden move into financial reorganization may save it some cash in the short run, but the manner in which it entered financial reorganization is likely to hurt its relations with present and future customers, suppliJun. 5--Sizzler International Inc.'s sudden move into financial ...

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• Apple Computer Inc. Cuts Back in Sacramento, Issues Bonds.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

  - 1996-06-05

  CUPERTINO, Calif.--Jun. 5--Apple Computer Inc. took two more steps toward remaking its financial life Tuesday, issuing $575 million in bonds and shuffling 250 jobs out of a Sacramento manufacturing plant. CUPERTINO, Calif.--Jun. 5--Apple Computer Inc. took two more steps toward remaking its financial life Tuesday, issuing...

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