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• San Jose Sharks fans, employees face life without hockey.

  - 2004-10-13

  By David Pollak, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--Tonight, the hockey excitement from the playoffs last spring was supposed to pick up right where it left off in downtown San Jose. The Sharks were to...

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• Merrill Lynch issues downbeat report on chip industry.

  - 2004-07-13

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13--Semiconductor stocks tumbled Monday after Merrill Lynch issued a downbeat report on the industry, predicting chip companies' earnings may be close to peaking. The Wall Street...

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• Semiconductor Sales Soared in April.

  - 2004-06-02

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2--Worldwide sales of semiconductors soared 37 percent during April in their highest monthly growth since July 2000, with strong sales of cell phones a major contributor. ...

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• Lawmakers Urge Suspension of Airline Passenger Screening System.

  - 2004-02-14

  By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 14--A bipartisan group of 22 members of Congress on Friday urged the suspension of a controversial airline passenger screening system, in light of a study that concluded the government...

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• Nanotech Chip Firm Lands $17.5 Million in Funding in San Jose, Calif., Area.

  - 2004-01-20

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--ZettaCore, a semiconductor start-up developing molecular memory chips, said it has received $17.5 million in a second round of funding led by Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins...

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• Flying Enthusiast Building Boeing 737 Cockpit Simulator in Livermore, Calif.

  - 2003-12-30

  By Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 30--James Price flies his own Piper Arrow, so a joystick and keyboard just don't cut it when it comes to flight simulation games. He decided to upgrade. Big...

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• Global Forum Names Seven San Jose, Calif.-Area Firms 'Technology Pioneers'.

  - 2003-12-11

  By Paul Jacobs, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 11--The World Economic Forum today named seven Bay Area companies as "technology pioneers" for 2004, a designation reserved for businesses that the group considers to be among the ...

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• Chip-E...uipment Makers at San Francisco Forum Lower Sales Forecasts.

  - 2003-07-15

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 15--The makers of semiconductor e...uipment said on Monday that they expect total sales this year to increase about 4 percent to $20.5 billion, as the long-awaited industry recovery appears...

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• Computer-Chip Sales to Grow This Year, Group Says.

  - 2003-06-12

  By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 12--The worldwide semiconductor industry is expected to grow 10.1 percent this year, emerging from its deepest downturn ever, an industry group said Wednesday. This new forecast,...

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• San Jose, Calif.-Area Conference Offers Tips for Business in Asia.

  - 2003-03-02

  By T.T. Nhu, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--Rod Hirsch of the U.S. Department of Commerce had some advice Saturday for people who want to step into the Asian business market. "Grovel before you walk!"...

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