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• Buick's future is in focus at San Francisco International Auto Show.

  - 2004-11-26

  By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 26--With the revival of Cadillac, new cars from Chevrolet and the strong start for Hummer, General Motors is beginning to prove it can successfully revive lagging brands. ...

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• Marshals shut down Santa Cruz, Calif., pirate radio station.

  - 2004-09-30

  By David L. Beck, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--Guns drawn, agents of the U.S. Marshals Service served a warrant on a tiny Santa Cruz pirate radio station early Wednesday, rousting and frisking the pajama-clad residents of...

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• For Pleasanton, Calif., entrepreneurs, colorful purses is their bag.

  - 2004-09-10

  By Deborah Lohse, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 10--You've heard the stories about technology companies started in a Silicon Valley garage. How about the purse company started in a cramped spare bedroom in Pleasanton? ...

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• Domestic luxury cars climb in service study.

  - 2004-07-21

  By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 21--When customers come in for repairs and maintenance, dealers of domestic luxury car brands such as Lincoln, Buick and Cadillac now do as well as their Japanese rivals, J.D....

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• Internet-video firm Akimbo raises $12 million in venture funding.

  - 2004-07-12

  By Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 12--Akimbo, the San Mateo start-up that wants to be the first major provider of video services to customers' televisions via the Internet, is expected to announce today that it...

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• U.S. technology companies cut back on stock options.

  - 2004-07-08

  By Mark Schwanhausser, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 8--Technology companies are getting much stingier with stock options -- especially with rank-and-file workers. A Mellon Financial survey released Wednesday indicates tech companies nationwide have slashed...

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• Online Obstacles Discourage Blind Computer Users.

  - 2004-06-21

  By K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 21--It was mid-morning, but Barbara Rhodes sat in front of her computer in complete darkness, with the lights dimmed, shades drawn and computer screen turned off. Blind, her...

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• Montgomery reportedly latest target of US anti-doping officials

  - 2004-06-03

  SAN JOSE, United States AFP ? US anti-doping officials are now targeting 100m world record-holder Tim Montgomery, it was reported. Montgomery's attorney, Christina Arguedas, told the San Jose Mercury News that she met on Wednesday with officials of the US Anti-Doping Agency, who contend that documents gathered in the...

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• Two California State Energy Executives Resign Unexpectedly.

  - 2004-06-02

  By John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2--The electrical engineer who led California's power grid agency through the rolling blackouts and financial chaos of the state's energy crisis resigned suddenly Tuesday along with another top...

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• Berkeley, Calif., Firm to Offer Real-Time Video Chat Experience.

  - 2004-06-02

  By Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2--It will be tough enough for SightSpeed, a small company in Berkeley, to go head-to-head with America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo, the leaders in Instant Messenger services, for users....

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