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• An emotional leave-taking occurs for California's top Democrat.

  - 2004-12-01

  By Kate Folmar, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- John Burton has dominated the Senate with curses and charm. He has gone head-to-head with action star Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger without blinking. He even once battled...

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• Former California banker banned from securities industry for life.

  - 2004-11-23

  By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 23--Former Silicon Valley technology banker Frank Quattrone, convicted on criminal charges of obstructing justice, has been barred from the securities industry for life by regulators for allegedly refusing 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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• U.S. to Require Photos, Fingerprints of Visitors.

  - 2003-12-29

  By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 29--Things were already rough for the tourism industry. First came a plunge in foreign visitors after Sept. 11. Then the United States made it far more difficult for...

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• Organic Beef Sales May See Jump in Wake of Mad Cow Scare.

  - 2003-12-27

  By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 27--"Mad cow" disease is shaping up as a potential calamity for America's cattle industry. Yet one small segment may be looking at greener pastures: organic beef. ...

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• California Democrats Close Ranks behind Recall Candidate.

  - 2003-08-26

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 26--Recall politics have consumed the Capitol in the final three weeks of the legislative session as Democratic lawmakers closed ranks Monday behind Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante's candidacy in the Oct. 7 election...

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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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• San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Mike Langberg Column.

  - 2003-06-16

  By Mike Langberg, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 16--Information technology, or IT, is so tightly woven into the nation's economy that it may soon become invisible -- a transformation that could explain why Oracle is making a...

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• Airlines Warn of `Economic Catastrophe' in War with Iraq.

  - 2003-03-12

  By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 12--A war with Iraq could devastate the already crippled airline industry and force a federal takeover of airlines unless the government provides a massive bailout, a trade association warned...

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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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