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12 hrs ago | Freshnews

Heated Patent Market Prompts Patent Broker Expansion

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- -- PatentBridge LLC, the preeminent Silicon Valley patent broker since 2003, is pleased to welcome Charles R. Engles, Ph.D. as Senior Director where he will devote his efforts on auctions of patent portfolios representing extraordinary scientific and industrial breakthroughs.

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Related Topix: Menlo Park, CA, Business Wire, Startups, Banking, Financial Services, Mining, Stillwater Mining, Chevron Corporation, Energy, Oil & Gas, US Global Investors, Investment Services

20 hrs ago | Radio Ink

Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell To Keynote Convergence

He forever changed the way young people spend their entertainment time. And at Radio Ink's Convergence '12, you'll hear from Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari Corp.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Arts, Theater

Mon May 28, 2012

Chicago Tribune

Facebook's stumble may cool IPOs in Silicon Valley

The most hotly anticipated technology IPO in years disappointed investors and drew heavy scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Banking, Financial Services, Computers, Business News

PR-inside.com

SADIF Analytics upgraded SVB Financial Group to Above Average

Ilhavo, Portugal - SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new Rating Update Report covering SVB Financial Group .

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

SFGate

World War II reshaped the Bay Area and its people

Memorial Day is an occasion to remember the men and women who went off to war and never returned.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Banking, Financial Services, Richmond (San Francisco, CA)

Sat May 26, 2012

Contra Costa Times

Silicon Valley's new diamond farm grows synthetic supermaterials

It is the hardest substance known to man, and because it takes more than a billion years for nature to conjure up each one, a diamond is also one of the hardest gems to come by.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

Fri May 25, 2012

Multichannel News

Cable Show 2012: Top TV Execs See More Change, More Choice in Future

"The biggest challenge is trying to lead and not hold back the future," said Chase Carey, COO of News Corp., one of the panelists at the closing general session Wednesday at the NCTA's cable show here on May 23.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Time Warner, Time Warner Telecom, Netflix, Startups, Banking, Financial Services

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Here's Why Silicon Valley is Standing Up For Morgan Stanley

Despite botching one of the biggest technology IPOs in history, Silicon Valley will not be blacklisting Morgan Stanley anytime soon.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley, Banking

Gilmer Mirror

SETI Institute's Jill Tarter takes issue with Stephen Hawking, MIB3, Prometheus and Battleship

Mountain View, California The creative minds who fill movies and TV shows with angry aliens will soon be defending their vision of these extraterrestrial antagonists at SETIcon, a public event sponsored by the SETI Institute.

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Related Topix: Prometheus, Banking, Financial Services, Events, UFO and Alien, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Television, Star Trek: Voyager

Thu May 24, 2012

San Jose Mercury News

Cupertino: Investors give back to Via Services, other organizations

Jennifer Cassell helps Dominic Phillips down a new switchback trail that was created at the Via West Campus to make it easier for children and adults in wheelchairs move from the lower part of the campus to the sports and horseback riding areas.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA, Financial Services, Banking, Life, Charity

Hispanic Business

Obama Arrives in Bay Area

America has bounced back from the edge of economic oblivion but still has a long way to go toward restoring the American dream, President Obama told enthusiastic supporters and contributors at a pair of Silicon Valley fundraisers Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Mountain View, CA

Ann Arbor.com

Ann Arbor No. 8 on list of best places for recent college graduates

Put another feather on Ann Arbor's best city cap. The Atlantic has named it the eighth best city for recent college graduates.

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Related Topix: Ann Arbor, MI, Banking, Financial Services

Utility Products

Aviat Networks Increases Purchase of Clean Renewable Energy Fom SVP

Silicon Valley Power , the City of Santa Clara's municipal electric utility, announced today that Aviat Networks, a leader in microwave networking solutions, will increase its purchase of clean renewable energy to match 100% of the electricity used at its Santa Clara headquarters.

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Related Topix: Startups, Wireless, Telecom, Stratex Networks, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Banking, Financial Services, Santa Clara, CA

Sys-Con Media

Pardot Gets SaaS Credit Line From Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank, financier to 50% of the venture-backed tech and life science companies in the United States, has extended a significant line of credit to Pardot.

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Related Topix: Pardot, Banking, Financial Services, Marketing, Small Business, Personal Finance

Wed May 23, 2012

Reuters

UPDATE 3-Jury deals big blow to Oracle in Android case vs. Google

Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

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Related Topix: Startups, Oracle Corporation, Google, Telecom, WorldCom, Hyperion Solutions, IT Services, WebMD, Banking, Financial Services

Bloomberg

Silicon Valley: Stronger Than Ever?

Here's one thing I didn't expect to hear from the chief executive officer of one of Europe's largest tech companies: That was Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent, during an interview yesterday at the Santa Clara Marriott, where the company was holding its annual meeting with Wall Street analysts.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Telecom, Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, BT Group, Social Software

CNN

Was Facebook IPO a bust?

Facebook IPO is announced on a screen outside the NASDAQ stock exchange in Times Square in New York City on May 18.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Banking, Financial Services, Stanford University, Columbia University, UC Berkeley, Opinion

Good Morning Silicon Valley

PC-industry shares sink ahead of HP earnings, rumored job cuts

Today's the day HP is expected to announce a massive restructuring that includes laying off tens of thousands of workers.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, Computers, Banking, Financial Services, Dell, Texas, Startups, Intel

Tue May 22, 2012

Forbes.com

The Top 10 Tech Trends, According to 5 Top Tech VCs

Everyone in Silicon Valley wants to know what's coming next, and every year for the past 13 years, a panel of the most forward-thinking minds in technology and tech finance convenes here to provide a look at what innovations are likely to emerge in the next few years.

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Banking, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Startups, LinkedIn, Social Software

CBS Local

Silicon Valley's Building Trades Booming

Thanks to a number of big projects like the 49ers stadium , hospitals and office building construction, things are going gangbusters for building companies in Silicon Valley.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

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