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A legendary Silicon Valley investor wants to split California into three states, and his proposal just qualified for the November ballot

Frederick M. Brown/Getty A proposal to split California into three states — Northern California, California (new), and Southern California — has qualified to appear on the ballot in November's general election. The measure received more th.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJun 13th, 2018

Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla out of California

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted Saturday he will move the Silicon Valley car maker’s headquarters and operations out of California as the company’s main factory remains shuttered under a local shelter-at-home order......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 9th, 2020

California will now send every registered voter a mail-in ballot for November elections, in light of coronavirus concerns

Associated Press Registered voters in California will now get mail-in-ballots for the Novemb.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMay 8th, 2020

Election: Big investors, Walmart heiress help fund anti-Trump super PAC airing ‘Mourning in America’ ad

The top donors to the super PAC called the Lincoln Project are Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway, hedge fund founder Andrew Redleaf and philanthropist Christy Walton, one of the inheritors of the Walmart fortune......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 5th, 2020

The Funded: Perennial Midas List investor Bill Gurley takes a step back at Benchmark

Bill Gurley won't be part of the next fund at Benchmark and is stepping back after 21 years of investing with the Silicon Valley venture firm. A perennial member of Forbes Midas List, Gurley was ranked No. 7 this year, buoyed as always by his ear.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 24th, 2020

Venture firm Benchmark raises new fund without early Uber investor: source

The Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for its early backing of companies such as Uber Technologies Inc is raising a new fund, but without one of its most prominent general partners, a source close to the firm said on Wednesday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 22nd, 2020

How much help will a $1,200 federal stimulus check be for someone living in Silicon Valley? Not that much, actually.

Stimulus checks won’t help residents in Silicon Valley and the rest of the Bay Area as much as they would in other parts of the country. The reason is the usual California culprit: Sky-high housing costs. Although the regional economy shows si.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 21st, 2020

The Margin: The coronavirus will forever change us, according to an investor who was once eyed for Trump’s top FDA gig

Will we ever get back to normal? Nope, says Silicon Valley entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 7th, 2020

This $199,000 tiny home can be installed in a San Jose, California backyard in one day — see inside

Abodu A Silicon Valley startup .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 2nd, 2020

How Silicon Valley became California"s epicenter of the coronavirus

The drivers of Santa Clara County's economy — tech compan.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesMar 25th, 2020

Podcast: It"s all about the paper — toilet paper and cash

Veteran tech journalists Mike Malone and Scott Budman try and make sense of (another) crazy week in the Valley with the latest installment of their podcast, The Silicon Insider. With California now under state-wide quarantine, Malone and Budman s.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 20th, 2020

NASA Ames instructs employees at its California research center to work from home after a worker tested positive for coronavirus

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, has instructed its employees to work f.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 9th, 2020

Guest commentary: What has to happen to diminish the pain of PG&E’s forced power outages

Silicon Valley companies lose tens of millions of dollars when power outages shut down their facilities, as they did last November when Pacific Gas & Electric turned off parts of the power grid as a way to prevent wildfires. And now, as the region ge.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 5th, 2020

Valley VC who took Virgin Galactic public files plans for a repeat

If at first you succeed, why not try, try again, could be Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitya's new slogan. The former Facebook executive and founder of Palo Alto startup investor Social Capital on Friday filed plans to raise over $1.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 29th, 2020

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says China could supplant Silicon Valley as the world"s tech powerhouse unless the US government steps in

Alex Wong/Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt urged the United States government to get more invested in the ongoing tech race between China and the US. In an op-ed published Friday morning in the New York Times, Schmid.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 28th, 2020

Markets see Bay Area stock sell-off as coronavirus fears in U.S. grow

Silicon Valley stocks led a historic Wall Street sell-off Thursday amid fears that the COVID-19 coronavirus has begun to spread in the United States, officially pushing the U.S. stock market into correction territory. The S&P 500 fell 4.4 percent,.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 27th, 2020

AMD, Apple, Intel drive down Silicon Valley stock index amid historic sell-off

Silicon Valley stocks led a historic Wall Street sell-off Thursday amid fears that the COVID-19 coronavirus has begun to spread in the United States, officially pushing the U.S. stock market into correction territory. The S&P 500 fell 4.4 percent,.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 27th, 2020

DoorDash is preparing an IPO. Here"s what it"s like inside its Silicon Valley ghost kitchen, a "WeWork for restaurants" that allows tenants like Chick-fil-A to focus on food delivery.

Katie Canales/Business Insider Food delivery platform DoorDash has ventured into the ghost kitchen market. Its new ghost kitchen, DoorDash Kitchens, in Redwood City, California, allows five restaurant brands, includin.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 27th, 2020

Google"s Silicon Valley HQ has a new 31,000-square-foot amenity-packed floor with looks inspired by salt mining — see inside (GOOG)

Stephen Lam/Reuters Google's Mountain View, California headquarters opened a more than 31,.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 24th, 2020

WeWork’s Neumann unloads stake in California properties

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann sold his stake in several properties in the heart of Silicon Valley, unwinding a real estate deal that underpinned the office-sharing company’s “future of cities”... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Category: blogSource: crainsnewyorkFeb 19th, 2020

Judge stalls Uber, Postmates challenge to California job law

The companies are among those pushing for a November ballot measure that would exempt them while giving drivers new benefits.....»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsFeb 11th, 2020