Advertisements


Stock watch: Silicon Valley"s cloud companies take a hit

If 2020 saw the power of publicly-traded cloud companies — fueled because of the Covid-19 pandemic and its work-from-home reality — then 2021 is testing just how stable that strength is......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 10th, 2021

Silicon Valley billionaire Eric Schmidt predicts companies will need more office space after the pandemic, not less

REUTERS/Brian Snyder Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes office space will be in greater demand after the coronavirus pandemic subsides. During an appearance on "Face the Nation" Sunday, the .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 11th, 2020

Silicon Valley companies may have to give up providing ubiquitous free snack selections when offices reopen

Katie Canales/Business Insider As offices gear up to reopen during the coro.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 7th, 2020

Elon Musk wipes nearly $15 billion off Tesla’s valuation by tweeting that Tesla shares are ‘too high’

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk stirs fresh Twitter controversy on Friday, saying the Silicon Valley car maker’s stock was “too high,” prompting a steep decline for the stock......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 1st, 2020

Elon Musk wipes billions off Tesla’s valuation by tweeting that Tesla shares are ‘too high’

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk stirs fresh Twitter controversy on Friday, saying the Silicon Valley car maker’s stock was “too high,” prompting a steep decline for the stock......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 1st, 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

Top of the List: Construction and design companies dominate family-owned business ranking

Last week, the Business Journal published its ranking of the top family-owned businesses in Silicon Valley. Like other recent years, the 2020 list was loaded with design and construction companies. Other than the company in the first spot — pere.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 16th, 2020

How will the pandemic affect big tech? Eric Schmidt has encouraging words for Silicon Valley

At the start of 2020, giant technology companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter were under assault and faced calls that several of them should be broken up. Then came the deadly, global spread of a coronavirus that has upended society and busin.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 8th, 2020

"Some companies are very, very ready to hire": This VC-created job board highlights key trends among the startups still looking to add employees

Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Silicon Valley startups have b.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 6th, 2020

Silicon Valley Bank offers debt relief, loans to tech-heavy client base in Oregon

Silicon Valley Bank works with the majority of venture-backed companies in the Portland region as well as many well known tech companies. It unveiled a series of relief measures to help clients through the COVID-19 economic crisis......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 1st, 2020

Where can Silicon Valley"s small businesses go for help in surviving COVID-19? Start here.

Silicon Valley is home to some of the largest and richest companies in the world — and yet, small, locally owned businesses remain the backbone of the regional economy. After all, Facebook doesn’t know exactly what you’re looking for when you.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 27th, 2020

Not Silicon Valley of the South: Atlanta known by corporations for its diversity, optimism

How does the business world perceive Atlanta? Who better to ask than a commercial real estate executive familiar with some of the high-profile tech and other companies looking to make Atlanta home. Christian Devlin, senior vice president with CBRE's techn.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 14th, 2020

Coronavirus cancellations are devastating the staff-parties business in San Francisco

In San Francisco and in Silicon Valley, tech companies seek to outdo each other with the swankiest team-building events and vie for talent in part by offering the most appealing staff get-togethers. Suddenly, that business has all but dried up......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 13th, 2020

Amazon and Google are among companies telling workers to stay home amid coronavirus outbreak

Many corporations in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are taking it upon themselves to help prevent spread of coronavirus by asking workers to p.....»»

Category: topSource: latimesMar 12th, 2020

Big tech companies in Bay Area start giving work-from-home signal over COVID-19

Several companies in the San Francisco Bay Area have shifted to a policy of encouraging their employees to stay out of the office and work from home. Late Wednesday, Microsoft put out the word that workers in both its Silicon Valley offices and it.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 6th, 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

Coronavirus has prompted these tech companies to ask employees to work from home

Some of Washington state’s largest employers are telling their workers to telecommute to minimize the spread of coronavirus, and the policy could soon extend to Silicon Valley......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 5th, 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

SoftBank funds tech giants. But they"re not all successes

Here's what you should know about SoftBank, the Japanese tech company that has pumped billions of dollars into Silicon Valley companies like Uber, Slack, DoorDash and WeWork......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralFeb 25th, 2020

Before you meet your mentor, learn a bit about her, finance mentors advise

Editor's note: At SVBJ's Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event this month, you'll have a rare opportunity to talk to leaders at Silicon Valley companies. Perhaps you’re looking for a job, or want to know how to “manage up” to your boss. But you only .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 19th, 2020