Update 1-fed's Yellen-jobless Jump Shows Economy's Risks - Reuters los angeles, sept 5 (reuters) - san francisco federal reserve bank president janet yellen said on friday that an unexpected jump in the august unemployment rate highlights the risk of a vicious cycle of weakness locking into place for the u.s ... www.reuters.com
Nfl Preview - Arizona (0-0) At San Francisco (0-0) when the san francisco 49ers and arizona cardinals opened the 2007 season against each other by the bay, both teams had their respective quarterbacks of the future under center. yet, those two former first-round picks will both be on the bench this weekend when the two clubs again open their season against one another at candlestick park. www.miamiherald.com
Primetime the first time i watched a presidential convention on tv i was 12, the 1964 republican convention from the cow palace in san francisco. and, kids being naive and impressionable, it wasn't close to what i'd expected. i certainly didn't expect to be... www.nypost.com
Nfl Preview - Arizona (0-0) At San Francisco (0-0) - Sports Network (sports network) - when the san francisco 49ers and arizona cardinals opened the 2007 season against each other by the bay, both teams had their respective quarterbacks of the future under center. yet, those two former first-round picks will both be ... www.sportsnetwork.com
Treasuries Advance As Economy Sheds Jobs For 8th Straight Month - Bloomberg sept. 5 (bloomberg) -- treasuries rose after a government report showed the economy lost jobs in august for the eighth consecutive month, increasing expectations that the federal reserve will cut rather than increase interest rates. ten-year notes ... www.bloomberg.com
$2 Million San Rafael Home Is Raffle Prize no matter that the real estate market is imploding, the dream of winning a $2 million mansion lives on. community action marin is again offering people a chance to enter a $150 raffle to win a luxury san rafael home. last year's raffle was the most successful... www.sfgate.com
Slow Food Needs To Ease Up On The Snoot Factor san francisco -- here's a message that might make the nation's foodies splurt their biodynamic cabernet sauvignon all over their microgreen salads with goat cheese croutons. www.southbendtribune.com
John Mccain And Barack Obama Focus On Job Losses, Economy - Los Angeles Times duryea, pa. -- the presidential campaign began in earnest today as candidates fanned out to battleground states and the economy took center stage as a critical issue in the fall election. with the conventions behind them, republican sen. john mccain ... www.latimes.com
Did Enron Trading Ploys Cross Line? - Baltimore Sun los angeles - enron corp. traders were skilled at making money by exploiting weaknesses in california's energy markets. but did they cross the line and do anything illegal? that's the question a newly impaneled federal grand jury in san francisco is ... www.baltimoresun.com
Update: Johnson Controls To Cut Jobs, Close Plants san francisco (dow jones) -- auto-parts maker johnson controls, inc. announced wednesday plans to cut jobs, close plants and take a fourth-quarter charge as its automaker customers continue to roll out fewer cars and shift vehicle production to low-cost countries. www.nasdaq.com
Rodgers, Packers Have Plenty To Prove Against Minnesota - Espn.com packers starting qb aaron rodgers, left, had a solid preseason, but it may be impossible for him to make green bay fans forget brett favre, who was traded to the jets last month. what was supposed to be a celebration of brett favre has turned into ... sports.espn.go.com
Why The Bar Gets Raised For Apple - Cnet News the guessing game is almost over. on tuesday, apple will hold a press conference here in san francisco to announce - well, apple's invite just says "let's rock." but unless 99.99% of the blogging & journalistic world is wrong - a phenomenon hardly ... news.cnet.com
Hotel Workers Hit The Streets In San Jose For Pay Raises san jose -- some 300 hotel workers hit the picket lines in front of downtown hotels in san jose on thursday evening to demand a fair wage. san jose may not be viewed as a tourist destination as much as san francisco. www.ktvu.com
What Now For The Ipod? come tuesday, steve jobs will take the stage in san francisco and, by all accounts and predictions, will roll out some new ipods, with lower prices and higher capacities. a bevy of news stories will erupt... and then what? well, everyone will forget about the ipod and go back to their iphones, that's what. the term you're looking for is "cannibalization." apple had to have known about this ... tech.yahoo.com
Apple Makes September 9 Ipod Event Official - Cnet News a trademark apple special event will be held next week in san francisco, and it looks like new ipods. (credit: apple) updated 10:30 a.m. pdt after having a chance to catch my breath. apple has sent out invitations for a music-related event next week ... news.cnet.com
Greenback Up On Euro, Sterling Ahead Of Jobs Report - Rtt News (rttnews) - the dollar continued its levitation act versus the euro and sterling but remained on the defensive versus the yen friday morning in new york ahead of a key report on the us jobs situation. at 8:30 am et, the labor department releases its ... www.rttnews.com
Ua Grads' Iphone App 1 Of Top 10 Downloads - The Columbus Dispatch brothers daniel and john-paul walton beat out a space cowboy game, but they have yet to reach the heights of the virtual koi pond for apple iphones. the upper arlington high school graduates' recording program for the iphone is among the 10 most ... www.columbusdispatch.com