Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman and her husband Griff Harsh, a Stanford neurosurgeon, have given $100,000 each to Restore Our Future, a political action committee supporting Mitt Romney?s bid for the White House, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday. The piece notes that California is the third largest source of funding for the PAC, after ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 01:25

At least in the Bay Area, there are growing signs that the economy is heating up. As the San Jose Mercury News reports, the California Employment Development Department on Friday noted that the Bay Area economy added 15,400 jobs in February, boosting total employment in the region to the highest level in three years. Over ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 01:25

Innovation is a demographic, not a geographic, phenomenon.?? We are in an age of, largely positive, conspicuous creation.?? The rise of entrepreneurial class supersedes nationality.????Whether from Tsinghua, Indian Institute of Technology, or MIT, entrepreneurs with similar education and ambition share more in common with each other than they do with their brethren within borders.?? Clustered ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 01:25

The 2012 Masters just received a 2-week energy boost from one Eldrick Woods. ESPN, Nike, and Vegas couldn?t be happier. On Sunday afternoon, Tiger Woods won his first official golf tournament in 924 days by taking his 7th career victory at Bay Hill Country Club in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.?? This marked his 72nd Tour ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:56

Fuel lines in certain Porsche 911 Carrera S vehicles could be accidentally disconnected, causing a risk of a crash or fire, auto safety officials warn.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 02:56

WhistlePig, which is bottled on a farm in rural Shoreham, Vermont, is not just another marketing gimmick - according to many critics it is the best rye whiskey in the world.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 03:26

It must have been a slow news week. So much attention was given to a series of news coverage that would make you think that suddenly employers were requiring applicants and employees to turn over their Facebook username and passwords to them. It seemed to be an outrageous privacy incursion, but on closer examination it ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 03:26

I suppose it is probably my fault that my quirky little tax blog has temporarily transformed into a First Amendment Forum.?? I?m still inclined to blame Phil Driscoll.?? The guy had a ?ministry? that looks more like a record label and claimed nearly$200,000 in parsonage exclusion for his second home.?? That strikes me as being ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 03:26

Three national environmental groups sued the federal government Monday in a second bid to stop construction of a giant solar power plant in the California desert that they say would harm the imperiled desert tortoise, the golden eagle and other protected wildlife. The litigation is the latest twist in a seven-year saga over the 663.5-megawatt ...

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57

Baidu hits year's high. Piper Jaffray says it could go to $202.

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 17:57