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A Lowe's employee checks inventory of paint during the grand opening of the Lowe's store on November 4, 2010 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco mayor and California Lt. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom attended a ribbon cutting for the opening of a new Lowe's store in the city's Bayview district. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Lowe’s Announces Plans To Acquire San Jose-Based Orchard Supply

Lowe’s says it plans to expand its California presence with an acquisition of Sears spinoff Orchard Supply Hardware Stores for about $205 million in cash.

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Netflix Cuts Original Programming Deal With Dreamworks

Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content.

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Apple headquarters in Cupertino.

Apple Details Government Requests For Data

Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.

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Facebook

Facebook Allowed To Reveal More On User Surveillance

Facebook’s top attorney says after a week of negotiations with national security officials, the company is allowed to make new revelations about government orders for user data.

2013/06/14

An Apple iPhone 5. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Larry Magid: Obama’s Order May End Spectrum Crunch For Cellphone Users

President Barack Obama signed a memorandum Friday that frees up wireless spectrum that the government is not using for private sector use.

2013/06/14

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Mountain View-Based Symantec Cutting Hundreds Of Jobs

The security solutions provider is cutting roughly 8 percent of its global work force in two phases, with about 1,000 positions going first, this month, and another 700 people receiving pink slips in July, AllThingsD reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

2013/06/14

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

San Francisco Mayor Lee Announces Tech Summits With NYC’s Bloomberg

Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco, along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said at a news conference Friday that they are sponsoring a pair of technology summits over the next year.

2013/06/14

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California Home Prices Up 26 Percent In May, Reach 5-Year High

California home prices surged to their highest level in more than five years last month as demand outpaced a thin supply of properties, a research firm reported Thursday.

2013/06/13

Surveillance video shows a group of thieves stealing a woman's iPhone on a San Francisco Muni bus. (CBS)

SF’s Gascon Urges Smartphone Makers To Curb Thefts, Add ‘Kill Switch’

Law enforcement officials nationwide, including San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, are demanding the creation of a “kill switch” that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen.

2013/06/13

Real estate agent Sean Sullivan stands in the recently-sold parking space. (Courtesy - San Francisco Chronicle).

Parking Spot Sells For $82K In San Francisco Building

The 8- by 12-foot parking space is in an enclosed garage in a condominium building. The spot in the city’s trendy South Beach neighborhood sold last week for $82,000.

2013/06/13

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