Family-Owned Napa, Sonoma County Wineries Getting Bought Up Like Tech StartupsB.R. Cohen was the latest family-owned winery to sell to corporate hands. Arrowood also sold recently.
Bay Area Proponents Of Soda Tax Measures Battle ‘Tidal Wave’ Of Beverage Industry Money The campaign over San Francisco and Berkeley’s so-called ‘soda-tax measures’ is taking on a David versus Goliath theme with the amounts of money being invested.
Apple Teaming Up With IBM To Sell More iPhones, iPads To Corporate, Government CustomersApple is teaming up with former nemesis IBM in an attempt to sell more iPhones and iPads to corporate customers and government agencies.
San Francisco City Workers Protest Twitter, Corporate Tax Breaks On City Hall Steps A loud lunch-hour protest at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday took aim at corporate tax breaks for Twitter and other tech companies.
Google Acquires Boston Dynamics, Maker of Animal-Inspired RobotsCompany nabs a maker of impressive walking and running creatures. It's part of Google's effort to buy its way into a future populated by autonomous mechanical entities...
Silicon Valley Execs Blast SOPA In Open LetterMany of Silicon Valley's most successful entrepreneurs and executives are warning of the dangers of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act...
Silicon Valley Looks To New Congress For Corporate-Friendly Tax ChangesWith the new Republican majority in the House seated Wednesday, Silicon Valley looks to Washington for a more corporate-friendly tax policy, especially when it comes to taxes on overseas profits.