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Google’s growth helps ignite Silicon Valley hiring frenzy
The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 23, 2005

In June, as engineer Anselm Baird-Smith mulled leaving eBay Inc. for another job, he received a call from Google Inc. Within days, Google executives had interviewed him and dangled before him an enticing offer: a six-figure salary and restricted stock then valued at several million dollars, to be distributed over several years. MORE

Bay Area nears 200,000 small businesses; Economy’s slow but steady growth raises spirits, makes hiring a bit easier
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 29, 2005

The Bay Area is home to a profusion of small enterprises–about 198,000 are open for business in the region's three major metropolitan areas. Mark Quinn, regional director of the Small Business Administration, said most people fail to appreciate the cumulative economic impact of these many thousands of small concerns. MORE

Housing prices up, sales down
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, Nov. 28, 2005

Bay Area housing prices rose more than 10 percent in October compared to a year ago, but sales dropped by 10.7 percent, according to a report by the California Association of Realtors released Monday. The median price of a Bay Area home was $719,660 in October, a 1 percent hike compared to September and 10.6 percent more than October 2004. MORE

Consumer confidence come roaring back
MSNBC News Service, Nov. 29, 2005

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, consumer confidence surged in November, boosted by a sharp drop in gasoline prices and a perception that jobs are becoming easier to find, a business research group said Tuesday. MORE

A new wave of user-friendly and interactive Internet technologies is turning the heads of venture capitalists
San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 13, 2005

When the three-person San Jose company Meebo launched in September, venture capitalists smothered it with requests to make an investment. The company was hot—or at least venture capitalists thought so. Its technology lets people access their instant messaging programs from America Online, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google from the Meebo Web site without having to download each service’s software to their computers. Thousands of people were flocking to use it. MORE

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