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Sangamo to buy San Diego's Ceregene 27 Aug 2013 | 03:03 am
Sangamo BioSciences Inc. will buy Ceregene Inc., a privately held company working on a virus-delivered gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease, in a stock and cash deal. A value for the deal wasn't disc...
Unlike San Francisco, Sacramento rolls out welcome mat for chain stores 27 Aug 2013 | 02:56 am
While San Francisco tightens the rules for chain stores to set up shop in the city, California's capital city is encouraging more to come in. On Tuesday, Sacramento City Council voted 6-2 to ease its...
Wells Fargo hires 5,000 for brokerage, private banking, retirement services 27 Aug 2013 | 02:26 am
Wells Fargo confirmed Monday that it plans to hire 5,200 to 5,500 people a year to staff its national growth in brokerage, private banking and retirement business. Wells says much of the hiring will ...
Oracle Team faces cheating scandal ahead of America’s Cup races 27 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
Oracle Team USA is preparing to defend the America’s Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand. But first it must defend against cheating allegations being investigated by an international jury. If the j...
Marin General, UCSF form pediatric partnership 27 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
Marin General Hospital and UCSF Medical Center have agreed to form a pediatric partnership in Marin County. The Business Times lifted the curtain on the two hospitals' closed door talks earlier this ...
Umpqua Bank opens 'futuristic' San Francisco branch 27 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
Umpqua Bank opened its San Francisco flagship branch Monday in the city's financial distirct. My colleauge Matthew Kish at the Portland Business Journal, where Umpqua Holdings is based, dubbed the ne...
Sunnyvale-based SC Builders makes S.F. inroads 27 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am
If you want to build San Francisco offices for startups, it's smart to act like a startup. That has been the approach of SC Builders principal Kirk Wagerman, who heads up the group’s new San Francisc...
Creativity Explored's licensing deals turn art into income 27 Aug 2013 | 01:43 am
In the nonprofit world, tough economic times call for creative fundraising measures — and one local organization has figured out a way to turn its social good into a steady stream of income. Creativi...
A peek at home tech of the ultra-rich: What they have that you don't 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
Here is a photo gallery with videos (see below) of some of the home tech sold and installed by Via International, a new San Francisco-based integrator of home technology systems for the very wealthy. ...
Rigel kills asthma program after failed mid-stage trial 27 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
An experimental allergic asthma drug from Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. just struck out. The inhaled drug, called R-343, failed to hit the main and secondary goals of a 276-patient Phase II clinical stu...
