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‘EV Week’ Event Shows Off Electric Vehicles as Consumers Consider New Incentives

Business, Environment, News, Transportation / By Evan Peng

Peninsula Press · 'EV Week' Lets Consumers Test Drive Electric Vehicles SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area-based electric vehicle advocacy group Charge Across Town held their annual EV Week event at Embarcadero Plaza on Oct. 8 and 9, hoping to entice people to make the switch. EV Week 2022 came as local, state, and federal actors […]

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In an ice cream mecca like Palo Alto, how do parlors stack up?

Culture, Food / By ijibilian

The ice cream business is fierce. Dairy prices tend to fluctuate, affecting the cost of ingredients. The market is also highly seasonal, so stores open year-round must weather the winter.

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Mountain View city, businesses get creative to combat labor shortage

Business, News / By Emily Merritt

MOUNTAIN VIEW — There’s a labor shortage that’s showing on the facades of downtown Mountain View’s businesses. But shop owners and the city officials have come up with strategies to entice workers — by providing better employee benefits, passing an increase in the minimum wage and developing more affordable housing.

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Mobile businesses: one solution to rising real estate prices in Bay Area

Business, News / By chisomoraedu

Could the pop-up/mobile business model be a solution to rising rent prices in the Bay Area?

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Tacos El Grullense: 30 years of family and salsa in the Bay Area

Business, Culture / By alejandrasalazar

In 2017, there are more than 30 Tacos El Grullense locations in the Bay Area — and the story goes back to its beginnings in 1972.

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Bay Area taxicab drivers remain frustrated by uneven playing field with Uber, Lyft

Business, News, Transportation / By felixpetermann

Uber, Lyft and other ride-share providers in California aren’t required to obtain business licenses for their drivers.

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Sims Recycling plant shows difficulties of hazardous waste regulation

Business, Environment, News / By peterjohnson, justinemoore, nathanielokun

California state law is ordering regulators to tighten oversight of metal recyclers.

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Cleantech investment past its boom

Business, Data Hub, Environment / By katiestraub

A closer look at Bay Area cleantech investment trends reveals that investment peaked in 2008 and has been declining since then.

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The journey of FDA approval for a Silicon Valley product

Business, Health / By carolinawilson, phoebebarghouty

Applying for FDA approval is similar to applying for a job. You fill out an application and cross your fingers. We explore the process via AcelRx Pharmaceuticals’ hand-held, pain management Zalviso product.

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Palo Alto Networks’ fiscal Q2 earnings soar on growing cybersecurity threats

Business / By arihasetalvad

The company’s stock price has doubled over the past year and it has seen increased investor spending in the cybersecurity market, in light of recent high-profile hacks.

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Netflix continues push into documentary and independent film

Business, Culture / By katharineschwab

Internet streaming media companies are shaking things up in Hollywood and among the leaders is Netflix, who is pushing into original independent and documentary films.

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AcelRx stock takes hard hit after unexpected FDA request

Business, Health, News / By carolinawilson

The specialty pharmaceutical company suffered an almost 40 percent drop in stock price, after an unanticipated FDA request was made right before the company announced its fourth quarter earnings.

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