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Ship traffic for Sun. Feb. 5

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Due to arrive today SHIP FROM PORT MSC Ines Long Beach OAK Andromeda Leader Japan BNC Due to depart today SHIP TO PORT Berlin Trader Japan SFO Leda Trader Los Angeles OAK Andromeda Leader Long Beach BNC Nelvana Port...


Postal Service to lose 54,000 jobs in 10 years

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Number of the day 54,000 That's how many U.S. Postal Service mail sorters and machine operators will lose their jobs between 2008 and 2018, almost a third of the total, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics....


Hires and promotions, Feb. 5

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP announced that Stephen Walters , a partner in the San Francisco office, is one of the pre-eminent plaintiff attorneys in California, according to Benchmark: Plaintiffs, the...


Facebook has only men on its board of directors

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Most of Facebook Inc.'s more than 800 million users are women. You wouldn't know it from looking at the board, whose seven directors are all men. The disconnect puts the social-media company at odds with others in the...


Walmart greeters become part of obsolete jobs club

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From an economic standpoint, it's hard to lament the loss of the Wal-Mart greeter. The prospect of getting paid minimum wage to stand at the front of a store in a "How May I Help You?" vest is hardly the stuff that...


Best Bay Area primary care physicians

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Of all the decisions you make in arranging for your health care, none is more important than choosing a doctor. A good primary care physician will provide much of your care, help you make many of your care decisions,...


Facebook IPO will create billionaires

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When Facebook cannonballs into the pool of publicly traded companies this year, most of the big money will belong to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and an elite group of 10 top executives and investors. But the...


Custer dealer in Montana seeks return of artifacts

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A few miles from where George Custer made his infamous Last Stand against thousands of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, artifacts dealer Christopher Kortlander is waging his own battle with authorities to reclaim a trove of...


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State asks homeowners to stop deducting some taxes

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The California Franchise Tax Board is leaning on taxpayers and tax preparers to start complying with a widely ignored law that prevents property owners from deducting certain real estate taxes on their income tax...


Mobile payment apps work to make wallets obsolete

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I have glimpsed the future - and it looks a lot like free hot chocolate. Late last month, I ordered the beverage at Sightglass Coffee in SoMa, grabbed it from the counter and walked out without cracking my wallet....


VW seeks male buyers with retooled Beetle

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The New Beetle is dead. Long live the all-new Beetle, as Volkswagen calls the successor, squeezing together the adjectives just as it has squashed down the roof. The 2012 car abandons the iconic arched silhouette of its...


Worried publishers put hopes on Barnes & Noble

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In March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of Gutenberg, the ones...


Troubles abound at special Las Vegas caucus

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 11:43pm
(02-04) 23:43 PST LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Angry Ron Paul supporters overtook a special caucus Saturday night for religious voters who honor the Sabbath, prompting long lines, frantic GOP officials and voter fraud complaints....


Gingrich says he's staying in GOP race

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 10:24pm
(02-04) 22:24 PST LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Defeated in the Nevada caucuses, Newt Gingrich brushed aside all talk of quitting the Republican presidential race and said he hopes a series of victories will enable him to catch up...


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Durcan named CEO at Micron after Appleton's death

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 3:27pm
(02-04) 15:27 PST Boise, Idaho (AP) -- The board of directors for Micron Technology Inc. has named Mark Durcan the company's chief executive officer, a day after longtime CEO and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a plane...


No. 5 North Carolina outlasts Maryland 83-74

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 3:23pm
(02-04) 15:23 PST College Park, Md. (AP) -- Tyler Zeller scored 22 points, John Henson had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 5 North Carolina rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half to squeeze past...


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GM says most of its US dealers agree to upgrades

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 1:22pm
(02-04) 13:22 PST LAS VEGAS, (AP) -- General Motors Co. said Saturday that most of its 4,400 U.S. dealers have agreed to upgrade their showrooms over the next four years. The upgrades include new signs, more modern...


Dems want their candidate as Ind. elections chief

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 11:10am
(02-04) 11:10 PST Indianapolis (AP) -- Indiana Democrats say they will try next week to have their losing candidate installed as the state's elections chief after a jury found Secretary of State Charlie White guilty of...


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