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Previous: March 4, 2010

Thursday 03.11.2010

• Solar Power Inc. delays earnings report
• California Forward, lawmakers seek to reform state government
• Special interests spent $1B to influence California voters
• California cash receipts over state’s guess for third month
• Arena task force recommends Kamilos plan
• Conan O'Brien tour to hit Sacramento in May
• California's January exports jump 18.5%
• American, Southwest carry most passengers
• Postal boss says 'no' to three-day delivery
• Mortgage rates stay below 5 percent
• 10% of iPhone apps are iPad ready, so far

Wednesday 03.10.2010

• Report: Colleges will need $1.5B more in 2019
• First Tech Credit Union to merge with Addison Avenue
• Drexel expands internship program to Sacramento
• State Fair accepting entertainment applications
• Citi to double private bankers over several years
• St. Patrick’s Day party closes L Street
• Earthquake authority chief testifies to Congress
• Drexel names Fry new president
• Unemployment tops 13 percent in Sacramento region
• Gus Vina named interim city manager
• Target launches mobile coupons
• Toyota sales still up from '09
• Robert Half: Legal hiring looking brighter in Q2

Tuesday 03.09.2010

• Raley’s collects $150,000 for Haiti
• Sacramento accountant pleads guilty in $13M fraud case
• Drexel board meets Wednesday to vote on president
• KB Home offers pre-wired homes for electric car owners
• Chevron to cut 2,000 jobs, $1B in spending
• Blue Shield foundation announces "nearly" $9M in Q1 grants
• SynapSense hires Boone for VP post
• Frontier puts $1.3M into Elk Grove network
• H-P Slate counters iPad ad, with Flash
• Solar Power nabs $24M in stimulus funds
• General Growth adds $3.9B to Brookfield plan

Monday 03.08.2010

• AECOM to consolidate offices in midtown
• William Jessup to host career fair
• Trumpette donates $350K of clothes to Haiti relief
• Report: Californians need to be better prepared for earthquakes
• Conference Board employment index boosts job-growth hope
• US Airways fined $40K for ticket-price disclosure failure
• Sacramento-area gas prices soar
• Gender wage gap improved slightly in 2009
• Former Folsom prison guard convicted of insurance fraud
• Pacific Ethanol enters new debt agreement
• Bargain prices lure homebuyers in February

Friday 03.05.2010

• Arden Fair bags national marketing award
• UC extends labor contract with lecturers
• State Housing Finance Agency gets $700M to help struggling homeowners
• H-P cuts Q1 profit by $73M in restatement
• Cordova Restaurant Casino to open March 12
• California's January jobless rate rose to 12.5%
• Wells Fargo could hire 10,000 more advisers
• State Department of Insurance to lower some fees
• Local postal employee indicted on workers' comp fraud charges
• Banks may eat billions in bad loans
• Pier 1 Imports' same-store sales rise 6.5%
• February weather takes $15M toll on Southwest Airlines
• Sacramento County extends CEO's contract
• Stem cell research center to open at UCD med center
• Regional Transit gets $488,000 grant from U.S. DOT
• Apple stores get iPad April 3, pre-orders on March 12
• Postal consultant: Consider 3 days of delivery
• Thunder Valley Casino and Resort to hire 600

Thursday 03.04.2010

• CalPERS hires operating investment officer
• Marrone Bio Innovations seeks EPA approval for pesticides
• Wells Fargo CEO got $21.3M in 2009
• HP Foundation gives $500K to Chile earthquake relief
• SBA loan funding extended
• Report: 13% of Central Valley's vernal pool habitat gone
• Maloof exec to lead Pac-10 Conference marketing
• City, Thomas Enterprises seek bids on railyard track relocation
• Volcano Corp. revenue erupts 44 percent
• General Growth Properties gets court extension on reorganization
• Jobless rates rose in every state in '09
• Long-term mortgage rates back below 5%
• Agilent CFO leaves to take same role at Skype

Wednesday 03.03.2010

• Commissioner: UFL team will pump $10M into economy
• Sacramento hotel rates hold steady in 2009
• Governor asks that furlough cases go to state Supreme Court
• Court upholds line-item vetoes on social services
• LAO: Caltrans should cut 1,500 jobs
• Duke survey: CFOs foresee more job cuts this year
• Report: February job cuts lowest since 2006
• Chase CEO's comments on California's solvency find new traction on Web
• Netflix stock hit by analyst downgrades

Tuesday 03.02.2010

• Four projects submitted for K Street
• Four groups pay $39M for Jack in the Box restaurants
• Unify Q3 revenue soars, earnings steady
• GM recalls compact cars to fix power steering
• Freddie Mac: Home prices fell 0.4% in 2009
• Yolo quarantine called for apple moth
• Netflix surveys for iPhone app interest
• Postal Service may end Saturday delivery
• Elk Grove mall owner seeks return to NYSE listing
• Apple: HTC infringed patents
• Report: Gas use fell in November as prices rose
• New president takes controls at XOJet
• Jerry Brown to announce for governor

Monday 03.01.2010

• Development chief Bill Thomas resigns
• United Animal Nations gets $20K grant
• UFL's Redwoods likely Sacramento bound
• Google's Android gains on iPhone
• Brown reaches settlement with organic tobacco maker
• Hilton Arden West workers to picket hotel Wednesday
• Sacramento online job postings increase
• Personal income inches up 0.1%
• Umpqua buys another failed Washington bank
• Apple audit finds suppliers used underage workers
• January chip sales increase 47%

Sunday 02.28.2010

• Design Within Reach to close

Friday 02.26.2010

• Cal Expo cancels NBA courtship, looks at Kamilos' plan
• Propel Fuels' ethanol offer lures 500
• Ariz. insurer to take over Golden State Mutual's policies
• Toyota to provide free services for Calif. owners of recalled vehicles
• AAA NorCal to close 10 locations and cut 100 jobs
• California changes vehicle emissions standards to match federal rules
• BofA exec. received $6M in 2009
• UC, librarians' union finalize labor contract
• Report: California needs economic development office
• PG&E: Average electric rates could drop 2.5%
• CMA blasts Congress over failure to stop Medicare cuts to docs
• State of California lists 11 office properties for sale
• Thomas H. Lee Partners to buy Carl's Jr. owner CKE
• Wells Fargo boosts retirement offerings

Thursday 02.25.2010

• Judge orders back pay for some furloughed state workers
• Proposed law has solar companies rethinking Arizona
• Sutter Lakeside staff ratify contract
• SureWest shows $3.2M profit for 2009
• Brown subpoenas California's largest health insurers
• McClatchy to sell additional notes in offer
• Workers' comp costs skyrocket for nondurable goods
• Stantec revenue up 10 percent
• Two-thirds of home sellers couldn’t make payments
• New bill: Create jobs, become a resident
• Mortgage rates reverse declines
• Charges push Safeway to $1.61B Q4 loss
• Apple's next: More iPhone OS devices, touchscreen iMacs?