News Stories

Port puts off Embarcadero design, decides other issues

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 7:42pm
Port, critics let words fly but call a cooling off period until October.

County’s apartment market stays steady

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 7:04pm
The underpinnings of the region’s apartment market remained strong with relatively low vacancy rates because of limited construction. Also, home prices and monthly mortgages continue to outpace monthly rents.

Unionization of S.D.’s private workers down

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 6:57pm
Recession pushes numbers to lowest point in five years, UCLA study says.

Hillcrest complex recast

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 6:33pm
Partners have new restaurant/nightclub formula for spot on University Avenue that the new owners hope will revive a key corner in the urban neighborhood.

Most Asian stocks down on European debt worries

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 6:26pm
Most Asian stock markets slumped in early trading Wednesday, pressured by renewed concerns over the health of European banks following a report that the region's banks may have more risky government debt.

California regulators seek up to $9.9 billion in fines from PacifiCare

Los Angeles Times Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 6:16pm
The health insurer violated state law nearly 1 million times from 2006 to 2008 after it was bought by UnitedHealth Group, the Department of Insurance says.

California regulators are seeking fines of up to $9.9 billion from health insurer PacifiCare over allegations that it repeatedly mismanaged medical claims, lost thousands of patient documents, failed to pay doctors what they were owed and ignored calls to fix the problems.


Boeing restructuring Military Aircraft division, job cuts likely at local facilities

Press Telegram - Long Beach - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 6:12pm
Boeing plans to restructure its Military Aircraft division as it braces for drastic cuts in defense spending here and abroad through much of the decade.

Explosion at Pemex refinery kills 1 in Mexico

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:39pm
An explosion at Mexico's third-largest refinery Tuesday killed one worker and injured 10, the state-run oil company said.

Northern California construction company expands to San Diego

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:27pm
Expansion proceeding despite low construction activity

GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released

Gisuser.com - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:25pm
We are pleased to announce the release of GRASS GIS 6.4.0 (http://grass.osgeo.org/), the first in the new line of...

Esri Releases the Open GeoServices REST Specification

Gisuser.com - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:24pm
Software Makes Server-side Resources Instantly Available to Thousands of Developers

Hewlett-Packard sues to keep former CEO from going to Oracle

Los Angeles Times Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:17pm
HP's lawsuit says Mark V. Hurd could leak company secrets to Oracle and his employment there would violate noncompete clauses.

Intensifying an increasingly bitter feud between two technology heavyweights, Hewlett-Packard Co. went to court Tuesday to try to prevent its former chief executive, Mark V. Hurd, from taking a top post with Silicon Valley rival Oracle Corp.


FCC Developer APIs

Land Surveyors United - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:04pm
The FCC now offers four APIs for developers on its new developer page: FCC Consumer Broadband Test Over 1 million user speed tests were generated from FCC Consumer Broadband Test. This API delivers data on the number of tests, average user downlo...Read more

Lawmakers agree on some Mich. budget principles

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 4:31pm
Michigan's legislative leaders and Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration agreed in concept Tuesday on ways to balance the state budget, a significant step toward getting a final plan in place by an Oct. 1 deadline.

Gates, Buffett to sell giving to China's richest

San Diego Union Tribune Business - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 4:27pm
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett plan to sell the art of giving to China's super rich in a visit later this month that's already sparked some soul searching among the world's second-largest number of billionaires.