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New Kings boss Ranadive is all about winning

By Ryan Lillis, Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak - Updated: 8:05 am

Two young employees at Tibco Software Inc. recently challenged the head of the company to a pull-up contest, and Vivek Ranadive didn't hesitate to accept.

Pay dirt for job seekers in weeding, mowing

By Jan Ferris Heenan - Updated: 8:27 am

Learning the landscape maintenance trade is not just a way out of homelessness for Michelle Van Dyke. "Working in soil is like cleaning up the wreck of my past," she said. "When I'm weeding, I go down to the root. All the way down to the root."

Bay Area firm's idea to lift underwater homeowners to positive equity loses steam

By Hudson Sangree - Updated: 8:32 am

A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe.

On the move

Published: 12:00 am

Brenda Granucci Forman has been promoted to vice president, client services with Sacramento's Merlot Marketing.

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Hits and misses in Facebook's history

The Associated Press - Updated: 6:35 am

Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

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Personal Finance: What to give that beloved graduate

By Claudia Buck - Updated: 2:25 pm

Let's face it. When it comes to graduation gifts, most students would probably prefer cold, hard cash. Or maybe a plane ticket for a European backpacking trip or a Mexican beach vacation.