Business

While segments of California's economy stumbled along on shaky legs last year, Golden State exporters rang up record numbers in 2011.

Kit Miyamoto of Sacramento has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the state Seismic Safety Commission.

The Sacramento Business Journal has tapped Terry Hillman, advertising director of the Kansas City Business Journal, as its new publisher.

A federal grand jury has indicted three Sacramento residents for alleged money laundering and wire fraud as part of a wide-ranging mortgage fraud probe.

The Woodland-based Tremont Group and the associated Lyman Group in Walnut Grove have received the Ag Retailer of the Year Award from the Agricultural Retailers Association in Washington, D.C. The national award recognizes exceptional efforts in sustainable and innovative business practices.

An international governmental affairs law firm is expanding its Sacramento presence, signing a big lease for more downtown office space.

Distressed homeowners in the Sacramento region will get an estimated $1.2 billion over the next three years under a 49-state settlement with the nation's largest banks over foreclosure abuses.

Sacramento developer Angelo K. Tsakopoulos on Thursday blamed a lenders agent for the loan default on an office complex Tsakopoulos controls, saying the agent was unwilling to negotiate an extension on the debt.

Rancho Cordova-based medical equipment firm ThermoGenesis Corp. reported a loss of $1.3 million, or 8 cents per share, for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31.

The British-based Fresh & Easy grocery chain is making its Sacramento-area debut March 7, opening two stores with plans to open three more a week later.

With Sacramento's arena negotiations entering a pivotal stretch, the City Council came within one vote Tuesday night of derailing the project before knowing what the plan would look like.

A vacant office complex controlled by Sacramento land baron Angelo K. Tsakopoulos has defaulted on its mortgage and is facing possible foreclosure.

Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento said it has become the second cardiac care center in the nation and the first in California to receive full atrial fibrillation certification status from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

The city of Rancho Cordova has transformed a long vacant site into ultra-green affordable rentals.

Save Mart Supermarkets has ambitious plans to keep most of Sacramento's public swimming pools open this summer.

Brewster's Bar & Grill in downtown Galt, housed in a 19th century renovated building that once was the post office and a general store, will be closed until Monday as the business undergoes an ownership change.

The shipyards are deserted in this town just west of Piraeus, Greece's main port, and unemployment hovers at 60 percent. The country is at the edge of bankruptcy, and with more government spending cuts looming, newly impoverished Greeks are turning to charity for health care, medicines and food.

Sacramento's green economy employed 200 fewer people in 2010, the first industrywide job decline since 1995, according to a new report.

The California State Teachers' Retirement System is hopping on the infrastructure bandwagon, committing $500 million to roads, utilities and more.

Waste Connections Inc. is leaving town on a high note, as it reported record revenue of $1.51 billion in 2011 in its final annual report that will include earnings amassed from its Folsom headquarters.

The McClatchy Co. reported sharply higher fourth-quarter profits Tuesday, thanks to cost cutting and an easing of the newspaper chain's revenue downturn.

Annuities: a reliable source of retirement income or a risky fee trap? Regardless of how they're viewed, they're often a confusing financial product, especially for those in or near retirement.

CalSTRS has issues with Facebook Inc. as the social networking giant prepares its epic initial public stock offering.

The Great Recession has left more California families with mounting medical debt and a tenuous grip on the insurance needed to afford care, a new UCLA study revealed.

Greater Sacramento Bancorp, parent of Bank of Sacramento, more than tripled year-over-year profitability in 2011.

Following a three-year hiatus from new franchise expansion, Culver City-based steakhouse operator Sizzler has announced a deal to develop five new Bay Area restaurants and remodel existing sites in Sacramento, Auburn, Pinole, Hayward and Santa Clara.

After a long and lonely battle against bigger rivals, Roseville's SureWest Communications said Monday it has agreed to be taken over by a much larger firm.

California is inching closer to rejoining the nationwide settlement talks with major U.S. lenders over mortgage abuse.

Sacramento music producer Mitchell Koulouris has a new twist on rock candy, launching a company called Imagine Chocolate that makes gourmet treats with a rock 'n' roll vibe.

The City Council is scheduled today to consider Councilwoman Sandy Sheedy's request to place a measure on the June ballot asking voters if they want to use public parking assets to help finance a new sports arena.