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Area economists pin region’s CRE rebound on labor markets

By   /  Friday, June 10th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Area economists pin region’s CRE rebound on labor markets

Five area economists weigh in on the health of the region’s commercial real estate market.

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Cases could shake up tech resale market

By   /  Friday, June 3rd, 2011  /  Columns, Technology  /  Comments Off on Cases could shake up tech resale market

Two intellectual property lawsuits are causing some area tech executives to worry.

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Want to build a subdivision? Call the University of California

By   /  Friday, June 3rd, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Want to build a subdivision? Call the University of California

The University of California system is putting its Hansen Trust property in Ventura back on the market.

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Blockbuster business deals heat up region

By   /  Friday, June 3rd, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Blockbuster business deals heat up region

Last year, it was Gerald Ford of Texas who led the way as investors poured something like $700 million of new capital into the region’s banking system.

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What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA

By   /  Friday, May 20th, 2011  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on What the gov’s ego trip meant for CA

The Governator era suddenly it looks like one big ego trip.

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Grocery chain Fresh & Easy eyes another spot in the region

By   /  Friday, May 20th, 2011  /  Columns, Real Estate  /  Comments Off on Grocery chain Fresh & Easy eyes another spot in the region

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A $14.5M bet on computing supremacy

By   /  Wednesday, May 11th, 2011  /  Columns, Technology  /  Comments Off on A $14.5M bet on computing supremacy

Last week, I spoke with Fareed Zakaria, an author and editor-at-large for Time magazine as well as a CNN host. He’s put a lot of thought into the “rise of the rest” — that is, what the post-American world is going to look like.
You can trot out the statistics of your choice to show how America is fast losing its technological edge. We lag other countries in math and science scores. But Zakaria pointed out a number to me that’s much more foreboding — citations in peer-reviewed research.