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Southern rebels demand break-up of the golden state
Saturday 23 July 2011
Tired of liberals and state debt, southern Californian Jeff Stone has come up with a radical secessionist plan. Guy Adams reports
Game on: Zynga set for billion dollar float
Sunday 03 July 2011
The founder of Zynga, the company behind the hugely popular CityVille Facebook game, is set to become Silicon Valley's latest billionaire.
Stephen Foley: Another big name joins the tech bubble
Saturday 02 July 2011
US Outlook: On the subject of departures from Mr Obama's economics team, the president's former chief adviser and Harvard professor, Larry Summers, joined the advisers of Marc Andreessen's venture capital firm this week.
In praise of pragmatism
Tuesday 07 June 2011
We're conditioned to prize principle above everything. But history shows that adapting to circumstances is more effective, says Tim Harford
Big Two eye $10bn glitter of Twitter
Friday 11 February 2011
Less than five years after Twitter's founders dared to believe that there was nothing important that couldn't be said with 140 characters or less, it is attracting takeover interest from the biggest companies on the internet, and the price being put on it is a thumping $10bn.
Facebook film is work of fiction, says its ex-boss
Tuesday 25 January 2011
One of the biggest films of last year, The Social Network, is hotly tipped to pick up several Academy Award nominations when they are announced today. But an unwilling star of the movie charting the birth of Facebook wants everyone to know it is a "work of fiction".
Maldives – home of rising sea levels and the green elite's new meeting place
Sunday 28 November 2010
As environmentalists head for Cancun, the President pioneers a new type of eco-symposium
Silicon Valley – but in the East End, promises PM
Thursday 04 November 2010
London's East End can be transformed into a world-leading technology city to rival Silicon Valley in California, David Cameron will claim today.
Stephen Foley: Yahoo: the tragedy of an ageing web giant in denial about its relevance
Saturday 29 May 2010
US Outlook: Yahoo is a tragedy unfolding in real time. That's not news. The more interesting question is whether Carol Bartz, the company's chief executive, is a tragic figure.
Tony Blair gets another new job – in Silicon Valley
Wednesday 26 May 2010
Tony Blair's crusading belief in science as a way of solving global warming has landed him another lucrative business appointment. The former Prime Minister has been hired as a senior adviser by a Silicon Valley firm which is planning to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in green technology.
Report says Silicon Valley economy sputtering
Thursday 11 February 2010
Silicon Valley's economy took a big hit during the global meltdown and could have trouble climbing out, according to a report released yesterday
How Craig conquered the world
Thursday 11 June 2009
Never mind the collapse of the US economy, sex scandals and even murder, Craigslist – the ultimate internet car boot sale – is booming. Stephen Foley reports on the geek with the golden touch
Andrew Keen: Real-time video is the future of the internet. No, really this time
Monday 02 March 2009
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