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Andronico’s Community Markets in deal to be sold to Safeway
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New express lanes open on I-580  Map of Interstate 580 Pleasanton The drive home through Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore on I-580 should be quicker for some
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Fresh & Easy closing 7 stores in Bay Area. Pacifica
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Fire burned multiple homes under construction. 94566
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| Mar.28 |
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Energous IPO: Smartphone charging from a distance
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| Mar.6 |
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Albertsons parent Cerberus to buy Safeway| Safeway has reached a preliminary deal to be sold for more than $9 billion to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Safeway is being sold for more than $9 billion at the same time... | |
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| Oct.15 |
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Software firm Veeva Systems rakes in $261 million in IPO
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| Mar.18 |
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Safeway files IPO for gift card subsidiary Safeway-owned Blackhawk Network Holdings, a provider of gift cards for restaurants and retail outlets, filed for an initial public offering
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Safeway CEO Steve Burd to retire Steve Burd, who elevated the company's brand and beat back steep industry competition while taking a national role in health care reform, will...
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| Oct.12 |
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Workday surges in post-IPO trading debut A maker of Web-based human-resources programs, jumped as much as 78% in its trading debut after raising $637 million in its initial public offering
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| Apr.26 |
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Safeway's 1st-quarter profit triples, but stock falls
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| Feb.23 |
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Safeway profit slips 6%
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| Jan.12 |
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Ross strikes a deal to move HQ to Dublin
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| Oct.13 |
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Safeway 3Q profit climbs
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| Aug.30 |
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Polycom strikes deal to move to San Jose
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| Apr.28 |
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Safeway 1Q net income falls
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Ross profits meet Street expectations
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| Feb.24 |
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Safeway returns to 4Q profit
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| Feb.19 |
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New BART station opens Map of BART station Dublin Dublin: There is a lot of excitement in West Dublin and Pleasanton for commuters, who've been suffering along the I-580 and I-680 corridor
| The pedestrian bridge is what delayed the project. There will be 1,200 parking spots available
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Borders closing 11 stores in the Bay Area San Jose: 2 in San Jose, 2 in San Francisco, and one each in Los Gatos, Alameda, Fremont, Pleasanton, Union City, San Ramon and San Mateo
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Safeway will expand Bay area presence
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Safeway's Profit Up Slightly In 2Q
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State Pushing City To Lift Housing Cap
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| Nov.20 |
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WAMU to eliminate 1,600 jobs in Bay Area SF Downtown: Washington Mutual, sold to JPMorgan Chase, will shutter its Pleasanton campus and cut hundreds of SF positions
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No. 1 in median household income
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid San Ramon: U.S. ICE agents arrested 63 employees of Taqueria El Balazo, a Bay Area Mexican restaurant chain, for being in the country illegally
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| Apr.24 |
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Safeway Beats 1Q Expectations
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 Oracle to fire 5,000| The job cuts outlined represent a 9% reduction from the 55,000 employees on the 2 companies' combined payrolls | |
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Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition Oracle closed the deal after announcing that that 97% of PeopleSoft's stockholders had accepted a $26.50 offer
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PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover PeopleSoft founder David A. Duffield has quit the software maker weeks before Oracle deal closes
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 Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion  PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
| PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
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PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid The board remains convinced that a bid is inadequate and it will not sell the company for less than it’s worth
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PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid
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| Nov.10 |
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PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid
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Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
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PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million
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| Sep.9 |
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Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected Oracle: A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics
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PeopleSoft foresees up to 1,000 job cuts
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PeopleSoft completed J.D. Ed. Acquisition
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 $7 million lottery ticket A software consultant stashed ticket in her purse two months ago
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Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft| Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share | |
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PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards for $1.7b
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John Madden Moves to ABC Former Oakland Raiders coach moves to Monday Night Football with four-year, $20 million dollar deal
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| Jan.3 |
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Providian to cut 800 jobs San Francisco: Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
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Commerce One co-founder dies
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| Oct.15 |
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Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs 700 will be laid off and 600 will be jettisoned by spinning off operations unrelated to business-to-business
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Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs
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PeopleSoft exceeds expectations
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