Topic: San Francisco

Tax break for mass-transit riders about to shrink, squeezing users who already face fare hikesJust about everyone is about to get a tax cut, but one tax break about to expire will force hundreds of thousands to pay more for a daily ...
Autodesk sells the design software used for major infrastructure and construction projects. Here he chats with Forbes Associate Editor Victoria Barret about trends in real estate, stimulus spending and China--and the divide between Wall Street and Main Street. Since you became CEO ...
It is no secret that California has taken the recession on the chine. Along with the rest of the Nation, California public schools are falling under severe financial stress as districts slash education spending and drain federal stimulus money that staved off ...
So we've spent a fair amount of time on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA); I need to move over and start blogging about all the other parts of the financial reform (which I should have been doing all along). Back in ...
a Colorado couple hanging on to their Ford in case the children ever wanted it.The clunkers program made it a no-brainer.Or as Ron Johnson, a retired college financial aid counselor who was going from dealership to dealership in Manhattan this week in ...

The Silk Train — (gold shipments by RPO)

An 1892 shortage of gold coinage in the United States sub-treasury in New York City, prompted by substantial international and domestic payments in 1892, prompted Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster to order the transfer of $20 million in gold coins from ...

Let's Stimulate Smart Highways

The "stimulus" legislation just signed into law by President Obama includes billions of dollars for transportation and infrastructure, with little regard as to whether the projects meet any serious national or regional need other than supposedly creating or " On California State ...
Goldman Sachs moves conference from Las Vegas to San Francisco, cites 'current environment'Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has moved a three-day conference from the Las Vegas Strip to San Francisco amid what the bank is calling a broad review of its activities.Goldman, which ...
As 3 major US cities ask for federal bailout funds, other cities grapple with how to proceedAs three major U.S. cities asked the federal government for a slice of the $700 billion bailout plan, other cities were considering whether that was the ...