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Forbes’ most powerful women

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Forbes magazine is out with its annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful woman…

Survey shows China manufacturing weakening

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A survey shows China’s manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile recovery is slowing…

US home sales tick up to highest in 3 years

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Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale…

Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

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Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs…

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

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Yahoo’s CEO is making a $1.1 billion bet on the online blogging forum Tumblr as Marissa Mayer tries to…

ChinaSF wins more Chinese investments

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Construction begins in Oakland for affordable senior housing

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Construction begins for Oakland affordable senior housing…

San Francisco home prices jump 17% in one month

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A research firm says the San Francisco Bay area’s median home price surged 17 percent in just one month…

China’s April inflation rises to 2.4 percent

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China’s inflation rose slightly in April amid concern about the strength of its economic recovery…

Which city has the most millionaires?

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According to a new report released by WealthInsight, Tokyo has the most millionaires…