Rival states try to pick up California business

California's budget crisis is turning into a worldwide spectacle that could harm the state's business climate -- and chase companies away.

Bye bye housing tax credit

Today is the last day to apply for a $10,000 tax credit that helped spur new-home sales this year. The state Franchise Tax Board will take applications until midnight - and then it's over. The tax board accepted 12,000...read more »

Fewer people are holding down more than one job

I don't think many people were surprised today when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that more jobs were lost in June. What did surprise me was that fewer people are holding down more than one job than a year ago. It probably shouldn't be a shock, though. After all, if the economy has shed about 6.5 million jobs since the recession started in late 2007, it's logical that a good portion of those jobs were likely positions that represented a second income for people who are working hard to make ends meet.read more »

A seller's market?

Who would have thought that amid all this doom and gloom is, drum roll please, a seller's market. It likely won't last long - maybe just a few weeks - but it does create an opportunity for traditional sellers...read more »

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    Even before someone coined the term "mashup," mashups were popular in the technology world. Some are made in heaven, and are now standard pairings: clock-plus-radio, refrigerator-plus-freezer, cell phone-plus-camera.

  • Think smaller when job hunting

    In recent years I've met many workers at job-loss support groups who were focused on replacing what they lost: a job at a big company.

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