Tag: economy
Newsom details plan to fix home insurance market woes, consumer advocate...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new proposal to speed approval of rate hikes for most types of property insurance and help stabilize a collapsing market will...
Hundreds of homes, some affordable, may sprout at big Fremont office...
FREMONT — Hundreds of homes, many of them affordable, could sprout on a prime Fremont site occupied by a big office complex a few...
Jill On Money: Slow progress on inflation
The progress on inflation has been frustratingly slow this year.The most recent evidence was found in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which increased by...
Work begins to convert San Jose office tower to housing highrise
SAN JOSE — Wide-ranging work is underway to convert a San Jose office tower into a housing highrise, a project that could enable rentals...
Bay Area consumer prices hop higher as pace of inflation worsens
The inflation rate in the Bay Area as measured by consumer prices rose at a faster pace in April compared with the last several...
Tech job cuts ease a bit in Bay Area as industry...
The Bay Area’s wobbly tech industry is showing signs of stabilizing after suffering years-long waves of wrenching layoffs unleashed by the sector’s quest for...
Jill On Money: Two-tiered retirement
Are Americans prepared for retirement? It depends on who you ask.The Alliance for Lifetime Income (ALI) released a study with an eye-catching headline: Two-thirds of peak Baby Boomers are...
Google, Rivian Automotive trim Bay Area jobs as tech layoffs persist
Google and Rivian Automotive have decided to trim more tech jobs in the Bay Area, official state government filings show, a disquieting reminder that...
Granderson: Here’s one way to bring college costs back in line...
It took me by surprise when my son initially floated the idea of not going to college. His mother and I attended undergrad together....
‘Age before beauty’? California bill seeks to ban sales of anti-aging...
As a 14-year-old interested in skin care, Emily Chan thought dabbing her face with her mom’s fancy anti-aging products would help nourish her skin.What...