Published: Feb 12, 2012
TO set the tone for her wedding in the Culver City, an incorporated city of Los Angeles, Michelle Dinh wanted an invitation as design-driven and as stylish as her feather-effect silk organza Oscar de la Renta gown and the converted garage in which the ceremony would be held. So to her pink and gray letterpress invitations, she added a Quick
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Published: Dec 06, 2011
BEIJING -- In an otherwise nondescript conference room, Wu Jianping stands before a giant wall of frosted glass. He toggles a switch and the glass becomes transparent, looking down on an imposing network operations center full of large computer displays. They show maps of China and the world, pinpointing China's IPv6 links, the next generation of
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Published: Nov 20, 2011
WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal office campus on 20th Street and Broadway, to its own loft space on 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, its 14 employees simply grabbed their coffee cups and MacBook Airs and did the job on foot. Arriving at their new home, they milled about, admiring the water-cooler, and the
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Published: Nov 20, 2011
WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal office campus on 20th Street and Broadway, to its own loft space on 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, its 14 employees simply grabbed their coffee cups and MacBook Airs and did the job on foot. Arriving at their new home, they milled about, admiring the water-cooler, and the
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Published: Nov 20, 2011
WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal office campus on 20th Street and Broadway, to its own loft space on 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, its 14 employees simply grabbed their coffee cups and MacBook Airs and did the job on foot. Arriving at their new home, they milled about, admiring the water-cooler, and the
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Published: Nov 20, 2011
IS that guy with a laptop at the local coffee shop cooking up a business plan or just checking his Gmail? Tech start-ups are hard to count, but according to public records, more than 400 New York City start-ups have raised money from investors in the past two years. Where do the startups go? The center of gravity remains Union Square, with
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Published: Oct 21, 2011
On Sept. 14, about a dozen business and labor leaders gathered in an eighth-floor conference room in the Financial District. They met for an hour, rehearsing their strategy to assure that Ed Lee, the interim mayor of San Francisco, is elected to a four-year term on Nov. 8. A number of well-connected San Francisco figures were present, including
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Published: Jul 27, 2011
A coalition of 29 American universities is throwing its weight behind a plan to build ultra-high-speed computer networks -- with Internet service several hundred times faster than what is now commercially available -- in the communities surrounding the participating colleges. The project, which is named Gig.U and will be announced on Wednesday, is
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Published: May 18, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sam Lessin sold his Web start-up to Facebook for millions last year, and Facebook promptly shut it down. All Facebook wanted was Mr. Lessin. That is what it has come to in bubbly Silicon Valley. Companies like Facebook, Google and Zynga are so hungry for the best talent that they are buying start-ups to get their founders and
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Published: May 11, 2011
Following is a text of President Obama's remarks on immigration, delivered Tuesday in El Paso, as released by the White House: THE PRESIDENT: Hello, El Paso! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful -- wonderful to be back with all of you in the Lone Star State. (Applause.) Everything is bigger in Texas. (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE
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