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04-14-09 Retail Sales

04-13-09 CA Ranked

04-10-09 Impact from Beer

04-09-09 Sunnyvale Works

04-08-09 CA Wine

04-07-09 Happiest States

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04-02-09 Going Green

04-01-09 High Tech Growth

Minutes Qtr-1/09

03-31-09 Gottschalks

03-30-09 Gas Prices

03-27-09 Valencia Crop

03-26-09 American Canyon

03-25-09 Econ. Forecasts

03-24-09 CONNECT VC

03-23-09 Employment

03-20-09 Insurance Impact

03-19-09 Fremont

03-18-09 CEO's Rank CA

03-17-09 Unlocking Credit

03-16-09 UnHappy Cities

03-13-09 Econ. Impacts

03-12-09 Retail Sales

03-11-09 Community Banks

03-10-09 Ventura

03-09-09 Most Admired

03-06-09 Employment ADD.

03-05-09 Credit Program

03-04-09 Northrn Exposure

03-03-09 Bummed Out?

03-02-09 CA Confidence

02-27-09 Employment

02-26-09 Downtown LA

02-25-09 CA Auto Dealers

02-24-09 No Water

02-23-09 Turlock

02-20-09 The Oscars

02-19-09 Best 4 Small Biz

02-18-09 Torrance Tourism

02-17-09 CO Loves CA

02-16-09 Tour of CA

02-13-09 Popular Cities

02-12-09 Retail Sales

02-11-09 CA Grape Crush

02-10-09 World Ag Expo

02-09-09 Miserable Cities

02-06-09 CA Blues

02-05-09 Digital Delay

02-04-09 CA Housing

02-03-09 Light Green

02-02-09 Cyber Crime

01-30-09 Wired Cities

01-29-09 CA Confidence

01-28-09 V.C. Part 2

01-27-09 Fed Actions

01-26-09 Employment

01-23-09 Biotech & Golf

01-22-09 Job Forecast

01-21-09 V.C. Part 1

01-20-09 Tourism

01-19-09 Cloud Seeding

01-16-09 Surfing CA

01-15-09 Bio-Tech

01-14-09 Retail Sales

01-13-09 Canada Trade

01-12-09 CA Hospitals

01-09-09 Worst/Best Jobs

01-08-09 Greening TV

01-07-09 Fisheries Econ.

01-06-09 CA Gas Prices

01-05-09 CA New Laws

01-02-09 Ski Mammoth

01-01-09 Happy New Year

Minutes Qtr- 4/08

12-31-08 Angel Investors

12-30-08 PC Market

12-29-08 Senator Boxer

12-26-08 CA Confidence

12-25-08 Merry Christmas

12-24-08 Real Estate 09

12-23-08 Healthy Places

12-22-08 Employment

12-19-08 CA Population

12-18-08 Bank on CA

12-17-08 Fed Cuts Rate

12-16-08 Hilton in CA

12-15-08 Retail Sales

12-12-08 Got Poinsettias?

12-11-08 Nation's Rated

12-10-08 CA Avocados

12-09-08 State Budget

12-08-08 Fed Beige

12-05-08 Buy Oakland

12-04-08 Santa Cruz

12-03-08 Her Economy

12-02-08 Affordability

12-01-08 Cyber Monday

11-28-08 Black Friday

11-27-08 Thanksgiving

11-26-08 Going Int'l

11-25-08 Bay Area

11-24-08 CA Confidence

11-21-08 Employment

11-20-08 Economists Agree

11-19-08 CA in Top 10

11-18-08 CA Carbonless

11-17-08 Entrepreneurs

11-14-08 Retail Sales

11-13-08 CA Citrus Crop

11-12-08 Disaster Prep

11-11-08 Veteran's Day

11-10-08 San Francisco

11-07-08 Tomato Harvest

11-06-08 The Trades

11-05-08 Oakland EZ

11-04-08 Tight Credit

11-03-08 Housing Impacts

10-31-08 CA Halloween

10-30-08 Fed Cuts Rate

10-29-08 Seafood Crisis

10-28-08 Study - W.Fresno

10-27-08 Cotton Harvest

10-24-08 CA Energy Study

10-23-08 Innovating CA

10-22-08 VC 3rd Qtr

10-21-08 NMTC's CA

10-20-08 Employment

10-17-08 Great Places

10-16-08 LA Fashion Week

10-15-08 Retail Sales

10-14-08 CA Amtrak

10-13-08 CA Car Sales

10-10-08 Evolution of Man

10-09-08 Fed Cut Rate

10-08-08 Water in the OC

10-07-08 Aging Workforce

10-06-08 CreativeCluster

10-03-08 Slackonomics

10-02-08 UC San Diego

10-01-08 Econ Collapse

Minutes Qtr-3/08

09-30-08 New Economy

09-29-08 Nanotechnology

09-26-08 Ranking Venues

09-25-08 Too Much Milk

09-24-08 Tech Int'l Trade

09-23-08 CA Confidence

09-22-08 Buy Local

09-19-08 Employment

09-18-08 Digital Divide

09-17-08 Fed Holds Steady

09-16-08 Retail Sales

09-15-08 Uh Oh

09-12-08 CA Wine

09-11-08 Walnut Harvest

09-10-08 Poverty

09-09-08 Got Milk?

09-08-08 Why Go Green

09-05-08 IT- Acct.&Fin.

09-04-08 FED Beige

09-03-08 CA Farmers

09-02-08 CA Tomatoes

09-01-08 Labor Day

08-29-08 Football in CA

08-28-08 Gilroy

08-27-08 Bay Area

08-26-08 Back to School

08-25-08 Peach Crop

08-22-08 CA Ranked

08-21-08 Fresno

08-20-08 Almonds

08-19-08 Confidence

08-18-08 Employment

08-15-08 CA Olympians

08-14-08 Retail Sales

08-13-08 Californians

08-12-08 CA, Not On This

08-11-08 CA Strawberries

08-08-08 LowerTax Ranking

08-07-08 UAV Firefighter

08-06-08 Looking for VC

08-05-08 Bio- San Diego

08-04-08 Solar in CA

08-01-08 Paso Robles

07-30-08 Retail Sales

07-29-08 NASA 50 in CA

07-28-08 CA Ranks High

07-25-08 Staycations

07-24-08 OC Confidence

07-23-08 CA Confidence

07-22-08 Venture Capital

07-21-08 Employment

07-18-08 CA Gas Prices

07-17-08 Retail Closures

07-16-08 State Liquidity

07-15-08 Econ. Obstacles

07-14-08 Mortgage Reform

07-11-08 Growing Cities

07-10-08 San Fernando

07-09-08 Private Equity

07-08-08 Plum Good

07-07-08 Year 1

07-04-08 Happy 4th

07-03-08 Oakland Raiders

07-02-08 city San Pablo

07-01-08 Entrepreneurs

Minutes Qtr-2/08

06-30-On Line Crime

06-27 Uninsured in CA

06-26 Cybercities

06-25 Contradiction

06-24 Retail Trade

06-23 Employment

06-20 CA Biotech

06-19 Boomers Online

06-18 Veterans Advantage

06-17 Older Entrepreneurs

06-16 Semiconductors

06-13 Father's Day n CA

06-12 Hosting US Open

06-11 Chilean Cooperation

06-10 Cutting Solons

06-09 DTV RU Ready?

06-06 CA Tourism

6-05 Disaster Preparation

06-04 Ranking the Cities

06-03 S.F. Tourism

06-02 Anitoch

05-30 Blueberries

05-29 SoCal Taking Off

05-28 Just Plain Ugly

05-27 Hotels in the OC

05-26 Memorial Day

05-23 CA's Bad News Bears

05-22 Clean Energy

05-21 Strawberries

05-20 Smog Bots

05-19 Employment

05-16 Almond Joy!

05-15 Barstow

05-14 Say Cheese

05-13 Retail Sales

05-12 Tech Boot Camp

05-09 Motocross

05-08 Biotech Award$

05-07 RR Re-Open in CA

05-06 Urban Conservation

05-05 Sebastopol

05-02 CA Rice

05-01 Tax Freedom

04-30 Secession?

04-29 Lower Confidence

04-28 $'s for Development

04-25 Perplexing Plums

04-24 VC Part 2

04-23 VC Part 1

04-22 Small Business

04-21 March Employment

04-18 Retail Sales

04-17 Norcal Disney

04-16 Where's California?

04-15 Tax Day

04-14 Tax Procrastination

04-11 CA Wine

04-10 Golfing California

04-09 CA Green Summit

04-08 SoCal Confidence

04-07 NorCal Confidence

04-04 High Tech Part 2

04-03 High Tech Part 1

04-02 Gold Rush -Again?

04-01 Jobs for Teens

Minutes Qtr-1/08

03-31 CA Confidence

03-28 Zero Emissions

03-27 San Bernardino

03-26 Sweet Success

03-25-08 Bandwidth

03-24 Employment

03-21 CA Easter Lilies

03-20 Web 2.0 in CA

03-19 Fed Cuts Rates

03-18 Loathing California

03-17 CA Roads

03-14 Retail Sales

03-13 Greenest of Green

03-12 King of Exports

03-11 LAXpectations

03-10 CA Small Business

03-07 Big Mac -Fung Shei

03-06 FED's Beige Book

03-05 Hotel Development

03-04 Biotech

03-03 Kern County

02-29 Jan. Employment

02-28 Next Entrepreneurs

02-27 Consumer Confidence

02-26 Angel Investment

02-25 Entrepreneurship

02-22 Tops in the Nation

02-21 Poway

02-20 El Dorado Co.

02-19 Endangered Species

02-18 Miserable Cities

02-15 CA Grape Crush

02-14 From CA with Luv

02-13 Retail Trade

02-12 World Ag Expo

02-11 Size Does Matter

02-08 Productivity

02-07 IT Salaries

02-06 Rural Tourism

02-05 San Diego Telecom

02-04 Enterprise Zones

02-01 Super Bowl Impacts

01-31 Feds Reduce Again

01-30 State of CA Cities

01-29 Confidence Wanes

01-28 Showcasing Tech

01-25 Sports Fishing

01-24 Venture Capital

01-23 California's Best

01-22 Fed Cut Rates

01-21 Dec. Employment

01-18 Pavlov's Winery

01-17 CA ID Theft

01-16 CA Citrus Crop

01-15 Retail Trade

01-14 Snowbirds to CA

01-11 Fontana

01-10 Valencia

01-09 State of State

01-08 San Fernando Valley

01-07 Solano County

01-04 Minimum Wage

01-03 CA New Laws #2

01-02 CA New Laws #1

01-01 Happy New Year

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California’s Best
01-23-08


Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

Fortune released it list of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ and California
companies were prominently positioned in the list.  In fact four of the top ten companies
were from the Golden State and California had more companies on the list than any state.

                        Google                         Mt. View
                        Genentech                   South San Francisco
                        Cisco Systems             San Jose
                        Qualcomm                   San Diego
                        Nugget Markets            Woodland
                        Vision Service Plan       Rancho Cordova
                        Intuit                            Mt. View
                        Scripps Health             San Diego
                        eBay                           San Jose
                        Mattel                          El Segundo
                       Granite Construction      Watsonville
                       Yahoo                          Sunnyvale
                       Adobe                          San Jose


Congratulations to all. 


I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
 
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