Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal articles

Recent articles from Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal

Bargains beckon buyers.(real estate )
December 21, 2001... Real estate opportunity funds -- derisively dubbed "vulture funds" -- are circling Silicon Valley looking for fire-sale-priced properties owned by struggling companies burdened with real estate and short on cash. Such funds typically are the vanguard of real estate investment. They enter...

Goal is to tune the symphony.
December 21, 2001... Jay Harris doesn't know what went wrong with the San Jose Symphony. He doesn't know what concerts were better received than others. He doesn't know how much tighter things could have been run. He doesn't know how much money it will take to pay off creditors and get the organization up...

It pays to pay your taxes. (Biz Buzz).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 21, 2001... Be sure to pay your taxes. A cautionary tale about a San Jose man who didn't pay his federal income taxes -- and then delayed paying them when the IRS caught up with him -- surfaced in U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C., late last month. In a ruling issued Nov. 28, Judge Renato Beghe...

3 utilities struggle for power pact.(Pacific Gas and Electric, Souther California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric Co.)(Brief Article)
December 21, 2001... Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and two other utilities are trying to wrestle control of a $147 million energy contract from the state's two major university systems now that Enron Corp. has said it probably won't be able to continue providing electricity to the campuses. The utilities want...

Beyond fund raising: Tech execs entering the race; After backing candidates in last year's elections, they become office seekers themselves.
December 21, 2001... A growing number of technology executives are crossing the line between business and politics, giving in to the lure of public office and the desire, to put New Economy principles to work in the statehouse and Congress. There has been no flood of candidates. Many executives are still put...