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California shines in high tech:
Report shows state leads nation in venture capital and high-tech exports
San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2006
High-tech employment in the United States rose slightly in 2005 for the first time since 2000. But California, while remaining the industry’s undisputed leader has not completely recovered. MORE

Valley's new job market: (specific) help wanted
San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2006
Yahoo's Sunnyvale campus is feeling so 1999 these days. The company hired more than 3,000 workers last year – about the same number it had in all just three years ago. MORE

Valley steps up its rebound;
Companies post record profits, revenues for second straight year
San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2006
Silicon Valley in 2005 continued its steady climb out of the depths of the bust. While the year didn't exactly qualify as a boom, it nonetheless looked pretty good by the numbers. MORE

Job growth expected to continue
Associated Press, April 7, 2006
The unemployment rate is expected to hold at 4.8 percent with about 187,000 new jobs created as the Labor Department releases new figures for March this morning at 8:30 a.m. EDT. MORE

Silicon Valley buzz, served with pancakes
International Herald Tribune, April 6, 2006
When Jamis MacNiven wants to find out how the economy in Silicon Valley is faring, he has a good listening post: the breakfast tables at the restaurant he owns, Buck's of Woodside. The buzz over breakfast tells MacNiven, whose kitsch-decorated diner is one of the most popular gathering places for California's technology elite, that prosperity has returned to Silicon Valley, five years after the dot-com bubble deflated. MORE

Where's the beef?
Commentary: Why wages aren't rising with job growth
MarketWatch, April 11, 2006
If the labor market is as strong as March's unemployment rate suggests, how come wages are still not keeping pace with inflation? MORE
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Nine top jobs for new grads in 2006
Careerbuilder.com, April 2006
Graduation is right around the corner for many college students and once the ceremonies end with the last graduate receiving a diploma and exiting the stage, the true journey begins. Now the focus shifts from class schedules to scheduling interviews. MORE

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