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SiliconBeat
2y ago
Bay Area home buyers have begun to settle back into neighborhoods closer to their offices, driving up prices in Alameda and Santa Clara counties.
The median sale price for a single-family home in the Bay Area reached $1.13 million in September, a slight decline from this summer’s record highs. Homebuyers’ craving for suburban space continued, but cooled in the outer suburbs of Contra Costa and Marin counties, according to CoreLogic data.
Economists and agents expect a robust market heading into the holiday season, with low interest rates and millennial techies looking to buy.
The relatively sh ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
The coronavirus crisis may be preventing Apple from holding its annual worldwide developers conference in its traditional setting in front of a huge crowd of adoring fans, programmers and content ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
Representatives of workers groups held a gathering outside of Tesla's Fremont factory Monday as part of an effort to gain more information about reports that some Tesla workers have tested positive ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
San Ramon-based 24 Hour Fitness said Monday it will close 13 Bay Area clubs among the 100 locations it is shuttering as part of its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.  ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
Starbucks said Friday that it will allow its employees to wear t-shirts and other items in support of the Black Lives Matter, in a reversal of a company policy that prevented employees from promoting ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
Bay Area business stalwarts such as Apple, Tesla and Cisco Systems all saw their shares get pummeled Thursday as stocks took a beating across the board following reports of rising coronavirus cases ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
Tesla, which is just getting back into the swing of things by building cars at its massive plant in Fremont, is reportedly about to ramp up production of the largest vehicle in its catalog, the ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
Tesla was a star on Wall Street, Wednesday, as investors threw their weight behind the electric carmarker and drove its share price above $1,000 for the first time ..read more
SiliconBeat
3y ago
The positive tests reportedly came after workers returned to the Fremont plant under an agreement with county officials ..read more