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Updated: November 22, 2009
Pletschet: Plato would declare our executives our overpaid
Munroe: Innovation alive and well in America
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Nintendo's Mario endures
New York McDonald's goes upscale
Bay Biz Buzz: Central Garden posts $8 million profit
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Gradual adoption planned for electric car, Nissan says
Pletschet: Dow Jones Average best stocks gauge for investors
Silicon Valley's new sport: extreme bootstrapping
Valley startups rising up from the graveyard
Stocks fall as dollar rises
Nook e-readers sold out for holidays
Study finds few women executives in state
Gold spike: Boom times for precious metal
Biz Buzz
Bay Biz Buzz: Taleo raising $132 million from public stock sale
Columnists
Pletschet: Plato would declare our executives our overpaid
Lindich: Turn-on sequence critical to `handshake"
Pletschet: Dow Jones Average best stocks gauge for investors
Munroe: Innovation alive and well in America
Singletary: Gift cards face new rules
Real Estate
Defaults engulf more prime loans
James Dulley: Slam the door on heat-robbing leaks
Bay Area home prices rising
Big dreams in a small space
Technology
Tech Ticker: Nook e-reader, Nokia, Motorola
Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up
Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing
Flurry of stock-market debuts signals IPO rebound to continue
Personal Finance / Spending
Pletschet: Dow Jones Average best stocks gauge for investors
Singletary: Gift cards face new rules
Danville couple uninsured by choice
Butler: Good living habits can bring happy returns
Gas Prices / Auto News
Bay Area gas prices down for the holidays
Nissan CEO: Electric car adoption to be gradual
Ford, Subaru, VW win insurance industry picks
Ford Fusion named Motor Trend car of the year
Market update
Financial Markets
Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity
NEW YORK—Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago.
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