Business

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Bay Area home prices rising
Median price sees first year-over-year increase in two years

More foreclosures on prime loans

Databases: East Bay sales, foreclosures

In the newspaper »

Updated: November 20, 2009
	Defaults engulf more prime loans Bay Biz Buzz: Central Garden posts $8 million profit Ross registers record profits Economic reports show weak growth Lindich: Turn-on sequence critical to `handshake" Business briefs: mortgage rates, markets, AOL

Breaking news »


	More states add jobs, but many temps Nook e-readers sold out for holidays Rain may put pumpkin pie in peril Fewer Eggos to leggo Study finds few women executives in state Gold spike: Boom times for precious metal Weak demand shutting down refineries Pletschet: Plato would declare our executives our overpaid

Biz Buzz


	Bay Biz Buzz: Gap sales surge on back of Old Navy

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 Bay Area home prices rising Progress at Oak Knoll -- buildings coming down Innovative Bank sees losses grow

Technology


	Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing Nook e-readers sold out for holidays Nokia cuts 330 jobs in Finland, Denmark Oracle's $7.4B Sun Microsystems deal: EU extends review deadline

Personal Finance / Spending


	Singletary:Gift cards face new rules Danville couple uninsured by choice Butler: Good living habits can bring happy returns Expansion and extension of home-buying tax credit seen as lifting market

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


	Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens NEW YORK—The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. Full Story