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Employee Fired Over a $1.39-Bag of Chips

A diabetic employee grabbed a bag of chips to stabilize her blood sugar and paid for them as soon as she could. Walgreens fired her. Josefina Hernandez , a Walgreens employee of 18 years who has diabetes, felt her blood sugar levels drop on the job one day in September, 2008

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Creep Factor: Apple Conducts Residential Search

Imagine this: There is a suspicion that you are in possession of stolen property (hypothetically, of course). Police want to come search your house, your car, and your office.

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Scott Hill Returns to Los Angeles Scene

Like Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco, Mitchells in Greenwich, and Jeffrey in New York, Scott Hill has been an iconic retailer in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. So it came as somewhat of a surprise three years ago when the style-savvy store owner shuttered his Sunset Boulevard shop ...

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Whittell Duesenberg at Gooding Pebble Beach Auction

One of Duesenberg Motors’ best customers was George Whittell Jr., a notorious San Francisco playboy who was heir to a fortune, ran with “questionable” women, raced his cars through city streets, and provided regular fodder for the tabloids. He was also an astute investor who sold $50 million in stock ...

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Recycling an Innovative Culture

When Dolores Labs changed its name to CrowdFlower, it left behind a sprawling loft of an office, a hip logo, and a culture of innovation. A VC firm seized the opportunity. When Dan Scholnick of Trinity Ventures was considering investing in San Francisco-based crowdsourcing start-up Dolores Labs, he laid one significant stipulation on the company's CEO, Lukas Biewald

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Managing Risk in Pursuit of Growth

Local San Francisco CEOs of Inc. 500|5000 companies sit down with Bo Burlingham, Inc.s editor-at-large to discuss Managing Risk in Pursuit of Growth

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Your Future Car Service

Meet the 2.0 car service: Uber is a start-up that lets you book a stylish ride from a smartphone app. Imagine your flight arrives four hours later than expected.

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Most Sustainable Airport: Terminal 2, San Francisco International Airport

As of early April, the state-of-the-art T2 Terminal in San Francisco is the new home of American Airlines and Virgin America. In a $393 million renovation of the original 1954 terminal by Turner Construction and Gensler, architects recycled 90 percent of the original building content

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