Selected Recent California Newspaper Editorials
- May
- 15
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has a chance to change California’s course significantly. Or, he can continue on the current disastrous path of more taxing, spending and borrowing in order to spend. We hope for a change, but experience tells us we’re probably in for more of the same.
We expect the governor to be unspectacularly predictable Wednesday when [...]
Lost in the system
- April
- 13
A lot of people tried to do the right thing for Jeff. And yet, it all went very wrong.
When a neighbor saw what she thought were choke marks on his little sister’s neck, she reported it.
Adams County human services responded quickly. Investigators talked to the children in person and away from their mother. [...]
More Museum Wanted
- March
- 31
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Since 1905 Cleburne’s Carnegie Building has served, at times, as a library, a war information center, a live theater and a museum. The building has housed the Layland Museum downstairs and the Carnegie Theatre upstairs for several years. Although it remains a stately structure and one of downtown Cleburne’s most visible landmarks, the building is [...]
Pioneer Pulls Plug on Plasmas
- March
- 18
An Impairment Loss
“The top priority for us now is to make the operation suitable to the scale of the business,” he said.
“Now, how well we can apply our technological advantage to the back-end area of the production process holds the key to success, and we believe we have sufficient technology, capabilities and potential” to do [...]
Convergys Chief Made $6M in 2007 as Profits Rose
- March
- 14
Dougherty, who was appointed CEO in April 2007, drew a base salary of $710,000 and a performance-related bonus of $591,521 according to a regulatory filing Wednesday.
According to the proxy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dougherty also received options awards valued by the company at $4.6 million when they were granted.
Flying High
The proxy filing [...]
Napster Claws Its Way Back With Trimmer Losses
- February
- 26
The quarter marked Napster’s third in a row of positive cash flow, a metric that suggests the company is making progress toward becoming consistently profitable, he noted. Still, Napster remains in growth mode, Gorog added, having expanded into Europe and Latin America recently along with upgrading to its core service and establishing new partners in [...]
HP Delivers Hearty Q1 Results, Promises Banner Year
- February
- 23
‘Good News for Tech’
Shares jumped 7.5 percent, or US$3.30, to $47.25 in early trading Wednesday.
“This is good news for tech,” said Gartner (NYSE: IT) analyst Martin Reynolds. “If we can just get through another quarter, maybe the (technology) industry will skate through all of this nastiness without suffering too much damage.”
However, American Technology Research [...]
HP Delivers Hearty Q1 Results, Promises Banner Year
- February
- 22
‘Good News for Tech’
Shares jumped 7.5 percent, or US$3.30, to $47.25 in early trading Wednesday.
“This is good news for tech,” said Gartner (NYSE: IT) analyst Martin Reynolds. “If we can just get through another quarter, maybe the (technology) industry will skate through all of this nastiness without suffering too much damage.”
However, American Technology Research [...]
Napster Claws Its Way Back With Trimmer Losses
- February
- 8
The quarter marked Napster’s third in a row of positive cash flow, a metric that suggests the company is making progress toward becoming consistently profitable, he noted. Still, Napster remains in growth mode, Gorog added, having expanded into Europe and Latin America recently along with upgrading to its core service and establishing new partners in [...]
Infineon Slides Into Fourth Losing Quarter
- February
- 8
The Qimonda Drag
The loss was largely due to a decline in profit from Qimonda, in which Infineon holds a 77.5 percent stake, the company said.
Revenue slipped to 1.6 billion euros ($2.3 billion) in the quarter from 2.1 billion euros ($3 billion) a year ago.
Investors were disappointed by the company’s revelation that it expects to post [...]
