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The departure of Mr. Van Natta, a former executive at social-networking websites Facebook Inc. and MySpace, comes as San Francisco-based Zynga, which filed in July to go public, is gearing up for its initial public offering.

Zynga Executive Van Natta Resigns Shayndi Raice 2011

More Heard: No Cry for Yelp More from Deal Journal Yelp IPO, By The Numbers The San Francisco-based website provides local listings of restaurants, bars and other venues, alongside reviews written by the site's users.

Yelp Files to Raise $100 Million in IPO John Letzing 2011

But he firmly denied Savvis had reached an agreement with San Francisco-based Qatalyst, an investment banking firm.

Savvis CEO Says Hasn't Hired Bankers Steven Russolillo 2011

After online retailer Wine.com Inc. saw revenue jump 35% this year, the San Francisco-based business beefed up its staff by 15% to 100 people.

Claims Report Shows Layoffs Slowing Josh Mitchell 2011

The number of locally produced films shot up 15% in 2010 from a year earlier, to 526 films, according to media research firm EntGroup Inc. China's film industry generated revenues of 10.17 billion yuan in 2010, up from 6.2 billion in 2009, while online gaming revenue was estimated at $4.4 billion, according to San Francisco-based Niko Partners, an Asian gaming research company.

China to More Than Double Entertainment Industry Laurie Burkitt 2011

He was the San Francisco-based president, and I was a lowly sales trainee in New York.

What to Read With a Good Beaujolais Lettie Teague 2011

He has been loading up for years, and his confidence in the San Francisco-based financial institution proved justified when it withstood the financial crisis far better than many of its big competitors.

Here Are 10 Ways You Can Beat Warren Buffett Brett Arends 2011

Zynga, a San Francisco-based social network game developer, develops browser-based games for social networking websites.

Regulators of online poker have been dealt a tough hand 2011

This brass one from San Francisco-based Public has just the right tone—it will alert folks without annoying them. $15, publicbikes.com

Ride Safe, Ride Stylish 2011

Earlier this month, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said former sales reps for GlaxoSmithKline PLC were not entitled to overtime.

Drug Companies Stymied on Overtime-Pay Cases Brent Kendall 2011