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Even so, Bay Area-based venture-capital firms took a growing share of the dollars and also didn't experience as steep a fall-off in the amounts that they garnered as the rest of the country.

Local Venture Funds Hold Up Pui-Wing Tam 2011

According to an analysis from compensation-research firm Equilar Inc., cash bonuses for CEOs of Bay Area-based companies that are in the Standard & Poor's 1500 Index more than doubled last year.

Bonuses Spring Back For Technology CEOs Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Jason Feldman , who runs a custom-apparel business in Stoneham, Mass., earlier this year amassed a client list of six Bay Area-based Internet start-ups for his customized American Apparel "track jackets," which cost about $50 apiece and have been purchased by companies such as San Francisco-based HeyZap, which helps distribute social games.

Growth in Start-Ups Boosts Makers of Corporate Freebies Amir Efrati 2011

Everyone from NPR to National Geographic have shown these Bay Area-based boys love.

Voto Latino: AMP: Five Most Memorable Artists of 2011 Voto Latino 2011

The Chicago law firm Steele Hansmeier PLLC has dropped its case against the San Francisco Bay Area-based grandmother who was sued for allegedly downloading pornography from a BitTorrent site, according to SFGate.

Grandmother Porn Lawsuit Dropped The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Bay Area-based online retailer CafePress has removed a line of t-shirts promoting "illegal immigrant hunting" after activist Victor Hoelscher submitted a petition urging CafePress to "cease sale and distribution of the racist 'illegal Alien Hunting Permits.'"

CafePress 'Racist' T-Shirt Pulled From Online Store The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Bay Area-based energy and utility start-ups, meanwhile, raised nearly $1.3 billion last year through 39 financings, up from $630 million through 24 such deals in 2009.

Health Care a Laggard for Venture Funds Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Last December, the Bay Area-based freelance cartoonist was trying to persuade new clients to buy his political animations and trying to convince the good folks at Apple that his work belonged in their App Store.

Georgetown talk: Pulitzer cartoonist MARK FIORE on the midterms, Meg Whitman & good ol' Mark Twain Michael Cavna 2010

Overall, 61.5% of Bay Area-based companies that went public between 2008 and Sept. 1, 2010, did pre-IPO reverse stock splits, up from 53% between 2005 and 2007, according to Equilar.

Before an IPO, Companies Look to Reverse Stock Splits Pui-Wing Tam 2010

Everyone from NPR to National Geographic have shown these Bay Area-based boys love.

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