50 side businesses to set up from home

If you are one of the rising number of people working part-time, earn some extra cash in dog walking or rampant veg growing Happy days are here again – or so you might assume from a recent wave of optimistic reports about the economic outlook and rising consumer confidence . But while unemployment is down, the latest labour market figures reveal a surge in part-time jobs as employers remain ...

EBay spent $363,000 to lobby in second quarter

Online auction house eBay Inc. spent $363,500 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on patent reform, cybersecurity and other issues, according to a quarterly disclosure report.

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Biz Break: HP victory: Dell drops out of 3Par battle; plus: Google-AOL deal

Today: HP wins the bidding for 3Par. Google will provide search results to AOL for five more years. Cisco intends to buy Arch Rock.

Biz Break: Home sales now 'very weak'; S.F. led price gains in the spring

Today: The San Francisco metro area had the nation's biggest year-over-year housing price gains in the second quarter. Plus: VMware intends to buy two software makers. The Nasdaq drops 6.2 percent in August.