An international group of innovators flocked to Sunnyvale on Thursday to pitch their ideas to Silicon Valley investors. They represented 34 different businesses from 15 countries as disparate as Luxembourg and Egypt, but they all shared a belief in their high tech achievements’ marketability both at home and in the international market (which is a good thing, especially if you come from Luxembourg, which has a population about half the size of San Jose).
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Don Pellman is the fastest senior citizen in the world. He ran the 100 meter race in record time, and went on to break a record in the high jump too. Then there is his pole vaulting expertise. Sergei Bubka watch out. The Santa Clara senior cleared 1.00 meters.
Yuri Milner has made several shrewd investments that have paid off. Now Milner is treating himself.
Dean Devincenzi, one half of Double D’s in Los Gatos, is opening a high-end Mexican restaurant with partner Ron Garald in the landmark building formerly occupied by Trevese. .
Tesla Motors of Palo Alto is very unhappy about the way that their new electric vehicle has been portrayed on the BBC’s “Top Gear” show—so upset, in fact, that they are suing the iconic British broadcaster for “libel and malicious falsehood.”
After three years as Mexico’s consul general in San Jose, David Figueroa Ortega is heading down south to Los Angeles.
Microsoft has filed a complaint against Google with the European Commission, claiming that the search engine dominates local search markets in ways that violate the EU’s anti-trust laws.
San Jose has its bocce courts. Thanks to Monte Sereno, Saratoga may soon have its petanque courts. For people who know what petanque is, that is actually good news.
While the A’s battle the Giants over territorial rights in San Jose, the city is taking some bold steps to seal the deal.
Facing the biggest budget shortfall in its history, SJSU prepares to cut classes and turn away students.
