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A National Small Business Owners Day

Jim Blasingame is one of the world’s leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship.

Ireland opens ‘innovation center’ in downtown San Jose

Ireland stepped up its already strong relationship with Silicon Valley on Sunday by opening an “innovation center” in downtown San Jose that it hopes will help revive the battered Irish economy.

Biden says Cheney is misinformed or misleading

Vice President Joe Biden is dismissing his predecessor’s criticism of the Obama administration’s commitment to fighting terrorism, saying bluntly that Dick Cheney is either misinformed or is misinforming.

White House hits back at Cheney criticism

Using the White House’s blog, a top aide to President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed former Vice President Dick Cheney’s criticism about Obama’s approach to dealing with terrorists as “the typical Washington game of pointing fingers and making political hay.” Cheney was taking part in the “same old Washington blame game” when he questioned …

JAL shares down 25 percent as bankruptcy worries mount

Shares of Japan Airlines Corp tumbled as much as 32 percent to a record low on Wednesday as expectations grew the struggling carrier will be restructured in bankruptcy court as part of a state bailout.

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Vice President Joe Biden was on hand to announce 18 broadband projects set to receive a total of nearly $200 million in early-round stimulus package funding.

White House opens Web site programming to public

A programming overhaul of the White House’s Web site has set the tech world abuzz.