8 posts and columns on Jerry Brown

Amazon Wins Reprieve on California Tax in Exchange for Jobs

in Commerce on September 23, 2011 at 3:53 pm PT

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed compromise legislation granting Amazon.com Inc. a reprieve from collecting state sales tax after the company offered the promise of thousands of jobs, a development that comes as the online retail giant takes up a broader sales-tax fight on multiple fronts.

Amazon Cuts California Affiliates Loose Over New Tax Law

in Commerce on June 30, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

Amazon has notified all California residents who participate in its affiliates program that a new tax law means they will no longer receive fees for referring site traffic that resulted in a sale.
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California Not So Golden for Silicon Valley Techie GOP Candidates Whitman and Fiorina

in News on November 1, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

After all Meg Whitman’s money and all those demon sheep thrown by Carly Fiorina, polls right now are showing that it is unlikely that either of them is going to emerge victorious in tomorrow’s elections in California. And while both candidates drastically oversold their business credentials as just the thing the troubled state needs, it seems the magic of tech in California does not necessarily transfer to voter enthusiasm quite so neatly.

Many Valley Execs Write Checks To Whitman Campaign

in News on October 27, 2010 at 12:19 pm PT

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman may be destined to lose her campaign to be the next governor of California–recent polls show she’s running considerably behind long-time California politician Jerry Brown–but she sure can’t blame a lack of support from Valley big wigs and corporate America in general.

Can Two Tech Exec Candidates in California Compute With Voters?

in News on June 21, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT

While there have been politicians running for office in California before who have worked in the tech sector, there’s no doubt that the prospects for two of Silicon Valley’s more prominent execs–Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina–represent an unusual and interesting situation in the state’s history. With the tech sector a beacon of hope in a very rough economy and a symbol of health compared with a debt-saddled government, it’s no surprise both candidates are touting their time as CEOs of two of California’s better known digital giants–Whitman at eBay and Fiorina at Hewlett-Packard. But will it work, or does it leave both open to a lot more scrutiny than they think?

Do Walk Away, Sergey (and Google) From the Yahoo Deal

in News on September 10, 2008 at 3:58 pm PT

Today comes news that jumping-on-prone California Attorney General Jerry Brown is thinking of climbing onto the federal government bandwagon heading right for the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., to stop the search giant’s online ad deal with Yahoo. Brown joins big advertisers, newspapers and whatever mudslingers Microsoft can gather (and, let it be said, Microsoft can sling a lot of slimy mud). While Google would by no means control a lot of Yahoo’s search ads, the fact that the pair together have an 80 percent share of the search market apparently frightens ordinary mortals. Maybe it should.

Jerry Brown Tops Google/Yahoo Antitrust Pig Pile

in News on September 10, 2008 at 9:08 am PT

Now that the Justice Department has asked a hotshot litigator to review the proposed search-advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo, everyone seems to be getting into the act. California Attorney General Jerry Brown is reportedly looking askance at the deal, apparently with an eye toward an investigation.

Yahoo Annual Meeting Countdown (1 Day to Go!): Let the Memory Live Again?

in News on July 31, 2008 at 3:00 am PT

Is it just me or does the dire situation of Grizabella the Glamour Cat in the musical “Cats” remind you a little bit too much of what’s been going on with Yahoo and its CEO Jerry Yang over the last year? Thus, BoomTown has decided to make that scraggly cat’s anthem Yahoo’s for its annual meeting tomorrow, because the similarities are simply startling. (Grizabella’s signature song, “Memory” is even wildly purplish, just like the Internet company!)