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05-03-12 CA Slow Growth

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05-01-12 Best 4 Small Biz

04-30-12 Fattest Cities

04-27-12 Tourism Contest

04-26-12 Best 4 Singles

04-25-12 Employment

04-24-12 CA Labor

04-23-12 Happiest Cities

04-20-12 SFO Tourism

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04-18-12 CA Counties

04-17-12 Tax Day

04-16-12 Retail Sales

04-13-12 Thirteen Phobia

04-12-12 Int'l Trade

04-05-12 Batter Up!

04-04-12 Densest Cities

04-03-12 Orange Crop

04-02-12 Ranking CA

Minutes Qtr 01/12

03-30-12 Cities for Sex

03-29-12 Financial Losses

03-28-12 Workforce Audit

03-27-12 Cloud Computing

03-26-12 Worst 4 Jobs

03-23-12 Employment

03-20-12 Tech Pay

03-19-12 Angel Investment

03-16-12 CA & St. Pat's

03-15-12 Poorest Counties

03-14-12 Wealthiest

03-13-12 Retail Sales

03-12-12 Int'l Trade

03-09-12 Employment

Minute Plus: Apple

03-08-12 Most Admired

03-07-12 Sales Tax Part#2

03-06-12 Sales Tax Part#1

03-05-12 Top Ten Cities

03-02-12 CA Raisins

03-01-12 Happiest States

02-29-12 Cities for Jobs

02-28-12 HealthCare costs

02-27-12 Socal Biotech

02-24-12 Soc'l Media Jobs

02-23-12 Rudest Cities

02-22-12 Best for B&W

02-21-12 Film Employment

02-17-12 Impact of Olives

02-16-12 Foreclosures

02-15-12 Apps & Jobs

02-14-12 Retail Sales

02-14-12 Valentine's Plus

02-13-12 Int'l Trade Plus

02-10-12 Int'l Trade

02-09-12 Fast Growing

02-08-12 Hot Housing

02-07-12 Farmers Mkts

02-06-12 Most Miserable

02-03-12 Overpricd Cities

02-02-12 Vacant Cities

02-01-12 Womens Wages

01-31-12 Tax Rankings

01-31-12 Bachelors

Minute Plus: Wine Travel

01-27-12 California Wine

01-26-12 Best Companies

01-25-12 Impacts of UCR

01-24-12 Tourism

Minute Plus: Temecula

Minute Plus: Tourism

01-23-12 Most Stressed

01-20-12 Employment

01-19-12 Regained Jobs

01-18-12 Best Managed

01-17-12 Worst Managed

10-13-12 Int'l Trade

01-12-12 Retail Sales

01-11-12 Impacts UC Davis

01-10-12 Most Wired

01-09-12 Want to Live

Minutes Qtr 04/11

12-25-11 Merry Christmas

12-23-11 Cost of X-Mas

12-22-11 VCnCA 3rdQtr

12-21-11 Landscape Impact

12-20-12 Crime Rankings

12-19-11 Employment

12-16-11 Bank Failures

12-15-11 Healthy States

Minute Plus: Anaheim

12-14-11 Best Metros

12-13-11 Retail Sales

12-12-11 Insurance

12-09-11 Int'l Trade

12-08-11 Pop. Growth

Minute Plus: Aptera

12-07-11 Worst for Jobs

12-06-11 Saddest Cities

12-05-11 Best Worst Taxed

12-02-11 Small Biz Index

12-01-11 Most Expensive

11-30-11 Best States

11-29-11 Best 4 Tech Jobs

11-28-11 Cyber Monday

11-25-11 Black Friday

11-24-11 Thanksgiving

11-23-11 Great Places

11-22-11 Most Educated

11-21-11 Employment

11-18-11 Women Startups

11-17-11 Young Startups

11-16-11 Retail Trade

11-15-11 CA Ranked

11-14-11 Int'l Trade

11-11-11 Veteran's Day

11-10-11 Credit Scores

11-09-11 US Chamber

11-08-11 Undesirable

11-04-11 Millionaires

11-01-11 Moms & Cities

10-31-11 Biotechnology

10-28-11 Halloween

10-27-11 Trade Imbalance

10-26-11 Travelers Best

10-25-11 Expensive Zips

10-24-11 Luckiest Cities

10-21-11 Employment

10-20-11 Cyber States 2

10-19-11 Cyber Rankings

10-18-11 Top Solar States

10-17-11 Brain Drain?

10-14-11 Retail Sales

10-13-11 Int'l Trade

10-12-11 GDP Growth

10-11-11 Going Broke?

10-10-11 Crime Rankings

10-07-11 Commuting in CA

10-06-11 Housing Forecast

10-05-11 Recession?

10-04-11 Fastest Part 2

10-03-11 Fastest Growing

Minutes Qtr 03/11

09-30-11 Theft by States

09-29-11 Best States

09-28-11 Tourism Changes

09-27-11 Econ Impact, UC

09-26-11 Sandia Labs

09-23-11 Calif. Wine

09-22-11 Best Cities

09-21-11 Ranking States

09-20-11 Best to Start

09-19-11 Infrastructure

09-16-11 Employment

09-15-11 Minority Biz

09-14-11 Retail Sales

09-13-11 Poverty in Calif

09-12-11 Ranking States

09-09-11 Private Equity

09-08-11 Int'l Trade

09-07-11 Taxing OTCs

09-06-11 SLO & Wine

09-05-11 Labor Day

09-02-11 Football in CA

08-31-11 Best Jobs

08-30-11 Dangerous Jobs

08-29-11 Counties & Jobs

08-26-11 Calif & Beer

08-25-11 Fastest Growing

08-24-11 Cities of Geeks

08-23-11 Cities with Jobs

08-22-11 Employment

08-19-11 Best Towns

08-18-11 Best Places

08-17-11 Housing Part 2

08-16-11 Housing Part 1

08-15-11 Tourism LA

08-12-11 Extra Minute

08-12-11 Retail Trade

08-11-11 Int'l Trade

08-10-11 Dow's Worst Days

08-09-11 Ranking States

08-08-11 CA & Cars Part 3

08-05-11 CA & Cars Part 2

08-04-11 CA & Cars Part 1

08-03-11 CA FreshWorks

08-02-11 Best Cities

08-01-11 Insurance Sector

07-29-11 Small Biz

07-28-11 Ranking CA

07-27-11 Walkable Cities

07-26-11 Ranking States

07-25-11 VC Activity

07-22-11 Employment

07-21-11 R.E. & Gen Y

07-20-11 Brown's Green

07-19-11 Cities & Women

07-18-11 Worst Dressed

07-15-11 Clean Economies

07-14-11 Retail Sales

07-13-11 Int'l Trade

07-12-11 Regions Ranked

07-11-11 Cities Ranked

07-08-11 State Obesity

07-07-11 Econ. Rankings

07-04-11 Happy 4th

07-01-11 CA Fig Crop

Minutes Qtr-02/11

06-30-11 Small Biz Ranks

06-29-11 Ranking States

06-28-11 Busy/Lazy Cities

06-27-11 States Ranked

06-24-11 Seeking Money

06-23-11 Dirtiest Cities

06-22-11 Angriest in USA

06-21-11 Auto Theft

06-20-11 Employment

06-19-11 Father's Day

06-17-11 Vacations?

06-16-11 Shades of Green

06-15-11 Ranking GDP

06-14-11 Retail Sales

06-13-11 CA Budget

06-10-11 Int'l Trade

06-09-11 Film Tax Credits

06-08-11 Best Practice

06-07-11 Green States

06-06-11 Simply CA

06-03-11 Ranking Beaches

06-02-11 Deadliest Jobs

06-01-11 Dangerous Cities

05-31-11 Pedestrian Bad

05-30-11 Memorial Day

05-27-11 Pistachios

05-26-11 SBA Tool

05-25-11 Hot Retailers

05-24-11 Biz Failures

05-23-11 Employment

05-20-11 States At Risk

05-19-11 Small Business

05-18-11 Best for Jobs 3

05-17-11 Best for Jobs 2

05-16-11 Best for Jobs 1

05-13-11 Retail Sales

05-12-11 For Single Moms

05-11-11 Int'l Trade

05-10-11 Tourism & Travel

05-09-11 Air Quality

05-08-11 Mother's Day

05-06-11 CEO Rankings

05-05-11 Best for Men

05-04-11 Best for Women

05-03-11 Laziest States

05-02-11 Highest Crime

04-29-11 Asian Business

04-28-11 Toxic Cities

04-27-11 Drunkest Cities

04-26-11 Richest Counties

04-25-11 CA Science Rank

04-22-11 Earth Day

04-21-11 States' Taxes

04-20-11 Venture Capital

04-19-11 Employment

04-18-11 Tax Day

04-15-11 Making A Living

04-14-11 Retail Sales

04-13-11 Best 4 Small Biz

04-12-11 Int'l Trade

04-11-11 CIO Confidence

04-08-11 Solar Grants

04-07-11 Happy Cities

04-06-11 SpaceX

04-05-11 Getting Worse?

04-04-11 Social Network

04-01-11 Batter Up

Minutes Qtr-01/11

03-31-11 Worst Commutes

03-30 -11 Poor Counties

03-29-11 Expensive Visits

03-28-11 Employment

03-27-11 Highest Gross

03-26-11 Most Profitable

03-25-11 CA Wine Exports

03-24-11 Top Job Training

03-23-11 Mfg in CA

03-22-11 Fastest Growing

03-21-11 Vacant Housing

03-18-11 Teen Jobs in CA

03-17-11 Econ. of Beer

03-16-11 Dying Cities

03-15-11 Japan & CA

03-14-11 Int'l Trade

03-11-11 Retail Sales

03-10-11 CA Entrepreneurs

03-09-11 CA Population

03-08-11 Happiest States

03-07-11 Most Admired

03-04-11 Employment

03-03-11 Most Innovative

03-02-11 Cities & Jobs

03-01-11 Best Towns

02-28-11 Cell Phone Taxes

02-25-11 The Oscars

02-24-11 Top 10 for Kids

02-23-11 Best Cities

02-22-11 Loan Guarantees

02-21-11 Pres. Day Xtra

02-21-11 Films Rebound

02-18-11 LA & NBA Stars

02-17-11 Int'l Trade

02-16-11 Science Rankings

02-15-11 Retail Sales

02-14-11 Valentine's

02-11-11 New Econ. Index

02-10-11 California #1

02-09-11 Rudest Cities

02-08-11 Commercial R.E.

02-07-11 Most Miserable

02-04-11 CA & Super Bowl

02-03-11 Calif. & Egypt

02-02-11 Rural Support

02-01-11 SBA Redux

01-31-11 Top Telecom

01-24-11 Best 4 Walking

01-21-11 Employment

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COMMENTARY, INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE

So you want more?  Welcome to the California Business Minute's, CalBizBlog. 

The purpose of the CalBizBlog is to provide commentary, insight and perspective
on the individuals, people, businesses and organizations that drive the business and
economic activity of California.

The CalBizBlog drills down to provide insight associated with the intricate details
related to the changes of the state's business climate and economy through its regions
and business sectors.

To paraphrase former Governor Schwarzenegger, when you work in California you live in
a state where you vacation, and who doesn't want that! So somewhere between enjoying
the assets of this state from attending the games of the 5 Major League Baseball teams, 4
National Basketball Association teams, 3 National Football League teams and 3 National
Hockey League teams along with the surfing, skiing, cycling, kayaking, wine tasting and
living in and around some of the most beautiful geographical areas in the world from Big
Sur, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite to the Redwoods, Sierra’s, Cascade’s to the beaches or the
deserts, it will be the commitment even with all of these distractions to provide you with
the best commentary, insight and perspective that illustrates the brilliance of the
‘Golden State’.
 

While the California Business Minute is updated everyday, the CalBizBlog is updated  
weekly- each Thursday.
                                         
                     

 
www.CalBizBlog.com

 
  • Top 10 Reasons to Do Business in California
  • Top 5 Things to Improve the Economy
  • Buy California
  • Streamlining & Simplifying California
  • 10 Things Not Mentioned at the CALED Conference
  • Small Business California
  • Women: Body of Aniston or $10,000 
  • Stop Crying and Get Over it!!!
  • Union Bank Survey
  • Community Reinvestment Forgiven
  • California and the Foreclosure Settlement
  • CitiBank California Survey
  • Wells Fargo/Gallup Survey
  • Prosperity California
  • Prosperity California: Bibliography
  • Survey of Biomedical Industry
  • San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber Celebrates 125


         2011       2011     2011    2011   2011    2011
  • California Cities:  Most Expensive for Business
  • Colorado: Recruiting on the Cheap in California
  • Oregon: Luring California Food Processors
  • South Dakota: Recruiting in San Diego County
  • Western Australia: California Dreamin?
  • The British Are Coming!
  • Indianapolis: Miscue in Attracting Calfiornia Business
  • California: International Trade & Informed Protectionism
  • Economic Direction Simplified
  • Citibank Survey
  • California: Ranked, Rated and Graded
  • Oh My What A Week It Was
  • Got ideas? Solving the Glut of Foreclosed Homes in California
  • Citibank California Pulse Survey
  • To the Graduating Class of 2011: Pick a Card, Any Card
  • Concord: Drinking More than the Kool Aid of Economic Development
  • California's Green Jihadists
  • To All California Economic Development Personnel
  • Fitch:  California's Budget Crisis Not Over Yet
  • Rating Califonria: Standard and Poor's
  • Wells Fargo/Gallup Quarterly Survey
  • Citibank Survey
  • Economic Development, Dead Profession?
  • Business Climate Rankings & California's Economy
  • Californians Headed to Texas: Boondoggle or Worthy Investment?
  • Canada: Looking for its Mojo in California
  • Union Bank's Annual Small Business Survey
  • North Carolina Recruiting in California
  • Oscars Young & Hip, Wait What Happen?
  • Citibank Pulse California Quarterly
  • Social Media and Forecasting the Oscars
  • Wells Fargo/Gallup Quarterly Report
  • Massachusetts Recruiting in Hollywood
  • Yuma, AZ Recruits in California
  • California's Biomedical Industry, Poised for Growth?
     2010       2010      2010       2010      2010      2010      2010
  • California: Regulatory Reform
  • Visiting an Outdated Sacramento or Just Poor Work?
  • Texas vs California: More Lone Star Hubris
  • Retailer's Rejoice:  Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2010
  • Climate Changes & California
  • Married to the Economy: Economic Couples
  • A Story of a Cancelled Business Relocation: Tailgate Beer
  • Screw the Pac10/12, It's Time for the Golden State 8
  • Small Business Survey: A Double Dip?
  • The Importance of Enterprise Zones - A Guest Commentary
  • Leaving California: A Sad Commentary
  • Employment Patterns
  • Migration Patterns of Americans and Californians
  • Leaving California
  • A Permit Blunder: Schwarzenegger's Case Study
  • Retaining Business in California:  Believe It or Not
  • A Long and Arduous Effort: Restoring the Economy
  • Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business index
  • Why Californians are so Upset with Government
  • What Are CalBizBlogger's Reading?
  • Reversing the Trend: Out of State Manufacturer Chooses California  
  • Guest Commentary by Stan Hazelroth, Ex. Dir. State iBank
  • Optimism Picks Up for CEO's
  • CITI California Pulse, 2nd Qtr Survey 2010
  • Funding Small Business Development Centers
  • Dealing with the State Budget 2010-201
  • Keeping Business and Jobs in LA:  A Story About Baxter BioScience
  • For the College Graduating Class of 2010
  • Telecommuting can be Hazardous to your Career
  • Saving Enterprise Zones: Guest Commentary by Craig Johnson
  • Compensating California CEO's
  • Peddling Influence in Sacramento
  • Idaho is Recruiting in California
  • SEDUCTIVE CALIFORNIA
  • A Radical Three for California: Guest Commentary by Greg O'Sullivan
  • New Mexico is Recruiting in California
  • Robbing Redevelopment
  • Citibank Survey 1st Qtr. 2010
  • Contradiction of Green
  • Small Business: Union Bank Annual Survey
  • Unemployment:  It's Worse Than We Thought
  • Driving Silicon Valley
  • Again:  Nevada's Recruiting Businesses From California
  • America's Cup Returns to U.S. via California
  • Saving Toyota and NUMMI
  • The Tour of California, The Impact's (Pending)
  • Big Surf's Up, Maverick's Annual Competition 2010 Results
  • Colorado, Loving California Again
  • The Greening of California via Oregon, New York and Florida
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    2009      2009     2009      2009      2009    2009     2009 
  • The Series- HARSH REALITIES: The Issues Facing California
  • and its Economic Recovery
    • Introduction
    • Part 1 Assessing the Golden State
    • Part 2 Manufacturing 2.0
    • Part 3 California Migration
    • Conclusion
  • California:  The Coming Collateral Damage
  • Enterprise Zones: Econ. Development Practitioners vs. Media Pundits
  • Solar Installation and California Cities, Best and Worst Practices
  • Arizona Luring Business from California or Talking Trash?
  • Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana in California?
  • Central Valley, A Congress Created Dust Bowl?
  • What Small Business Wants
  • Response to Eliminating Enterprise Zones, A Guest Commentary by Wayne Schell, CALED                                                                                                
  • To Eliminate or Not to Eliminate - Enterprise Zones
  • The Selling of California, Literally
  • State Budget:  Voters to Legislature - It's Your Job!!!
  • Is California to Blame for the Recession?
  • What I Would Tell the MBA Class of 2009 by Dr. Robt. Harmon
  • Bailing Out State and Local Government
  • Cap- to- Cap: Sacramentans Sojourn Inside the Beltway
  • The Faults with Forecasting
  • Union Bank's Survey: A Perspective from Small Business
  • World's Most Admired Companies - California Rules!!!
  • The California Stimulus Summit: A Review
  • A Two Part Special- Love Them but Leave Them Alone - Colorado
    • #1 Why Everyone Loves California - Guest Commentary
    • #2 Don't Give Up on California - Guest Commentary
  • Light Hearted Humor
  • Sex, Drugs and Watching the NFL
  • CALIFORNIA: A  Diverse and Dynamic Economy - Guest Commentary 
  • The Economy and the Impacts on Sports in California

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  • How the Economy is Impacting Pro Sports
  • Should California Create Its Own Oil Reserve?
  • MESSAGE TO OBAMA: No Economy Left Behind !
  • Priming the Pump of Rural California
  • Redevelopment: Suing the State
  • California- How to Prepare to Meet the New Economy
  • Ranking the Financial Strength of the States
  • Leaving Tennessee, Moving to California for the Innovation
  • Australians Emulating California
  • Canadians are Envious of California: Californians won't Move No Matter the Cost
  • Light Hearted Investment Advice - Guest Commentary
  • An Economizing Economist
  • The Largest Risk in Silicon Valley is Taking No Risk - Why the Economic Downturn will Spawn Hundreds of Startups - Guest Commentary
  • A Challenge to California's Economic Development
  • and Redevelopment Professionals
  • A Plea for Financial Sanity - Guest Commentary
  • A Pessimistic Assessment - A Perspective from the National League of Cities
  • Californians like Prop 13, A Field Poll
  • Real Genius - Airborne Laser, A Hollywood Movie Becomes Reality 
  • Refueling America's Air Force, Not So Quick California
  • What are they doing at Stanford Now? Ethics, Isn't it a Little Late for That?
  • Bottle Shock, a Movie Review - CA vs. French Wines
  • Airing CA Legislative Laundry in Nevada
  • Driving California
  • Playing California Hold 'em: Another Hand
  • Let's Play California Hold'em: Dealing with the State Budget
  • BEWARE: Celebrity CEO's, Over Achievers or Under  Performers?
  • GDP Growth by State
  • News and Information from BIO 2008 Convention
  • A Barrel of Wine and Regulation
  • Sign of the Times
  • Pay Per Byte
  • A California Faux Pas
  • H-B1 Foreign Workers, California's Solution to its Workage Shortage
  • Chinese Counterfeiting the OC?
  • News Coverage from CALED Annual Conference
  • CLOSED: California's Salmon Fishing
  • The Future of Social Media, Perspectives from EconSM and DealMaker 08
  • Venture Capital Growth in California,  1st Quarter - 2008
  • If California Were A Nation
  • California, The Best Place for Entrepreneurs
  •           ENTREPRENEURS: THE SERIES
  •     Part 1 Entrepreneurs, Made or Born?
  •     Part 2 Characteristics of Entrepreneurship
  •     Part 3 The New Entrepreneurial Economy
  • California, The 'Greenest' of the Green
  • Union Bank's Small Business Survey- Today's Challenges
  • What's Popping at Stanford?
  • Recruiting in California-Nevada's at it Again
  • British, Envious of the Golden State
  • Missouri Finds Solution to California's Budget ills  
  • Golden State Loosing its Luster?
  • The Stimulus Package Needs Steroids
  • The Economy According to Britney
  • The Economic Impacts from Sports Fishing
  • The Big Surf's Up, Economic Impact of California Surfing Industry
  • Comparing California
  • The Eyes of Wall Street are Upon Us
  • The State Budget, California's Achilles Heel
  • 2007     2007       2007       2007      2007      2007      2007
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  • Jealous of California's Entrepreneurial Spirit? 
  • Investing in California's Economic Future
  • Headed for a Recession or is it the Chicken Little Syndrome?
  • California Christmas
  • Results of Black Friday and Cyber Monday
  • The Cost of the 12 Days of Christmas
  • Dispelling Business Migration 
  • Small Business Survival Index, Golden State or Bad Lands?
  • Business and Economic Impacts from the Writers Guild of America Strike
  • Impacts from Oil Spill in San Francisco
  • Impacts on Tourism from the Southern Calfornia Fires
  • Defining Economic Development
  • Economic Impacts from Southern California Wildfire
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