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BART Budget Approved
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) A temporary fare rollback is on the way for BART passengers as the Board of Directors has approved a 2011 budget. The $589 million operating budget includes a $4.5 million...
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BART General Manager Could Be On Her Way Out
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Behind closed door negotiations are underway that will likely lead to the exit of BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger. BART directors voted 5-to-4 earlier this year to ask Dugger to...
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BART To Hear Public Comments On Cellphone Service Shutdown
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors was set to hold a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the transit agency’s decision to shut down cellphone service at stations in...
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Former Seattle Transportation Head Named New BART General Manager
OAKLAND (KCBS/CBS SF) – Bay Area Rapid Transit directors voted 8-1 Wednesday to name a new general manager who has 32 years of experience in public transportation but who also resigned under pressure...
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SF Muni Considers All-Door Boarding System
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency bus riders may soon be able to use the back door – legally. The agency is considering a new policy that would allow passengers to...
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Bartz Resigns From Yahoo Board After Labeling Colleagues ‘Doofuses’
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) – Carol Bartz has resigned from the Yahoo board of directors that she blasted for firing her as the company’s CEO last week. The resignation reversed a defiant stance that Bartz took...
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Yahoo Co-Founder Urged To Help Oust Chairman
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) – A major Yahoo shareholder seeking to oust Chairman Roy Bostock is urging company co-founder Jerry Yang to join the crusade. The shareholder, hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, called...
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BART Finishes Fiscal Year With $20 Million Surplus
OAKLAND (KCBS) – BART directors were all smiles Thursday as the transit system finished the fiscal year with a $20 million surplus, which is rare in the current economic climate. BART’s bean counters...
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Yahoo Investor Demands Board Ouster Of Co-Founder Yang
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) – A major Yahoo shareholder is demanding that the slumping Internet company oust co-founder Jerry Yang from its board to clear the way for directors more likely to protect...
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Co-Founder Jerry Yang Leaving Sunnyvale’s Yahoo
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) – Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is leaving the struggling Sunnyvale-based Internet company, as it tries to revive its revenue growth and win over disgruntled shareholders under a new...
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Major Shareholder Blasts Decision On Yahoo Board Members
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) – A major Yahoo shareholder passed over for a seat on the troubled Internet company’s board is blasting the decision as illogical. Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb described the snub...
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Yahoo Director To Leave Amid CEO Hiring Dispute
SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) – A Yahoo director embroiled in an investigation into an inaccuracy about CEO Scott Thompson’s academic credentials is surrendering her seat on the troubled Internet company’s board....
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Paypal Co-Founder Joins Yahoo Board In Shake Up
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Yahoo is adding a new director and parting ways with two other board members in the latest shake-up of the Internet company’s hierarchy. PayPal co-founder Max Levchin joins...
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BART Board Explores Fare Increases, Parking Rate Hike
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The cost to ride Bay Area Rapid Transit is likely to get more expensive in the coming year, and the price to park at stations could be rising as well. The BART Board of Directors is...
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BART Board Votes To Increase Fares, Parking Fees
OAKLAND (KCBS)— BART fares and parking fees are going up. The transit company’s board of directors overwhelmingly decided in a vote in Oakland on Thursday to approve the proposed hike. Daily parking...
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Facebook Board Member Jim Breyer Stepping Down
MENLO PARK (CBS/AP) — Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won’t seek re-election to its board of directors. Facebook Inc. said Friday that Breyer, partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Accel...
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BART Union Leader Threatens ‘Bloodiest, Longest’ Strike As Negotiations Set...
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors meeting on Thursday was filled with employees for the transit agency, many of whom had harsh words about the ongoing labor dispute between...
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BART Unions Slam Board Over Deaths Of Workers During Strike
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors passed resolutions honoring the two workers killed on the tracks on October 19, despite protests from union leadership. The resolutions in...
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Phil Matier: BART Riders May Experience Sticker Shock Soon
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Come next year, BART riders may be in for a case of sticker shock as a fare increase goes into effect. Fares are set to go up more than five percent starting in January. The transit...
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Phil Matier: Tense BART Talks Set To Resume Over Family Leave
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Negotiators with Bay Area Rapid Transit and its two largest unions are set to restart negotiations on Thursday, with many hard feelings remaining on both sides of the table. At issue...
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