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annewenzel

  1. Farm labor shortage: Immigration slows & domestic workers don't stick around to finish harvest. Wages up, acreage down. sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  2. Heading to YogaRok @studiorincon, my last monthly unlimited class. Spreadsheet analysis indicates I got the per class price down to $7.78...
  3. SF is really heating up as a tech hub, now the major Menlo Park VC firm Benchmark has leased 10K of space on Market St. sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl…
  4. My buddy for the evening: She's 13, deaf (even with those big ears) but oh, so loyal twitgoo.com/5vvzoi
  5. PayPal expands further into brick & mortar, strikes deals with 15 more retailers: Customers will swipe cell phones. chicagotribune.com/business/sns-r…
  6. What $1M+ buys in frenzied Silicon Valley housing market bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2… A $1.8M Los Altos Hills home didn't last to its 1st open house
  7. Nice! 2-page Base Magazine interview & photos of my son & his friend Alexander about their music (facebook.com/thealexanderba…) issuu.com/basemag/docs/b…
  8. Australia Lures American Mining Workers: More are willing to pick up & move, especially for jobs paying >$170,000/yr. on.wsj.com/KXqYif
  9. Small business hiring accelerated, but the proportion of small firms in the economy is down, negatively affecting jobs: news.thomasnet.com/IMT/2012/05/22…
  10. "..in some cases early risers should ignore their email." Work on an important project for 30 to 45 min. instead. news.thomasnet.com/IMT/2012/05/22…
  11. Dell Slumps Amid Reinvention, Consumers Opting for Mobile: Revenue & profit fall on.wsj.com/JA9pTq Is HP planning to lay off 30K workers?
  12. Silicon Valley lunch 5/29: Wells Fargo Chief Economist John Silvia speaks on the economic outlook. Guests welcome. Info SVRT.org
  13. #economicliteracy The executives who decided to float 84 million additional Facebook shares days before the IPO should be canned.
  14. Facebook Slips 11%: What a mess, 96 mill. more shares sold than 1st planned & most employees must hold stock 'till Oct on.wsj.com/Lu8KKr
  15. A 1st for me, Future trend? A Makeup Remover wet wipe was included with the shampoo at Thousand Oaks Inn, CA: twitgoo.com/5vak3q
  16. Deere, struggling to keep up with demand for its farm machinery, builds 7 factories: on.wsj.com/KwGp3i $1.3 Bill in capital expenditures.
  17. Graduation celebrations this weekend! Our daughter graduates from Academy of Art U with a BFA, our son from Pepperdine with a JD/MBA. Sweet!
  18. As Sales Drop, US Largest Soda Companies Agree: The future is going to be more firmly anchored in noncarbonated drinks. nytimes.com/2012/05/16/bus…