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		<title>Top Real Estate Projects Awards nominations open</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY -- The Business Journal has opened nominations for top real estate projects and the key industry players who made them possible for its fifth-annual 2010 Top Projects Awards. Nominations must be submitted by Friday, Sept. 24. Winning companies will be featured in a special publication supplementing the Dec. 6 issue and honored at a gala reception in December that will recognize commercial and residential building projects in Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties. To enter a nomination, submit online at www.NorthBayBusinessJournal.com, or print out a nomination form and fax it to 707-521-5292 or mail it to 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401 ATTN: Top Projects.]]></description>
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		<title>George Petersen Insurance acquires NorthWest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- George Petersen Insurance Agency today announced it acquired longtime competitor NorthWest Insurance Agency Inc., bringing together the North Bay's second- and fifth-largest property and casualty insurance brokerages.

The acquisition, set to begin Sept. 1, includes six NorthWest Insurance operations in Santa Rosa, Napa, Ukiah, Gualala, Fort Bragg and Eureka, according to George Petersen President and Chief Executive Officer Charlie Bussman. Other terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature approves Sonoma County conjunctive labeling law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA COUNTY -- The California Legislature today unanimously approved a conjunctive-labeling bill that would require wines bearing the names of any of Sonoma County's 13 designated winegrowing regions to also carry the county name as prominently on the bottle.

On Monday the state Senate voted 36-0 in favor of Assembly Bill 1798, penned by Assemblymembers Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, Wesley Chesbro, D-Arcata, and state Senators Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa. The Assembly passed it today with a 74-0 vote. Now, the bill goes to the governor's desk for signature.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin Healthcare District sues Sutter over $120 million in transfers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED AT 5:05 P.M.: GREENBRAE -- The Marin General Hospital Corp. today filed suit against Sutter Health in its attempts to reclaim more than $120 million that was transferred out of the 255-bed hospital since 2006.]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma County OKs new Sutter hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors this afternoon unanimously approved Sutter Health's planned $282 million hospital next to Wells Fargo Center for the Arts north of Santa Rosa. The first phase of construction is set to start Oct. 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic CardioVascular shows growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today reported revenue growth for the first fiscal quarter of 2011 was flat compared with a year ago, but the CardioVascular group headquartered in Santa Rosa saw modest revenue growth.]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic to install solar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Medtronic CardioVascular will install a $1.2 million solar array at its Fountaingrove campus, the company announced today.

The 324-kilowatt system, scheduled to be completed by next summer, is expected to reduce the electrical demand of Medtronic's largest Santa Rosa facility by 40 percent at peak hours and realize net savings of approximately $1.8 million over 20 years.]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma Bank parent raises $730 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenna V. Loceff, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. -- Sonoma Bank parent company, Sterling Financial Corporation, announced agreements today to raise a total of $730 million in new capital from institutional, private equity and other accredited investors, exceeding the goal set by regulators and major step forward in the financial institution’s recovery efforts, officials said.

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		<title>Unemployment rates continue to rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY -- Unemployment rates in the North Bay ticked slightly upward this month, according to statistics released by the Employment Development Department today.

Education jobs throughout the state were scaled back over the summer, and temporary U.S. Census jobs were eliminated in the government sector.]]></description>
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		<title>Agilent&#8217;s Santa Rosa-based group reports &#8217;solid growth&#8217; in third quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Third-quarter revenue for the locally based Electronic Measurement group of Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) was 24 percent higher than a year ago, while the company today reported overall quarterly revenue was 31 percent higher in that period.]]></description>
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