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		<title>Volvo acquires North Bay construction equipment rental business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMERICAN CANYON -- A subsidiary of Sweden-based manufacturer Volvo AB acquired a North Bay construction rental equipment company as part of a rapid nationwide expansion.]]></description>
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		<title>12th annual Women in Business Awards recipients announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 20:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North Bay Business Journal has announced 15 recipients of its 2012 Women In Business Awards.]]></description>
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		<title>North Bay jobs picture shows continued strengthening in April</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment rates across the North Bay had the seasonal drop in April from March but were markedly improved from figures for the previous April, as private-sector hiring increased in some counties while it remained flat in others, according to state figures released today.]]></description>
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		<title>Autodesk first quarter beats expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAFAEL -- Software maker Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today reported first-quarter revenues rose 11 percent from a year before and net income jumped nearly 14 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>April foreclosures fall and sales rise for most of North Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY – Home sales and median prices increased while new foreclosures decreased across the Bay Area in the month of April, with more varied trends in the North Bay counties, according to a duo of reports released today by foreclosure and real estate tracking firms RealtyTrac and DataQuick.]]></description>
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		<title>Petaluma&#8217;s Cyan names CEO to guide international expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETALUMA -- Telecommunications systems and software developer Cyan today said Chairman Mark Floyd is taking on the additional role of chief executive officer as the company expands outside the U.S.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser to launch family medicine residency program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Kaiser Permanente’s Santa Rosa Medical Center will launch a family medicine residency program to expand the number of primary care physicians being trained in Sonoma County, it was announced today.]]></description>
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		<title>Marin Community Foundation distributes $2 million in health care grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO -- Grants totaling $2 million were distributed by the Marin Community Foundation to various health care agencies in Marin County as part of a$10 million, five-year grant established by Sutter Health. ]]></description>
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		<title>Agilent local group revenue increases 5 percent, orders up 13 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loralee Stevens, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Agilent Technologies' (NYSE: A) Santa Rosa-based Electronic Measurement Group again led growth in orders and revenue in the company's fiscal second quarter results, reported today, but the group's growth is expected to flatten in the next several months.]]></description>
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		<title>Airport traffic up nearly 3 percent in April</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/54329/airport-traffic-up-nearly-3-percent-in-april-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Airline passenger volume at Charles M. Schulz--Sonoma County Airport in April increased nearly 3 percent from a year before and slightly from the previous month, according to figures released this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Vintners Co-Op, M.A. Silva expand to Napa Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/53407/vintners-co-op-m-a-silva-new-bottle-business-expand-to-napa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMERICAN CANYON -- Sonoma County Vintners Co-Op, Inc., which provides wine storage, distribution and fulfillment for a few hundred vintners along the West Coast, has expanded further into Napa Valley with a new warehouse, and the first customer is M.A. Silva USA's rapidly growing wine bottle business.  ]]></description>
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		<title>New Tech to expand to dozens of more schools</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/54199/new-tech-to-expand-to-dozens-of-more-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA -- New Tech Network today announced it will expand by three dozen new middle and high schools schools this year, adding to 115 schools in 18 states already using the Napa-based nonprofit's project-based learning methods.]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Rosa Chamber to move offices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce said today it plans to relocate its downtown offices to a business park in the west central area of the city this summer.]]></description>
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		<title>Healdsburg wine company gets $2.5 million investment</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/54117/healdsburg-wine-company-gets-2-5-million-investment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HEALDSBURG -- A San Francisco venture capitalist is investing $2.5 million in a 5-year-old wine producer, the company announced today.]]></description>
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		<title>Wilson adds Blackstone winery to growing portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA VALLEY -- The Ken Wilson family wine portfolio now has an eighth facility with the sale of the Blackstone Winery facility to one of his companies, Stonecushion Inc.]]></description>
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		<title>Three local stores part of Cost Plus purchase by Bed Bath &amp; Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cost Plus Inc. (Nasdaq: CPWM) stores in Santa Rosa, Napa and Greenbrae are part of a $495 million cash deal announced today by the Oakland-based home accessories retailer to sell the operation to New Jersey-based Bed Bath &#038; Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY), which has stores in Santa Rosa, Larkspur and Vallejo.]]></description>
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		<title>Sutter selects developer for Santa Rosa medical office building</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa  today announced it selected Irvine-based Hammes Company to develop an on-campus, state-of-the-art medical office building as part of the new $284 million hospital just north of Santa Rosa.]]></description>
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		<title>Lucasfilm moves forward with affordable housing at Grady Ranch</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/54037/lucasfilm-moves-forward-with-affordable-housing-at-grady-ranch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOVATO -- Lucasfilm has partnered with the Marin Community Foundation to explore options for building affordable housing on the Grady Ranch property near San Rafael that George Lucas originally planned for a sizable digital-movie studio.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Helena Hospital gets $1 million donation</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/54036/st-helena-hospital-gets-1-million-donation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Business Journal Staff Report</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. HELENA -- St. Helena Hospital today announced that Joseph Phelps, founder of the Napa Valley winery that bears his name, donated $1 million to a hospital capital campaign called Project Transform.]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Rosa said to be home for reborn Aptera electric roadster</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- A Chinese vehicle manufacturer recently purchased the Aptera electric roadster project, which underwent a highly visible shutdown in December amid a cash crunch, and has moved it to Santa Rosa with plans to start assembling thousands of the futuristic-looking vehicles locally by year-end.]]></description>
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		<title>Sonoma Valley Hospital to break ground on $39 million upgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/53822/sonoma-valley-hospital-to-break-ground-on-39-million-upgrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SONOMA -- Sonoma Valley Hospital will break ground this week on a $39 million upgrade that will bring the hospital in line with state-mandated seismic standards while significantly improving the 83-bed facility's emergency department along with other improvements, officials said]]></description>
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		<title>Psych hospital opening pushed to August</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The long-awaited opening of a 93-bed psychiatric hospital in Santa Rosa has been pushed back until August due to construction delays, according to the forthcoming hospital's chief executive officer.]]></description>
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		<title>May 15 event: Contractor rules, regulations and today&#8217;s projects</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/53384/2012-construction-conference-preview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 13:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- State regulators are cracking down on contractors trying to cut corners on employment and licensing law to win jobs amid the steep contraction in the building industry in the past six years, while local governments increasingly have been actively looking for ways to speed projects that will revive the economy and tax base, according to experts set to speak at the Business Journal's 2012 Construction Conference next week.]]></description>
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		<title>Developer buys Napa Town Center after council OKs downtown plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA -- A major proposed redevelopment of 156,000-square-foot shopping center in the heart of downtown Napa will now go forward, after the Napa City Council unanimously approved a 20-year plan to guide the area’s development and the months-long suitor for the property purchased it.]]></description>
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		<title>SMART completes $199 million bond sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH BAY – The Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District announced that it has successfully sold more than $199 million in bonds, securing an overall 3.3 percent interest rate that the agency said will net $171 million to fund construction.]]></description>
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