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Don't take a leaf out of California's book The world's largest legal weed market is going up in smoke K AREN AND TOM HESSLER moved to their remote corner of [...]

In a stunning turn of events, Chinese regulators suspended the initial public offering in Shanghai of Ant Group, just days before the fintech firm was due to float its shares [...]

Ride-bewailing Californians vote on the future of Uber EVEN A HALF-EATEN apple shoved in Dara Khosrowshahi's face by his young son during a Zoom interview does not ruffle Uber's boss. [...]

If they reject gig companies' ballot initiative, a business model will need rethinking EVEN A HALF-EATEN apple shoved in Dara Khosrowshahi's face by his young son during a Zoom interview [...]

California is working with HRS to make the process of sourcing, booking and paying for hotels for healthcare workers seamless. According to a media release, with the pandemic continuing, and [...]

California became the first state to change its labor law and grant gig workers more labor protections when Assembly Bill 5, better known as AB5, went into effect in January [...]

More good news out of the blue: In Illinois, voters rejected a measure to replace the state's flat income tax with a graduated 'fair tax' (the name was the giveaway). [...]

The early Europeans feared that ships sailing west would fall off the face of earth. Spanish explorers devoted considerable time and resources in search of a mythical "fountain of youth." […]

'About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.'--Herbert Hoover The National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting recommends that 'a government ... have a [...]

Over the past year, California businesspeople have grown increasingly infuriated over a variety of perceived economic problems. High taxes. Politicians' indifference to corporate issues. Deteriorating physical infrastructure. Ultimately, this anger [...]

California has rebounded from its economic troubles and dramatically improved its business climate since 1991. This is seen in its low unemployment rate, new jobs creation and record corporate revenues, non-residential construction and exports. The state's economy has outpaced the rest of the US in 1999. California has become a model for utilities deregulation. It is also attracting companies because of its regional approach to economic development.

Fiscal and economic concerns have been raised against California's snailpaced legislative budget process. Political and economic analysts fear that delays in the budget process may hamper economic development despite statistics which prove otherwise. However, legislators attribute delays in the budget resolution to the restricted participation in decision-making and to tough economic issues that need careful deliberation.

Plastic toy and playground equipment manufacturer The Step2 Company credits its high-growth to the dedication of its staff to the values of product quality. Company founder Tom Murdough credits the success of the company to the dedication of the staff and the workforce to the ideals of the company. Murdough insists on hiring only a quality workforce which can contribute to the success of the company's operations. Such an emphasis determines Murdough's location decision, since it has proven successful in his establishment of a plant in Ohio and is proving successful in his establishment of a plant in Bakersfield, California.

The Government Cost Savings and Taxpayer Protection Amendment or Proposition 224 threatens to exclude the private sector from bidding in infrastructure projects while providing little savings and protection to taxpayers. Government construction firms will be the only ones allowed to bid for infrastructure projects so that they will have a virtual monopoly over such projects. Moreover, government subsidized bidders will necessarily bid lower because rent, labor costs and others will not be factored in their bids.

In February, the RAND Corporation launched a commercial Web site which provides information on California business, economics, and public policy issues. The site, RAND California [http://www.ca.rand.org] is a subscription-based service, […]

The remifications of Proposition 209 pose a chilling problem for minority employment, education and businesses across the country. With clone bills waiting in the wings, how will its agenda affect [...]