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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yelps-new-offices-are-something-to-shout-about-2013-11-29 Nov. 29, 2013, 9:38 a.m. EST Yelp’s old-is-new San Francisco headquarters Commentary: Historic high-rise was once home to Baby Bell PT&T By Therese Poletti, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Word in the bubbly start-up community is that Silicon Valley has effectively moved to San Francisco, and Yelp Inc. is the latest example. After a recent visit to the new headquarters of Yelp, it’s easy to understand why so many tech-sector employees and employers prefer to be based here instead of in the blander valley to the south — even as San Francisco rents soar and observers bemoan a new dot-com bubble.

http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-11-27/commentary/35368213_1_el-erian-new-bull-money-managers Stocks dead, bonds deader till 2022: Pimco Paul B. Farrell Commentary: Gross, El-Erian warn of very slow growth ahead November 27, 2012 | Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Big money managers are warning investors. They’re now citing the Bible: “Seven lean years.” No recovery till 2016. That was Jeremy Grantham back a few years ago. His GMO firm manages $104 billion.

MarketWatch Market Pulse Archives March 27, 2012, 4:39 p.m. EDT Bernanke says he is sleeping a little better By Greg Robb WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that he is sleeping a little better at night because "things are moving in the right direction." In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer to air Tuesday night on "World News," Bernanke said the financial system looks stronger. But Bernanke said it is important not to be "complacent." The Fed chairman said gas prices pose only a "moderate" risk to growth. He said the Fed should not change policy too quickly. Bernanke said he was not taking any options off the table. He said the Fed saying that rates would stay exceptionally low until late 2014 was not a guarantee. "If things get a lot stronger or weaker, we'll have to change our plans," he said.

May 23, 2011, 10:18 a.m. EDT QE2 was a bust Economic data is worse than before By Brett Arends, MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) — It‘s cost $600 billion of your money. And it was supposed to rescue the economy. But has Ben Bernanke’s huge financial stimulus package, known as “Quantitative Easing 2,” actually worked as planned?

REAL ESTATE WEEKLY May 13, 2011, 4:28 p.m. EDT Home prices won’t bottom until next year: Zillow By MarketWatch The first quarter proved rough on home prices, as U.S. home values fell 3% from the fourth quarter — the biggest quarterly decline since 2008, Zillow.com reported this week.

Shiller sees significant likelihood of double dip MarketWatch News Break - MarketWatch There's more than a 50% chance the economy is heading for a double dip recession. And noted economist and author Robert Shiller tells MarketWatch News Break that the Federal Reserve may now lack the power to end the gloom and doom. Shiller now wants Washington to pass a new job-creating stimulus package. Plus, John Madden's videogame empire keeps growing.