SiValley economic report

No longer immune from downturns, Silicon Valley unemployment continues near 12 percent, with prospect as uncertain as the rest of the nation's. The Mercury News reports.

SiValley links to hedge fund scandal

Allegations of insider trading have broadened from Galleon and New Castle funds to tipsters and others in the Valley. The Mercury News reports.

SiValley jobless record

Silicon Valley joblessness has hit a record 12 percent, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

No. 1 NetApp: Lessons Learned

The change of command underway at Sunnyvale's NetApp Inc., a data storage and virtualization leader, reflects trends in data, ethics, mergers and demand-driven innovation. The Mercury-News' SiliconValley reports. NetApp ranked No. 1 on the FORTUNE list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, for 2009. That's just one of numerous recent achievements and accolades for NASDAQ-listed NTAP. NetApp was also named No. 1 among Best Places to Work in the UK, and ranked No. 11 among the top 50 employers, Europe-wide.

Tech Titans draw scrutiny

The Washington Post reports this week such technology titans as Microsoft, Google and Apple are among companies drawing fresh scrutiny over suppression of job-shifting in Silicon Valley and influence brought to bear on Congress and the Administration. (Illustration from WIRED.)