Cornell Adjusts Testing Procedures Jan. 28, 6:15 a.m. Cornell University on Wednesday announced changes in its COVID-19 testing procedures. University officials said they were pleased with the low rates of infection in the fall semester, but wanted to learn from them. During the fall, most test results were available within 24 hours. In the spring, 80 percent of test results
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Anne Creevy, 85, a longtime educator in the Portola Valley School District, died on Sept. 27. Don Kepler, 87, longtime Menlo Park resident, died on Nov. 9. Susan Southworth, 73, editor at Stanford University s Hoover Institution and Menlo Park resident, died on Dec. 11.
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The stampede from Silicon Valley
Covid-19 has laid bare many of the unnecessary tax and regulatory burdens that tech firms face simply because they are headquartered in California
29 Dec 2020 |
John B. Taylor
The news out of Silicon Valley is that some of America’s most dynamic businesses are pulling up stakes and leaving. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the firm started by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in a Palo Alto garage in 1939, is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas, and the software giant Oracle has already relocated its headquarters from Redwood City, California, to Austin, Texas.
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