Economy Archives : Page 13 of 64 : Bay Area Council

So Much for the Demise of Silicon Valley

Oct 26 2018

While some outsiders see a decline of Silicon Valley, a major announcement by JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon suggests the news of its death may be...

Merced Visit Highlights Megaregion, Public-Private Partnerships

Oct 5 2018

The important role of Merced and UC Merced in the growing Northern California megaregion were the focus of a recent trip the Bay Area Council made ...

Learning from Portland’s Regional Governance Model

Sep 28 2018

A Bay Area Council delegation of business and government leaders traveled to Portland, Ore., this week to see what we can learn about that region�...

Leveraging Tech, Innovation to Address Regional Challenges

Sep 7 2018

The Bay Area Council this week was thrilled to partner with member company TechCrunch on Disrupt SF 2018, one of the technology industry’s bigges...

CA Faces Staggering $1 Trillion Infrastructure Funding Gap

Sep 7 2018

California’s infrastructure funding gap will reach $1 trillion by 2050, according to a new report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute that...

Pushing Back on Business, Jobs Taxes

Aug 24 2018

The Bay Area Council is pushing back against a number of Bay Area cities that are teeing up new taxes on the November ballot aimed at jobs and busi...

Breakfast with Ravi Shankar Prasad

Aug 17 2018

The California Business Roundtable, California Chamber of Commerce, Bay Area Council, DLA Piper, and The Westly Group, in partnership with NASSCOM,...

A Bay Area-Europe Collaboration on Cybersecurity Education

Aug 10 2018

EIT Digital and Bay Area Council member UC Berkeley have joined forces to launch Cybersecurity 360, the first professional education program of its...

New Tariffs to Escalate Construction Costs Impacting Bay Area’s Housing Production and Prices

Aug 3 2018

Tariffs of 20% the Trump administration imposed last year on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, and more recent tariffs of 15% and 10% on steel a...

73rd Annual Dinner & Business Hall of Fame to Honor Business and Philanthropic Titans