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  • Regional Banks
    • Bank of America NA
    • Wells Fargo Bank NA
    • Citigroup
    • Union Bank of Callifornia
    • City National Bank
    • Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)
    • Comerica Bank
    • Bank of the West
  • Community Banks
    • Scott Valley Bank
    • Tri-Valley Bank
    • Heritage Bank of Commerce
    • Mt. Diablo National Bank
    • Diablo Valley Bank
    • Bank of Walnut Creek
    • Greater Bay Bank
    • The Mechanics Bank
    • California Bank and Trust
    • Fremont Bank
    • First Banks, Inc.
    • Community Bank of the Bay
  • SBA Lenders
    • Bay Area Development Co.
    • CIT Small Business Lending Corp.
    • Sonoma National Bank
    • Greater Bay Bank
    • Bank of Walnut Creek
    • California Bank & Trust
  • Other Sources
    • Factors
      • Gateway Acceptance Corporation
      • Marble Bridge Funding Group, Inc.
      • Summit Financial Resources
      • Working Capital Company, Inc.
    • Asset-Based Lenders
      • Summit Financial Resources
      • Alliance Financial Capital
      • Guaranty Business Credit
      • BFI Business Finance
      • Bay Business Credit
      • Business Alliance Capital Company (BACC)
    • Hard Money Lenders
      • Berkman Financial Services
      • Cushman/Rexrode Capital
    • Equity
      • Jigsaw Partners, LLC
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  • Accounting
    • Armanino McKenna LLP
    • Blanding, Boyer & Rockwell LLP
    • Friar, Harper & Arendt LLP
    • Johnston, Gremaux & Rosai LLP
    • Rothstein, Kass & Co.
    • Jones, Henle & Schunck
    • Burr Pilger Mayer
    • Brokstein & Rosen
    • Cartwright & Co.
    • Cowden Neale, LLP
    • Sweeney Kovar, LLP
    • Cothran & Johnson
    • RINA
    • Seiberlich Accountancy
    • Kelly & Associates, LLP
    • InConcert Financial Group
  • Financial Planning
    • Capital Performance Advisors
    • California Financial Advisors
    • Capital Advisers
    • Lodestar Private Asset Management
    • Burton/Enright Group
    • Ballou Plum Financial Advisors LLC
    • Certified Planners Inc.
    • Prosperity Fianncial Group Inc.
    • Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)
    • InConcert Financial Group
    • RBP Investment Advisors, Inc.
  • Advertising
    • Compass Marketing
    • J. Stokes & Associates
    • EMC Creative
    • KRT Marketing
    • Crossover Creative Group Inc.
    • Creativeworks
    • Hurd & Associates
    • Robert Anthony Strategic Marketing & Design
    • Biotech Communications Group Inc.
    • Bridges Marketing Group
    • Creative Marketing Group
    • CSF Design
    • Hogan Media & Music
    • Jerry Strom & Company
    • Larry Alexander Advertising
    • LekasMiller Design
    • Ludden Gerald F Interests
    • Luke Design Associates
    • Markone Visual Communications Inc.
  • Marketing
    • Affinity Products, Inc.
    • American Newspaper Marketing
    • Black Marketing & Distribution
    • Blue Sun Marketing
    • Commerce Logistics
    • Consolidated Logistics International
    • Edge Marketing
    • Equibrand Consulting
    • Exerxekt, Inc.
    • focusONe
    • Group One Marketing, Inc.
    • Hoffman Elly
    • Hurd & Associates
    • Isaacs Wm C Co
    • J. Stokes & Associates
    • Jw Consulting
    • Kirkpatrick Communications
    • KRT Marketing
    • Lifestage Matrix Marketing
  • Public Relations
    • Gallagher Group
    • Brown Miller Communications
    • Gallen Neilly & Associates
    • Creativeworks
    • Edwards and McCaslin
    • Fahr, Robin & Associates
    • Hook Line & Thinker
    • Inform Public Relations
    • J. Stokes & Associates
    • KRT Marketing
    • Lewis & Summers Public Relations
    • Lewis Benedict Bedecarre
    • Public Communications
    • Samluk Communications
    • Spier & Associates
    • Tressel Communications
    • Wong and Murray, Inc.
    • Kirkpatrick Communications, Inc.
    • focusONe
  • Law
    • Morgan Miller Blair
    • Morrison & Foerster LLP
    • Bingham McCutchen LLP
    • Greenan Peffer Sallander & Lally LLP
    • Gagen, McCoy, McMahon & Armstrong
    • Archer Norris
    • Foley & Lardner LLP
    • Frankel & Goldware LLP
    • Law Offices of David S. Pearson
    • Nossaman Gunther Knox Elliot LLP
    • Sheldon & Mankin
    • Law Offices of Edmund R. Manwell
    • J. Scott McKay
    • Burnham Brown
  • Insurance: Employee Benefits
    • D/A Financial Group
    • Colt Employee Benefits
    • Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Insurance Services of California Inc.
    • Hanna Insurance Solutions
    • California Insurance Center
    • Mass Mutual Financial Group
    • Santa Maria & Company
    • Argo Insurance Brokers Inc.
    • WestCallawayStotka Inc.
    • Nourse Insurance Brokers Inc.
    • R.L. Milsner Inc. Insurance Brokerage
    • J.E. Brown & Associates
    • Massie & Beck Insurance Brokers Inc.
    • Insurance Associates of Northern California
    • East County Insurance Agency Inc.
  • Insurance: Commercial Property & Casualty
    • Jenkins/Athens Insurance Services
    • Argo Insurance Brokers
    • California Insurance Center
    • Santa Maria & Company
    • Heffernan Insurance Brokers
    • R.L. Milsner Inc. Insurance Brokerage
  • Management Consulting
    • Right Management Consultants
    • Global Inventures Inc.
    • De Candia International Corp.
    • Robinson & Associates
    • John Parry & Alexander
    • Merit Resource Group Inc.
    • Platinum Business Alliance LLC
    • Excel in Marketing LLC
    • Sierra Financial Group Inc.
    • Stonefield Josephson Inc.
    • focusONe
    • Tennant Consulting
    • InConcert Financial Group
    • The Federal Technology Center
  • Human Resources/Employment
    • Gevity HR
    • InConcert Financial Group
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  • Financial Reporting
    • BusinessTown
    • Securities Exchange Commission
    • Microsoft
    • Securities Exchange Commission: Regulatory Actions
    • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
    • Financial Accounting Standards Board
  • Accounting and Auditing
    • Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
      • AICPA
      • PCAOB
      • ISACA
      • COSO
      • SOX-Online
    • SAS99
      • AICPA
    • SAS70
      • SAS70.com
      • Deloitte.com
    • SAS90
      • AICPA
  • Tax
    • Quickbooks
    • California Franchise Tax Board
    • Salary.com -California State Income Tax Rates
    • California State Income Tax Information
    • California Tax Service Center
    • Internal Revenue Service
    • Internal Revenue Service: Tax Information for Businesses
    • United States Small Business Administration
    • The Essential Tax & Wealth Planning Guide for 2006
    • Producing Results II: An Analysis of the New Section 199 Production Activities Deduction
  • Business Licenses
    • County
      • Contra Costa County
    • Cities and Towns
      • City of Antioch
      • City of Brentwood
      • City of Clayton
      • City of Concord
      • Town of Danville
      • City of El Cerrito
      • City of Hercules
      • City of Lafayette
      • City of Martinez
      • Town of Moraga
      • City of Oakley
      • City of Orinda
      • City of Pinole
      • City of Pittsburg
      • City of Pleasant Hill
      • City of Richmond
      • City of San Pablo
      • City of San Ramon
      • City of Walnut Creek
  • Human Resources / Employment
    • HR California
    • Northern California HR Association
    • HR.BLR.com
  • Workers Comp/Insurance
    • Beginner's Guide
    • Employment Development Department
  • Environmental
    • Asbestos, Mold and Indoor Air Quality
      • ACC Environmental
      • Van Brunt Associates
      • RGA Environmental
      • Forensic Analytical
    • Environmental Contractors
      • Bayview Environmental Services
    • Agency Links
      • CAL-OSHA
      • California DHS
      • CAL-EPA
      • Bay Area Air Quality Management District
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  • Commercial Real Estate Brokers
    • Colliers International
    • Cornish & Carey Commercial
    • Cushman & Wakefield of California Inc.
    • Grubb & Ellis Co.
    • Carpenter/Robbins Commercial Real Estate Inc.
    • Monte Vista Comercial Real Estate Services Inc.
    • CRS, Commercial Real Estate Services
    • R&D Commercial Properties
    • Straface & Riele Commercial Real Estate
    • Hannah Investment Inc.
    • Kilpatrick and Company
  • Development Permits/Approvals
    • County
      • Contra Costa County
    • Cities and Towns
      • City of Antioch
      • City of Brentwood
      • City of Clayton
      • City of Concord
      • Town of Danville
      • City of El Cerrito
      • City of Hercules
      • City of Lafayette
      • City of Martinez
      • Town of Moraga
      • City of Oakley
      • City of Orinda
      • City of Pinole
      • City of Pittsburg
      • City of Pleasant Hill
      • City of Richmond
      • City of San Pablo
      • City of San Ramon
      • City of Walnut Creek
  • Market Trends
    • Bay Area Office Statistics
    • Office & Flex Space 2007
  • Business Parks
    • Bishop Ranch Business Park
    • Shadelands Business Park
    • Contra Costa Centre
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  • Characteristics
    • 2006 Performance Index (selected pages)
  • Higher Education
    • Cal State University, East Bay
    • Chapman University
    • Contra Costa College
    • Diablo Valley College
    • JFK University
    • Los Medanos College
    • St. Mary's College of California
  • Training
    • 2006 Performance Index (selected pages)
  • Staffing Services
    • Dynamic Office & Accounting Solutions
    • Harvest Technical Services Inc.
    • Industrial Services Company
    • Professional Staffing Resources
    • The CAD Group
    • The Plus Group
    • Westaff Inc.
    • The Staffing Solutions Group
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  • Economic and Demographic Profile
    • 2003 Performance Index
    • 2007 Performance Index
  • Economic Competitiveness
    • 2006 Performance Index
  • Economic Trends
    • July 2006 Quarterly Forecast (East Bay)
    • October 2006 Quarterly Forecast (East Bay)
    • January 2007 Quarterly Forecast (East Bay)
    • July 2008 Quarterly Forecast (East Bay)
  • Elementary and Secondary Education
    • County Office of Education
      • Superintendent of Schools
    • School Districts
      • Acalanes Union High
      • Antioch Unified
      • Brentwood Union
      • Byron Union
      • Canyon
      • John Swett Unified
      • Knightsen
      • Lafayette
      • Liberty Union High
      • Martinez Unified
      • Moraga
      • Mt. Diablo Unified
      • Oakley Union Elementary
      • Orinda Union
      • Pittsburg Unified
      • San Ramon Valley Unified
      • Walnut Creek
      • West Contra Costa Unified
  • Higher Education
    • Cal State University, East Bay
    • Chapman University
    • Contra Costa College
    • Diablo Valley College
    • JFK University
    • Los Medanos College
    • St. Mary's College of California
  • Transit and Airports
    • AC Transit
    • Central Contra Costa Transit Authority
      (County Connection)
    • Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority
      (Tri Delta Transit)
    • Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
    • Caltrans
    • Buchanan Field
    • Byron Airport
    • Capitol Corridor (Amtrak)
  • Hospitals
    • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
    • Doctors Medical Center San Pablo/Pinole
    • John Muir Medical Center, Concord Campus
    • John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Campus
    • Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center
    • San Ramon Regional Medical Center
  • Local Government
    • County
      • County of Contra Costa
    • Cities and Towns
      • City of Antioch
      • City of Brentwood
      • City of Clayton
      • City of Concord
      • Town of Danville
      • City of El Cerrito
      • City of Hercules
      • City of Lafayette
      • City of Martinez
      • Town of Moraga
      • City of Oakley
      • City of Orinda
      • City of Pinole
      • City of Pittsburg
      • City of Pleasant Hill
      • City of Richmond
      • City of San Pablo
      • City of San Ramon
      • City of Walnut Creek
  • Federal and State Elected Officials
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For the week of September 22, 2008