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...Planning reform in France at the turn of the millennium has been credited with boosting its supply of affordable housing, while a relaxation of development rules in Japan meant that in some years following...
...Advanced Micro Devices Sector: tech manufacturing / HQ: Santa Clara, US The revival of chipmaker AMD is proof that fallen tech stars sometimes have impressive second acts....
...group in Santa Clara county, which encompasses much of the tech region....
...Last year, Cisco pledged $50m to help end homelessness in Santa Clara County. This week, up in Seattle, Microsoft pledged nearly $500m for affordable housing....
...In the shadow of the tech industry’s extreme wealth, the plight of the swelling ranks of the homeless — who now number some 7,000 in Santa Clara county, by some counts more even than in San Francisco — arouses...
...San Francisco and neighbouring counties Santa Clara and San Mateo have been in the top 10 fastest-growing large counties in the US since 2010 in terms of employment growth, according to the US Bureau of...
...In 2010, the average weekly wage in Manhattan was $2,404, which is 170 percent more than the U.S. aver- age, and 45 percent more than in Santa Clara County, home of Silicon Valley, which pays the highest...
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