Intel and General Electric are teaming up to form a health care company, and California's construction industry continues to shrink even as many other states begin to see a recovery.

Facebook may not be headed for an IPO next year, as was previously expected, and San Ramon-based Chevron saw its profits triple in the second quarter.

The electric vehicle industry got a boost today from the California Public Utilities Commission, and Netflix paid $66 million to movie studios last quarter, seven times what it paid a year ago.

A new survey of Bay Area venture capitalists suggests their confidence is flagging. Also, cars are getting most of the attention at this week's "plug-in" conference, but many businesses are focused on ways to recharge them.

GM announced that the Chevy Volt is officially on the market, at a base price of $41,000. Also, the founding CEO of Solyndra has stepped down.

The government today removed a legal cloud from a practice known as "jailbreaking," the business of unlocking and modifying smart phones. Also, the Cal State University system is celebrating the largest cash donation in its history.

A cell phone trade group has filed a lawsuit aiming to block San Francisco's ordinance requiring stores that sell mobile phones to post the level of radiation each phone emits.

Google has pulled the plug on its Nexus One smart phone, Safeway's profit dropped 40 percent last quarter, and and nearly half of California's small business owners don't believe the worst of the recession has passed.

Wells Fargo beat analyst expectations in its earnings report today, and Facebook says it has 500 million active users, but a survey shows customers are not satisfied with the site.

Bay Area drugmaker Genentech is defending the use of its drug Avastin for breast cancer treatment, and Apple's earnings jumped sharply in its third quarter.