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Vehicle registrations, a proxy for retail sales, increased across categories last month with consumer demand remaining strong in the new year. Data available with the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) showed that overall,…

SAN JOSE — Google is pushing forward with plans to develop a game-changing transit village on the western edges of downtown San Jose — even though the search giant intends to slash some office space. The two endeavors, while both tied to…

SAN JOSE — A big chunk of a San Jose shopping center at a prominent intersection has been bought by a busy real estate investor who has already an active player in Bay Area commercial properties. Mt. Pleasant Shopping Center in east San…

SAN JOSE — Google has taken ownership of some small downtown San Jose parcels that date back to the era of the Wild West in deals that help the search giant push ahead with its game-changing new transit village. The properties consist of…

The doors of one of Sydney’s busiest Saturday markets are set to close after 30 years.The Glebe Markets announced its closure on Wednesday, with Saturday February 25 expected to be the last day of trading.“Thank you for sharing the last 31…

SAN JOSE — A shuttered drug store site that’s one of the anchors of a San Jose retail center has been bought by a local real estate investment group. The just-bought retail building is the site of a former CVS drug store and pharmacy at…

LOS GATOS — Two downtown Los Gatos commercial properties in prime locations have been seized by a lender through foreclosure of a delinquent loan for the sites. The Los Gatos properties that were foreclosed are an office building at 2 North…

Wild scenes erupted in a Canberra Big W store when a verbal stoush between two women became physical, with one picking items off a nearby shelf and hurling them at the other.The fracas was caught on video by a customer and posted to…

The Bay Area powered to big job gains during December, an upswing that defied the effects of months of tech layoff announcements and accounted for the vast majority of California’s job gains, a new report shows. Employers in the nine-county…

Body spray deodorants for men sold at Woolworths have been recalled over fears they could explode.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reports the cans are defective because they are not adequately constructed.Jack the…