The Press Democrat

Burger King employee Maria Chavez serves up an order at the Rohnert Park restaurant, one of five in Sonoma County and two in Marin County being sold to a division of Cerberus Capital Management. Cerberus owns more than 250 Burger Kings.
JEFF KAN LEE / PD

Sonoma County Burger Kings sold

The reign of the North Coast's fast-food king is coming to a close. After 28 years of operating Burger King restaurants, Francisco Foods is planning to sell its seven hamburger joints in Sonoma and Marin to a whopper of a company.

Real Goods nets $55 million in IPO

Real Goods Solar, the Mendocino County green energy pioneer, received a rude welcome Thursday when it returned to Wall Street after an eight-year absence.


SANTA ROSA

Bankrupt startup Endomatrix sold

Endomatrix Inc., a Santa Rosa startup that marketed a dietary supplement to promote cardiovascular health, has been sold in a bankruptcy proceeding.


Rates on 30-year mortgages edge down slightly

WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages edged down slightly this week, but remained above 6 percent for the third straight week.


House approves homeowner bailout plan

WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis.


High-tech ways to find cheaper gas

Before Akshay Dodeja stopped to fill up the gas tank of his Acura Integra, the 22-year-old Portland, Ore., computer-engineering student checked his cell phone. There, he found the cheapest gas from a list of 10 stations in the area. So in the end, he...


MySpace to let users export data

LOS ANGELES -- Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others.


NEW YORK Top 3 airlines raise ticket prices again

The three biggest U.S. carriers said Thursday they have again raised ticket prices, this time by $20 per round trip, to recoup rapidly rising fuel costs.


HARTFORD, Conn. Facebook adding safety features

Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said Thursday.


More losers than winners in credit game

Using a credit card reminds me of gambling in Las Vegas.
When you walk through the casinos, people are shrieking as their slot machines pay off or they get a lucky roll at the crap table.


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