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Many employees see CEO as father figure - USA Today, June 15, 2007

CEOs won't receive many Father's Day gifts from their employees on Sunday, but it's an unspoken secret among top male executives that they are often treated just like Dad. In interviews, CEOs say they fall into two camps. One camp hates being Dad. The other likes it, but even those hate it when their employees act like children.  Read the complete story...

Valley CEOs want bullets, not bull

As companies continue to lay off employees in droves, Silicon Valley has become a survival battleground for middle and senior managers — and it may be draining the bottom line...

Almost Famous

Rock legend Janis Joplin was only months away from stardom when these never-before published photos were taken. Read this exclusive article by Rick Gilbert published in the San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2001.

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Peninsula cancer patient "blessed" by co-workers

REDWOOD CITY - Geraldine Sello is usually a spry and upbeat person. On her 71st birthday, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer that needed immediate chemotherapy treatment, and she was terrified of what lay ahead...