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U.S. options clearer moves to end trade type dominated by Nasdaq

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The clearinghouse for all stock options said Thursday it will adopt a policy aimed at abolishing a dividend-linked trading strategy that critics say could destabilize markets if left unchecked.

Jim Harbaugh and 49ers Players Respond to Michael Crabtree's Injury

The San Francisco 49ers are hoping to return to the Super Bowl following a loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII.

Google Plans First Expansion of Same-Day Delivery Service

Two months ago, Google entered the same-day delivery business with a pilot program for a service called Google Shopping Express, which many billed as an attempt to compete with the likes of eBay Now and Amazon Prime.

Lambda Labs Is Launching A Facial Recognition API For Google Glass

Lambda Labs, an early-stage startup out of San Francisco, is preparing to release a facial recognition API for developers working on Google Glass apps. The API will be available to interested developers within a week, company co-founder Stephen Balaban says.

On-Demand Delivery Startup Postmates Is Preparing For Launch In New York City

Postmates is looking to expand its business and make mobile, on-demand deliveries a widespread thing throughout cities around the country -- that we already know. The company has been operating in San Francisco for a while, and launched in Seattle about three months ago.

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Gets Acronym For Jewish-American Princess Pulled From Bravo

In a fascinating bit of cross-cultural misalignment, Michael Yaki, a former San Francisco supervisor and now a member of the U.S.

Through a Submarine Periscope Is the Best Way to View San Francisco

San Francisco is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but there's one unique perspective you probably haven't seen its vistas from the periscope of a 1950's World War II-era submarine.

Ride-share service Lyft raises $60 million from venture capital firm

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ride-sharing service Lyft said it had raised $60 million from venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, underscoring the growing appeal of services that tap into consumers' willingness to share goods and services for a fee.

Official: Jim Harbaugh picked to drive Indy 500 Corvette Stingray pace car

He didn't get the trophy, but he did get the girl pace car. San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh - who quarterbacked the Indianapolis Colts from 1994 to 1997 - will lead the 33-car Indianapolis 500 field around The Brickyard in a 2014 Corvette Stingray p

Project Bly Brings World Street Market Culture To You

If you are the kind of traveler who lives for digging through flea markets and wandering through souks, you might want to travel over to ProjectBly.com, a new lifestyle website featuring a rotation of world street market collections.