Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, plans to boost oil and natural gas output 20 percent by 2017, more than double the rate of growth from 2003 to 2010. The production forecast is based on $...

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Bechtel Corp . has built more than half of the 104 nuclear power plants operating in the United States. The San Francisco engineering and construction company has more than 3,000 employees working on nuclear projects...

Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski has been hired as director of communications for Waze, a Palo Alto mobile app company that provides real-time maps and traffic information from crowdsourcing. He also is a producer for the...

Twice a week, The Chronicle features a local home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. See more photos at www.sfgate.com/ZHQD . Address: 447 Third Ave., San Francisco Asking...

Williams-Sonoma Inc.'s stock jumped 13 percent, its biggest one-day gain in almost two years, after a surge in e-commerce sales helped the gourmet-cookware retailer top fourth-quarter profit estimates. Net income...

The United States passed France as the world's largest wine-consuming nation for the first time, lifted by its larger population and an interest in wine-and-cheese culture among young Americans. Wine shipments to the...

Number of the day 50 That's how many auction items can be listed for free on eBay each month, starting in April. Sellers offering fewer than 50 auctions used to pay up to 20 cents a listing, depending on the asking...

Gilead Sciences Inc., the world's biggest AIDS-drug maker, revolutionized treatment and helped forge a $15 billion market with a single daily pill attacking the virus with three medicines at once. Now, Gilead and rivals...