Highest ranked private tech company exec, excluding Facebook: James Goodnight, CEO of privately held SAS Institute.

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It is true in terms of how Hilda Solis, our Secretary of Labor, will be thinking about our training programs, to make sure that we are not excluding from training for high-tech jobs, the new jobs of the future, persons with disability.

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"The Apple results are positive for its Asia supply chain, " Kirk Yang, Barclays's head of tech hardware for Asia, excluding Japan, wrote in a note to clients.

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Excluding aerospace, California's share of the country's high-tech jobs has remained steady at just over 20%, estimates Mr Levy.

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