Palo Alto
Americannoun
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a city in W California, SE of San Francisco.
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a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846.
noun
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a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)
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a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor
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That limits the state’s supply of homes for sale, pushing prices higher and increasing the incentive not to sell, said Ken DeLeon, founder of DeLeon Realty in Palo Alto, Calif.
Three years earlier, Tesla moved its headquarters from Palo Alto to Austin, Texas.
From Los Angeles Times
He said San Francisco pays the second highest electricity rates in the country and more than double what its neighbors in Sacramento and Palo Alto pay through their local municipal utilities.
From Los Angeles Times
While Palo Alto shares are sliding, the analysts say that stripping out the noise they remain bullish on both the acquisitions and the strength of the company’s core portfolio.
On Tuesday, Palo Alto Networks announced that it would acquire Koi, an Israeli cybersecurity firm.
From MarketWatch
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