Freelance marketplace Upwork Inc. on Thursday joined what is turning into a flood of Bay Area companies filing plans to go public this year. The Mountain View company that was formed by the 2014 merger of Elance and Odesk said it plans to raise $100 million in its IPO. It joins eight others from the region with outstanding public IPO filings, including electric car company Nio Inc., which is expected to debut on Wall Street next Wednesday. Redwood City-based biotech Guardent Health Inc. also filed…

Facing the threat of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, Tesla, Inc. CEO Elon Musk has hired two high-powered Washington D.C. lawyers to defend him, Fox Business Network reports. Musk has reportedly hired Roel Campos and Steven Farina, lawyers with Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Williams & Connolly, respectively. Campos is a Republican who served as the SEC commissioner from 2002 to 2007, under President George W. Bush. Farina is a partner at his firm, and co-chairs its Securities…

The company, based in Redwood City, California, is the latest tech startup to secure a giant investment. Fundraising rounds of more than $100 million have become more commonplace than ever this year.

Talend CEO Mike Tuchen learned just how tough Silicon Valley’s talent war can be, even for C-suite roles, in his latest executive hire.

The school has experienced massive growth since David Schleich took the helm in 2007.

It was in Milan 35 years ago that a young Howard Schultz was inspired to create Starbucks as he roamed the streets, sipping espresso. Now, in one of his last acts as with the company, he is opening his first coffee shop there. “The opening of the Milan Roastery is the story of Starbucks coming full circle,” said Howard Schultz, chairman emeritus of Starbucks, who retired earlier this year. “I am so proud and humbled to bring our Italian customers an experience that is the very best of Starbucks.”  Starbucks Inc.…