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66 Articles match "Companies","Layoffs"
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
This is advice that I end up giving ALL THE TIME and every CEO of a company I’m involved with will have heard this from me. (also, You just made an offer to a new employee to join your company. It Yet if your company is growing you deal with people quitting their employers to join you all the time. So File this under entrepreneurial advice
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Nasdaq denied the company's request for continued listing on the market, and determined that the company is now a "public shell" due to its nominal assets and operations. La Jolla wound down its operations last year, after the failure of its Phase 3 trials and layoff of almost all of its staff.
...Tags: San Diego-based La Jolla Pharmaceuticals , the failed biopharmaceuticals firm which was previously developing treating lupus renal disease, reported today that it has received notification from the Nasdaq that it will be delisted from the market as of Thursday.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
The next day NFP sent out an email with attendee's names, profession, company, "seeking", and email, plus a link to their NFP online member profile. The vision of EcoTuesday is for business people to share ideas and collaborate so that companies develop products and services that have a positive impact on the marketplace and planet. Frequency/Location: Varies / Varies Cost: $20 Review: None Added 2/15/2010 by Todd Zebert Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. Sorry for the delay, but this Update is BIG!!
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Quoting a "source close to the company" VentureBeat said that the layoffs would be "drastic." The firm is venture backed by Intel Capital, Adobe, Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael Eisner�s Tornante Company, Time Warner Investments, among others. Tags: veoh layoff jobs video conten San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat . An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Layoffs at personal finance software maker Intuit are set to hit a number of the firm's Southern California locations. Mountain View-based Intuit, which said in June that it would be laying off about 4 percent of its staff, disclosed through California WARN notices recently that it is laying off employees in Calabasas, Woodland Hills, San Diego, and Westlake Village as part of an overall, company-wide reduction. The layoffs date are split between August According to the notices, 29 of the employees are in San Diego, 14 in Woodland Hills, 9 in Westlake Village, and 1 in Calabasas.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
San Diego-based DivX has cut 21 employees in a layoff Thursday, a spokesperson for the firm told socalTECH Friday, confirming widespread reports of the move Thursday. Details or reasons for the layoff were not given. The layoffs follow the loss of the company's CTO late last wee
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Tags: hollis jobs employment layoff pharmaceuticals sandiego eden biotech lifescienc San Diego-based Hollis-Eden Pharamceuticals , a developer of biopharmaceuticals, said Monday that the firm is cutting its workforce by approximately 33 percent, or 20 employees. According to the firm, the "aggressive" cost cutting plan is due to the current economic and industry conditions.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
According to Broadcom, the company is looking to manage its costs and focus on operating cash flow, and is implementing cost saving measures including delaying salary increases, a reduction in workforce, and a variety of other "belt-tightening" actions. Tags: jobs employment layoff broadco Irvine-based Broadcom will lay off 200 workers, or about 3 percent of the firm's employees, the firm said yesterday on its earnings call. The move came after the firm reported net revenues of $1.127 billion for the third quarter of 2008.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Los Angeles-based MySpace has chopped 30 percent of the firm's staff, saying Tuesday that the company is laying of 30 percent of its employees, or 400 people. According to a widely released memo from CEO Owen Van Natta, the moves were made "for the long-term health" of the company, and will cut the number of employees at the firm to 1,000. Van Natta said that MySpace's size had become "unsustainable," and instead, Tags: myspace employee jobs layoff employmen
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
According to Capstone, the cuts came on March 23rd, and are on top of a February cut of 19 employees and 16 open positions at the company, bringing the firm's total employees to 212. The firm said the two cuts were made to lower the company's future operating expenses, and will save it approximately $3.7M Tags: capstone turbine employment jobs layof Chatsworth-based Capstone Turbine , a manufacturer of microturbine systems for the power generation market, announced this morning that the firm has laid off 22 positions at the firm. in annual operating savings.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Instead, most startup CEOs now have to focus on cost-cutting and layoffs to reach cash-flow breakeven and self-sustainability. More likely, they are watching their backs to make sure they aren’t on the “disposable� tab in your Excel workbook or are leaving early from work to whisper complaints about the company to friends over drinks.
Nothing damages morale and loyalty like multiple rounds of layoffs.
I turned on the car radio this morning to hear breaking news about information leaks and finger-pointing from the McCain-Palin campaign. I’m not
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Autobytel said that the move affects approximately 40 employees at the company, and will save the company approximately $5.2M Coats has been named the company's President and CEO, replacing current CEO Jeff Riesenbach. in the fourth quarter for the layoffs, including severance for Riesenbach. Irvine-based Autobytel said late Friday that it has cut 25 percent of the firm's employees, and also named a new CEO. annually in costs.
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