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14 Articles match "Companies","Layoffs","San Diego"
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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. 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 Pharmaceuticals said it will be quoted on the Pink OTC market (pnnk sheets) after delisting, and is looking to be quoted on the OTCBB.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
meetingsandmixers.com/events/calendar/index.php (manually select Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, or the region you're interested in) includes many chamber of commerce meetings, and business networking organizations like BNI, Le Tip, TEAM, etc. la.garysguide.org/events Business events in LA (and across the World) Online Professional "Social" Networking & Branding, and Events: Most of these sites allow the posting of a profile (resume-like), contact info, company info, and allows you to establish "connections". This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
meetingsandmixers.com/events/calendar/index.php (manually select Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego, or the region you're interested in) includes many chamber of commerce meetings, and business networking organizations like BNI, Le Tip, TEAM, etc. la.garysguide.org/events Business events in LA (and across the World) Online Professional "Social" Networking & Branding, and Events: Most of these sites allow the posting of a profile (resume-like), contact info, company info, and allows you to establish "connections". This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities.
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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
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 . 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, An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned. Veoh laid off 20 percent of its employees in November.
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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. According to the notices, The firm had earlier said that the cuts came in its Small Business Division, but had not detailed the location of the cuts. The
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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
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. Tags: hollis jobs employment layoff pharmaceuticals sandiego eden biotech lifescienc According to the firm, the "aggressive" cost cutting plan is due to the current economic and industry conditions. In addition to the cuts, Hollis-Eden said it would freeze salaries, and suspend bonuses for all of its employees and execuive officers.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
San Diego-based Cymer, which develops lasers used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, said Friday that it has laid off 8 percent, or 85 employees, from the firm. The company said the move will save it around $8.4M The company blamed the moves on the severity of the slowdown in the economy and semiconductor industry. in annual savings. The firm had earlier implemented a number of cost-savings measures, including cutting contractors, reducing travel, asking employees to use their accrued vacation, a holiday shutdown, and other discretionary cut
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
San Diego-based Vical Incorporated, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on immunotherapeutics for cancer and DNA vaccines for infectious diseases, said Friday that it has cut 29 employees, or approximately 20 percent of the firm. According to the company, it has also accelerated closure of a research facility. The firm said that the moves are expected to reduce the firm's cash burn by approximately $4M annually. The firm now has 120 employee
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a manufacturer of semiconductors for the home entertainment market, said in a filing with the SEC Tuesday that the firm is cutting approximately 55 of its employees, or 18 percent of its workforce. According to the company, its workers were notified Monday and Tuesday that it would make the cuts. Entropic said the move was made to "better position" the company in current market and financial conditions, as well as to "more closely align operating expenses with revenues." In addition to the employment cuts, Entropic said it
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Friday, February 20, 2009
San Diego-based La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company has laid of a "substantial" number of the firm's personnel, and is looking to either shut down the business or sell the company, the firm said Thursday, after a failure of the firm's Phase 3 trials. Tags: jobs employment layoff failure pharmaceutical lifescience jolla lupu According to the firm, the "substantial reduction in personnel" comes after negative results of the firm's Riquent Phase 3 interim efficacy analysis. Riquent was La Jolla's lead compound, and was targeted at treating lupus renal disease by
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
San Diego-based wireless broadband technology firm NextWave Wireless said today that it has scored a new, $100M debt financing for the firm's business, and made cuts in its staff, along with hiring an investment banker. The company said the restructuring included a reduction in workforce by over 20 percent. The company also said it is looking Finally, the firm also said that it has appointed Michael Murphy of AlixPartners as its interim COO and interim Chief Administrative Officer as part of the funding. NextWave said that Murphy will be responsible for managing and
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