Friday, October 3, 2014Newegg Expands In The MidwestLos Angeles-based online electronics and technology retailer NewEgg said Friday that it has opened up a new warehouse and shipping facility in Indianapolis, as part of an effort to better serve the Midwestern U.S. NewEgg said the new warehouse is nearly a half million square feet, and will initially handle more than 5,000 products and 3,000 orders per day. NewEgg said that--as it puts more of the facility into operation--it expect it will be able to process more than 12,000 orders every day out (More info...)
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DreamJobbing: Melding Online And Media To Create A Platform For Dream JobsIn Los Angeles, it seems like everyone has either a script or a startup idea in their back pocket. However, until recently, the two rarely intersected. In an interesting demonstration of how the worlds of both media and startups are colliding, a new Los Angele startup is trying to combine both, by offering up a website and television show,
DreamJobbing (www.dreamjobbing.com) centered on offering users the opportunity to compete for "dream jobs"--and eventually turning those experiences into a (More info...)
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Mindbody, Cornerstone Among Outside's Top Places To WorkSeveral Southern California technology companies---including San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody, Los Angeles-based Cornerstone OnDemand, Santa Barbara-based Ontraport, and Ventura's The Trade Desk--have made a list of the top places to work, according to Outside Magazine. The magazine--focused on outdoor adventure, fitness, travel, and other similar topics--listed the two in its annual list of top places to work yesterday. The magazine cited such things as "chill out zones" at Mindbody with Ping-Pon (More info...)
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Cool Planet Energy Launches Commercial ProductionCamarillo-based Cool Planet Energy Systems, which develops technology to capture CO2 and turn it into a soil amendment, said late Thursday that it has begun commercial production of its product, CoolTerra. The startup--which is backed by BP, Google Ventures, GE, ConocoPhillips, NRG Energy, and North Bridge Venture Partners--said its new manufacturing facility is in Camarillo. The company said its soil amendment increases crop productivity and promotes more robust plant health while reducing wate (More info...)
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Teledyne Scores Oil and Gas ContractThousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said this week that it has scored a big contract, from its Teledyne Oil & Gas Group. Size of the contract was not announced, however, the company said the record contract comes from Aker Solutions, for materials and engineering support covering subsea electrical and optical wet-mate interconnects. The contract award is associated with a subsea production system off the coast of Angola.
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