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CoreLogic Gives $200,000 To Financial Literacy Effort

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Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic has pledged $200,000 to financial literacy program operator Operation HOPE , the company said on Wednesday, which will go to support financial literacy programs and training. CoreLogic has been helping to support Operation HOPE since 2006.

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Autobytel Buys Automotive Mobile Marketing Company

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Irvine-based online auto information and leads site Autobytel has expanded into the mobile communications market, with the acquisition of Advanced Mobile, LLC , a provider of mobile apps, mobile websites, text messaging, and other mobile communications services for automotive manufacturers and dealers. Advanced Mobile was founded in 2006.

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Geodelic Wins Clear Channel

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According to the two, the firms have create a new, location-based mobile app called FLYsmart, which will provide information to air travelers about services and amenities in terminals, arrival and departure information, news, and more. Tags: geodelic clear channel airport location based mobile information airline iphone.

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TrueCar Cuts Ties With AutoNation

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The two cut ties after a dispute over sharing of customer information. TrueCar and AutoNation had been working together since 2006. TrueCar said that AutoNation had represented 3.1 TrueCar said it "could not make an exception" to its requirements to provide customer data for AutoNation. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses

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Wannier has chaired Boards of Directors and as CEO built companies in four different industries: Education Technology, Consumer Electronics, Information Management Software and Fashion/eCommerce. In 2006, Ms. Wannier founded MyShape, the first Online Personal Shopping platform.

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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange

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Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group. You may no longer have the option of investing all earnings into growth, or servicing your special corporate cause. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

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Blake Mycoskie , for example, has built heroic credibility by giving away close to 100 million pairs of shoes since founding Toms in 2006. A related challenge in this age of information overload is simply to get people’s attention.

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