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Report: IPOs On Track For Best Year Since 2007, But Only One Q3 Area Tech IPO

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A new report today, issued by E&Y, says that the global IPO market is on track to be the best year since 2007. However, local numbers show only one technology related IPO in the local market-- Sienna Biopharmaceuticals in Westlake Village.

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As the Commercial Real Estate Market Slumps, Look for a More Tenant-Friendly Future

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Many of our clients consider Hughes Marino the canary—an alert system that would be the first to go on record that the commercial real estate market had become toxic… like we did back in 1999 and 2007, Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. What happened? People were building.

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Ten Years Ago, The Self Driving Car Revolution Started In Victorville

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Ten years ago this week--on November 3, 2007--the self driving car revolution was launched in Southern California--in all places, Victorville, at the DARPA Urban Challenge. Image: one of the competitors, Terramax, in the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Ember Taps Former Dyson CEO As New CEO

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The company said it named Jim Rowan to the position, to head up marketing, sales, finance and operations for the consumer business. Rowan also previously was head of Research In Motion (BlackBerry) from 2007 to 2012. The company said Rowan has joined it board of directors.

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Centerfield Buys Business.com and Savings.com

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Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.

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How RxVantage's IT Software Aims To Automate A $20B Market

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Pharmaceutical companies spent $20 billion a year marketing their products to medical offices. We spoke with Dan Gilman , President and co-founder of the company, to learn more about the company, it''s market, and why healthcare information technology is such an interesting area for investors. That was back in 2007, when we started.

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