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AUGUST 10, 2010

Despite the gain, the growth rate is well below the double digit gains e-commerce was seeing up until Q3 of 2008, when e-commerce sales dropped to single digits and eventually turned negative in 2009. Tags: ecommerce spending report retail comscore. Spending reached $32.9M

Commerce 187

Commerce Report Sales Marketing 187

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JANUARY 28, 2011

Venture capital investor optimism rose slight in Q4, according to a report released this morning from the University of San Francisco. The rise in confidence continues an overall trend for venture capitalists, who have steadily become more confident since around Q4 of 2008 and Q1 of 2009.

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Report Southern California Venture Capital Acquisition 170

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based j2 Global Communications reported Thursday that it saw a small increase in the quarter, growing revenues by half a percentage point, to $60.2M in Q4 of 2008. The firm is now sitting on a substantial $244M in cash and investments, up significantly from the $162M it had in December of 2008. versus $59.6M

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Report Los Angeles Invest Services 113

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site run by Demand Media for Lance Armstrong, reported today that its new site for Team RadioShack, the professional cycling team of Armstrong, has grown to one million visitors in just seven days. Demand Media and Armstrong launched Livestrong.com in June of 2008.

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Sites Report Santa Monica Demand 140

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MAY 21, 2010

The latest e-commerce report from Internet measurement firm comScore finds that e-commerce sales in Q1 jumped 10 percent versus a year ago, a rapid turnaround for the industry after a year and a half of declining or flat sales. billion in spending and zero growth. billion in spending and zero growth.

Commerce 153

Commerce Report Sales 153

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Newport Beach-based CAD/CAM software maker MSC Software is reportedly in play, with current private equity owners Elliott Associates and Symphony Technology Group potentially selling the company to CVC Capital Partners, according to a report. MSC Software went private back in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

According to the report, based on December 2008 search data, there has been a huge increase in online searches for such terms as "coupons", "unemployment", "bankruptcy", and "foreclosure". comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce.

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JULY 8, 2009

Irvine-based Local.com , which operates a network of local business search sites, reported the firm's traffic numbers today, saying that during Q2, it had 63 million monthly unique visitors on its site and network. The firm claimed that the traffic was up 5% from Q1, and up 32% from the similar quarter in 2008.

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Report Advertising Sites Web 100

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M The firm said the revenues were an increase of 37% over 2008's Q4, and were up 21% over the $46.4M the firm reported in Q3. the firm reported in Q3. deferred tax assets.

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Report Software Review Calabasas Writing 100

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JULY 1, 2009

Dow Jones VentureSource is reporting today that Q2 of this year was "one of the worst" ever for venture capital backed firms, in terms of liquidity, since early 2003. billion in mergers and acquisitions of 67 companies in Q2, down from $6.48B and 89 transactions in Q2 of 2008. According to Dow Jones, there was only $2.8

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet, a privately held provider of contract management services and extended warranty services, joined the parade of Southern California firms reporting strong fourth quarter revenues. The firm did not report actual financial results.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

E-commerce spending has been rising since Q4 of 2009, after stalling out over issues with the economy in 2008 and early 2009. The latest numbers out of comScore , which measures e-commerce spending and Internet traffic, find that U.S. retail e-commerce spending rose 13 percent, year-over-year, to $36.3 billion in Q3 of 2011.

Commerce 182

Commerce Software Review Report Content 182

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor , a developer of communications ICs for the networking industry, reported its yearly results today, saying that it had a net loss of $194.0M in its fiscal 2008 year. in fiscal year 2009, and revenues of $168.2M for the year. The firm's revenues dropped from $228.5M for goodwill impairment.

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Report .Net Networking Develop 124

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Calabasas-based Ixia is in the midst of a sales team shuffle, saying in its quarterly report that it is naming Patti Key as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, with current sales VP Hans-Peter Klaey leaving the company. Ixia said that the firm and Klaey have "mutually agreed" for him to step down from the position.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008 -- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): A Panel Discussion.

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APRIL 10, 2013

San Diego-based Xpenser , a startup developing a cloud-based service to help prepare and submit expense reports for its users, has been acquired. The firm was founded in 2008. According to Coupa Software , it will use the buy to expand its domain expertise and leadership in the area of expense management.

Software 193

Software San Diego Incubator Acquisition 193

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MAY 13, 2021

Established in 2008 within Tencent, TiMi is behind popular mobile titles such as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. In all, TiMi pocketed $10 billion in revenue last year, according to a report from Reuters citing people with knowledge. In 2020, Honor of Kings alone generated close to $2.5

Mobile 144

Mobile Los Angeles Entertainment Research 144

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APRIL 9, 2012

Los Angeles-based Ticketmaster , the ticketing firm owned by Live Nation Entertainment, reported this morning that it has inked a five year contract extension with the National Football League. Ticketmaster has been powering the exchange since 2008. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles Report 150

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

San Diego-based Qualcomm reported today that it has received $12.4M Gabriel had sued Qualcomm in October of 2008 over patents. in attorney's fees, from Gabriel Technologies , which had sued Qualcomm over patent infringement claims.

Patents 138

Patents San Diego Report Technology 138

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

San Diego-based ecoATM , which operates a network of automated, electronic recycling kiosks, reports today that it has now collected a total of three million devices. The company said the total include all of the phones, tablets, and MP3 players it has collected since being founded in 2008.

San Diego 153

San Diego Pricing Report Networking 153

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

billion from 2008 to 2009, according to a report released this week. According to the Trade in the Cyberstates 2010 report released by the TechAmerica Foundation, however, California still had the most number of high-tech exports of any state--$41.3M. California's technology exports fell in 2009, dropping by $8.0 billion).

High Tech 150

High Tech Study Report Technology 150

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Woodland Hills-based United Online reported its fourth quarter and full year 2009 results Wednesday afternoon, saying that its communications segment--which includes its dial-up ISP business--had a revenue drop of 19 percent in Q4 compared with Q4 of 2008, dropping to $48.4M from the prior year's $60.1M. for the quarter.

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Woodland Hills Report Media Services 140

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APRIL 4, 2011

Yovanna had previously been at ValueClick, having served at the company from 2000 to October 2008, prior to his time as CEO of Gigya. Yovanno will report to CEO Jim Zarley. Yovanno as its new General Manager for its Mediaplex division. Yovanno was most recently CEO of Gigya. Mediaplex is ValueClick's technology division.

Westlake Village 162

Westlake Village Advertising Report Technology 162

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Santa Barbara, reported today that it has been awarded several million dollars in funding from the Department of Energy''s Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E). The company was founded in Goleta in 2008. Soraa , the LED lighting technolgoy developers which was spun out of U.C. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Santa Barbara Outsource Development Research 149

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The National Venture Capital Association today released a new report detailing the impact of venture capital on the U.S. The report , compiled for the NVCA by IHS Global Insight, found that venture backed companies accounted for 11 percent of private company employment in 2008, or 12.1 in San Diego.

Venture Capital 138

Venture Capital Capital Orange County San Diego 138

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Magazine, the company reported today. ServiceNow, which develops enterprise IT automation software, said that it was the number one company in the software industry in the listing of Top 100 job creators in the list, due to job growth of 880 percent between 2008 to 2011. The company added 792 jobs during the three period.

Software Review 159

Software Review San Diego Software Development Software 159

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Irvine-based game developer Blizzard Entertainment reports this morning that its newest title, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, has sold 3.3 million copies of its November 2008 release of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. million copies through its first 24 hours of release.

Entertainment 180

Entertainment Report Sales Develop 180

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MARCH 4, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand reported strong 2009 performance, saying Thursday afternoon that the firm had a 64 percent growth in its client base in 2009, and an 83 percent increase in users from December 2008. The firm also said it had a strong Q4, with client booking up 66 percent from Q4 of 2008. READ MORE>>.

Cornerstone OnDemand 140

Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Report Services 140

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released their Q3 2008 venture capital numbers over the weekend, finding that Southern California companies raised nearly $751 in funding during the quarter. in deals, followed by Orange County with $186.9M, then San Diego with $178.4M invested.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Funding Report 113

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JANUARY 21, 2010

The University of Southern California is reporting today that spinouts out of the school have raised $148m in the last two calendar years (2008-2009), and that there are now at least 24 USC spinouts currently in business. USC also reported that it owns equity in 32 startups, though none of those startups were identified.

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USC Southern California Activity Venture Capital 178

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

It was 2008. I paid my mortgage until that day in 2008 when I started getting nervous about my business, my property value and the economy in general. I was assured that only once reporting to the credit agencies would ever be issued while I was in loan mod status. As they promised, only one reporting was issued.

Westlake Village 188

Westlake Village Report Course Entrepreneur 188

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Irvine-based HDTV maker VIZIO reported Tuesday that it sold over 280,000 of its HDTVs on Black Friday, or 40 percent more over its sales in 2008. The firm attributed the boost in sales to its wide product range of HDTVs, as well as retail partners such as Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club, Walmart, Target, and others.

Commerce 154

Commerce Sales Report Product 154

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JULY 30, 2009

According to the analysis, based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource, clean technology investments were up significantly from Q1, but still down 59% in terms of capital from Q2 of 2008, which was the second-highest quarter for cleantech investments on record.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Invest Technology CalTech 100

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JULY 21, 2009

The company--which is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity--said it had a 105 percent increase in revenues from 2008, and has been cash flow positive for more than two years. Service-now.com said that it is now expecting to be profitable next year and have more than $50M in recurring revenue.

Services 100

Services Report Equity San Diego 100

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of a security report, saying that nineteen percent of all online attacks in 2009 so far have been based on social networking sites. web sites to launch their hacking attempts.

Social Network 150

Social Network Web Sites Networking 150

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AUGUST 18, 2011

The firm had reported receiving some push back earlier this week after the switch, which limited free account functionality. The firm said the new offering comes due to its recent switch to limit certain features like merging and site-wide search to only paid users. READ MORE>>.

Geni 162

Geni Services Sites Los Angeles 162

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Editor's note: a representative of Auction.com reports that, despite a filing with the SEC , that this filing is not accurate, and the firm actually raised this funding in 2008). Auction.com's website allows people to bid on all kinds of real estate, including bank owned homes, foreclosures, residential, commercial, and land.

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