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Kythera Chops 117 Employees In Post Acquisition Layoff

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In a blow to the biopharmaceuticals industry along the 101 corridor, Westlake Village-based aesthetic medicine developer Kythera Biopharmaceuticals disclosed on Tuesday that it is laying off 117 of its employees , just days after the consummation of a deal to be acquired by Allergan.

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QLogic Completes Ethernet Asset Buy From Broadcom, Chops Staff

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Aliso Viejo-based network hardware developer QLogic said late Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of the 10/40/100Gb Ethernet controller assets from Broadcom , as well as cut staff as part of a restructuring effort related to the move. The company is taking a charge of between $13M and $16M in the restructuring.

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Amylin Pharmaceuticals To Shut San Diego Operations

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Usually, when a company is acquired, it''s great news for investors--and employees. Amylin Pharmaceuticals as a developer of diabetes drugs. amylin pharmaceuticals diego biotech lifescienec employee jobs layoff' The move was first reported by the U-T San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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Qualstar Continues To Look At Strategic Options

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Simi Valley-based Qualstar , the developer of data storage and high efficiency power supplies, says it continues to look at "strategic options" for the business, as it reported yet another quarter of declining revenues. The company reported a net loss of $1.2 The company reported a net loss of $1.2 million on revenues of $2.2M

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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

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Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. Livingston had tweeted that Kik had signed a letter-of-intent with a “great company,” but that it was “not a done deal.”

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Rumors Swirl Around THQ

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Rumors have been swirling around Agoura Hills-based THQ since this weekend, when a gaming industry analyst, Peter Skerritt, reported that the videogame maker was either looking for a buyer or shutting down its videogame development efforts, cancelling its 2014 lineup. as part of an "ongoing review" of its business. READ MORE>>.

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Ixia Cuts 80 Employees

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Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools and software, is reporting this morning that it has implemented a "cost reduction initiative" and cut 80 positions from the firm, in what it said was primarily an elimination of duplicate resources from the company's October acquisition of Agilent's N2X product line.

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