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BYD Aims To Boost Job Opportunities In Lancaster

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The company--which has operations in Los Angeles, but is headquartered in China--said BYD has signed a "Community Benefit Agreement" (CBA) which aims to recruit and hire 40 percent of its workers in Lancaster from such disadvantaged groups as veterans, women, and African Americans. READ MORE>>.

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BYD To Open Manufacturing Facilities In Lancaster

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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD said yesterday, along with the City of Lancaster, that BYD is opening up two new manufacturing facilities in the city. The company said the facilities will be the first in the United States for the company. headquarters in Los Angeles back in 2011. BYD set up its U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Nexus eWater Gets $2.1M For Water, Energy Recycling Device

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The company--which has offices in Lancaster, but is based in Australia--has created a device which takes greywater from homes, and both cleans that water for use in irrigation and captures heat from that water. Photo: the company''s systems in Lancaster). READ MORE>>.

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Long Beach, BYD Motors Cancel Electric Bus Deal

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Chinese electric car and bus manufacturer BYD Motors said Thursday that it has agreed to mutually terminate a contract with the Long Beach Transportation Company , for ten electric buses for the city. The contract had been worth $12.1M; Long Beach is expected to reopen bidding on the contract. READ MORE>>.

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BYD Facing Critics Over Labor Practices In LA

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Electric bus maker BYD is on the defensive, after a recent report which says that BYD--despite huge fanfare over its creation of a bus manufacturing plant in Lancaster--employs less than 40 workers here, and has been under investigation for importing Chinese workers and paying them at less than minimum wage. READ MORE>>.

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Heliogen’s new tech could unlock renewable energy for industrial manufacturing

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Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator.

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Mate Fertility is aiming to create a franchise of fertility clinics open to everyone

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Mate Fertility , the new Los Angeles startup launching today with $2.8 The company said it would offer egg freezing services for as low as $5,000 and IVF for $9,400*, while the national average for IVF cycle costs ranges from $15,000 to $18,000, including medication. Lancaster, Pa., Bakersfield, Calif. Austin, and Portland. *An

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