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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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Simulations Plus Acquires DILIsym Services

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Lancaster, California-based Simulations Plus , which develops pharmaceutical simulation and modeling software, has acquired DILIsym Services , a developer of drug-induced liver injury simulation software and related consulting services to the pharmaceutical industry. READ MORE>>.

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

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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. ” Given the fact that the company estimates roughly 18% of the U.S. Lancaster, Pa., Bakersfield, Calif. Austin, and Portland.

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