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Intuit Layoffs To Hit Southern California

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Layoffs at personal finance software maker Intuit are set to hit a number of the firm's Southern California locations. The layoffs date are split between August 3rd and August 17th, according to the WARN filings. The layoffs date are split between August 3rd and August 17th, according to the WARN filings.

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Insights and Opinions: Southern California Tech Jobs Make a Comeback

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For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an editorial by John Savageau, President of Pacific-Tier Communications, who asks companies in Southern California to put local talent back to work. No bonuses, no promotions, layoffs, and nobody hiring. But that does appear to be changing. Continued.).

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Report: Tech Layoffs At Highest Level In Three Years

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You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today.

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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. Here's the rest. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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XCOR Aerospace Files For Chapter 7

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Mojave-based XCOR Aerospace has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and will be liquidated, according a court filing by the company filed last week. XCOR had been one of a number of companies in Southern California pursuing the commercial space market.

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Disney Cancels Tech Layoffs In Burbank

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It's unclear why Disney cancelled, the move, although the company has come under intense fire for replacing its employees with foreign, H-1B workers--and forcing those same employees to train their replacements. The move by Disney--as well as a similar one at Southern California Edison--has triggered an investigation by the U.S.

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Coda Automotive Lays Off 50

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It looks like Southern California's emerging electric automobile industry has definitively hit the skids, as Santa Monica-based electric auto developer Coda Automotive laid off 50 employees Tuesday. The layoffs--first reported by PlugInCars--apprently included a "substantial part" of its sales and marketing staff.

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