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Rocket Lab Expands In Long Beach, Ramps Hiring

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Huntington Beach-based small satellite launch provider Rocket Lab said on Tuesday that it is expanding in Long Beach, with a new facility which will both be a corporate headquarters as well as a production complex. Rocket Lab--which has been launching its rockets from New Zealand, but recently opened up its first U.S.

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Virgin Orbit Snags $9.5M Grant To Set Up UK Launch Facility

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Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit , the small satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, has received a $9.5M grant from the United Kingdom's Space Agency (UKSA), to help the company set up a launch site in Cornwall, UK. READ MORE>>.

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Hulu Ties Into TED

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Los angeles-based video site Hulu said this morning that it has inked a deal with the TED conference--which, not coincidentally, kicks off today in Long Beach--and will be featuring the 50 most popular TEDTalks from the last few years. No financial details of the partnership were disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Now, we''re looking at Southern California because there''s lots of talent in the area of design, and we also want to start targeting enterprises here who want to start sourcing products in Asia. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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How FreeConferenceCall.com Made Audio Conferencing Free

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FreeConferenceCall.com is a Long Beach company which was founded by David Erickson. We get around 22 percent of those users from our marketing efforts, but the other 78 percent are from viral effect and word of mouthall those people hearing the greeting and going to the web site. That''s been a huge part of our growth.