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Ozobot Opens Preorders For Educational Robot

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Redondo Beach-based Ozobot , a developer of minature, educational robots, said this morning that it has begun pre-orders of its product. The robot is priced at $39, and is expected to ship in October; the company also said it hopes to make an iOS app for the robot available soon. READ MORE>>.

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Mattel, NetEase In Mobile Games Joint Venture

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El Segundo-based Mattel , and Chinese Internet technology and video game developer NetEase , said this morning that the two are in a new joint venture to public mobile games and education apps. Financial arrangements of the joint venture were not announced. Mattel163 is apparently an homage to NetEase's original URL, www.163.com,

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Strategic Pricing

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Thursday, May 14, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Strategic Pricing. Learn how to develop pricing tactics to increase profits and position against competitors, assess pricing opportunities, capture value, understand the implications of product and market life cycles, and determine how and when to stem price erosion.

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Stock options or more cash?

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One of his lessons remains clearly on my mind and is a variant of the old “You name the price and I’ll name the terms” challenge that works so well in negotiation. I’ve read and reread the book a number of times and find myself using the techniques often in many areas of my life. and stock options as a perk?

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How ZendyHealth Is Adding Price Transparency To Healthcare

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Los Angeles-based ZendyHealth (www.zendyhealth.com) thinks it has figured out a way to help both patients and doctors by helping connect patients to doctors and specific procedures, with upfront pricing. It's an on-demand, name your own price service. There's a complete lack of pricing transparency.

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UBTECH Robotics Rolls Out Interactive Robot Kit

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Los Angeles-based educational robot developer UBTECH Robotics said today that it has rolled out a new, interactive robot kit, the Jimu Robot BuilderBots Kit. The new product is aimed at the STEM education market. The new product has a retail price of $99. READ MORE>>.

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UBTECH Rolls Out New Programmable Robot

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Los Angeles-based UBTECH Robotics , which develops humanoid-like rbots for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) market, said on Wednesday that it has launched a brand new programmable robot called the Yanshee. Pricing on the new robot was not announced. According to UBTECH, its new robot--aimed at the U.S.