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Wag Wraps Year with More Layoffs

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Dog-walking application developer Wag Labs Inc. closed out a turbulent 2019 with another round of layoffs, according to a filing with the California Employment Development Department.

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Report: Snap Paid Settlements To Three Female Employees Over Layoffs

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Santa Monica-based Snap , the developer of Snapchat, has reportedly paid settlements to three women who were laid off last year, according to a report today. report said the settlements came after Snap apparently eliminated only women from a number of its teams in a layoff which the lawsuits said disproportionately targeted women.

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Zynga Layoffs Hit LA Office

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A widespread layoff at social games maker Zynga has hit Los Angeles, with around 55 employees being let go from the location, according to tweets from the company''s employees. zynga angeles office videogame jobs layoff scopely' It appears that Zynga is closing its entire LA operation , according to reports. READ MORE>>.

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Kythera Chops 117 Employees In Post Acquisition Layoff

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In a blow to the biopharmaceuticals industry along the 101 corridor, Westlake Village-based aesthetic medicine developer Kythera Biopharmaceuticals disclosed on Tuesday that it is laying off 117 of its employees , just days after the consummation of a deal to be acquired by Allergan.

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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

TechCrunch LA

I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. The feature was developed to turn unused vehicle fleets into an on-demand solution to get essential workers to their destination. Here’s one.

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Virgin Galactic Cuts 40 Employees

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Mojave-based spacecraft developer Virgin Galactic has cut 40 employees, saying that it is looking "to position our organization for the drive to commercial operations." The layoffs at Virgin Galactic follow a 10 percent cut in employees by SpaceX just a couple of weeks ago.

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Intuit Chops 120 In Woodland Hills

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Financial software developer Intuit is cutting 120 employees in Woodland Hills, according to a state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, part of a larger cut involving locatoins in Illinois, Virginia, and Arizona. financial finance software employment jobs layoff intuit' The cuts apparently are slated for September 15th.