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Rocket Lab Wins NASA Contract

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Long Beach-based satellite launch provider Rocket Lab announced this week that it has been selected by NASA, as one of twelve companies to provide launch services for NASA's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions. Rocket Lab did not say how much its portion of the $300M in launch contracts is worth.

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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns To Earth

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SpaceX retrieved the Dragon on Friday and brought it back to Long Beach, for return to NASA. NASA says the SpaceX Dragon contains science samples from human and animal research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities. READ MORE>>.

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Information Technology Bucks Downward LA Employment Trend

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The monthly report, which tracks the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), said that overall employment declined by 150,800 people, or 2.9 The only other sector gaining in employees was education, with a 1.6 percent, compared with March of last year in the region. percent gain.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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And, because there are many companies in Long Beach and sourcing operations here, it really made sense to open up operations in Southern California. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. Was language an issue at all for your company? Everyone else is Chinese. Language was not a problem.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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We're working from Manhattan Beach and Long Beach, and we've found that Southern California is really friendly. The education around new products and bringing them to the market is the same in both markets. I also find that Southern California is an amazing place for talent. versus New Zealand?

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