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Sources: Active Network In Major Layoff

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San Diego-based sports registration service Active Network has laid of over 100 people, according to sources near the company. active network layoff jobs employment private equity texas websense omnitracs' Active Network has been contacted, but has not yet responded to queries about the layoff. READ MORE>>.

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WebSense To Move Headquarters To Texas

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In a big loss for the local high tech community, computer security software developer Websense --based in San Diego--is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, and is taking 445 jobs with it. The move comes eight months after Websense was acquired by private equity company Vista Equity Partners last June.

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Vista Equity Sells Majority Of Websense To Raytheon

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Vista Equity Partners the private equity firm which as been gobbling up San Diego high tech companies and moving them to Texas--has agreed to sell 80 percent of Websense to defense company Raytheon , the three said today. Vista Equity will also invest another $335M in the companies for a 19.7

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FTD Files Chapter 11: Long, Complex Path Through SoCal's Tech Industry

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In long, complicated path that wound through Southern California's high tech industry, flower delivery network operator FTD has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service. United Online was acquired by B.

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Qualcomm Backs Startup's Head Mounted, Wearable Computers

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RealWear , a developer of helmet-mounted, wearable Android computers, has scored backing from San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , in a $80M funding, the company said this morning. Qualcomm was already a strategic partner of RealWear, whose high-tech products include an eye-mounted projection display with voice control.

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Events.com: Creating A New Events Management Software Giant, with Gregg Parise

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San Diego''s Events.com (www.events.com) thinks so, saying it is prepared to create a new platformbuilt in the social and mobile agedesigned to help manage all kinds of events, in a way which has been completely overlooked by the incumbent event registration and management providers. How are you funding all of this?

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Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes

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billion acquisition of San Diego’s Auspex Pharmaceuticals last year. —Edison, NJ-based Contravir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CTVR ) acquired privately held Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals of San Diego to add another experimental drug for hepatitis B to its portfolio. Teva nabbed deutetrabenazine in its $3.2