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

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FTD also agreed to sell both its North American and Latin American businesses to private equity investor Nexus Capital Management , in a move that includes San Diego-based Proflowers. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

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Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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REX: Skipping The MLS When You Sell Your Home, with Jack Ryan

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We started offering this in Los Angeles, and have since expanded to Orange County and San Diego. We are planning to expand to Texas at the end of January, San Francisco soon after, and Denver, Colorado on March 1. Do they have positive equity in their home? Where is the company now in terms of the service?