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Elon Musk Gets IPO At SolarCity; SpaceX Next

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Technology mogul Elon Musk has made huge waves in Southern California with his success at Hawthorne-based commercial rocket and spaceflight company SpaceX. SolarCity is a provider of power purchase agreements (PPAs), used to finance solar power installations, which just debuted on the NASDAQ Global Market as SCTY. billion.

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SpaceX Names President

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Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the commercial spaceflight startup headed by ex-PayPal founder Elon Musk, has named a new president the firm said this week. SpaceX said that Gwynne Shotwell has been named as President, reporting to Musk. The firm is venture backed by The Founders Fund and Elon Musk.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. As part of our. an article was accessed on our publication. We have no idea.

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SpaceX Selected By DigitalGlobe For Satellite Constellation

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX has added another satellite customer, DigitalGlobe , to its queue of launch contracts, the two companies said Wednesday morning. DigitalGlobe is a provider of high resolution, earth images, for the government and commercial market. DigitalGlobe was recently acquired by Maxar Technologies Ltd.

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Fulham Lights Up With $10M

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Hawthorne-based Fulham , a assembler and distributor of electronic ballasts for the lighting market, has scored $10M in a venture investment, according to investor Braemer Energy Ventures. Fulham's products are used for powering fluorescent, high intensity lights (HID), and LED-based lighting.

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Fulhum Lights Up With $10M

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Hawthorne-based Fulham , a assembler and distributor of electronic ballasts for the lighting market, has scored $10M in a venture investment, according to investor Braemer Energy Ventures. Fulham's products are used for powering fluorescent, high intensity lights (HID), and LED-based lighting.

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SpaceX Boosts EELV Efforts

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight operation run by Elon Musk, reported today that it has named Marv Vander Weg to Vice President of its EELV Customer Office, which appears to be a new office targeted at the U.S. The EELV program is an effort to replace the USAF's legacy rockets with newer technology. READ MORE>>.

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