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Elon Musk Restarts Tesla Production, Rebels Against Virus Rules

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Elon Musk has restarted production of the Fremont production line for Tesla Motors , saying in a tweet that he is restarting production "against Alameda County rules". Musk threatened to move both Tesla and Hawthorne-based SpaceX to either Texas or Nevada. READ MORE>>.

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OSI Systems Sells Off European AED Product Line

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Hawthorne-based OSI Systems said late Wednesday that it has sold off its German healthcare subsidiary, Metrax GmbH (Primedic), and its associated Automated External Defibrillator (AED) product line, in a deal worth $12.38M. OSI said it sold off the division as it was a "non-core asset" to its hospital and clinical solutions products.

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Elon Musk Goes Off Rails On Earnings Call

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Elon Musk , the founder of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , in addition to Tesla , appeared to go off script and off the rails on the Tesla earnings call on Wednesday.

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Cereplast Shifts Production To Indiana

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Hawthorne-based Cereplast , a developer of bio-plastics, said today that it is moving all of its R&D and production lines to Indiana, as it looks to reduce its footprint in Southern California.

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SpaceX Moving Some Starship Prototyping To Texas

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is reportedly getting set to move some parts of the prototyping of its big, Mars-bound passenger rocket--the Starship (formerly known as the BFR)--to Texas, according to reports on Wednesday.

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SpaceX Wins $290M Launch Contract From US Air Force

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The US Department of Defense announced late Wednesday evening that it has awarded Hawthorne-based SpaceX , a $290.594M contract, to launch GPS satellites for the United States Air Force (USAF) into space, as part of its GPS III satellite constellation. The contract announcement by the DoD also included a $354.8M READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX reportedly looking to build Starship rockets at Port of LA

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Musk says that this rate of production is required to perform cargo and passenger flights with the frequency and volume needed to establish a permanent human presence on Mars — which, ultimately, has been his goal all along with SpaceX. SpaceX currently manufactures Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy at its facility in Hawthorne, Calif.,

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