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JANUARY 16, 2013

Lockerz , the Seattle-based social shopping and e-commerce site backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has axed the company's San Diego office, in addition to laying off around 30 percent of its staff. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

San Diego-based cybersecurity developer Websense announced Friday that it is officially moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, and moving 470 jobs to the city. The move is part of a one-two-three punch to the San Diego technology community, as two Vista Equity-owned technology companies have been moved to Texas in as many weeks.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Ocera Therapeutics said today that it has closed its operations site in Sherbrooke, Quebec, as part of a restructuring. According to Ocera, the move will allow it to focus on it lead product candidate. According to Ocera, the move will allow it to focus on it lead product candidate.

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JUNE 6, 2013

San Diego-based pharmaceutical firm Zogenix has made some big cuts, the firm said yesterday, after the FDA delayed approval for the company''s lead product. zogenix pharmaceutical lifescience jobs employment layoff disorder drug development' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm says that its board of directors has decided to stay the course, and will make no change to the company's corporate and financial structure, after a strategic review by a special committee of its board.

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JANUARY 16, 2009

San Diego-based Cymer, a developer of light sources used for semiconductor manufacturing, said late Thursday that the firm has laid off 100 people, or 10 percent of its personnel. The firm said that the move was because business conditions in the firm's industry have "further deteriorated" and demand has dropped for its products.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals , a developer of sleep medication, said today that it has cut 60 percent of its non-field based employees, and has hired a financial advisor to help sell the company. READ MORE>>.

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