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Effort To Punish China Might Hit LA Instead

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According to a report from Wired, a provision in that national defense bill would block BYD , which manufactures electric buses in Lancaster, from the U.S. BYD supplies the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) with electric buses, and also employs hundreds at its Lancaster factory. READ MORE>>.

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5 Recommendations Before Funding An Appealing Startup

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Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify.

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5 Due Diligence Tips Before You Invest In A Startup

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Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify.

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Los Angeles Firm Sells Sex.com For $13M

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A Los Angeles company, Escom LLC , has sold domain name Sex.com for $13M, according to a report today from The Register. Citing documents filed in a California court, the report said that the domain was sold to Clover Holdings Ltd.--a a stealthy, offshore firm--one of twelve bidders on the domain.

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How To Avoid Investment Scams In The Startup World

Startup Professionals Musings

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Here are some common sense tips: Get financial statements and verify.

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Interview Eric Sikola, ExpenseBay

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technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? Again--another place where expense reports are being turned in.

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