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Hollar No More, As Five Below Rebrands Site

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Los Angeles-based, low-cost e-commerce products site Hollar is no more, and will be swallowed up by new owner Five Below , six months after the acquisition of Hollar by Five Below.

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6 Reasons Starting Another Dating Site May Be Tough

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Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. Social networking” is really the new term for dating, with mega-sites like Facebook , and the hyperlocal site Foursquare.

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Famous Birthdays Launches Portuguese Language Site

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Los Angeles-based Famous Birthdays , which operates a network of sites which provide information about celebrities, social media stars, TV shows, movies, and more, has expanded its service to serve Portuguese speaking countries. According to the company on Friday, its new site is at Famous Birthdays Portugus.

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Relativity Space gains new customer in Iridium and new launch site at Vandenberg

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To accomplish those, and other launches like them, the company is also setting up a new launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Not only do we have a second launch site, but we have an anchor customer. So from a scheduling conflict perspective, we expect the fewest conflicts of any site out there.”

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RepairSmith Raises $42 Million For On-site Repair Platform

L.A. Business Journal

Automotive technology company RepairSmith has raised $42 million in Series B funding for its on-site repair platform.

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Rocket Lab Sets Up First US Launch Site

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launch site, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island in Virginia. The launch site, which is it second, is in addition to an existing launch complex the company has in New Zealand. Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , the satellite rocket launch developer, has set up its first U.S.

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6feet.com Launches Lifestyle Site For the Pandemic

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A new, Los Angeles-based startup, 6feet.com said it has launched this week, aimed at offering up a lifestyle site aimed at the age of COVID-19. The startup says it will be provide both original and source content focused on health, wellness, lifestyle, food, travel, and other topics. Edwards previously has served as a producer at E!Networks

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