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SpaceX Plans Another Launch Today For EUTELSAT, ABS

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Space launches by Hawthorne-based SpaceX are almost becoming as regular as scheduled service at the local bus stop, as the company is planning yet, another satellite launch today, this time for satellite operators Eutelsat and ABS. According to SpaceX, the launch window for its Eutelsat/ABS mission opens today at 10:29 a.m.

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Facebook IPO Hits Markets Today: Will It Spur SoCal IPO Activity?

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As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms. Despite the huge interest in Facebook's IPO--the firm priced at $38.00

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Digest May 2-8: WINC’s Big Series B, SENSAY Passes 1 Million Users, LA CITY Site Redesigned

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SoCal AgTech. TechCrunch: A Brief History of SPACEX ( link ). Follow LA Tech Digest on Twitter ( link ) for news as it happens. **. THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: see full calendar. Monday May 9. Cornerstone Convergence (-5/11). Chris Anderson (TED). Tuesday May 10. WordPress Pasadena. Wednesday May 11. Jason Nazar. Startup Law.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Elon Musk – SpaceX, Tesla Motors, PayPal. Iraq a hard place to work, is not SoCal. billion in shares.