The county unemployment rate moved back up in October to 10.5 percent from a revised 10.4 percent in September, despite a gain in jobs from month to month.
Lenovo Group has announced that it will incorporate Qualcomm's (Nasdaq: QCOM) new Gobi2000 technology into upcoming ThinkPad laptops in the X, T and W Series beginning in 2010 for global 3G connectivity.
Slowly but steadily, gas prices dropped by another small amount over the past week throughout the Southland, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.
Bridgepoint Education Inc.'s (NYSE: BPI) Iowa campus, Ashford University, has added a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communications and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Human Services to its online offering.
General Growth Properties -- which owns the Otay Ranch Town Center and the Chula Vista Center, and filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy in history earlier this year -- has reached an agreement with its lenders to restructure its debt.
Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) has entered into a broad patent arrangement with Taiwan-based competitor MediaTek Inc.
International Stem Cell Corp. (OTCBB: ISCO) announced it is collaborating with renowned stem cell researcher Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D., and the Scripps Research Institute to study parthenogenetic stem cells and potentially therapeutic cells that can be derived from them.
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: LGND) has received $2 million in milestone payments from N. V. Organon, a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK), stemming from its research collaboration that is due to expire at the end of December.
San Diego-based Altair Therapeutics Inc., a privately-held, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for respiratory diseases, has begun its IL-4 receptor alpha inhibitor bronchoprovocation trial.
EcoBlu Products Inc. (OTC: ECOB) has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with fire protection supplier Megola (Pink Sheets: MGOA), enabling EcoBlu to add another layer of protection to its eco-friendly lumber and engineered wood products.
