San Diego News

Wed, May 22, 2013
BIOTECH | FINANCE

Shares in San Diego biotech company Santarus Inc. (Nasdaq: SNTS) jumped more than 6 percent this morning after it was named the "Bull of the Day" by Zacks Equity Research and also got a strong nod from the Motley Fool stock pick site, with a pun-laden reference to the company's concentration on the intestines.


TECHNOLOGY | MEDICAL

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) may have an early contender for its $10 million prize for the company that can build the first “tricorder” -- a wireless, handheld medical diagnostic device similar to the one used by the fictional Dr. Leonard McCoy in TV’s “Star Trek.”


San Diego’s LRAD Corp. (Nasdaq: LRAD), a maker of sonic weapons and long-range acoustical devices, has settled a lawsuit from one of its major investors by revamping its board of directors and retroactively repricing a disputed stock option.



Tue, May 21, 2013

Local banking veteran Robert Horsman has joined Torrey Pines Bank as market executive for the San Diego region, where he will focus on helping the bank expand its base among local businesses, not-for-profit organizations and professionals.


Bolstered by $13 million in new revenues and cost savings, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner released a revised budget that provides funding for more lifeguards, police dispatchers, street lights and road repair, as well as year-round support for the veterans' homeless shelter.


Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky once said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been,” and the commanding officer of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific says the drone industry should adopt the same mentality.


Jacqueline Nguyen was thinking about more than just herself when deciding whether to take a seat on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.


Construction crews moved traffic lanes on Harbor Drive approximately 60 feet to the east between the Navy and B Street piers on Monday, as progress continues on the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan Phase 1 project.


California State University, San Marcos President Karen Haynes announced the appointment of Graham Oberem as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs effective immediately.


The year-to-date value of residential building permits for the region has finally outpaced the activity seen this deep into 2012, following the trend of more positive news for homebuilders seen each month since January’s steep decline.


San Diego attorneys Patricia Guerrero and Michael J. Popkins have been appointed to San Diego Superior Court judgeships by Gov. Jerry Brown, it was announced Tuesday.


The following "Local Notes" appeared in the May 22, 1928 issue:


San Diego attorney Martin Buchanan has joined Gomez Iagmin Trial Attorneys as of counsel.


LOS ANGELES —Investors are favoring a buy-and-hold strategy over flipping their home purchases, according to a survey by the California Association of Realtors (CAR).


A federal judge has given three-year prison sentences to two San Diego defense contractors convicted of fraud in a scheme to bribe Navy officials with more than $1 million in cash and gifts.


The Navy says a trained dolphin has found a 130-year-old torpedo off the San Diego coast.


The Chinese deep water port of Yangshan, a "super harbor" on islands off Shanghai that is connected to the mainland by a 20-mile bridge, will be using ultracapacitors from San Diego's Maxwell Technologies (Nasdaq: MXWL) to operate its array of 26 cranes.


Bechard Keith, an independent director at Mira Mesa-based Entropic Communications (Nasdaq: ENTR), recently bought 15,000 shares in the company, which specializes in semiconductors for home electronics and Internet connectivity.


Consolidated Edison on Monday announced it is buying a 50 percent stake in two solar farms that Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is building in Arizona and Nevada.


Novatel Wireless Inc. announced that Mesh Systems has selected it for its newly certified CDMA2000 1X embedded M2M module, and Regulus Therapeutics Inc. announced it will present at the Deutsche Bank 38th Annual Healthcare Conference in Boston, according to company announcements, SEC filings and Bloomberg News.


The 39-unit Molokai apartment complex in East San Diego/La Mesa at 5055 73rd St., San Diego 92115, has been sold for $4.5 million.


Bryan Teel, director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, represented the seller in the Deal of the Week. The buyer was represented by James Renner, of Inland Pacific Commercial Properties.


(AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has issued an executive order he says will help California's agriculture industry by streamlining the approval process for water transfers in the state.



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Rosenberg, Donald J, O, Options Exercised
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Date Filed: 05/15/2013

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