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There are more than 1,700 businesses in Laguna Hills, and they collectively employ about 17,800 people. Includes analysis, charts and figures.
Sprint Nextel Executive Joins Mindspeed’s Board
Sprint Nextel Corp.’s product development chief has joined the board of directors of Newport Beach-based chipmaker Mindspeed Technologies Inc.
Hyundai Signs on to Energy Department Public-Private Partnership
Costa Mesa-based Hyundai Motor America Inc. has joined with several other automakers and companies in the hydrogen and fuel cell industries to form a public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Drone Software Startup Gets Funding
Airware, a Newport Beach startup that makes operating systems software for commercial drones, has raised $10.7 million in its first funding round.
Reset or Riptide?
Quiksilver, Billabong Look to Get Back on Track
Two of the surfwear industry’s largest companies—Quiksilver and Billabong—stand at a crossroads, and executive turnover among other changes may be keys to finding their way.
OC 50: New Faces of Influence
Biggest Turnover in 21-Year History
This year’s OC 50 has an unprecedented infusion of new blood.
Western Digital Makes Strides on Strategic Shift Beyond PCs
TECHNOLOGY: Corporate sector, cloud to claim more than half of sales
Western Digital Corp.’s strategy to diversify product offerings into the corporate sector and cloud has distanced the Irvine-based company from its long-held reliance on a PC market in long-term decline.
OC 50: Influences—and Influentials— From All Over
OC INSIDER by Jerry Sullivan
Link, Mazzo Set to Headline for Octane
HEALTHCARE: Co-chairs of summit on ophthalmology
A couple of high-profile vets of OC’s medical device sector have put their names behind summit
CJ Foods Follows Fullerton Plant With New HQ in La Palma
MANUFACTURING: Korean food maker now in Commerce
Korean food company CJ Foods Inc. plans to move its corporate headquarters from Commerce to La Palma this summer.
Vehicle Manufacturing Startup Plans Move to Riverside
Newport Beach-based startup Green Automotive Co. has been plenty busy lately, thanks in part to recent orders for hundreds of shuttle buses to be delivered in two years.
Rolls-Royce to Buy Huntington Beach Maker of Engine Parts
AEROSPACE: Wants tech for lighter components
Aerospace and defense manufacturer Rolls-Royce PLC has acquired a Huntington Beach-based parts supplier in its first acquisition in Southern California.
$950M for Nielsen Expositions in South County
Trade show organizer Nielsen Expositions in San Juan Capistrano agreed to be acquired by Toronto-based private equity firm Onex Corp. for $950 million.
La Jolla Group Names New Chief Executive
Irvine-based apparel licensor La Jolla Group Inc. last week named a new chief executive from within the company’s ranks, an appointment that took effect immediately.
