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Amazon e-commerce competitor Wayfair opening Seattle office with plans for 200 tech roles

GeekWire

Of its 16,000 employees, 3,000 work in tech roles for Wayfair, which was founded in 2002. billion in net revenue for the year ending Sept. RELATED: GeekWire’s list of Seattle-area engineering outposts. All of that adds up to competition for Amazon as far Andy Jassy sees it.

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Lockheed Martin announces a deal to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion

GeekWire

The Redmond facility began operation in 1968 as Rocket Research, and was acquired by Aerojet in 2002. billion, including the assumption of net cash. It also marks a change of ownership for Aerojet Rocketdyne’s space propulsion facility in Redmond, Wash., one of the Seattle area’s oldest space ventures.

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Biotech experts wary of Pfizer cutting Seagen workforce — but history reveals silver lining

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Stewart Lyman , a recently retired biopharma consultant, was laid off in 2002 when Amgen acquired Immunex, which then had 1,590 employees in the Seattle region. Seagen reported $2 billion in revenue and a net loss of $610 million for 2022, along with $1.3 Amgen promised to retain Immunex’s R&D team.

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Finding startup opportunities in the pandemic; Windows 11 launch; Defending the Blue Yeti mic

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Nadkarni founded mobile wireless email pioneer TeamOn Systems, acquired by Blackberry in 2002, and co-founded language learning site Livemocha, acquired by RosettaStone in 2013. million net loss in 2020. In the news this week … Microsoft announced an Oct. It posted $257 million in revenue and a $32.5

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Turns out the government can fine you for trashing space

Vox

The Dish satellite in question was launched in 2002, and the debris mitigation plan dates back to 2012. As for that $150,000 penalty, while it may be the first of its kind, it’s also peanuts to Dish, which had a net income of nearly $1 billion in 2022.

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Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy and save the planet

GeekWire

General Fusion launched in 2002 and is one of the world’s earliest commercial efforts. The accomplishment at last proved the theory that fusion on Earth could produce net energy. Even looking just at Pacific Northwest companies, one finds a trail of missed milestones. A Wikimedia page plots numerous missed deadlines.

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Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019

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Techvibes was founded in 2002 by President and Editor-in-Chief Robert Lewis and in June 2016 it was acquired by technology consulting firm, Konrad Group. Help Net Security. Help Net Security has been a valuable resource for information security news since 1998. Tech Gadget and Computer HardwareBlogs.

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