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

GeekWire

Wayfair , the home products company that competes with Amazon for e-commerce customers, is opening a corporate office in Seattle with plans to hire more than 200 tech employees. The company previously announced that it would be opening engineering sites and hiring 1,000 technologists in the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin and Toronto.

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

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Most previous acquisitions in the Seattle region have ultimately gutted biotech companies and their workforces, including at Immunex, Icos, Corixa and Zymogenetics. 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.

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

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billion, the two companies announced today. The Redmond facility began operation in 1968 as Rocket Research, and was acquired by Aerojet in 2002. In all, Aerojet Rocketdyne operates 14 rocket development facilities that span the nation , from New Jersey and Florida to California, where the company is based.

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

GeekWire

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. Seattle-based money remittance company Remitly disclosed key financial results on its path to its upcoming IPO. million net loss in 2020.

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Turns out the government can fine you for trashing space

Vox

These risks have only heightened concerns that we’re far from solving the space junk problem, especially as private companies and foreign governments launch thousands of new satellites into orbit — inevitably creating even more space junk. The Dish satellite in question was launched in 2002, and the debris mitigation plan dates back to 2012.

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Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019

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Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. TechCrunch is a news website focused on information technology companies, ranging in size from startups to established NASDAQ-100 firms. Help Net Security. Help Net Security has been a valuable resource for information security news since 1998.

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Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. TechCrunch is a news website focused on information technology companies, ranging in size from startups to established NASDAQ-100 firms. Help Net Security. Help Net Security has been a valuable resource for information security news since 1998.

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