MetroPCS Communications Inc., the pay-as-you-go mobile-phone carrier, should purchase Leap Wireless International Inc. (Nasdaq: LEAP) to "unlock" $2 billion of value, according to analysts at Pali Capital Inc.
The Board of Administration of the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System (SDCERS) has appointed Mark A. Hovey as interim chief executive officer.
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.
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. (
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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.
The city of San Diego received a rare dose of good financial news Friday, when Standard & Poor’s upgraded the ratings for several redevelopment bonds.
Inovio Biomedical Corp. (NYSE Amex: INO) rose more than 25 percent on slightly higher volume Friday after the vaccine developer said its flu vaccine candidates -- including one for swine flu -- produced antibody responses in ferrets.
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.
