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Lawrence Jin (MS ’06) is a new assistant professor of finance at Caltech. Born in Beijing, China, Jin studied physics and mathematics at Tsinghua University, earning bachelor’s degrees in both fields in three years. In 2005, he came to the United States and ea... More »
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that it closed a previously announced private offering with a select group of investors including Orbimed, RA Capital Management, Perceptive Advisors, RTW Investments and certain other institutional investors. Gro... More »
Pasadena Internet startup Sellbrite celebrated the opening of its new office on Green Street Thursday evening after three years in the friendly confines of Pasadena’s Idealab incubator studio. According to founder and CEO Brian Nolan, the company is a “web-bas... More »
Dozens individuals eager to get tips, tricks and advice about how to land their dream job in the tech industry filled up Pasadena City College’s Creveling Lounge Thursday for Innovate Pasadena’s hands on “Hit Refresh” resume workshop. “It takes a different set... More »
Macy’s has announced it is closing about 100 stores out of its current portfolio of 728, including 675 full-line locations, in the latest round of closures the chain has undertaken in recent years. So far, the company has not released a list, and it is not kno... More »
Panda Express, the worldwide restaurant chain that has its roots in Pasadena, has introduced General Tso’s Chicken, considered an “American Chinese” classic dish, on its menu and is making the entrée the center of a campaign to re-imagine the restaurant as an ... More »
Pasadena-headquartered Parsons has been awarded the Technical, Engineering, Advisory, and Management Support (TEAMS) Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Under this 5-year contract (2 base ... More »
Pasadena-based Wetzel’s Pretzels, an innovator in the fresh-baked pretzel category, today announced it has been honored as one of the “Next 20” by Nation’s Restaurant News. The Next 20 features growing concepts, taking into account estimated sales per unit, th... More »
Sam Polk isn’t a guy you hear about everyday. By age 30 he was a senior trader for a successful hedge-fund company on Wall Street and was living the fantasy of the glitz and glamour lifestyle he always dreamed of as a poor kid growing up in Glendale. After a g... More »
A Trader Joe’s market serving East Pasadena’s southern flank is moving in the coming months to the former location of the popular How’s Market. The familiar storefront is technically in the city of North San Gabriel, on the south side of Huntington Drive just ... More »
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today Steven J. Demetriou, Jacobs’ president and CEO, has been appointed to the additional position of chairman of the board effective immediately. Demetriou becomes the third chairman in the company’s 69 year history. N... More »
Pasadena-based Solford Industries Inc. has teamed with San Francisco’s CrowdOptic to market a wireless camera mounted on a helmet which allows firefighters and law enforcement personnel to stream live video from virtually any location. Powered by CrowdOptic Ey... More »
