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Cricket Expects to Raise $100,000 for Families Fighting Cancer at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
SAN DIEGO - Cricket Communications, Inc., a San Diego-based leading provider of unlimited wireless services and wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), will host a charity golf tournament on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, to raise funds for families

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Veridiam Names Robert Mazzacavallo New CFO
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Mazzacavallo has joined Veridiam as the company's Chief Financial Officer. San Diego-based Veridiam is a contract manufacturer of high-precision, fabricated assemblies and metal components, primarily serving Fortune 500 companies in the medic...

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SAIC Awarded $160 Million Task Order by Naval Sea Systems Command
MCLEAN, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3 -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Sys...

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Cardium Announces Plans to File FDA 510(k) Application for U.S. Marketing Clearance of ExcellagenXL(TM) Gel for Diabetic, Pressure and Venous Ulcers and Other Topical Wounds
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 2 -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) today announced plans to submit a 510(k) premarket notification with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking marketing clearance of its ExcellagenXL(TM) product candidate. Excellage...

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Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company Statement on FDA's BYETTA(R) (Exenatide) Injection Update
SAN DIEGO and INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2, 2009 -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update on BYETTA® (exenatide) in...

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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Announces the Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders
SAN DIEGO - La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ: LJPC) (the “Company”) today announced that its Special Meeting of Stockholders, which was convened on October 30, 2009, was adjourned to November 6, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., local time, at 4225 Executive Square, Suite

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PETCO Stores Nationwide Host Pet Nutrition Workshops
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: All PETCO stores nationwide will host a free pet nutrition workshop facilitated by specially trained in-store nutrition experts on Saturday, November 14 at 2 p.m. During the 30-minute ...

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Beta Systems Software Announces the new IAM generation of the SAM Enterprise Identity Manager at the Gartner ID & Access Management Summit
SAN DIEGO - Beta Systems Software (FWB:BSS) today announced the release of the new SAM Enterprise Identity Manager from the Gartner IAM Summit. The next generation of SAM maps existing business processes and organizational workflows with the Identity Access Management. SAM Enterprise Identit

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New Jack in the Box® Antenna Ball Raises Funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters
SAN DIEGO - When it comes to the antenna ball game, Jack in the Box® restaurants are in a league of their own with more than 28 million of the popular “Jack” antenna balls in circulation. The company today unveils its newest antenna ball, which will raise money for Big Brothe

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BAE Systems-Led Team Pursues Next Phase of Navy Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting System
SAN DIEGO - BAE Systems has formed a team to compete for the next development phase of the U.S. Navy’s primary intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting, or ISR&T, system. The team is competing for a contract to transition the Distributed Common Ground System-Navy t

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Rosca Enters into LOI for Acquisition of Secure Path Technology, LLC
SAN DIEGO - Rosca, Inc., a Nevada corporation (OTCBB: RSCA) (the “Company”), entered into a Letter of Intent (the “LOI”) with the members of Secure Path Technology LLC (“Secure Path”) for the acquisition by the Company of 100% of the outstanding mem

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Solera Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3 -- Solera Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SLH), the leading global provider of software and services to the automobile insurance claims processing industry, today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. Results for the F...

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Qualcomm Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Results
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced results for the fourth fiscal quarter and year ended September 27, 2009.

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Significantly More Smokers With Mild-To-Moderate COPD Quit Smoking Using CHANTIX/CHAMPIX® (Varenicline) Compared With Placebo
SAN DIEGO - New study results showed that 42.3 percent of smokers with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who took CHANTIX/CHAMPIX® (varenicline) were able to quit smoking and remain abstinent during the last four weeks of treatment (weeks 9-12)

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NuVasive to Host Investor Luncheon on November 11, 2009
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 -- NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that that it will host an investor luncheon for institutional investors and analysts...

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Santarus Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO - Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today reported financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Key financial results for the 2009 third quarter include:

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DexCom Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO - DexCom, Inc. (Nasdaq: DXCM) today reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Product revenue grew to approximately $4.6 million for the third quarter of 2009, an increase of 146% from the $1.9 million in product revenue

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Arena Pharmaceuticals to Host Business and Financial Update Conference Call and Webcast on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4, 2009 -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) today announced it will report third quarter 2009 financial results after the NASDAQ Global Market closes on Monday, November 9, 2009. The next morning, November 10, 2009, Jack Lief, Arena's Pre...

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Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 -- Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced unaudited financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009. Three Months Ended Sep...

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SEQUENOM Announces Date of Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Conference Call
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 -- SEQUENOM, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM), will report third quarter 2009 and year-to-date financial results after market close on Monday, November 9, 2009. The company will conduct a conference call and an audio webcast at 1:30 pm Pacific Time (4:30 pm ...

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25% of the 55 Million U.S. Hispanics Become American Citizens by Choice. The U.S. Hispanic Market Has a Purchasing Power of 1 Trillion Dollars. 8% Are Planning to Purchase a New Car, 63% Have a Cell Phone, and 43% Transfer Money Outside of the U.S.
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Meneses Research & Associates, a local transcultural marketing research firm, published the results of its second national study "Ask U.S. Hispanics" Consumer Profile 2009. Data collection for this study was conducted Oc...

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Mad Catz to Participate at BMO Capital Markets’ 17th Annual Digital Entertainment Conference on November 12th
SAN DIEGO - Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Stewart Halpern, will participate in a panel discussion, “Battling the Big Guns,” at the BMO Capital Marke

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PacWest Bancorp Announces Quarterly Dividend
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 -- The Board of Directors of PacWest Bancorp (Nasdaq: PACW) declared today a quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per common share. The cash dividend is payable on November 30, 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business on N...

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Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 3 -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTR) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Optimer reported a net loss for the third quarter of 2009 of $9.4 million, or $0.28 per share, which was in line...

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Calmune and Crucell Enter Exclusive Research Collaboration
SAN DIEGO, CA -- 11/03/09 -- Calmune Corporation, a privately held biotechnology company developing novel antibodies to address unmet clinical needs, announced today that it has established an exclusive research collaboration with Crucell N.V. (EUR..

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