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Roll Sells Mandarin Brand, Moves from Cute to Wonderful
Beverly Hill’s Roll Global LLC, the California agricultural empire led by the billionaire couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick, has sold the “Cuties” trademark for its seedless mandarin oranges.
Inhalable Insulin Has Investors Breathing Heavy
HEALTH CARE: Expected FDA approval pumps up shares of MannKind.
Investors breathless over outlook for approval of MannKind’s inhalable insulin. 5
Video App Lost Facebook, Focus
INTERNET: Viddy retrenching after failing to meet Web hype.
Video app Viddy has pared back and refocused after sky-high predictions for its future failed to develop.
Fit and Set to Split
INTERNET: Earnings rise as Demand prepares to divide business units.
Investors boost Demand Media shares as the firm prepares to split its domain name unit from its publishing business.
Bioresins Firm Looks to Mold Future in Indiana
PLASTICS: Cereplast to exit El Segundo as part of cost-cutting strategy.
Bioresins company Cereplast hopes moving its HQ to Indiana will help it get back in shape.
Boingo Shares Rise as Revenue Beats Estimates
Better-than-expected revenue for Boingo Wireless during the first quarter has temporarily halted the company’s tumble in 2013.
Demand Posts First Quarter Profit
Demand Media Inc. beat analysts’ estimates for the first quarter of 2013, led by increases in revenue from the Web publisher’s sites as well as its domain registration business.
Photo App Focus of Ribbing on Comedy Program
MEDIA: Snapchat creators get grilled as guests on TV’s ‘Colbert Report.’
‘What are the users of Snapchat ashamed of?”
Ad Business Hopes to Stand Out by Blending In
INTERNET: Nativo styles ‘native content’ to match websites.
Ad firm Nativo looks to go “native” online with promotional content that blends in with a website’s style and tone.
Digital Donnybrook Over Local Tech Funding
Are L.A. investors a bunch of wimps? That was the kernel of an argument buffeting around online among members of the tech community over the weekend.
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