Dallas-based Diodes, Inc., which maintains its sales, marketing, engineering, and logistics offices in Westlake Village, said Friday that it has entered into a deal to acquire Zetex plc, a manufacturer of discrete and analog semiconductor products, in a $176M deal.
Los Angeles-based Buzznet said Friday morning that it has completed its acquisition of music blog Stereogum. Financial terms of the acquisition were not given. Stereogum operates an online blog covering music and entertainment. According to Buzznet, the acquisition is a
San Diego-based Entropic Communications said Friday that it has acquired Vativ Technologies, a fabless semiconductor firm focused on the digital signal processing market. According to Entropic, it paid $5.9M in cash for Vativ, and also assumed $1M in debt. Entropic
Los Angeles-based ADOOGA said this week that it has launched a new, online search engine which catalogs interactive talent contests. The new company said it is focused on finding talent contests for photographers, filmmakers, musicians and writers and others. The
Los Angeles-based Fox Interactive Media said late Thursday evening that it has created a new advertising network, focused on its own web sites and third party publishers. According to FIM, the new unit, Fox Interactive Media Audience Network, will be
San Diego-based SkinMedica said last night that it has hired on Mary M. Fisher as the firm's new CEO. Fisher joins the firm from Acorda Therapeutics, where she was chief Operating Officer. Fisher has also served at Cephalon, Immunex, and
El Segundo-based International Rectifier, which develops power management ICs, said Thursday afternoon that it has appointed a new Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Michael Barrow. Barrow joins the firm from Amkor, where he was the firm's Senior Vice
Abraxis BioScience said Friday morning that it has acquired two biotech companies, Shimoda Biotech (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiary, Platco Technologies (Pty) Ltd. Shimoda Biotech develops new pharmaceutical products based on off-patent compounds; Platco develops platinum-based anti-cancer drugs. The deal
The latest episode of A&E's Real-Life series, CRIME 360, 'Final Call' which aired March 27, 2008, once again offered detectives and forensic investigators a unique method of investigating a murder with the help of the Leica Geosystem's ScanStation 2, a
Alupak has appointed PTI Packaging Systems as Americas agent for their line of aluminum trays and lidding materials. Alupak is the leading producer of aluminum cup and tray packaging, with a vast array of packaging solutions for various food, pet
A new DNR program is putting state-trained trail ambassadors on public lands in Minnesota. The volunteers will keep watch on the state's trail system and report problems to the DNR.
Complaint to police alleges that federal human-rights investigators used an unwitting woman's wireless Internet connection to log on to white supremacist websites
