Mike Freeman
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Mike Freeman worked as a journalist for 24 years at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Now writes International Affairs stories for San Diego State University.
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Joined September 2011
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Tyne Truong held top roles in federal law enforcement before joining the university to lead its International Safety Unit.
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San Diego's unemployment rate ticks higher in June despite strong tourism hiring trend
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San Diego County employers added 6,900 jobs in June as the region’s economy continues to put pandemic woes behind it, with the strongest hiring occurring in restaurants, bars and personal car…
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Mystery beer on tap at Stone Brewing's San Diego bistros foreshadows multi-million-dollar expansion
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San Diego's Travere Therapeutics to sell a piece of its liver disorder drug portfolio for $445M
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San Diego’s Travere Therapeutics has inked a $445 million deal to sell part of its product portfolio for treating rare liver and kidney disorders — providing additional cash so the comp…
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San Diego biotech that's trying to cure hard-to-treat diseases is acquired for $500M
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San Diego startup DTx Pharma, which is developing technology for delivering RNA-based therapies to hard-to-treat diseases, has been acquired by drug giant Novartis for $500 million.Founded in 2017,…
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Carlsbad's Viasat reveals a problem with recently launched, terabit-class Internet satellite
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Carlsbad-based Viasat disclosed that its newly launched ViaSat-3 Americas satellite has a problem with deployment of its large antenna that “may materially impact” its performance.The c…
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San Diego's Illumina hit with hefty $476 million fine by European regulators over Grail merger
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Illumina said it would appeal a $476 million fine levied Wednesday by the European Union over the San Diego company’s decision to buy multi-cancer screening startup Grail before getting anti-…
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San Diego's DermTech trims staff to conserve cash as it pushes scalpel-free diagnostic test for melanoma
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San Diego’s DermTech has cut about 40 jobs and shelved certain research programs to focus on its main product — a non-invasive, genomics-based diagnostic test for melanoma.The company, …
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San Diego startups show off a deep-sea camera, wireless streaming via touch
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DeepWater Exploration rolled out a compact, rugged camera last year capable of delivering non-distorted imagery from depths of 400 meters or more — hopeful but uncertain that enough customers…
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San Diego company's new wearable device will help diabetics eat right, lose weight
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San Diego’s Dexcom, a maker of continuous glucose monitors, laid out plans for a new wearable device coming in 2024 for people with Type 2 diabetes who don’t need insulin — a move…
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Story is updated to include the number of workers laid off in San Diego.
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Illumina, the market leader in DNA sequencing equipment, said Monday that it has begun layoffs and will reduce its San Diego real estate footprint as part of an effort to slash annual expenses by $…
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Illumina begins cutting jobs amid turmoil, plans to reduce office space in San Diego
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Illumina, the market leader in DNA sequencing equipment, said Monday that it has begun layoffs and will reduce its San Diego real estate footprint as part of an effort to slash annual expenses by $…
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After boom years, San Diego startups now having tougher time finding money to grow
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For Bijan Moallemi and other startup entrepreneurs, the rules of the game for raising venture capital have changed over the past year or so.Moallemi is co-founder and chief executive of Mosaic R…
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Qualcomm cuts 415 jobs at San Diego headquarters amid lingering smartphone slump
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Qualcomm chopped 415 jobs from its San Diego headquarters last month as the mobile chip firm seeks to reduce expenses amid a lingering slowdown in smartphone sales.The San Diego-based wireless tech…
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Federal regulator files lawsuit against 2 Carlsbad neighbors for alleged penny stock scam
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Two Carlsbad men face federal civil and criminal charges for allegedly orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme involving penny stocks that authorities claim generated millions in illicit profits…
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Despite tough market, former Qualcomm executives to take fledgling auto tech firm public via a SPAC
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Illumina CEO resigns following push by activist investor Carl Icahn to remove him
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Illumina CEO Francis deSouza has resigned, just weeks after the DNA sequencing company endured a proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn.The resignation came amid mounting shareholder discont…
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Life’s work: San Diego startup grew from desire to save a father but now it could help many more.
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Sometimes, hard science is personal.Sharif Tabebordbar’s father suffers from facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that systematically robs the body of muscular stre…
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