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Natallie Rocha

San Diego

Business Reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune

Business Reporter @sdut || Previously: @sdbusiness @inewsource @FortuneMagazine @DJNF @BrooklynPaper || @PLNU alum •she/her•

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  • 1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Natallie Rocha

  • 1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Natallie Rocha

    Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Novartis, announced Thursday that it plans to build a $1.1 billion research hub in San Diego as part of its $23 billion investment in U.S. operations over the next five years. The investment will create nearly 1,000 new jobs at Novartis and about 4,000 additional jobs in the U.S. as the company plans to construct seven new facilities, ensuring all “key Novartis medicines for U.S. patients will be made in the United States,” the company said.

  • 2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Natallie Rocha

    Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sold its longtime San Diego campus to a life science-focused commercial real estate company in one of the largest deals of the past year. Pfizer sold the five-building facility on Science Center Drive in Torrey Pines to BioMed Realty, a San Diego-based firm owned by Blackstone Real Estate, for about $255 million, according to property records.

  • 2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Natallie Rocha

    China is targeting U.S. defense companies, including four in San Diego, with economic sanctions in the escalating tariff dispute with President Donald Trump. The retaliatory measures, announced Friday, follow Trump’s across-the-board 34% tariff on Chinese goods that takes effect April 10. China reciprocated by announcing a 34% tariff on U.S. imports.

  • 3 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Natallie Rocha

    Qualcomm, the San Diego-based company designing chips that power smartphones, laptops, virtual reality headsets and next-generation cars, acquired a Vietnamese startup for its generative artificial intelligence technology. The local firm announced the acquisition Tuesday as part of its effort to expand its research and development of generative AI.

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Natallie Rocha
Natallie Rocha @NatallieRocha
6 Feb 24

RT @sdut: San Diego sees fewer startup deals in 2023 as investors write larger checks for select companies https://t.co/LFgRMMMgrc

Natallie Rocha
Natallie Rocha @NatallieRocha
6 Feb 24

RT @sdut: DermTech, the San Diego biotech making a skin-cancer detecting patch, cuts 15% of workforce https://t.co/I9bsYz6qPR

Natallie Rocha
Natallie Rocha @NatallieRocha
20 Jan 24

RT @sdut: Gilead beat out Amazon for 27 acres in Oceanside. Now it is scrapping its development plans. https://t.co/mUt7jYl213