Geithner: Factories, tech, ag key to recovery
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said July 31 that California can count on manufacturing, high tech and agriculture to fuel recovery even as it grapples with housing aftershocks. Geithner, who has come under recent congressional scrutiny for what he knew about Libor rate-fixing while head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New of York, Read More →
Community West lost $591K in Q2
Shares of Community West Bancshares soared 7.7 percent even as the Goleta-based bank reported a $591,000 second-quarter loss. The parent company of Community West Bank’s latest loss swings away from an $819,000 profit in the first quarter. Including $268,000 in dividends and accretion on preferred stock, Community West’s second-quarter net loss applicable to common stockholders Read More →
Orient-Express taps McIver for El Encanto opening
El Encanto, the historic Santa Barbara hotel that’s set to reopen in March after seven years of renovations, has appointed Laura McIver as its general manager. McIver, whose first official day on the job is Aug. 6, will lead the luxury resort through its second grand opening. She was general manager at Canary Hotel in Read More →
Clean Diesel wins Honda contract
Ventura-based Clean Diesel Technologies said July 30 that it won a contract to supply catalysts for four- and six-cylinder Honda Accords, some of the best-selling models in North America. The company, known as Catalytic Solutions before a merger in 2010, makes catalytic converters in its Oxnard factory and has about 180 employees. Its converters clean Read More →
Newsom talks business recruitment at Amgen HQ
With about 100 Ventura County leaders gathered at the sprawling Amgen campus in Thousand Oaks, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom made a rare appearance in the Tri-Counties on July 27 to promote a new “Gold Team” effort to recruit businesses to California. Taking a stab at bi-partisanship, he appeared at the podium with Republican Assemblyman Jeff Read More →
Point and Go: InTouch rolls out self-guided medical robots
Goleta-based InTouch Health has unveiled a new medical assistant robot that can find its own way around a hospital with the tap of a finger an on iPad. The new robot, called the RP-VITA, introduces what’s called autonomous navigation to the InTouch lineup. It is the first fruit of a yearlong collaboration with iRobot Corp., Read More →
Spirit of Small Business 2012 winners announced
The 10th edition of Spirit of Small Business, the Pacific Coast Business Times’ annual celebration of small business and entrepreneurship in the Tri-Counties, published July 27. This 40-page special section features nine small businesses from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. To read profiles of the winners, pick up a print copy of Read More →
