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Ventura visitor’s bureau names new executive director

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After several months of searching for a new executive director, the Ventura Visitors and Convention Bureau named Marlyss Auster to the top post. Auster replaces Brian Pendleton, who has been the bureau’s interim director since the beginning of October. The search for a new executive director began in July, when longtime director Jim Luttjohann resigned Read More →

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Santa Barbara CPA convicted on tax charges

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Santa Barbara accountant Steve Pybrum faces up to 12 years in prison and $1 million in fines after a jury returned a guilty verdict on federal charges that he routed money from his practice through a nonprofit and underreported his income by more than $1 million. The jury deliberated less than three hours before returning Read More →

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Here are five key issues to watch closely this economic forecast season

By   /  Friday, October 26th, 2012  /  Columns, Health Care & Life Science, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Here are five key issues to watch closely this economic forecast season

In an effort to cut through the noise to some real issues facing our region, I’ll offer up five of the key indicators that I’ll be watching in the weeks ahead.

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Helix Medical buy adds 260 people to its payroll

By   /  Friday, October 26th, 2012  /  Health Care & Life Science, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Helix Medical buy adds 260 people to its payroll

As part of its long-term strategy to build itself into a self-sustaining medical device company, Carpinteria-based Helix Medical has acquired MedVenture Technology Corp. Helix, which is mainly a manufacturer of components for medical devices, bought MedVenture, a Kentucky-based medical device design, development and manufacturing company that also has offices in Indiana and Minnesota, in a Read More →

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No bones about it: Study shows Active Life can identify at-risk patients

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Growers head to court in salad smackdown

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USDA to offer settlements to farmers who faced lending bias

By   /  Friday, October 26th, 2012  /  Agribusiness, Law & Goverment, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Women Inc.  /  Comments Off on USDA to offer settlements to farmers who faced lending bias

In an effort to “correct the wrongs of the past,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture has instituted a retroactive claims process for Hispanic and female farmers and ranchers who allege there were denied loans from the agency for discriminatory reasons. Some of the potentially affected claimants are farmers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The Read More →