One of the biggest stories in Ventura County these days is the debate over the so-called “peaker plant” proposed by independent power producer NRG to replace a couple of aging power stations along the Oxnard coastline. And, when the Business Times editorialized in favor of building a peaker plant on July 17, we clearly created Read More →
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California is not a business-friendly state. So after nearly 22 years in Ventura, Fashion Forms, the company that developed the push-up water bra, is leaving for Austin, Texas. About five California companies per week were making similar moves just a few years ago, fleeing to better business climates. And while that tide has stemmed some, Read More →
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen announced Thursday that it submitted data comparing its new multiple-myeloma drug against a rival to the Food and Drug Administration. Kyprolis is Amgen’s new treatment for multiple-myeloma, which is a form of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells and typically grows in bone marrow. The drug was approved for third-line treatments Read More →
Teledyne Technologies won an out of this world contract Tuesday. Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne announced that it won a $15 million contract from NASA on Monday to build a hyper-spectral remote sensing imaging instrument that will be used on the International Space Station. Teledyne makes instrumentation, digital imaging products and software for aerospace and defense systems. Read More →
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A Belgian Devil has partnered with the Lion and Bear of Paso Robles. Firestone Walker, the 16th largest craft brewer in the United States, announced July 16 that Duvel Moortgat, the 144-year-old, fourth generation family-owned Belgian brewer, has made a hearty investment in the maker of the popular 805 beer. Industry rumors first put the Read More →
