Trip reveals China syndrome
Conventional wisdom has it that China is destined to become the world’s next superpower. But one Westlake Village financial expert warns that the consensus view can turn out to be wrong. In late October, Arkady Milgram, a partner at Thousand Oaks-based Walker Financial Partners, took a nine-day trip across China. He and about 80 members Read More →
Why Arnold should give small business a big break
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t do anything small. Even when it comes to small business. The state’s first-ever conference on entrepreneurship on Nov. 18 brought together a few top owner-operators, some leading advocates and key public officials who provide assistance to the small business sector. There was an ambitious agenda, a swirl of caucuses and stirring Read More →
Westmont: Juggling Plan A and Plan Tea
The Tea Fire caught Westmont College in the middle of its largest construction project in decades, and the devastation wrought by the blaze actually could speed the campus makeover even as it causes some vexing problems for officials. The private, Christian-oriented college for some 1,200 students had pulled building permits for two brand new buildings Read More →
Paulson addresses bailout, economy at Reagan Library
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson advanced his views on financial system regulatory reform during a Nov. 20 speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Paulson, who has been under fire for his handling of the $700 billion credit market bailout, called for a market stability regulator that “would have the authority to review Read More →
Ventura monitoring funds
It may take a decade for Ventura city officials to learn the fate of some $10 million in investments made in now bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings and Washington Mutual. The nation’s banking meltdown’s effect on Ventura’s $160 million investment portfolio could – at worst – delay some capital improvement projects, Kay Mirabelli, city treasury manager, Read More →
Senate ballots still being tallied
With ballots still being counted, Republican Tony Strickland inched ahead of Democrat Hannah-Beth Jackson by 540 votes early Nov. 12 in the race for the 19th California Senate District. Election officials in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties have tallied 361,904 ballots so far, with 180,682 for Jackson and 181,222 for Strickland. After a Read More →
