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Select slashes debt with public option

By   /  Monday, December 21st, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Select slashes debt with public option

In the region’s second major going-public transaction this year, Santa Barbara-based Select Staffing has agreed to a deal that would let it pay off $200 million in debt and become listed on a major stock exchange. With $1.4 billion in revenue in 2008, Select, a temporary staffing services firm, is the largest privately held company Read More →

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Ventura real estate firm sets sights on the Lone Star State

By   /  Monday, December 21st, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Ventura real estate firm sets sights on the Lone Star State

For the first time in eight years, Dick Fausset’s Ventura real estate investment company is buying. Back in the 1990s, Fausset Neely Inc. went on an acquisition spree, buying up more than 2.86 million square feet of commercial property in California, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama. But in 2001, Fausset stopped buying and started selling. “In Read More →

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Give small businesses a few tools

By   /  Monday, December 21st, 2009  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on Give small businesses a few tools

It’s bad enough that regulators have basically forced our community banks to redline small businesses and deprive them of capital at a time when it’s most needed. Now comes word that staff have been let go at Small Business Development Centers, which provide technical assistance to operating ventures in Ventura and Santa Barbara centers, which Read More →

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UCSB scientists create synthetic blood cells

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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have created synthetic red blood cells that could be used to deliver drugs, research diseases and aid diagnoses. Synthetic particles can be used to carry drugs where they need to go for more precise targeting than pills or straight injections. They’re already on the market to deliver Read More →

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Chambers warn businesses to be skeptical of map ads

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Business owners may be looking for a fresh start for the New Year, but chamber of commerce members might want to think twice before signing up for special advertising promotions. President and Chief Executive Officer Joanne Main said members of her chamber are being targeted by an Iowa-based company called Premier Map Co. And the Read More →

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Even pessimistic forecasts see bright spots on the horizon

By   /  Monday, December 21st, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Even pessimistic forecasts see bright spots on the horizon

California Lutheran University economist Bill Watkins is not going to win any prince of light awards this year. But the normally pessimistic forecaster has a few glimmers of daylight in his latest state and national prediction. For the first time, Watkins sees a turnaround in California’s economy — but it’s weak and it will only Read More →

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Investors wait for answers

By   /  Monday, December 21st, 2009  /  Opinion  /  Comments Off on Investors wait for answers

Now that Don Lukens has been arrested in Chicago, maybe Ventura and Santa Barbara county investors will learn what happened to their money. Millions of dollars are still missing from failed investment programs run by Lukens, who disappeared amid a flurry of law enforcement activity. Much of the reporting on the Lukens affair was reported Read More →