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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Thousand Oaks builder counts on tech
The past year nearly demolished some construction firms in the Tri-Counties, but one Thousand Oaks general contractor that carved out a niche building laboratories and other high-end projects has eked out gains. Wesely-Thomas Enterprises has built or remodeled for Amgen, Teledyne Technologies and facilities for California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, among other tri-county clients. Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Debt burdens weigh on Affinity Group
The August collapse of Ventura-based Affinity Bank appears to be just one blow in a string of troubles for its owner, Stephen Adams, whose highly leveraged business empire faces more than $746 million in debt payments in coming years. The Montecito businessman and philanthropist controls Ventura-based Affinity Group, a media and direct-marketing firm that targets Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Microsoft
With Windows 7 slated for release Oct. 22, information technology firms around the Tri-Counties are gearing up for a flurry of new installations and breathing a sigh of relief that they finally have a decent Microsoft operating system to sell. Whether they have a financial incentive to brag on it or not, all of the Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on Dole IPO may confound the skeptics
By the time you read this column, Dole Food Co. should be on the glide path to an initial public stock offering that might mark a turning point for the markets and for long-suffering investors. Emphasis on the word “might.” I’m hedging my bets just a bit when it comes to Westlake Village-based Dole and Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on Fight over coastal Cayucos property could set precedent
The California Coastal Commission has stopped a Cayucos family from building a motel in the seaside town of 3,000, and the family is fighting back, launching a case that has captured attention across the Golden State. The DeCicco family spent 10 years dreaming up plans for an inn and four townhomes on their Highway Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Power-Save raises eyebrows with the SEC
San Luis Obispo-based Power-Save Energy Corp. posted some big revenue gains over the past two years, but financial observers and the Securities and Exchange Commission have criticized the firm for non-existent internal financial controls. Power-Save’s stock has also lost more than 90 percent of its value in recent months, and the firm was ordered to Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 19th, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Defense firms draw jobs
Defense and space contractors are adding scores of jobs and thousands of square feet of production space on the South Coast. In the midst of a down economy, the tri-county divisions of defense giants Raytheon and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, are hiring for engineering and other high-paying positions and breaking ground on new facilities that Read More →
