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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Sunday, September 27th, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Fire rips into Fillmore, north Moorpark areas
A nearly 10,000-acre fire was 20 percent contained and had moved from the Fillmore area into northern Moorpark by early Sept. 23, according to the Ventura County Star. About 600 firefighters had assembled to fight the so-called Guiberson Fire, which started Sept. 22 near Fillmore at East Guiberson and Calumet Canyon roads. Two outbuildings have Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on CLU Forum: Bank chiefs see few green shoots
After taking a pounding from the fast-falling economy and tough-minded regulators this year, community banks in the Tri-Counties are beginning to think they’re at the bottom. But it’s too early to say if the Tri-Counties are in the recovery phase. That’s the view of four top regional bank chief executives who spoke at a Sept. Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on SEC probes stock buy
A Victorville man accused of falsely claiming he owned millions of dollars of shares in dozens in companies around the world has touched a nerve in Westlake Village. Last year, CapitalSource Healthcare REIT, a Westlake Village firm, filed papers to raise as much as $362 million in an initial public offering. The company, a subsidiary Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on A trademark duel
Two high-end gun makers are dueling across the Atlantic over the rights to use one of the oldest names in the trade. Paso Robles-based John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Inc. is suing London-based newcomer John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd. for trademark infringement. In a complaint filed Aug. 24 in a federal court in Los Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Flir scores victory in Raytheon battle
In one of the most-watched legal fights in the defense industry, infrared camera maker Flir Systems has won a preliminary victory against Raytheon over infrared sensor technology developed in Goleta. In 2007, Raytheon sued Flir, alleging the smaller company had stolen its trade secrets, competed unfairly and infringed its patents. On Aug. 31, a federal Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on How to turns heads around here: Blue building, green construction
Joe Campanelli has been doing construction in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years, but suddenly his phone has been ringing off the hook. When he slapped a splash of bright blue on his new project, the Gateway Building on Haley Street, people took notice. “They all want to know how I got this Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on A CSU turf war over an MBA program
Dick Rush is not a fan of Cal Poly’s plan to study the possibility of setting up an MBA program in or around Santa Barbara. Rush, president of California State University Channel Islands, has put a lot of time and fundraising muscle behind the Martin V. Smith School of Business. He’s been wooing donors and Read More →
