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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 →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on BuenaVentura struggles toward finish line
The complicated legal battle between Banco BuenaVentura and its landlord took another strained step forward as lawyers traded barbs at a hearing on Sept. 14. During the proceedings, Judge Henry Walsh wondered aloud at the “hidden agendas” in the “hotly contested” dispute surrounding the failed Oxnard bank. He’s not the only one. The legal Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, September 21st, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on In with the old
Network Hardware Resale is in the right business at the right time. For more than a decade, the company’s business plan has been to court its Internet service provider, educational and governmental clients by taking old equipment and bringing it up to date, appealing to groups wanting to keep costs low instead of buying new Read More →
