Santa Barbara firm set to launch new ETF fund
Santa Barbara-based Peritus Asset Management launches the first actively managed, high-yield ETF in the country on Dec. 3.
Boeing buys SLO software firm
Boeing announced Nov. 16 that it has signed an agreement to buy San Luis Obispo-based CDM Technologies, a software engineering company.
Foley buys Eos Winery
Foley Family Wines announced Nov. 15 that it is buying Paso Robles-based Eos Estate Winery.
Editorial: Give till it helps
The Business Times encourages tri-county businesses to follow the lead of Montecito Bank & Trust, which gives away $1 million in Community Dividends each fall.
Editorial: Bidding good riddance to the awful 1099 rule
The so-called “1099 rule” was a disaster waiting to happen. Happily, it is a disaster that looks like it will be averted. News shortly before Thanksgiving that the U.S. Small Business Administration was publicly opposing the rule seems to be the last nail in the coffin for this ill-conceived tax on entrepreneurship. As the Business Read More →
Cal Poly breezes into wind research
Construction will start within the next few weeks on a 70-foot-tall wind turbine near San Luis Obispo as part of a wind energy research center at Cal Poly.
GE backs Camarillo’s grass-to-gas firm
CoolPlanetBioFuels has brought its fundraising total to $11.5 million with a capital infusion from GE Energy Financial Services.
