Breaking news: Deckers on the look-out for new headquarters
Goleta-based shoemaker Deckers Outdoor Corp. is looking for new digs in the Santa Barbara area. Deckers — producer of the Ugg boot, the Teva sandal and Simple brand of shoes — said Jan. 11 that it plans to move its corporate headquarters sometime in 2012. Currrently, the company is located on South Fairview Avenue in Read More →
Westlake
Huitt-Zollars just nabbed a contract to provide on-call civil engineering design consulting services for the Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Harbor Department awarded the Westlake Village Huitt-Zollars office a three-year contract for infrastructure projects. Jim Faul, who heads the Dallas-based firm’s Westlake Village office and will take the point on the project, has Read More →
Herb put the McMuffin on the map
Ask any mom or grandmom to name one item of fast food that’s reasonably healthy for kids and you likely will get a single answer — the Egg McMuffin. Ditto Consumer Reports or the popular “Eat This, Not That” books or diet consultants trying to cope with the obesity epidemic that plagues American families. As Read More →
Estate tax rules challenge middle-class heirs
The federal estate tax is gone for 2010. But estate planners and political scientists say a crop of uncertainties and unintended consequences have sprung up in its place. In a move that surprised longtime lobbyists and observers, the U.S. Senate let the federal estate tax — the tax levied on wealth passed on to heirs Read More →
Banking
Jim Glines sure knows how to seal a deal. The fifth-generation Santa Marian developed his knack for dealmaking during his early years on a cattle ranch near Cuyama. Now, as president of the Community Bank of Santa Maria, he’s finding new ways to put his auctioneering skills to use, implementing country strategy into the community Read More →
