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By Staff Report / Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Region's colleges rank high on U.S. News lists
Five of the six four-year universities in the Tri-Counties are among the top 100 colleges in the nation in their respective categories, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News ranks schools separately according to whether they’re considered research universities or liberal arts colleges and whether they’re national or regional Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Veeco to sell Goleta unit
Veeco Instruments announced Aug. 16 that it plans to sell its metrology business, which includes a unit based on the South Coast, to a scientific instruments company called Bruker Corp. for $229 million. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, pending regulatory review and certain closing conditions, Veeco said Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: A refreshing development
The war isn’t over, but it looks like Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab in Arroyo Grande has won a round in its bizarre dispute with a Camarillo-based unit of the carpenter’s union. In a fight that other unions refused to join, the carpenters staged informational “bannering” protests at the ice cream store for months. They Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Signs of a gradual comeback in tourism
It’s hard to overstate the powerful influence that tourism exerts over the region’s economy. In San Luis Obispo County, there really isn’t much else, outside of government, universities and agriculture. In Santa Barbara County, the post-“Sideways” wine tourism boom has added a new dimension to what was already a national and global brand as well Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on ValueClick makes its move
With its $42 million acquisition of the financial website Investopedia and a new plan to put its data to work for big digital ad campaigns, Westlake Village-based ValueClick is aiming to give its online display advertising business a big boost. It’s an essential strategy, analysts say, because ValueClick faces aggressive competition in display ads from Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Dynacorn muscles in: Classic car firm grows in Ventura County
Oxnard-based Dynacorn International is revving up for a move into bigger environs. For the past 26 years, the company has supplied parts and even whole body shells for classic muscle cars, the big-block, deep-throated monsters that came out in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Later this year, Dynacorn will move from its 60,000-square-foot space Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, August 16th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Pay disupte breaks out at wind firm
A pay dispute has broken out between Continental Wind Power and two of its former engineering consultants, as timelines for the Carpinteria company’s plans to build wind turbines in Santa Paula stretch into the future. In a lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, William Miller and Rain Byars say they were not paid Read More →
