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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, March 1st, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Help on way for Ventura Co. factories
As forecasters note the resilience and productivity of Ventura County’s manufacturing sector, economic development officials are reaching out to more than 1,000 manufacturers in the county to offer consulting services, help accessing loans and money to train and retain workers. Despite losing 6,400 jobs since Ventura County employment peaked in 2006, manufacturing remains the county’s Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, March 1st, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on California Oaks State Bank hopes for $100M
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect figure for California Oaks’ captial raise. California Oaks State Bank, a community business bank based in Thousand Oaks, plans to raise as much as $100 million as part of a new strategy to snap up the assets of failed banks. California Oaks, which also Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, March 1st, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Hall of Fame Announced
In celebration of its 10th anniversary this year, the Pacific Coast Business Times is launching its first annual Tri-County Business Hall of Fame. The five people inaugurated into this year’s hall of fame are dynamic leaders who have shaped the tri-county region in unprecedented ways. They will be honored at the Business Times’ 10th Anniversary Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, February 26th, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Nobel winner unveils social business institute at CSUCI
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus launched the California Institute for Social Business at California State University, Channel Islands, on Feb. 26. The first of its kind, the endeavor will “make it clear to people what a social business is,” Yunus said. A university is not “not just a think tank — it’s also an Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, February 26th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on CKE Restaurants to be acquired for $928M
Carpinteria-based CKE Restaurants, parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s fast food restaurants, announced Feb. 26 that it is being sold to Boston-based private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners for $928 million. The deal, expected to close in the second quarter of 2010, will include the assumption of about $309 million of CKE Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, February 22nd, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on CLU receives $5M gift for new stadium
California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks said Feb. 22 that it received $5 million for a new football stadium. The gift is the largest single donation in the history of the university. The new 3,000-seat facility will be named after donor and Ventura County real estate developer William Rolland. His gift is only the second Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, February 22nd, 2010 / Latest news / Comments Off on Santa Barbara's Tuttini
Tuttini’s Café and Bakery, formerly located next to the Business Times at 10 E. Carrillo St. in Santa Barbara, closed its doors on Feb. 21 after six years in business. In a sign posted in its window, the popular downtown bakery said that it was closing due to “circumstances beyond our control.” The landlord reportedly Read More →
