Op/ed: Let’s look at the world as something other than scorched earth
By Scott Harris on September 21, 2012 My wife and I recently spent a very enjoyable weekend in a small resort town in California. The town was beautiful, the people were great and the scenery was fantastic. As we drove in, we fell in love with the mountainsides, the deep forests with huge old-growth trees Read More →
Rollin’ in the money: New car dealers bring city tax revenue with them
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VCEDA confirms loss of $10K sponsor
The Ventura County Economic Development Association may reconsider its position on two ballot propositions to raise taxes to fund public education after the county’s community college district officially yanked its $10,000 title sponsorship of a popular business outlook conference hosted by the group. The group, more commonly known as VCEDA, has hosted an annual business Read More →
Dole sells canned food business to Itochu for $1.7B
Produce giant Dole Food Co. sold its worldwide canned food business to Japanese conglomerate Itochu Corp. on Tuesday, fetching $1.7 billion and marking the Westlake Village-based firm’s exit from Asia. Proceeds from the all-cash sale, the biggest in Dole history, will be used to pay down debt, Dole said. Tokyo-based Itochu now has exclusive rights Read More →
Colleges threaten to yank $10K from economic conference
Ventura County Community College may withdraw its title sponsorship of the county’s annual Economic Outlook Conference after the region’s largest economic development group came out in opposition of two state ballot measures that would raise taxes to fund public education. That, in turn, has caused the The Ventura County Economic Development Association, or VCEDA, to Read More →
Business lessons learned in fall disasters are lost on politicians in 2012
The lessons of the three crises — 9/11, Katrina and the Lehman collapse — are hard to put into words.
A tough nut to crack: Cuyama Valley growers are lone pistachio farmers in SoCal
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