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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Back in the game: Industry veterans launch second document filing business
Four years after selling their first business to Intuit for $20 million, the Akalps started a new company.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Umpqua moves in with $44.7M bank buy
American Perspective Bank, a San Luis Obispo County lender founded five years ago, is being purchased by Portland-based Umpqua Holdings Corp. for $44.7 million. If the deal gains the approval of banking regulators and American Perspective shareholders, Umpqua will pay $10 per share in cash for the San Luis Obispo-based bank, a 12.4 percent premium Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Law & Goverment, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on City alleges Pini operates hotel illegally
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By Guest commentary / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Adversity as a motivator
An excerpt from the recently published book “Real Leaders Don’t Boss” by Ritch Eich.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Columns, Law & Goverment / Comments Off on Caruso’s tourism tax break could sidestep prevailing wage laws
The L.A. builder might avoid the prospect of having to pay high-ticket wages while revamping the Miramar.
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 13th, 2012 / Agribusiness, Features / Comments Off on The battle begins: Growers gear up to fight citrus disease
Farmers all over the Tri-Counties are on high alert after a disease that could be devastating to the state’s citrus industry was discovered in L.A. County.