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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 11th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Ventura County deals fire up 101 corridor
Ventura County’s technology corridor has kicked off 2013 with $173 million in deal activity. Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan Corp., a maker of hard-disk storage arrays for mid-sized businesses, said Jan. 2 that it had been acquired by Minnesota-based Imation Corp. for $120 million. Oxnard-based wireless products company CalAmp Corp. said Dec. 20 that it is buying Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 11th, 2013 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Big deals at Moorpark complex point to small-business recovery
The combined value of the three deals was $4.3 million.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 11th, 2013 / Columns, Law & Goverment / Comments Off on Court rejects Central Coast landowners’ appeal in groundwater case
The Sixth Appellate District handed down a decision in a case that originally arose in 1997 as an effort to sort out groundwater rights in the Santa Maria basin
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By Guest commentary / Friday, January 11th, 2013 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Congress
By Billie Greer on Jan. 11, 2013 Butch Cassidy: Alright. I’ll jump first. Sundance Kid: No. Butch Cassidy: Then you jump first. Sundance Kid: No, I said. Butch Cassidy: What’s the matter with you? Sundance Kid: I can’t swim. Butch Cassidy: Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you. So went the dialogue as Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Amgen inks $180M nanomedicine deal
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has entered a deal to pay up to $180.5 million for nanomedicine tumor treatments being developed by a Massachusetts company. Cambridge-based Bind Biosciences said it has entered a development agreement with Amgen for its kinase inhibitor nanomedicines for treating a range of solid tumors. The medicines are highly targeted and can be Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 4th, 2013 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Forecast: Ag-centric cities to lead region in slow recovery
Look for the Tri-Counties to show modest economic growth in 2013 that will quicken in the second half of the year. West Ventura County, Santa Maria and Paso Robles are poised to lead the way, with real estate becoming an economic driver for the first time in several years. To be sure, economists interviewed by Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, January 4th, 2013 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on New Year promises mixed recovery in the Tri-Counties, led by SLO
San Luis Obispo will be California’s little county that could.
