No sour grapes here: Chemistry professor creates a business out of testing wine
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Developers set wheels in motion at $450M Oxnard project
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Transphorm device breakthrough sets stage for use in consumer applications
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FCAL shareholders vote in favor of merger with PacWest
Shareholders in First California Financial Group voted overwhelmingly in favor of merging the bank into rival PacWest Bancorp at a March 20 meeting. Investors in the Westlake Village bank cast 23.4 million votes in favor of the $233 million deal, with 212,252 shares voting against the proposal and 5,865 abstaining. The deal still requires regulatory Read More →
Amgen shares jump on good news from melanoma drug study
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:AMGN” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”20-09-2012″ enddate=”20-03-2013″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Shares of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen rose in light trading on March 20 after the company announced favorable results from a drug that treats advanced melanoma. The drug, dubbed T-VEC, uses a virus to infiltrate tumors and shrink them. It achieved positive results in a large number Read More →
VSolvit wins $53M Navy contract
Thousand Oaks-based firm VSolvit has won a $53.1 million contract to provide support services to the U.S. Navy’s IT center at Naval Base Ventura County. Founded in 2006 by Payal Kamdar, VSolvit, pronounced “we solve it,” has in the past produced mapping systems for the USDA and the White House, for which it produced maps Read More →
