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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Central Coast, Features, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Stepping up the pace: LeftLane Sports looks to double workforce in 2014
LeftLane Sports has hit the ground running. Five years after its inception, the sporting goods retailer has close to 90 people working in San Luis Obispo and plans to have as many as 180 by the end of the year.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Wells Fargo wealth managers move into new LEED offices
The Private Bank at Wells Fargo has moved into 10,000 square feet of shiny new digs at 118 Carrillo St. in Santa Barbara.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Partisan gridlock eases on Obamacare and immigration
Movement on immigration reform and fixing the Affordable Care Act are perhaps the political version of the “green shoots” that former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke talked about in the early stages of economic recovery.
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By Guest commentary / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: A gradual transition to empty nest makes the cord-cutting bearable
I was afraid our perfect world would be torn asunder by every little female spat in the house. I wanted no conflict. I pined for the harmony of the true Wonder Years.
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Columns, Opinion / Comments Off on 50 years after British Invasion, Peter Noone muses on music’s future
For five decades, entertainer and longtime South Coast resident Peter Noone has kept alive the legacy of the band now known as Herman and the Hermits, providing the world with some of the most enduring music of the British Invasion. During the past few weeks, Noone offered to spend a bit of airplane time answering a few questions from the Business Times about his life and the music business.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Health Care & Life Science, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / 2 Comments
Shares of Goleta-based Inogen settled into the low $15 range as the Business Times went to press Feb. 19 after the company raised $70.5 million in an initial public offering that priced at $16, the low end of its expected range. In addition to selling shares, the company changed some of the disclosures it made to investors, pointing out its steep reliance on government and private insurance programs for 41 percent of its total revenue in 2012.